Archive for the ‘Career Development’ Category

I got asked a very good question by @toffler73 just before Christmas about what’s the best things you can do to prepare for a transition from secondary to primary education. On looking around I found plenty of advice on technically how to make the change, but precious little on the kind of skills development you needed to do to have a real chance of succeeding.

It’s the time of year when everyone is thinking about new opportunities, and predictably the TES gets so fat with jobs it has to be hauled to your staff room by a team of sherpas. So I drew together some of our most popular articles to help you succeed in getting your ideal role. And I’ve also created a new School Jobs search engine – to help you find your ideal role in the first place.

  In these troubled times for school budgets lots of experienced and capable senior leaders are suddenly finding themselves without a role. For lots of them becoming a freelance education consultant can seem an attractive possibility. If you’re thinking of taking the jump here are some factors to help make your venture a successful one.

American Presidents get 100 days to make an impact before they’re judged on how well they’re getting on. In business they often talk about the first 90 days. For you it will be your first term. When you start a new role in school you’ll have a term to make your first impact. Here’s some guidance on how to make sure you get quickly into the swing of things and become a valued member of the team.

You have studied to become a teacher and you’re passionate about the subjects you wish to teach, but are you finding it increasingly difficult to find a job? If the answer to the above is yes, don’t despair. While it’s true that finding any kind of job is not easy in our current economic climate, teachers do have an alternative option – private tuition. There are many advantages of providing one to one tuition. You can create your own timetable, choose the days and times you wish to work, and decide if you wish to provide tuition in your own

This is critical to your developing career and should be invested in seriously; it says more about you than you might imagine. It is deceptively easy: you have all that experience which you just have to present in the right order, and they will be lining up to offer you interviews. Except of course it’s not quite that simple, even in these days of shortage of good candidates. There is a core to a good application that is simple, in essence, but tricky in the execution.

It’s a great time of year to set your aims for the year ahead – please share your ideas on what type of teacher you’re hoping to be this year.

We all love to see pupils do well, but what constitutes success? On results day will you be more proud of the kid who sweated for a C or the one who walked an A?

This is a simple idea designed to help you stretch and challenge yourself each week in order to improve your every day practice whilst working towards your longer term career goals.

Hints and tips from a range of teachers and head teachers to help you succeed at your next interview

Taking just a few minutes to ask yourself the following questions – and answer honestly – will help you to start the new half term focussed.