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Got an interview coming up soon and panicking about your interview skills?

👌 I got you covered! 

Help! I've an Interview in a Week' is designed for experienced primary and post-primary teachers who are looking for middle and senior leadership positions. 😥 They are nervous because they've secured interviews last minute. 

This course will teach you...

• How to answer questions based on the four domains.
• How to talk about your strengths and weaknesses.
• How to come across as enthusiastic and knowledgeable.
• How to have a variety of strategies for your interview (e.g. what you will do if you can't answer the question).
• How to effectively use the STAR technique and more...

Each module in the online course is short and to the point. Each lesson begins with the prompt - 'How do I answer the... 'X type' question?'   

👩‍💻 Throughout the course, I outline what they are looking for and give you vocabulary and impressive phrases to answer the question - using evidence to show that you have similar experiences from your past.

Applying for an teaching, AP, DP or Principal role this year? or 

Perhaps you're looking towards secondment opportunities?

If you are, then The Teachers' Promotion Club is for you!

Inside the club, you'll find brilliant tips to

• improve your job application and interview techniques
• short videos to guide you and
• highlight specific ways you can create a better interview strategy
  
• guest speakers
• challenges and 
• a private Facebook Group so that you can connect with others and ask questions about teaching, job hunting and careers!

This group is fantastic support for teachers moving into middle management and beyond!

Want to update your SAF, CV or Letter of Application NOW?

Perhaps you're tired of second-guessing yourself - thinking that something just doesn't seem quite right - or perhaps you're completely clueless at this whole job application process in the first place!

Selling Yourself - The Complete Guide to Applying for Teaching Jobs - is exactly what you need.

Be supported at each step along the way. In this course, I share the exclusive information I only share with my 1-1 clients including top tips via

• videos
• pdfs and
• our top app (learn on the go) and
• access to my private Facebook Group for further support when you need it most.

Selling Yourself - The Complete Course for Applying for Teaching Jobs - is created by a primary school teacher and career coach who is passionate about helping teachers find the best school for you!

⭐ Unsure what to say in interviews? ⭐ Fear that you waffle - but don't know how to stop? ⭐  Tired of repeating questions over and over again?

'Knock Their Socks Off' is for teachers looking to improve their confidence in interviews and build up a bank of targetted interview techniques.

Designed for NQTs and experienced teachers - there is no other course like this available to prepare teachers for interviews. 

📲 Jam-packed with short videos (1 - 5 mins) this course will help you feel inspired, confident and calmer because you can now show them that you are unique.

Here's what Niamh (a Primary School Principal) had to say about it:

"I would highly recommend Orla’s ‘Knock Their Socks Off’ Interview Course. The content is relevant and focused for teachers. It is an excellent course for any teacher who wants to cover fully all aspects of preparation for interviews. It is a great collection of relevant and appropriate advice and knowledge all in one place". 

✨ Go ahead and Knock Their Socks Off!

Designed for those applying for AP roles and those who want to make an impact in their interviews!

Here's what (incredibly!) you'll get access to...

👩‍💻 My recommended CV Template - communicate your experience with ease and clarity.

✅ Cover Letter Template - avoid re-hashing your CV/Job Application (BO-Ring!) with these tried-and-tested cover letter ideas. 

💪 Power Verbs resource - print these verbs off to add real IMPACT to your application and interview. 

❓ 40+ AP Questions - A fantastic list of questions to BEGIN PREPARING and learn more about how to use the STAR technique in competency-based interviews. 

📽 5 No-Brainer Interview Videos (my MOST POPULAR videos from course participants).

⭐ STAR Technique Workbook - Use this workbook to plan out each question under the headings - SITUATION, TASK, ACTION AND RESULT. 

Ever struggled in a school and did not know precisely why?

I did. I really struggled and I wasn't invited back for year 2 - and in retrospect, it was the best thing that ever happened to me! 

Inside this training, you'll get...

• Tips from DEIS Teachers
• Insights into the role
• Questions that they ask in DEIS interviews
• You'll learn about the challenges and lots more.

🏫 Indeed,  we will shine a light on the wonderful work that DEIS teachers do in disadvantaged settings. 

If you're unsure how to create an up-to-date CV or impressive job application - You need this!

