Interview Information

Literacy Assessment

All applicants will be asked to take a literacy ‘test’ at interview. This is in order to assess their command of written Standard English and reading. Command of spoken Standard English is assessed during the interview.

For the literacy assessment at interview:

Applicants are asked to read a short article from a national newspaper on an educational topic and respond to this in writing
Applicants are given a pupil’s written response and asked to identify any errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar

Areas focused upon in interview

Professional Attributes
This includes high expectations and commitment to realising and raising pupil potential; professional behaviour; facility for collaboration, reflection and innovation.

Professional Knowledge and Understanding
This includes subject knowledge as defined with your degree/academic qualification, but also the curriculum context of the subject – i.e. what and how it is taught in schools.

Professional skills in relation to teaching and learning
This includes your reflections from your own observation/experience of teaching/learning. All applicants are expected to have had some experience/observation in a secondary school.

You will be assessed upon the following elements:

Subject knowledge per se - The essential knowledge and understanding needed in order to teach a subject effectively
Pedagogy: subject theory and practice - An understanding of the teaching skills and strategies needed to teach all pupils effectively
Pupils' development - An understanding of how learning is linked to pupils' development and their social, religious, etnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and contexts
Attitudes - Positive attitudes to pupils' learning that underpin subject knowledge, skills and understanding
(For more information, go to www.tda.gov.uk )

Recommended preparation for interview

In order to prepare for the interview, all applicants for Creative and Media are asked to:

Access the Diploma info for 14-19s on www.direct.gov.uk/diplomas, or other sites, and explore the information on the Creative and Media Diploma.
Prepare a short presentation about how your experiences in the creative and media sector and your experiences of working with young people will be relevant to the requirements and the spirit of the Creative and Media Diploma. Unfortunately, within the remit of the interview, there are no OHT/PowerPoint facilities, but we will be pleased for you to bring your laptop to show your work or any slides.

Applicants are also asked to bring along a current portfolio showing evidence of their work within the creative and media sector.