teaching/administrative position

fitmom82

a few weeks ago I posted that a district I was interested in teaching with posted a position for a middle school language arts teacher and a supervisor, K-12 English and Social Studies.  I applied for both although I'm more interested and feel more qualified for the teaching position.  Well I got called yesterday to interview for the supervisors position.

Any idea what I kind of questions I can expect?  It also seems like an incredible amount of responsibility.  Do you think I'd be responsible for 6-12 English and Social Studies, which seems manageable, plus elementary since it's K-12?  Also, is there any way or would it be approriate to let them know I'm more interested in the teaching position?  I figure if they mention it I would definetly let them know I'm interseted, but would it be ok to say I'd prefer it to the supervisor's position?  I'm also wondering if they say at the end "is there anything else you'd like us to know about you?" would that be an appropriate time to mention I'm also interested in the middle school position?  The principal of that school will be in the interview.

brachysira

I don't know anything because I teach college.  However, I think saying that you love teaching and so would also be interesting in the teaching job is as far as I would consider going.  If you need the job and want it, I would probably not say anything about the other job.  If they ask you about the other job, you could say you would prefer teaching because you love the interaction or something, but if they don't ask, I would not give your preference unless you don't want this job.  I was once interviewed for an admin position at my school and I said in the future I might like to return to teaching and I'm pretty sure that killed it.

ashleysbf

I was asked about general leadership experience I had, the curriculum and how I deal with parents. For instance, give us an example of a time you were a teacher leader, how do you work with the more "experienced" teachers (which we all know means the old and cranky ones), have you ever worked with a first year teacher, how do you earn the trust of your department, what type of school climate would I create and how, etc.

The majority of the questions were about curriculum and content knowledge. How well do you know the standards, how do you include students with specials needs or language barriers. They wanted to see samples of tasks or tests I had created. They asked me to solve a problem to test my content knowledge. One question that threw me was if I agree or disagree with teachers teaching the same subjects every
year.

The last part of the interview was about parents. They gave me a teacher vs. parent scenario that had escalated to admin and I had to tell them how I would handle it. That one was hard.

I agree with pp, I wouldn't say anything about the other job unless asked.

I am on mobile, I am 100% sure there are spelling/grammar errors, my apologies. But, I wanted to get back to you quick. Good luck, let us know how it all works out!