Learn my top LAOS tips, pinpoint where you can improve your application, learn if you're writing too much or too little, make the application process easier and tonnes more effective! Tip: It's all got to do with your MINDSET! 

Here's what you will learn... 

⏳ You'll save time and make the process of applying for a leadership role easier!

➡ Access my specially designed CV template for leadership applications.

📩 Guidance about how to write the letter of application and free template.

🎯 Show what you have that's different and articulate that in a clear confident way.

⭐ Focus on telling STORIES and not SELLING YOURSELF and lots more.

Been a long time since your last interview?

If it has - then your interview skills are probably quite rusty! Having a strategy for your interview can put your mind at ease, make you feel more confident and save you from learning off reams and reams of notes from your 'interview copybook'. 

This interview masterclass is jam-packed with

• tips and tricks to improve your interview answers
• it will help you better interpret what the interviewer is looking for and
• It will help you brainstorm the vocabulary that's required for successful teaching interviews easily

Do this masterclass when you need it most in your own time. 

Are you looking for a simple, thought-provoking, coaching-focused guide to help you complete your CV and job applications?

🧭 The best thing to do to help you create an authentic person-centered CV and SAF is reflection. This job application guide will help you BOTH to utilise key vocabulary AND show them your interests in (e.g. chess or walking or restorative practice or using iPads) AND when you sahre its with them can be a great help in their school. 

💕 My questions and tools gently guide you to reflect on yourself and gather ideas to put in your job application. It's this reflection piece that will make you stand out from other candidates. 

😎 At just 39 pages long, you can scan through it in one sitting and you can highlight the most important parts for you as you are creating your job applications.

💡 With the coaching tools - you can print them off and find out your teaching superpowers and unique selling point.

🤩 When you use Acing Your Job Applications - you won't feel overwhelmed and you'll know that the information that you include truly represents you and when you share authentic information - you can turn up to your interview as your real, caring, organised, hardworking, friendly self. Win! 👌

🌞 Already thinking about your options for next summer?

Many teachers are 🤔 unsure of what their options are when it comes to making an income each Summer and they are unaware that their Summer job could be 👌 a valuable opportunity to develop unique skills, 💻 add them to your SAF and 🎯 earn extra income all year round perhaps!

Inside this course, you will find out...

• When and how to apply for Summer camps, July Provision etc.
• How to set up a side hustle and earn more money.
• How to sign on for the Summer.
• The pros and cons of each type of Summer employment.
• How to use your experience in job applications and interviews. 

👩‍🏫 There are also guest teachers who give their first-hand experiences of Summer jobs and finding new pathways. 

🌞 You'll feel relieved and you'll know how to get moving to start looking for Summer work.

😎 I make the process simpler for you - when you invest in this course!

This comprehensive 'Always Ready' service and online course for teachers - takes them from being lost to in control of their leadership goal.

It's designed for teachers who know that they can do the job - but they doubt themselves sometimes and fear that they can't communicate their skills and value in their job applications and interviews. 

In this 6-week course, you'll get...

• 1-1 Support: Choose fro 2x45 minute sessions or 1 x 90-minute session to work with me on interview skills, mindset, and your job application so that teachers are feeling ready to apply, submit their job application and ready to do a fantastic interview.

• Lifetime access to 'Help! I've an Interview in a Week' - my self-led comprehensive interview course designed to help you upskill for leadership interviews.

• 6 weeks access to 'The Teachers' Promotion Club' including weekly access to me via the Voxer app each Friday.

• My specially designed 'Always Ready' Course PLUS... comprehensive information about my brand new 'SHINE' Framework - designed for aspiring leaders to get from classroom teacher to leadership roles.  AND... 

• Regular 'bum kick' accountability messages and emails - to help you continue taking action towards your goals.

Are you on LinkedIn?

💥 Most principals are.

🔗 Adding your link to your job application is a different way to stand out from other applicants. 

👩‍🏫 It's important to stand out and showcase yourself as a professional, capable teacher and LinkedIn can help you do that with a little link in your job application and/or your CV.

This course gives you a rundown of how to

✔ create your profile,

✔ lots of useful phrases,

✔ ideas about how you can use it and

✔ user-friendly ways to nurture your profile this year!

This masterclass is brilliant because ...

🤩 It’s easy. 🤩 It’s effective and ⏳ 5 mins daily/20 minutes weekly could nab you 🤩 interesting opportunities!