Geoff' Top Ten Tips for Jobs and more besides. by Geoff Rebbeck https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs sharing intelligence on preparing for interviews en-us 2018-01-30 10:34:24 UTC 2024-05-23 16:42:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1054243/7f94d9431024cfcb3a242dd9ba0e9096/CCCU_class_logo.png Geoff's Top Ten Tips geoffrebbeck https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/226008988 general advice for interview prep.]]> 2018-01-30 10:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/226008988 This from Lewis geoffrebbeck https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/226009853 [17:01, 1/9/2018] Lewis Febery: Hi guys I had my interview today, here are the questions I was asked.

  • Why this school in particular?
  • How will you assess students in your lessons? 
  • What  do you think your main weaknesses are?
  • How will you counteract your weaknesses? 
  • What extra can you bring to the school?
  • Why psychology as a specialist
  • Subject?
  • What do you think the role of a form tutor is?
  • What are your feelings on teaching more then one subject?
]]> 2018-01-30 10:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/226009853 This from Naomi geoffrebbeck https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/226100613 tricky to read but click to make larger]]> 2018-01-30 14:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/226100613 Student panel and interview questions KSVarney1 https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/228628273 Student panel:
-Why this school?
-Why do you want to teach?
-Why do you want to teach psychology?
-What topics in particular do you enjoy teaching?
-What extra curricular activities could you bring to the school?
-How would you improve the grades of pupils in your class?
-If a student misbehaved in your lesson, how would you respond?
-If a student missed 6 weeks of lessons because of an illness, how would you help them catch up?

Interview questions:
-How did you feel the lesson was? (positive and negatives)
~then received feedback~
-How would you assess your students in lessons?
-How would you go about teaching an A-level class where half have done GCSE and half have not?
-Have you got experience teaching additional subjects?
-Which age range would you prefer to have as a form tutor?(upon my query)
-How do you feel about the school being a Church of England school?
-Are you still a firm candidate?
There were more, but they all blended together/built on one another so I cannot pluck them from my memory specifically :)]]> 2018-02-06 14:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/228628273 This from Emily https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/229121737 . Questions asked:
Why teaching?
What makes an excellent lesson?
How would you deal with a safeguarding issue?
What would be your classroom expectations?
What are the main challenges working in a boys grammar?
What will you bring to the teaching role?
What are you areas for development?
How would you adapt your teaching to meet the needs of KS4 and KS5?
How would you deal with a disengaged student?
If you went on a learning walk, what would you expect to see of excellent questioning?
What makes an effective teacher
]]> 2018-02-07 14:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/229121737 Interview questions https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/229124414 Why this school?
Safeguarding policy- how do you implement that in your classroom?
Why teaching?
Least and most favourite thing to teach in psychology.
How would you deal with being a subject leader?
How would you deal with being the line manager to the deputy head as you'll be in charge of the subject?
How will you delegate which topics you will teach and what other teacher will teach?
How would you be a role model within the school?
How did you think your lesson Went? 

]]> 2018-02-07 14:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/229124414 https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/241870974 2018-03-14 13:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/241870974 Interview divaleebraine https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/241871648 Hi Everyone, my interview consisted of teaching a lesson to year 10 completeing an AQA exam paper and then the interview. 

I was asked around 30 questions which lasted 40 minutes so forgive me if i cant remember them all.

What made you decide to become a teacher? 
why this school?
This school is the 11th in Kent how will you support us to continue in our progression?
Teaching is a high pressured environment what will help you continue teaching?
What safeguarding training have you recieved?
If you saw a student with cuts all up their arms what would you do?
 What are your three biggest weaknesses?
How do you overcome these weaknesses?
What are your three biggest strengths?
what makes an excellent lesson?
How do you think your lesson went?
Would you be willing to adapt your teaching style for different groups of people?
How do you deal with pressure ?
How do you assess pupils in your lesson?
What can you bring to this school?]]> 2018-03-14 13:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/241871648 Tips for getting on the shortlist geoffrebbeck https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/332384170 2019-02-18 16:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/332384170 Shona's Interview Questions https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/339249578 What motivates you to be a teacher?
Why did you apply for this post?
What is your understanding of the Big Question?
What would you do differently in the lesson that you just taught and why?
What can you bring to the role?
How would you deal with a disengaged student?
Where do you see yourself in 2 years time?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
What other subjects would you consider teaching?
Do you have any questions?]]> 2019-03-08 11:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrebbeck/NQTjobs/wish/339249578