Hi, I'm enjoying my maternity cover position at the local secondary. My HoD keeps telling me about a job that's opening up and now it has. However, I'm nervous! It's an external ad. When I applied for a job I was already doing at another school, I was told no thank you as the other candidate was a stronger interviewee. In that job, I thought I was doing well and my contract kept being extended. So I'm worried the same can happen again. I recently had an observation as part of a department review and was advised of a few things I wasn't doing so well on. This is to be expected but I'm worried it might scupper my chances. However, I'm present in the staff room, get on with everyone, am seeing students in my classes make good progress on the whole and feel like I'm doing a good job. What can I do to make my application and interview great? What might they ask?

I am So Sorry I've been AWOL but we all know how all consuming teaching is!!!! Anyway - it's parents evening either this week or after half term. I have created an uploaded some cheat sheets for you. The best one is tricky conversations. Have a look! Trish

How did everyone’s first day go? Mine was crazy busy, tough being the newbie and not knowing any routines and getting to grips with new systems! Life is all about pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones though. 😀

Wishing you all lots of luck today - especially if it’s your first day as a teacher! Have a wonderful day and let me know how it goes! Trish x

Join me this evening at 7.30 pm just to say "Hi" . Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/326270696500836?p=ksmgR5RxgD3pwM1AsB Meeting ID: 326 270 696 500 836 Passcode: NL668jm2 I'd love to hear your ideas about what would be helpful to have here and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Let's build this community! See you at 7.30pm Trish x