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Last week I had an interview for a Deputy Head Teacher post. I was successful (wooo!) and will be starting my new job in the Summer term.

I just wanted to extend my thanks and appreciation to SO many of you who gave some time to offer an endorsement via Twitter replies and blog comments after I requested some help.

One of the interview questions was about something successful I had instigated which I was proud of. I talked about this blog and then handed out printed copies of the collated Tweets and blog comments that you left for me to the panel. The response was suitably neutral for an interview. But I know it helped to back up what I said about bringing my network with me to the post.

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The interview process was a great challenge – lesson, formal interview, school council interview, data analysis task and presentation – reading through your amazing comments gave me a great boost in confidence.

Once again thankyou so much if you contributed your 140 characters or more to #tomsinterview, you helped me turn it into #tomsjob and I will always be grateful for that.

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tomgbarrett

It certainly should be interesting seeing how the next year works out -
thanks for your support
nzchrissy

Congratulations Tom – that's fantastic news. Well deserved and looking forward to hearing more of what you do in your new role!
tomgbarrett

Thankyou for your support Pam and I hope to continue to share the journey
too!
tomgbarrett

Thankyou Doug I appreciate your contribution you made as well. Maybe one
day…I think over the last 5-6 weeks my opinion of headship has changed.
Long way to go yet though.
Pam Thompson

Congratulations Tom! Very well-deserved. Looking forward to catching up with your journey at your new school.
tomgbarrett

It certainly should be interesting seeing how the next year works out -
thanks for your support
nzchrissy

Congratulations Tom – that's fantastic news. Well deserved and looking forward to hearing more of what you do in your new role!
tomgbarrett

Thankyou for your support Pam and I hope to continue to share the journey
too!
tomgbarrett

Thankyou Doug I appreciate your contribution you made as well. Maybe one
day…I think over the last 5-6 weeks my opinion of headship has changed.
Long way to go yet though.
Pam Thompson

Congratulations Tom! Very well-deserved. Looking forward to catching up with your journey at your new school.
http://dougbelshaw.com Doug Belshaw

Well done Tom – looking forward to the day when (if you want to) you become Head and School 2.0 comes into being!

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