teacher talent pool.co.uk

It’s Fast and Free! 

Step 1 – User Profile 

User Details:

Username: Create a username for yourself that you will remember. This username is to enable you to logon to the system, and will not be displayed in the public area of the system – other users will not see your username.

Email: Enter your email address here. Please make sure that the email address you supply is confidential to you and will be accessed by you on a regular basis as this is how we will contact you with regards to notifications and interviews etc.

Confirm e-mail: Please re-enter your email address. 

Password: Please create a password that you will remember. It must be 8-20 characters long and must contain at least 1 letter and 1 number.

Confirm password: Please re-enter your password.

Personal Details: Please enter your personal details as requested. Again, these are not for public viewing and are for Teacher Talent Pool Administration only. Your personal details will only be shared with establishments upon accepting an interview with them and you will of course be prompted of this before accepting interviews. 

Other: Please let us know how you heard about us. 

Terms and Conditions: Please tick the box to accept and agree to the Terms and Conditions, these can be viewed by clicking on the blue link ‘terms and conditions’.

That’s it for Step 1! Click the ‘continue to step 2’ prompt to create your confidential profile. 

Step 2 – Teacher Profile 

Current Role: This is where you tell us about your current role. 

Job Role: Dependant upon what you choose from this drop down determines which other drop downs are required. For example, if you choose ‘teaching’ or ‘education advisors’ you will subsequently be asked for your subject / key stage. 

If you choose ‘Teaching Support’, ‘non academic support’ or ‘leadership’ you will be subsequently asked to complete the type. Use the drop downs in this section to tell us about your current role, your subject / key stage and second subject, your responsibilities, salary grade and bonus.

Current Situation: Please tell us about the situation you are currently in. Please select from the drop down menus.

Hours: Are you full time or part time?

Contract: Are you permanent or temporary?

Type: What type of role are you currently in – ie qualified teacher etc.

Experience: How many years experience do you have?

School Type: Select the type of school you are currently employed in.

Time at Current Post: Please tell us how long you have been working within your current post.

Looking for: Please tell us about the role you are looking for by selecting from the drop down menus. Please note that this is the section that Teacher Talent Pool matches from, ie if you choose job role ‘Teaching’ and subject ‘Mathematics’, you will be matched against all mathematics teaching positions. You can change your profile at any time should you wish to do so.

Job Role: Again, dependant upon what you choose from this drop down determines which other drop downs are required.  For example, if you choose ‘teaching’ or ‘education advisors’ you will subsequently be asked for your subject / key stage.

If you choose ‘Teaching Support’, ‘non academic support’ or ‘leadership’ you will be subsequently asked to complete the type. Use the drop downs in this section to tell us about your current role, your subject /key stage and second subject, your responsibilities, salary grade and bonus.

Further Information: This is a free text box so you can type in here freely. This is to type some supporting information for your application, about yourself. Please be aware that this information will be viewed by users of the site and therefore please do not include any personal details about yourself, such as name, telephone number, current school or any identifying information. Use it as a selling tool to sell your profile, not your personal details.

CV: This is where you can upload your CV to our system.  Your CV will not be available for public viewing and is used only for Teacher Talent Pool Administration and for forwarding to Schools upon you accepting an interview with them (you will be prompted before this happens). To upload, you must make sure that firstly, your CV is on your computer or on a disk /drive in your computer. Once it is, click ‘browse’.

Locate your CV on your computer / drives / disks etc and click on it to highlight it. Then click the ‘open’ button.

You will then be returned to the CV section, the name of the file will be in the CV section. This will add a copy of your CV to our system upon completion of registration. 

QTS and CRB: There is a blue link on these for more information - if you are unsure as to what they are. Click in the empty boxes to place a tick in them to indicate yes, please leave blank to indicate No.

Were you trained as a teacher abroad?: Please click on the empty box to tick it and indicate Yes, or please leave blank to indicate No.

Teacher Reference Number: Please enter your Teacher Ref No here.

Finish: That’s it! We told you it was fast! Click here to complete your registration.

You will then returned to the system and placed in ‘my pool’. You will see a confirmation at the top of the page that you have successfully created a new account.

You will also receive a confirmation of registration email. This will be sent to the email address you supplied in the registration process. Congratulations!