For ENGLISH MLB team

[Matthew Savage]

There has been one change of candidate for Friday. Ms Gormley has already found a suitable post elsewhere, but I have just received a very strong application from a Mr Wellman, who will take her place on the programme, which can therefore remain unchanged.

Hope that makes sense.

Mr Savage

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Matthew Savage < savage....@gmail.com>
Date: 13-Jun-2006 19:58
Subject: Interview at George Mitchell School
To: clayton...@hotmail.co.uk

As I explained in my telephone call this evening, I would like to invite you to interview this Friday, for the post of Teacher of English and Media at George Mitchell School. As you know, this is a one-year contract, to cover a maternity leave - however, this does not, in any way, lessen our ardour and determination to appoint the very best candidate for the job.

As is usual at George Mitchell, the interview day will be a gruelling but thorough experience, through which you will be able to decide unequivocally whether this is the school for you, just as we need to decide whether you are the teacher for us. Consequently, I urge you to take every opportunity during the day to ask questions and get a genuine feel for what it would be like to teach among us. I love working here, more so than anywhere else in my not unprolific career, but I am perhaps somewhat biased: this is your opportunity to find out for yourself.

The day will begin at 8.30am with a brief introduction to the school by me, and will then move straight away to a panel interview with a group of MLB consultants (see below for details of our Student Voice programme). This will be followed by a 40-45 minute lesson to a Y7 or Y8 class, on an English topic of your choice, to be observed by a mixture of staff

and students. The morning will conclude with a thorough tour of the school, also giving you the opportunity to ask as many questions as you like of your two MLB tour guides.

At lunchtime, we will receive a detailed feedback from the MLB consultants themselves, upon whose recommendation we will decide which candidate(s) are to be taken through to the formal interview in the afternoon. Should the MLB consultants feel that a particular candidate is not suited to the school, or should any candidate decide this is not the place for them, they will not be 'shortlisted' for the final stage of the interview process.

Should you have any further questions regarding the day, or should you wish to discuss any particular requirements for your lesson, please do not hesitate to contact me. Additionally, should you need any information regarding accommodation locally or travel to/from the school, just let me know.

The students, my department and I look forward to meeting you on Friday.

Regards

Matthew

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Matthew Savage
Assistant Headteacher
Curriculum Leader for English and Media

GEORGE MITCHELL SCHOOL
Farmer Road, Leyton, London E10 5DN
Tel: 020 8539 6198
Email: savage....@gmail.com
Website: www.gmschool.co.uk
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Find out more about Student Voice @ George Mitchell:
* http://www.thenewspaper.co.uk/home/pg000639.php
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4785538.stm
* http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=6&transmissionProgrammeId=189417
* http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/article345645.ece
* http://www.bteducation.org/awards/casestudy05.ikml?id=1352
* http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/features/article.html?uid=474
* http://www.ldr-magazine.co.uk/viewstory.php?id=328
* http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/search/display.var.530744.0.a_quiet_revolution.php
* http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2148170
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/education/2005/11/09/edclare09.xml


--
Matthew Savage
Assistant Headteacher
Curriculum Leader for English and Media

GEORGE MITCHELL SCHOOL
Farmer Road, Leyton, London E10 5DN
Tel: 020 8539 6198
Email: savage....@gmail.com
Website: www.gmschool.co.uk
___

Find out more about Student Voice @ George Mitchell:
* http://www.thenewspaper.co.uk/home/pg000639.php
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4785538.stm
* http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=6&transmissionProgrammeId=189417
* http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/article345645.ece
* http://www.bteducation.org/awards/casestudy05.ikml?id=1352
* http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/features/article.html?uid=474
* http://www.ldr-magazine.co.uk/viewstory.php?id=328
* http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/search/display.var.530744.0.a_quiet_revolution.php
* http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2148170
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/education/2005/11/09/edclare09.xml

--
Matthew Savage
Assistant Headteacher
Curriculum Leader for English and Media

GEORGE MITCHELL SCHOOL
Farmer Road, Leyton, London E10 5DN
Tel: 020 8539 6198
Email: savage....@gmail.com
Website: www.gmschool.co.uk
___

Find out more about Student Voice @ George Mitchell:
* http://www.thenewspaper.co.uk/home/pg000639.php
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4785538.stm
* http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=6&transmissionProgrammeId=189417
* http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/article345645.ece
* http://www.bteducation.org/awards/casestudy05.ikml?id=1352
* http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/features/article.html?uid=474
* http://www.ldr-magazine.co.uk/viewstory.php?id=328
* http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/search/display.var.530744.0.a_quiet_revolution.php
* http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2148170
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/education/2005/11/09/edclare09.xml