ABSTRACT
The fi nal chapter encompasses two elements of teaching history which are not part of the
competences outlined in the Teachers’ Standards (DfE, 2012) which defi ne the capabilities
that student teachers must possess if they are to be granted Qualifi ed Teacher Status (QTS)
in England. The fi rst is the question of applying for your fi rst post in teaching. It is important
to realise that effective preparation for this is a separate area of competence. There is no
necessary correlation between teachers’ classroom teaching abilities and their skills in self-
promotion and preparation for job applications. There are many excellent teachers and
student teachers who do not do themselves justice in terms of job applications because they
have not applied the same degree of thought and rigour to the process of application as to
their classroom competence in teaching history.
