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So you are considering teaching? Or at least an interview?
What should you ask for to make sure it is suitable for you and the school?
Understand the key points of teacher job interview
First, understand that you are interviewing schools and districts, just like they are interviewing you, this is not a game of power. The goal of teacher placement should be to pair and serve students between the school (and the administrators of the school and the district) and sustainable teachers.
We can talk about teacher job interview skills in another post (including studying the school and seeing ourselves as “fit” or “inappropriate” rather than “qualified” or “failed”/“good teacher” or “bad teacher”). The goal of this post is to help you “get a job” to determine the position you want.
Obviously, you can’t simply list such a list and start reading it to the principal or – well, you probably won’t find a job (assuming they even let you complete the interview). The point here is to think carefully about what you are entering – exploring the school, climate and context from several angles beyond “opening”. Consider interviews for the coming school year so that you can find the job that will make you grow into a teacher, which is obviously something that will serve students the most.
Even if you don’t care about the idea of “fit” and will take any work, such questions can help you show the people you interview for you as a professional educator and help improve your open interview skills throughout your career.
I divided them into two categories – practice and teaching. The question of “practical” is more about the work itself, i.e. Salia, insurance, placement, etc. I may have missed some obvious questions as these vary greatly from one position to another. In a country, state, or region, there are probably much fewer things that are absolutely crucial.
The second category focuses more on the nature of the teaching method itself, although still relatively, but should be more common. Currently, there are 30 questions to ask in your next teacher interview with your school or region.
Teacher’s practical interview questions
1. How can I help? In other words, besides “teaching classes”, what opportunities do I have to support my colleagues and students in this school?
2. In terms of deliverables – visible results –What are the expectations of every teacher every day? What are the schools and areas? That is, every teacher, generally and throughout the day, without negotiation or flexibility, every day, what happens every day – behavior and general expectations? (This may sound like a strange question, but overall it depends on how the school/region “does” and can have a significant impact on the adaptability between the teacher and the job interviewed.
3. What are the course plan/course requirements– In terms of format, approval, collaboration, standards, publishing, etc.? This is similar to #1 but focuses on unit, curriculum and assessment design, as well as school programs. For example, is the course a script? If so, is there flexibility? If not, what are the “expectations” of collaboration among teachers? Is there a rhythm guide? How to use it? How and how does the data affect pacing guides and course charts, etc.?
4. What are school behavior models and plans? How do teachers and staff work together to support students and teachers in creating a physically safe, intellectual and forward-looking learning environment for learning?
5. What is the teacher’s attendance/sick day/snow day policy?
6. What are the school and district policies regarding common agreements and related agreements, how will they change over time, and do you expect them to change in the near future? How can teachers be protected and supported as they meet teaching challenges during corporate prevalence?
7. How much money will I make? What is a salary scale and how does it change every year? What insurance and related benefits do teachers have? How often does a teacher pay? Can you deposit directly? What about the cafeteria plan?
8. What are the extracurricular opportunities and requirements for teachers?
9. What committees does this school have and how effective they can achieve their goals? How do I contribute to their continued growth over time?
10. How is this school/region different from ten years ago? What data can be supported? (Ask the second part carefully, but make sure you don’t think twice before asking the teacher something similar.)
11. What are my compelling opportunities to improve my craft in this school or area?
12. How strong is the school/region IT department? Are they a large number of people and enough funding? What about regional Internet filters? Is it designed to support students’ learning?
13. What role does this librarian/media expert play in ordinary classes every day? (This can be explained in a number of ways.)
14. Is there a coach or a course expert who can help me grow? Or are they punitively “catch me and did something wrong”? (Don’t ask the second part.)
15. How do I know I am safe here – in reality, professional, emotional and other aspects?
Teacher’s teaching interview questions
16. How to define and measure student performance?
17. What Learning Model Used in this school/area? Which one is the most effective? How can I contribute to moving forward?
18. How are technology used to support students and their families? How did the past Personalized learning?
19. Will this position encourage me to focus on the strengths or weaknesses of my students?
20. What are the school tasks, the curriculum, how do students and staff work together to help achieve this?
twenty one. How are data used to support teachers and students? How accurate is the measurement tool used to extract data?
22. Do students like to go to school here?
twenty three. Do teachers like teaching here? What cooperation between teachers is “needed”? encourage? support?
twenty four. Are parents welcomed here?
25. This school has achieved its greatest success recently? Historically?
26. The school has’Growth mentality‘? area? Or is it pressure, pressure, good at things that are kind, pressure, pressure?
27. How can different assessment forms and data sources jointly improve student outcomes? How to make this data accessible to teachers? How have accessibility and data quality improved over the past five years?
28. How do deans, assistant deans and other similar roles support students and teachers and how do they support their work?
29. Is art valued here? Humanities are average?
30. How do courses, course charts, pacing guides, units, courses, and any regional/state level assessment work together? Is each flexible enough?
31. How can innovation and tradition work together to serve students?
32. Where do teachers have autonomy? How can teachers’ abilities be cultivated and grown throughout the year?
33. Can students “graduate” from this school (perform academically well) with little hope for their future? In other words, how does the learning here actually improve the life and arc of students’ lives? How do we know?
34. Is it “safe” to teach here? That is, is this professional, psychological and physically safe for me?
35. Is there a teacher alliance? Is it essential? What is the history of any teacher union and school/region relationship?
Bonus: In this position, I will Teach content or ideas?
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