Your profile is the single most important aspect of the app in terms of finding you the work you want in a school. It’s your chance to impress school leadership and show them that you’re a candidate they’d be lucky to have on their team. 

Take some time to curate your profile so that you give yourself the best possible chance of standing out to a school.

1.  Introduction

2. Brief overview of our teaching background

3. Key strength

3. Memorable lesson

I am an energetic and creative teacher in London with QTS (Induction Completed in the UK) with five years experience in KS1 and KS2. I have three years experience as a Year 2 teacher in an Ofsted Good two-form entry school and, more recently, have two years experience as a Year 3 teacher in a single-form entry Ofsted Outstanding school. In my recent post, I have also been a subject lead for Year 3 English and Science. 

I am looking for a role as a Year 3 teacher in South West London, ideally it would include some subject leadership responsibilities as I have greatly enjoyed that in my last post. I do not mind the size of the school I teach in but have found that I particularly enjoyed the two-form entry school I taught at. 

My key strength as a teacher is my classroom management. I have both a calming and energising presence in the class. I create a calm and stable environment by establishing clear expectations of my students (such as speaking one at a time, being kind to one another, never mocking other students) in the early stages of our relationship and ensuring that I both model and follow through on the expectations. I also create an energetic environment by creatively planning warmer games and interactive activities throughout the lessons. 

A recent memorable lesson was a 35 minute Year 4 English lesson where I wanted to consolidate newly learnt writing skills. I chose a Paddington Bear theme and broke the children into smaller groups to lead them on a small tour of London’s sights using London miniatures of iconic landmarks like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye. The children then wrote brief postcards of their “London Tour” with Paddington, we reviewed them as a class and took them home to their parents or carers. The children really enjoyed the energy of the tour and were excited to record their imaginary adventures with Paddington. 

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