They both seem to be such long drawn out affairs, lunch with the headmasters' wife, grand tours and three interviews at the one I am doing tomorrow. It is also the first time I have had to teach on an interview and although I am sure it will be fine I am so nervous.
One of them is for a standard teaching position, so a demotion for me in some ways but a promotion in the fact that it is 1 not a sink school and 2 I can teach A level. I know I will be competing with fresh out of university NQTs with fresher and more up to date subject knowledge and a lot cheaper. In the state sector expensive teachers like myself hardly ever get a job against a good NQT - will it be the same this time?
Are they going to quizz my subject knowlegde in interview? I have three interviews tomorrow one of which is with the head of department - he has described it as a fireside chat! I am not as sure.
Also am teaching A level and am planning an all dancing and all singing lesson with lots of active learning, films clips etc. Dp is worried that there may be ICT problems - when I spoke to the head of Department on the phone they seemed quite clueless about how to use their very poor ICT facilities. But I think one of the reasons they want me is because I have such great ICT skills and in my reference it referred to my pacy interesting lessons so I have to deliver just that tomorrow.
I am so nervous I feel sick.
I have never felt nervous before an interview and have never gone to interview and not got the job, am very scared that this may be that first time and yet I have never wanted a job as much.