Top 10 tips for finding your first teaching role
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TOP 10 TIPS FOR FINDING
YOUR NQT ROLE
From NQT to Head Teacher
NQT CAREER GUIDE
WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING
CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER
BE COMMITTED;
BE REALISTIC;
BE YOURSELF.
1.
MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU WANT FROM YOUR SCHOOL.AND KEEP IT FIRMLY IN YOUR
MIND.
2.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT OFSTED REPORTS.YOUR FIRST HEAD OF
DEPARTMENT OR HEAD TEACHER
IS A KEY FIGURE IN YOUR CAREER.
3.
MANY TEACHERS FIND THEIR PERFECT ROLE WHERE THEY LEAST EXPECT IT.KEEP AN OPEN MIND - AND THAT
APPLIES TO GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
TOO.
4.
THIS IS THE TIME TODIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF.
BRING YOUR
CHARACTER
ACROSS IN
YOUR CV.
5.
FOCUS ON THE OPENING PARAGRAPH OF YOUR CV.A BULLET POINTED LIST TO GIVE
THE READER AN IDEA OF WHO
YOU ARE IS A GOOD IDEA.
6.
ASK THE INTERVIEWER
SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVEN'T
BEEN ASKED BEFORE.
GET TO KNOW
THE PEOPLE
INTERVIEWING
YOU.
7.
AND SPEND SOME TIME IN THE
STAFFROOM IF POSSIBLE.
TAKE A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL.
8.
KEEP UP THE ENERGY AND
GO FOR WHAT WILL TRULY
MAKE YOU FEEL FULFILLED.
YOU AREALLOWED TO BE FUSSY.
9.
AND GO TO AS MANY
INTERVIEWS AS YOU CAN.
APPLY FOR AS MANY JOBS AS POSSIBLE.
10.
For more information download the full guide at:
reedglobal.com/NQTguide