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How to Showcase Your Skills and Experience as a New Teacher

As a new teacher, you may feel overwhelmed by the challenge of establishing yourself in the competitive field of education. It's essential to know how to showcase your skills and experience effectively to make a lasting impression on potential employers, colleagues, and students. In this blog post, we'll explore different ways to demonstrate your capabilities as a new teacher and help you stand out in your profession.

Create a Comprehensive Portfolio

A well-organised portfolio is an excellent …

May 1, 2023 08:00am

By Orla Dempsey

Under #Career, #careercoaching, #CV, #CV Writing, #applications, #Job Applications, #Education, #jobs, #Múinteoir, #How to SAF, #CPD, #teachers & #TeacherIreland

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7 Templates You Need in Your School

A template with actions to undertake when a new student enters your class.
A template to outline the steps for organising school trips
A letter template for quick notes home.
A template with methodologies you’ve tried – when helping students with SEN
A template to help new teachers get to know the school quickly and independently
A template that outlines when special learning weeks (e.g. Maths Week etc) will happen each school year.
A template with ideas that you could post to your LinkedIn or social …

Jan 23, 2023 08:00am

By Orla Dempsey

Under #DeputyPrincipal, #Opportunity, #primaryschoolteacher, #education, #teachers, #leadership, #AssistantPrincipal, #principal, #CPD, #Growth mindset, #LAOS & #TeacherIreland

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How do you answer the question on the vision for the role/vision for the school?

This question is one I get again and again from clients and they need to put their thinking caps on!

How do you answer the question on the vision for the role/vision for the school?

One thing that I noticed when I began leadership coaching is that teachers sometimes were sometimes frustrated and they could sometimes use this question as a chance to vent. For this question, I always recommend that the energy is positive. This question IS NOT a chance to rant and tell them what you believe is g…

Nov 22, 2022 10:04am

By Orla Dempsey

Under #Career Change, #Uncertainty, #Opportunity, #AP1, #AP2, #primaryschoolteacher, #Leadership, Learning, #whatcanido, #News, Leadership, #Quality Education, #Mock Interviews for Primary, #primarymockinterview, #DeputyPrincipal, #Interview questions, #primarymockinterviewpreparation, #careercoaching, #jobapplications, #teachers, #Interview, #leadership, #Mock Interview Preparation Primary, #Confidence, #principal & #CPD

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What do I need to do to improve my teaching job application?

I see you. Doubting your SAF - wondering if there’s anything that you can do to improve it, if there’s some secret that others know that you don’t.

If this sounds like you then - you’re in luck!

I've created a quiz that helps teachers pinpoint exactly where they are in their job application process.

Do you want to find out - where YOU are at? It takes just a few minutes and you will get personalized results and actions that you can take to improve your job applications.

Click here to do the quiz: ht…

Jul 7, 2022 08:00am

By Orla Dempsey

Under #News, #jobapplications, #careercoaching, #primarymockinterviewpreparation, #saf, #AP1, #AP2, #jobs, #Múinteoir & #CPD

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Your Inside Guide to Looking at Our Schools – A support document for aspiring and existing school leaders

Picking up this document – whether to self-reflect or when applying for a new role in management is a good idea to allow you to align with your current teaching practices. Working on your career vs working in your career – there’s a difference! Looking at our schools is a great document to allow for self-reflection.

There are a number of elements outlined in this document that you should consider when working on your career.

1. Reflection

Reflection is key to teaching and this framework serves as a…

Aug 16, 2021 08:00am

By Mary Dillon

Under #Leadership, #Career, #CPD, #Confidence, #Teacher, #Job Applications, #leadership, #primarymockinterview, #teachers, #careercoaching, #jobapplications & #permanentjob

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How to Showcase Your Skills and Experience as a New Teacher

Create a Comprehensive Portfolio

7 Templates You Need in Your School

How do you answer the question on the vision for the role/vision for the school?

What do I need to do to improve my teaching job application?

Your Inside Guide to Looking at Our Schools – A support document for aspiring and existing school leaders

1. Reflection

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