When you get a call from a school administrator provocative you to interview for a teaching job, how do you feel? Happy? Elated? Excited? Nervous? Scared stiff?
You don't need to worry about the interview if you're a well-prepared, great candidate. Preparing for a teaching interview is a lot like learning for a test. You can tell ordinarily asked questions, think about what you'll say beforehand, and go in to do your best. If you get ready beforehand, the interview questions will seem habit and familiar. You'll have answers on the tip of your tongue, ready-to-go.
Below is a list of six ordinarily asked educator interview questions from my eBook, Guide to Getting the Teaching Job of Your Dreams. How would you reply each question?
1. Tell us about yourself.
This will be the first interrogate at roughly every interview. Just give a brief background in about three sentences. Tell them what colleges you graduated from, what you're certified to teach, what your teaching & working experiences are, and why you'd love the job.
2. How do you teach to the state standards?
If you interview in the United States, school administrators love to talk about state, local, or national standards! Reassure your interviewer that everything you do ties into standards. Be sure the lesson plans in your folder have the state standards typed right on them. When they ask about them, pull out your lesson and show them the close ties between your teaching and the standards.
3. How will you get ready students for standardized assessments?
There are standardized assessments at roughly every grade level. Be sure you know the names of the tests. Talk about your experiences Preparing students. You'll get bonus points if you know and tell the format of the test because that will prove your familiarity.
4. tell your discipline philosophy.
You use lots of certain reinforcement. You are firm, but you don't yell. You have suitable consequences for inappropriate behavior. You have your classroom rules posted clearly on the walls. You set tasteless routines that students follow. You cleave to the school's discipline guidelines. Also, emphasize that you presume discipline problems will be minimal because your lessons are very provocative and provocative to students. Don't tell the interviewer that you "send kids to the principal's office" whenever there is a problem. You should be able to deal with most discipline problems on your own. Only students who have committed very serious behavior problems should be sent to the office.
5. How do you make sure you meet the needs of a learner with an Iep?
An Iep is an "individualized instruction plan." Students with extra needs will be given an Iep, or a list of things that you must do when teaching the child. An Iep might consist of anything from "additional time for testing" to "needs all test questions read aloud" to "needs to use braille textbook." How do you ensure you're meeting the needs of a learner with an Iep? First, read the Iep carefully. If you have questions, consult a extra instruction teacher, counselor, or other staff member who can help you. Then, you just make sure you succeed the requirements on the Iep word for word. When necessary, you may be asked to attend a meeting in which you can make suggestions for updating the Iep. Your goal, and the goal of the Iep, is to make sure the learner has anything he or she needs to be prosperous in your class.
6. How do you tell with parents?
This interrogate will come up at roughly every elementary school interview. It's fairly tasteless in the middle school and high school as well. You might have a weekly parent newsletter that you send home each week. For grades 3 and up, you may wish students to have an assignment book that has to be signed each night. This way, parents know what assignments are given and when projects are due. When there are discipline problems you call home and talk to parents. It's important to have an open-door policy and request parents to share their concerns at any time.
For more educator interview questions, I request you to download my eBook Getting the Teaching Job of Your Dreams ( http://www.iwantateachingjob.com ). In it you will find 50 tasteless interview questions and answers as well as practical guidance for getting the teaching job you want.
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