It doesn’t matter at what stage you are at in your teaching career – from probationer to head teacher – s1jobs is the place to find your niche and dream role in education.
There are opportunities at all levels and stages in this profession, including early years positions and supply jobs.
Of course, as a teacher you have the chance to make a big impact on children’s lives, helping them overcome hurdles and excel in life.
There can’t be anything more rewarding than seeing a pupil discover the joy of learning.
There are lots of ways to do this and you’ll have your own particular style, but the chances are you may have a few tricks in common with one of these famous teachers from fiction.
Which one best resembles you?
Miss Frizzle
The star of the Magic School Bus series has a highly-creative approach to the serious job of teaching. And, while she fails every health and safety directive, she still manages to get her young charges home in one piece from their many adventures. Her dress sense is as wild as her teaching style and she has a colour to match every subject on the curriculum. Be inspired by her focus on creativity in the classroom.
Mrs Ohmar
Do you ever feel your words are falling on deaf ears? Then you’ll sympathise with Mrs Ohmar from the Peanuts cartoons. Charlie Brown and his classmates pick up nothing more than “wahwahwah”. Fret not, however: your message is getting through because, like Mrs Ohmar, you have geniuses in your class with ears as big as their ambitions.
Professor Snape
Could this be you? A brilliant teacher with high standards worthy of Hogwarts and able to keep pupils on their toes with your enigmatic aura. They don’t know whether to be in awe of you or just plain scared – but students pay attention and you have no problems with late homework.
Dewey Finn
Not every day can be School of Rock crazy, but you’ve faith in your young pupils that brings out the best in them. Dewey’s lesson? Don’t treat pupils as children but as equals and they’ll love your unconventional approach to learning.
Mr Keats
You don’t need to be named after a dead poet to be a member of this society, but it could help to make cynical adolescents appreciate their lessons, especially literature. Just be careful when leaping on to desks to make words leap off the page.
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