Improve Your Curriculum
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How to Improve Your Curriculum

Improving your school’s curriculum takes a great deal of time and research.

Carrying out an overhaul of your curriculums may seem daunting, but schools must review them regularly to ensure they deliver the support required for pupils and teachers. Indeed, successful schools have a rolling schedule to review their curriculums and put time and effort into ensuring the process is carried out correctly.

Plenty of tools are available to make the job easier, so we will look at two that might help, but first, let’s examine why you should improve your curriculum.

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Teacher Interviews
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Guide to Succeeding in Teacher Interviews

If you are a teacher looking for a new position, you will know that the interview stage is vital. Although most schools will want to observe your teaching, the interview is your chance to share your story and demonstrate your experience, skills and passion for education.

To help you stand out, we have put together a handy guide for performing well at teacher interviews.

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Teacher recruitment issues
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Why is there a teacher recruitment crisis in England?

Back in 2018, TES was already reporting a teacher recruitment crisis in England.

The truth is that now, in 2022, teaching has a real recruitment and retention problem in education across the country.

In this blog, we will look at recent research investigating the causes and suggested solutions to the recruitment crisis in teaching.

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Staff Induction – How to Welcome New staff to Your School

September is the time of year when many schools welcome new teachers and support staff to their settings. Getting your induction process right is critical in ensuring new staff feel valued and confident.

We all know that first impressions count. In many ways, induction is about making a positive impact and setting up new staff to succeed.

The difficulty is that there is often far too much time spent on delivering information compared to building relationships and making people feel part of a team.

Think about who is responsible for induction at your school. One person having ownership can make a big difference in how well it is carried out.

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New Job in Teaching
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How to Secure a New Job in Teaching

There are plenty of good reasons to look for a new job as a teacher. You might want to progress to a more challenging position, find a more specialised role or travel to a new location.

Whatever the reason for your search, here are some excellent ideas for making your job hunt more successful.

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COVID-19 affect teacher recruitment
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Will COVID-19 affect teacher recruitment in the UK?

During the middle of this year’s coronavirus pandemic, a report published by the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) looked at how the school system was progressing with the country’s ongoing teacher supply challenge.

Key findings of the Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2020 included:

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Job Interview
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10 Tips for ‘Teaching’ a Job Interview

Picture the scenario – you’ve found what looks like the perfect job. You send off your application and manage to secure an interview. All you need to do is survive an hour of questions, maybe a lesson observation, and you’ll land your dream role.

Unfortunately, this is easier said than done. Even though teachers are used to classrooms full of pupils and handling difficult parents, even the most competent and confident educator can fall flat during an interview.

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Work after school
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Teaching Pupils About the Realities of Work

In order to help pupils develop their employability skills, teachers should always be thinking about how to integrate careers advice into the curriculum. However, this is easier said than done…

Thankfully, the research and training charity IGD has a number of free activities available as part of its Educator Hub, which should make it easier to teach pupils about the realities of work, even if your curriculum is becoming increasingly congested.

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secure an interview
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How to find the right school, the right job, and secure an interview

Ever get the feeling that the grass is greener at another school? It’s a thought that will have gone through the mind of almost every teacher. However, not everyone acts on this impulse.

But if you are serious about leaving your current position in search of something better, it helps to have a clear idea of what you want, especially in terms of culture and career prospects.

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become a teacher
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Five ways in which you can become a teacher

So, you want to become a teacher? This enjoyable and rewarding profession is one that could set you up for life, with plenty of progression and promotion along the way.

But what is required of you in terms of education, experience, and qualifications? Thankfully, there are more ways to become a teacher than ever before…

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