Academy Alumni member Gemma talks about her interesting move from Secondary Art teacher to Quality Assurance Leader at NCFE. She shares specific examples of the skills that she evidenced in her application and interview, and how these help her in the day-to-day role.

As teachers and leaders in education, we have a wealth of quality assurance, moderation, assessment and training experiences - this episode shares another way we can use this in a very different setting.

In this episode, we also explore:

• Maternity leave, lock down and competing with her pre-children teacher self
• Financially preparing to leave teaching
• Knowing that feeling sad doesn’t make it the wrong decision
• The wealth of teacher transferable skills and how to reference them
• Translating job specifications and understanding what they mean
• Preparing for her interview and giving great examples
• Struggling with imposter syndrome
• Quality assurance as a day-to-day role
• Top tips for working for an accreditation body

Links and Resources

1.  https://www.ncfe.org.uk/careers/
2. LinkedIn for Teaching Career Change Course

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