WOOHOO!!!

A couple of weeks ago I applied to three jobs - three schools I really liked. None of them invited me to interview - I was devastated, and everyone I asked said there was nothing wrong with my applications. I was beginning to fear I would be jobless in september.
And then....a job came up in a middle school -the one that my current class will be moving to. My HT (Head teacher) and the middle school HT knew each other so I knew I'd have a good chance of getting an interview - with nothing to lose I applied (monday).
Tuesday...phone call from another school - they'd seen my application form on the NQT pool and could I please come along and see the school and discuss jobs (they were desperate to see me before I went to the other interview but there wasn't time).
So, off I went to my first interview , feeeling happier in the feeling that there was another interview if this one fell through.
All went really well - 55minute poetry lesson to yr 5s, school council interview, school dinner with the HT, actual interview - it took all day and I finally left at 3pm, having got there at 9am.
And....I got the job!! Woohoo!
Then I checked my mobile phone and found an interview offer for another middle school!
What a week!
Such a weight off!

Questions involved:

How did the lesson go?
What are you doing at the moment?
How are you finding the training?
Why do you want to be a teacher?
What has been your greatest acheivement during the year?
How would you maintain and improve standards?
(I replied expactations and they asked me about planning too, so I talked about LOs and always know where you want the children to be in the future and not just for that lesson etc)
What are your key skills/subjects?
Would you be willing to take on extra curricular roles?
Give us three words the children in your class might use to describe you (this was the hardest! I replied: exciting (as they actually had said that twice this week), nice (NICE?!?!? what was I thinking) and happy.
What do you percieve the form tutor role to be?

School council interview questions:
If you had an emotional child in your class what would you do?
If someone started really kicking off and throwing chairs around, what would you do?
If someone had an illness in your class what would you do (much discussion about a girl with diabetes being allowed to eat in class because of her illness)
What other schools have you taught in?
How do you make lessons interesting?
Do you use drama in lessons?
Why do you want to be a teacher?