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Interview Skills & Preparation
Billy Redmond
Learning House
• Experience• 25 Years.. HEC & Career Guidance, National Behaviour
Support Service, National Induction Program Teachers ,Principal.
• Current Projects
– Global Schoolroom – West Africa -Sierra Leone/ Gambia
– Leadership and Education Masters support
– AsIAM - School audit tool online
– School Consultation
• Contact Details – www.learninghouse.ie
Twitter @learninghouse2
Overview
• Planning your career
• Where to look?
• Curriculum vitae
• Letters of application
• Interview preparation
• Interview and follow up
Plan your Career
• Many interviews across your career, promotions, opportunities
• Where are you want to work
• Types of school
• What would suit you?
• Know your sector?
• 1 foot in tomorrow
Plan your Career
• Professional digital identity- your responsibility
• Social Networking
• Have choices to make …
Intro
• Where to look?– Education posts.ie
– Public jobs
– Local and national press
– Local research
– DES website for a list schools
– Local education centre
– National and international agencies
– Twitter and social networking
Letter of Application
• Simple and clear
• Written to the named principal of the school
• No spelling errors
• Clearly written for this job, and not a copy and paste
Letter of Application
• Three paragraphs,
– why of the letter
– the school,
– what are you are a good fit and happy to attend interview.
Curriculum Vitae
• Emphasis on work that supports your educational career
• Content
• Length of CV
• Correct language and spelling
• Educational focus
• Educational history
• Quality information regarding your studies
Interview Preparation
• School website
• Inspection reports
– Strengths and areas for improvement
– Essential reading - Subject reports, MML and others available depending on school.
– Must know the strengths and challenges in these
• Your skills and talents
• Educational policy nationally
Irish Context
• Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice 2018-23
• School Self Evaluation
• LAOS – Looking at our Schools
• Junior Cycle
• Assessment modes and planning
• Child Protection and GDPR
• Inclusion Framework and SET
Supportfor a
FEWIndividual
Support for
SOMEIndividual and/or
Group Approaches
Support for ALL Whole-School Approaches/Classroom Subject Support
NEPS Continuum of Support-Post-Primary
Universal Screening
Academic SuccessSocial Emotional &
Behavioural Competence
This provides us with the professional support.
Interview Preparation
• School type & Curricula provided by the school DEIS etc
• Know your specification and subject well
• Assessment
• Behaviour
• Ethos
• Extra Curricular activities
Interview
• The current educational landscape
• Planning and organising your work
• Samples of lesson planning, and or materials
• Appearance/ Presentation
– Simple, professional, freshly laundered and ironed, look the part.
Follow up and Record Keeping
• Keep a professional log
• Record interviews and note feedback
• Never underestimate the value of thank you
• Postgraduate study… CPD and Teaching Council
• Drochead and Training
Questions
• Any Questions ?