Contacting Schools Directly - HELP!

[icetree]

i'm a secondary teacher currently doing some supply work. i'm getting fed up with one of my agencies messing me about and someone brought up the
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of contacting schools directly over work.

the thing is, i have no
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how to even start to do this. do i write a letter? what should i include in this letter? and should i just send this to any schools i can?

any help as to how to get started would be great. thank you!

[janeb]

I started by having a ring-around. I asked each school that I would like to work in whether they used supplies direct or through agencies - if the response was positive, I then asked if I could arrange to drop off a CV and possibly meet the head (whose name I had previously googled!)

Many of the schools would only use agencies and a few had a bank of supplies (these schools generally said they would hold my CV on file in case things changed - and I have since had work in one of them) but others were very happy to meet with me.

A week after visiting the school, I then dropped off an "availability card" with all my details, a small
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and obviously my availability - I think this
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was put forward by Nutty previously (thanks Nutty!) - I laminated it in the hope that they would be less likely to throw it away!

Good luck!

[NuttySupplier]

You're welcome...

Yup, I did exactly what JaneB did, and worked in 13 out of the 14 schools I contacted, in that term!

Good luck...

[Cole]

About 2 years ago I composed a letter, taking great care to get it right, took it to local schools personally or posted it, smiled and acted nice, never heard anything back, waste of time.
North london area

[chocaholic]

I asked a
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of HTs in my area if they would take on someone (for supply) if they handed in a letter and CV, and they all said no - they all have an agency that they use regularly....I think it also depends on if your LA have a Supply Bank in use - this would deter schools from taking someone on from this approach.