Your First Teaching Post
The Careers & Employabilty team provide information, advice
and guidance to final year
QTS
students and
PGCE
trainees on all aspects of getting their first teaching post,
through lectures, workshops and group work activities. One-to-one
appointments can also be booked (see our home page for contact
details).
The content of lectures and workshops include:
- job seeking (sources of vacancies etc)
- Local Authority recruitment practices (including teaching
'Pools'),
- making a successful application (including matching a person
specification),
- writing a personal statement
- interview skills
The team also organises an annual Teaching Opportunities
Day attended by representatives from Local Authorities,
and some teaching recruitment agencies, keen to recruit newly
qualified teachers.
Resources available on prospects.ac.uk
prospects.ac.uk, the National Graduate Careers
Service website has a range of pages providing information for
newly-qualified teachers.
Getting a Teaching Job is a comprehensive
guide to job hunting with chapters on, for example, Where to
Start, Sources of Vacancies, the Personal Statement, CVs, Supply
Teaching and Interviews: what to expect. Copies are
available in the library or can be downloaded from the links
on this page.
Teaching in , Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland
Teaching in Northern
Ireland
Teaching in
Wales
Teaching in Scotland
The content can also be viewed via the Teaching and education
sector page
Local Authority Recruitment
Please note that the closing dates for some Local Authority
teacher recruitment 'pools' can be as early as November/December.
Within in the teaching and education sector pages you can find
information on the recruitment practices of Local Authorities
via the Search
local education authorities pages. Visit Career
Development if you would like help with searching for vacancies,
completing applications and interview techniques.
Job Interview Preparation
Careers appointments are available to students preparing for an
interview.