All set for iday?

So you’re all confirmed for iday, congratulations! Here’s a list of things you might need to prepare for your trip.

Costs covered at iday:

• Round trip flight to the UK
• Accommodation whilst in the UK
• All iday-related transportation requirements whilst in the UK
• Meals during the iday interview day and CPD workshop (breakfast is covered all week and school dinners are available Wednesday and Thursday)

Costs not covered at iday:

• Travel insurance
• Transportation to and from your designated airport before and after the trip

Iday CV – We’ll be asking you to complete our iday CV template. This is what we’ll use to send to the schools you’ll be interviewing with, so they can get to know a little about you before you sit down with them!

Flight details – You’ll receive your flight details approximately 1-2 weeks before the event.

What to bring:

• Laptop and adapter
• Relevant lesson plans
• Consider bringing items such as stickers, coloured pencils/pens, an object or short video on USB that you could use as an effective and engaging hook to your lesson
• Professional clothing for interviews and school visits

It is also a good idea, to call your cell phone provider and see if you can include an international package on your phone for the week to avoid long distance/roaming charges.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Arrive in the UK, check in to the hotel and spend the day looking around. We’ll have a meeting in the evening.

Day 2 – iday! We’ll all depart the hotel at 6.30am to get to the venue

Day 3 – Lesson planning workshop and results from your interviews – you’ll either be asked to teach a lesson, ask you for a second interview or make an offer!

Day 4 – School visits to your top choice

Day 5 – School visit to your second choice and offers!

Day 6 – Travel home

General interview tips:

• Do your homework, research the school and the area
• Act the part in your interviews
• Dress to impress
• Turn off your phone
• Make eye contact and use a firm handshake
• Smile!
• Listen
• Never badmouth an ex-employer
• Try not to waffle
• Have some questions ready to ask

Keywords to keep in mind during interviews:

• Behaviour management – Positive Reinforcement / Rewards / Expectations / Code of Behaviour
• Outstanding Lesson – Differentiated / Active Learning / Guided Discovery / Engaging / Fun

Commonly asked questions:

• Experience with SEN / EAL students and how you appeal to all learners (lower ability and higher ability or gifted and talented)
• Qualities about yourself as a teacher – pick three points and talk about them in detail giving examples
• Know your child protection policy / Safeguarding policy

Finally, good luck! Use the resources available to you, your Talent Acquisition Consultant is on hand to help you through the entire iday process and beyond.