Primary and Early Years Interview Learning Plan

This interview activity is designed to gauge your skills in reading aloud and engaging a group, as well as considering learning.

For this activity, you will choose a children's text and:

• Introduce your text to the group (interviewer(s) and other candidates) explaining your rationale for your choice of text
• Read a section of the text for 2-3 minutes as though you are reading to a class of children
• Discuss a learning activity linked to your text, using the learning plan provided to support you.

For face-to-face interviews, there will be no visual projector/TV screen available so the presentation will be delivered orally. You may supply handouts to the audience - five copies will be sufficient.

If you are having an online interview, you are welcome to use a PowerPoint presentation.

Individual Interview

• Look at our Interview and Selection Tips page
• Ensure you come with all the documents you need
  

Fundamental skills task (to be completed before your interview day)

• A fundamental skills task will be emailed to you to complete before your interview day. It is designed to identify your support needs in literacy and numeracy.

After your application form has been considered, you may be invited to a Selection Day at the University. Ideally, you will have already spent some time in a UK mainstream school in Key Stages 3-5.

The Selection Day will include:

• A Pre-Prepared Mini-Lesson
  • This is required for face-to-face and online interviews
  • For the online interview that we offer, you may prepare a PowerPoint presentation, otherwise, the information is the same.
• A Fundamental Skills Task (to be completed prior to your interview day)
  • This task is designed to identify your support needs in numeracy & literacy.
  • A comprehension task that will allow you to demonstrate your ability to write professionally and interpret school data.

• You will be invited to join the Kaltura room via the link in your interview selection confirmation email.
  This will allow for:
  
  • Pre-Interview Technology Check and explanation of Kaltura – 10 minutes 
  • Overview of programme entry requirements - Reminders about attested certificates and safeguarding checks
• You will be sent via email
  • Welcome presentation from the iQTS course leader, Kirsty Weeks – This is an online recording – 15 Minutes
  • Fundamental Skills Task - You will be asked to undertake a fundamental skills comprehension task.
    This task is designed to identify your support needs in literacy and numeracy. You will be given 45 minutes to return your response to the task via email

Interview day

Primary and Early Years Interview Learning Plan (15mins)

This interview activity is designed to gauge your skills in reading aloud and engaging a group, as well as considering learning.

For this activity, you will choose a children's text and:

• Introduce your text to the group (interviewer(s) and other candidates) explaining your rationale for your choice of text
• Read a section of the text for 2-3 minutes as though you are reading to a class of children
• Discuss a learning activity linked to your text, using the learning plan provided Link opens in a new windowto support you.

You are welcome to use a PowerPoint presentation if you wish.

Individual Interview (45mins)

• Ensure you have one form of photographic ID with you on the interview day as this will need to be verified at the interview
• You will have time at the end of your interview to ask questions

Pre-interview briefing videoLink opens in a new window

• You will be invited to join the Kaltura room via the link in your interview selection confirmation email.
  This will allow for:
  
  • Pre-Interview Technology Check and explanation of Kaltura – 10 minutes 
  • Overview of programme entry requirements - Reminders about attested certificates and safeguarding checks
• You will be sent via email
  • Welcome presentation from the iQTS course leader, Kirsty Weeks – This is an online recording – 15 Minutes
  • Fundamental Skills Task - You will be asked to undertake a fundamental skills comprehension task.
    This task is designed to identify your support needs in literacy and numeracy.
    You will be given 45 minutes to return your response to the task via email

Interview day

• A pre-reading task - You will be required to read a journal article and prepare answers to questions about the article.

• A Pre-Prepared Mini LessonLink opens in a new window (5-10mins)
  
  • For your online interview, you may prepare a PowerPoint presentation.

Individual Interview (45mins)

• Ensure you have one form of photographic ID with you on the interview day as this will need to be verified at the interview
• You will have time at the end of your interview to ask questions

Pre-interview briefing videoLink opens in a new window