help with applying for jub after crap experience(!)

[skiteacher]

Help needed from the lovely people on this forum. I am (hopefully, eventually!) doing supply becuase I left my permanent job at easter after 18mnths of stress, illness exhaustion (Etc) caused by harassement from mainly the head but also SMT. I had a bad NQT year, lacking in support nad opportunities to develop or even work as I knew I was capable. THis then continued in my 2nd year and has left me really unclear about any skills I have and wary of what others schools will be like. (although I'm optimistic otherwise I wouldn't even be trying!)
So, this term is about trying to boost my self confidence as a teacher and find a school that isn't like my last one.
Well today I visited a (what seemed to be) lovely school, needing a reception teacher (what I want to move into - all expereince in KS1 up to now) THey are going through changes with a new head, but she seemed really nice and talked about how FS was going though a change (it was very trad. (old fashioned) before) It generally seemed like a nice school, happy, calm and going through a process of change in a good way. I met the parallel teacher and she seemed really nice and accepting of the need for changes.
SO, (sorry for the preamble) I now need to apply. But
!) don't know how to talk about why I left last school, hopefully can frame it under wanting to move to FS, but it was a sudden end and rare for teachers to leave at easter.
2) managing to find postives from my experience at last school
3) proving I have skills to work in FS

So comments please. I have 2 weeks to do the application but might take that long!

[NuttySupplier]

*Gets thinking cap on, but just got in, and going to bed... #1 & #2 are easy, #3,
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... what skills do you need? We'll word them correctly!*

Will write over the weekend...

[skiteacher]

thank you! I might think about it over weekend, I might just let the miagic of cornwall relax me! Have a good weekend

[Gnomoospan]

Good luck skiteacher, give us a bit more info about you and your strengths, I'm not sure you need to say why you left your last job do you?

[skiteacher]

There isn't anywhere on the form asking why you left job, but i am concerned I will be asked as I left a yr 2 class at easter.
One strength i am working on phrasing is prior expereince as an outdoor education instructor so therefore very interesting in the outdoor learning in FS i.e. the fact they are supposed to spend 50% outdoors.
Interested in FS because interested in the development of skills (opposed to knowledge further up) i..e early literacy / maths skills, motor skills, social skills (another link there to outdoor education )
I usually say that one of my main skills is that I am able to build good relationships with children but that was one of the things that my head kept harassing me about (though the parents and children didn't seem to agree and were all exceedingly upset on me leaving, children alway coming to talk, show things all normal indicators of good relationships) due to the treatment in the last 18months I really don't know what my strengths are apart from survival.