4. What do I expect?
You have to want to do it
You understand that it is about “service” not “privilege”
You work for each other and for the School
You are smart
You are punctual
You are polite and courteous
You are willing to help
You NEVER undermine the team
You look out for other pupils
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5. What do I not expect?
You put yourself first
You shirk your duties
You disagree in public
You have favourites
You are sarcastic
You “pull rank”
You find excuses not to carry out your role
Once you have sent your UCAS application you “switch
off”
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6. Or to put it another way…..
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7. As JFK might have said…..
Ask not what your
school can do for you,
but what you can do for
your school
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8. The Selection Process-application
You submit a written application by Friday 25th April
addressed to me
In it you must include
1. What you believe to be the role of a monitor
2. Why you believe you will fill that role successfully
3. One innovative idea for school improvement
4. Someone you admire and why (can be real, living,
dead, fictional)
If you do not wish to be considered you must write to
explain why
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9. The Selection Process-interview
Each student submitting an application will be
interviewed by 2 members of staff (in one interview)
during the week after half term
You will be asked about your letter of application and
given scenarios to discuss
You will have the chance to ask questions and make
suggestions
All students, successful or not, will get feedback from
interviewers
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10. The Selection Process-profile
Each student will have a profile sheet completed by
your tutor which will record
1. Academic effort and attitude over the year
2. Behavioural record over the year
3. Co-curricular contribution to the school
4. House report
5. Tutor reference
These profiles will add to the bank of evidence about a
candidate’s suitability
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11. The Selection Process-staff/peer
review
The current monitor group will be asked to give
opinions and verdicts on the Lower 6th
These will be named opinions and verdicts, not
anonymous
These will NOT be a vote on popularity, but will focus
on skills and characteristics relevant to monitorship
Staff will be asked for their views
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12. The Selection Process-observation
You are always being watched of course, but…
We will give you the chance to carry out duties after
half term, including a leadership assessment day
We observe how you interact with other pupils
We observe how you conduct yourself
Remember that “empty vessels often make the most
noise”
And…to quote Gene Hackman, playing the Captain of
the USS Alabama, in Crimson Tide……
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13. Who said…..
I can’t abide kiss asses and I
won’t tolerate save asses
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15. Appointment
Appointments will be announced on the penultimate Friday
of next term
I will notify the Head and Deputy Heads of School in
advance and then announce the entire selection to you as a
group
Housemasters/mistresses will announce the Heads of
Houses
Some of you will be disappointed, you may feel it is unfair
and that the wrong people have been chosen
It will be a measure of your character as to how you deal
with that
Additional leadership positions will be announced
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16. Summary
Give it your best shot
Be confident that we know your strengths pretty well
already
Be confident that we are looking for depth and “hidden
strengths” not simply “empty noise”
You are an excellent year group and I can already
predict that there are going to be some tough decisions
Good luck
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