Teachers-I need some help.

Re: Teachers-I need some help.

• LBeez13 member

  April 2014

  I am a HS counselor so my principal has me sit in on interviews for teachers a lot. They always ask about differentiation in lessons. What do you do for those that are advanced, English language learners, at risk "tier 2" "tier 3" students, etc. They also ask a lot of behavioral/discipline strategies for the classroom. I work at an at risk campus that has a lot of behavioral issues so we always look for teachers that will be flexible. Maybe research what type of district/campus they are and understand their beliefs on those types of matters.
  
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• Cricket81 member

  April 2014

  My biggest interview suggestion is to go on the school's website and find something special about the school to be interested in and ask questions about. Maybe an after school program or a community outreach or anything you can find.
  
  I am elementary, but they always have asked me about classroom management, cooperative learning, and family communication. Hope that helps!

  

  

  
  

  
  

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• BC&LM member

  April 2014

  What subject matter? My answer would be different depending on the subject.  If you don't want to post here, you could PM me.

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• BC&LM member

  April 2014

  Here are a few that would apply to any subject matter, though:

  
  

  How will you differentiate your instruction for students who perform on different levels?

  How will you handle classroom management?

  How will you incorporate writing across the curriculum?

  Why do you want to teach here?  What do you already know about our school?

  What specific courses would you feel most comfortable teaching and why?

  What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses as teacher?

  Describe a typical lesson you might teach.

  How do you keep up-to-date in your subject matter?

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• BC&LM member

  April 2014 edited April 2014

  majwv8 said:

  I was also going to ask what subject. 

  
  

  Classroom management and differentiated instruction are always the big ones especially for new teachers. Find out how involved/into the Common Core standards are within the district and read up ALOT on those if you aren't familiar with them - that's the big thing right now. 

  
  

  Communication with parents is also a biggy. 

  How did I forget Common Core!?  Definitely familiarize yourself for Common Core at your grade level!!! This is very important.

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• megaroo64 member

  April 2014

  I sit in on teacher interviews all the time.

  
  

  We talk about Common Core, and Next Generation Assessments all the time (how would you prepare your students for using the technology needed for the PARCC Assessments?)  Our district is really in to technology in general, so we ask about how you would integrate technology in to your lessons and ask if you have any experience with the technology that we already have in place (the school's website should tell you a basic run down of the types of technology that they have).  We also talk about differentiation a lot and how you would deal with different learning styles in your classroom.  And of course, classroom management.  We often give the person a classroom management scenario and ask how they would address that student.  Oh, and how do you work as a team and collaborate with other staff members. 

  
  

  Hope that helps. 

   

  Bennett Andrew- 6/4/13      Nora Elizabeth - 10/3/14

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• nikel13 member

  April 2014

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• BC&LM member

  April 2014

  nikel13 said:

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  Oh, then I have more suggestions! I'm not sure what different programs or initiatives this school uses, but you might want familiarize yourself with the Collins Writing Program in case they use that as well as methods they might use to assess students' reading levels, such as Lexiles. The upcoming English Parcc test has lots of questions that require the students to not only answer questions but to provide textual evidence about how they arrived at their answer; this is also one of the Common Core standards. As a result, I wouldn't be surprised if they asked how you can incorporate activities addressing these skills into your lessons. There is actually a sample Parcc test online you might want to consider taking.
  
  Also, they might ask you about ideas for teaching grammar in context. They could ask you how you will approach teaching difficult texts to students reading below grade level. I'm sure there are more ideas that I am forgetting right now, but if you have any questions/concerns, feel free to PM me.

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