Use the right language to quickly improve your job applications.
Make your applications relevant to jobs outside of teaching by using language organisations understand.
This guide is for you if
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You're struggling to translate your teaching experiences to a more corporate setting.
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You don't understand the niche terms used in job specifications.
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You know the language you use is too teacher-centric.
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You can't see how you're relevant to roles outside of the classroom
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You can't draw parallels between teaching and other careers.
Course Designer
Materials and content designed by experts
Katie Stickley
The original seed and one of our co-founders Katie has been a strong advocate of teacher's skills in commercial settings. Katie has been an outstanding educator for over 19 years in the UK school system. She has strong connections with both start-ups and market leaders in a range of industries and is also passionate about the work of third-sector organisations.
Martin Stickley
Martin is certified in LinkedIn's Marketing Fundamentals. He has extensive experience as a teacher and middle leader in large secondary schools. Martin also has commercial experience working with Did Teach, EdTech firm JADE Autism and the investment bank JP Morgan Chase & Company. His career history gives him a unique understanding of the education and corporate sectors.
When you've used the guide you'll have
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Clarity over how your experiences equate to the job functions of other roles.
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A tool to help you translate job terminology from education to corporate settings and vice versa.
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Confidence that your teaching background does make you a relevant candidate for other jobs.
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A bank of phrases that you can use in applications.
Make sure you're on the same page as employers
What does the guide cover?
It's comprehensive and covers the full range of teacher duties and responsibilities. Including those of; Main scale teachers, UPS holders, Middle leaders, SENCO's, Senior leaders and Headteachers. This enables you to quickly see how your teaching activities equate to those of other sectors.
What teachers say about our advice
Teachers that have transitioned
"After teaching for 5 years Did Teach was extremely helpful in supporting my transition out of the classroom".
FAQ
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Why should I buy this guide? Surely, I can work out how to word my job applications.
As a teacher, you will have strong language skills but the phrasing you use is likely to be synonymous with education. Adjusting your terminology so that people understand what you offer is tricky. We are constantly reading job descriptions and can relate them to the job functions in teaching. This guide easily helps draw links between education and corporate settings.
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Why should I choose guide?
Did Teach is constantly working with teachers and a whole range of organisations. Clients who hire Did Teach candidates really value the teacher skills. And they also help us understand the language that is likely to make a candidate successful.
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How can I access the guide?
The guide is a comprehensive downloadable 9-page PDF document. This can be stored on your desktop or printed.