Schools

Professional Development

Fundamental to our business is to provide the best possible service to our schools. Therefore, our commitment to the professional development of teachers and support staff is paramount to our success. Teachers need to be equipped with the necessary skills to function at their best in the classroom.

In June 2006 we were awarded ‘Investors in People’ status, endorsing our commitment to the training and development of all personnel.

Training Programme

Training is delivered by our team of educational consultants, who are all highly qualified and experienced professionals. They advise us on current educational trends and initiatives, and these are also reflected in our training programmes.

Currently our most popular courses are:

Behaviour Management (Primary/Secondary)
Assertive Discipline
SEN and Inclusion
Use of ICT and Interactive Whiteboards
Development of Interview Techniques
Assessment for Learning

Our courses are free of charge and although the provision of training is costly to the company, we regard it as a valuable investment which significantly improves the performance of our teachers and hence the quality of our service to schools.

Headteachers have acknowledged our efforts to develop the skills of our teachers and our increasingly excellent reputation amongst educational professionals is attracting more schools to use our agency.

Supply Teachers Manual

On registering with First class each of our teachers receives a manual which contains our Code of Practice together with sections on training, performance management, evaluation and planning as well as other essential information about the company.

Performance Management

We offer performance management to all our teachers and especially encourage our NQTs to embrace this opportunity in addition to our training provision. We firmly believe that these young teachers need and deserve the chance to develop their skills in their early years in the profession.

School Budgets

We are well aware of the need for schools to balance their budgets and consequently we are being asked more and more frequently to provide good NQTs as opposed to more experienced teachers. As a result of our reputation for continuing professional development and in particular our commitment to these young teachers we are attracting more and more NQTs to our agency.

What our teachers say about us

“Thank you for your warm professionalism. You were so kind to me”

“To be honest, if it hadn’t been for you, I would have given up supply teaching a year ago!”

“You are so friendly & helpful. Thank you for helping me feel more confident in my teaching”

Our training programme:

What our teachers say about our training

“Very interesting, informative, relaxed and fun. I learnt a lot!”

“Really helped, reminded me of things I’d forgotten from college! Very enjoyable course!”

“Really useful to have training from former Headteachers.”

“I found this session very helpful and I will definitely use the strategies discussed in future.”

“Really helpful, useful advice and confidence-building stuff - many thanks.”

Teachers

Professional Development

We offer tailor-made training courses, which are delivered by our team of highly qualified educational consultants, who have been extensively involved in teacher recruitment during their careers at the most senior level of school management.

Our courses are held on weekday evenings so as not to interfere with your work commitments and are free of charge.

Headteachers have acknowledged our commitment to the professional development of our teachers and our increasingly excellent reputation amongst educational professionals is attracting more schools to use our agency.