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above the rest. That’s important on interview day for teaching interviews where the tradition is for candidates to be herded around together. By ‘method acting’ I mean: • Feel comfortable in your suit or the special clothes you are going to wear for interview. Wear them the day before and do some everyday activities so you don’t feel strange wearing them. • Act confidently and smile more than usual in your interactions with people in the days leading up to the interview. Get used to ‘enlarging’ yourself. • Teach lessons at your current school as though you were doing an interview lesson. Practice emphasising key points, building little recaps and plenaries into your lesson. Make the learning explicit. It’s usual to feel some butterflies in your stomach on the morning of your interview. This isn’t fear, it’s adrenaline. Tell yourself that you need this to excel during the day. ______________ ★ RESOURCES Method acting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting