Deck 9: Applying for Jobs and Preparing for Your Induction Year

Question 1

You can start applying for jobs during your training

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What should you omit from a CV?

A) Date of birth
B) Marital status
C) Length of teaching placements
D) Ethnic origin

Answer 2

A, B, D

Question 3

Which of the following are forms of CPD?

A) Individual-led
B) System-led
C) Profession-led
D) Institution-led

Answer 3

A, B, C, D

Question 4

Which of the following impact on a researcher's work?

A) Their own values
B) Their own willingness to undertake the study
C) Their own beliefs
D) Their own assumptions

Question 5

Your referees should be . . .

A) a good friend who knows you well
B) a previous boss
C) your tutor from your ITT course
D) a mentor from a school placement

Question 6

What importance do you place on CPD? Why?

Question 7

Rate, between 1 (very low) and 10 (very high), how likely you are to continue your study to Masters level. Why?

Question 8

Identify the subject associations related to the subjects you are most interested in teaching and see what they have to offer you.

Question 9

Write down what you would like in the 'ideal school' for your first post.

Question 10

You can find teaching posts advertised in . . .

A) local papers
B) local authority ads
C) teaching pool
D) borough, local authority or Teaching School Alliance websites

Question 11

What mnemonic can you use to help you answer interview questions?

A) CARE
B) STAR
C) SIMPLE
D) BRAVE

Question 12

Visiting a school prior to applying for the job is compulsory.

Question 13

You should always take a portfolio to interview

Question 14

Much teacher research is 'action research'.

Question 15

You are likely to get the first teaching post you apply for

Question 16

When writing a job application . . .

A) send the same application out to all schools
B) avoid talking about your own personal interests
C) use the headings in the person specification
D) write in the third person

Question 17

Your Curriculum Vitae should be no more than . . .

A) 1 page
B) 2 pages
C) 3 pages
D) 4 pages

Question 18

The General Teaching Council of England has been . . .

A) disbanded
B) strengthened
C) put on hold
D) sent into schools

Question 19

CPD means . . .

A) cultural and professional development
B) child progress and development
C) contingency planning development
D) continuing professional development

Question 20

Identify the people who will be able to help you apply for a job and be successful at interview. Make appointments to speak with them in plenty of time before an application is due in.