Bringing Schools & Teachers Together

The most important hurdle is getting your application noticed and being short-listed.

Principals are looking for specific information when they search for suitable applicants. In addition to qualifications and relevant teaching experience they will also be seeking candidates with interests which would help to broaden the richness of extra curricular experience for pupils

General Tips
This is the part of the recruitment process where you have the chance to highlight aspects of your experiences to date that are going to influence a Principal to add you to the ‘short list’

• Prepare a ‘draft’; use spell check and grammar checks
• Ask someone else to read the draft and to make comments on the structure and content. If you know someone who has recruitment experience in the commercial world this may be very helpful
• Write the final draft
• Ask someone to check the spelling and grammar.

Communicate effectively:

• Try not to use the same word often, use Thesaurus to add variety
• Keep sentences short
• Keep the language simple and avoid being ‘wordy’
• Use examples to illustrate statements about your skills/personal attributes
• Keep it relatively concise; no more than two sides of A4

Remember to include:

• The type of school you are seeking, location, ethos
• Curriculum strengths
• Educational philosophy
• Description of the way your teaching experience has influenced your learning about teaching children
• Experience of working with those from ethnic minority backgrounds
• An outline of your training course (for newly qualified)
  
• The additional qualities you will bring to teaching as a result of previous work experience. This is particularly relevant to mature students
• Experiences of working with children in non-school activities and how these are likely to improve the school environment.
• Reasons for wanting to work at that school or location