Sample Interview Questions For Teachers
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SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS
Professional Experiences
1.
What is your philosophy of education?
2.
Describe your student teaching experience(s). What are some of the most significant things you learned from
your cooperating teacher(s)? What did you like/dislike?
3.
What is your knowledge of and experience with standards-based education?
4.
What experience have you had with students from culturally diverse backgrounds?
5.
When did you first become interested in teaching?
6.
What opportunities have you had to bring multicultural education into your classroom?
7.
Describe your experience(s) working in an urban setting.
8.
How well has your college/university prepared you for the teaching profession?
Instructional Skills
1.
Describe the teaching techniques or strategies that are most effective for you.
2.
How would you include cooperative learning in your classroom?
3.
How would you identify the special needs of your students?
4.
What do you include when you write learning objectives?
5.
What techniques do you use to keep students actively involved during a lesson?
6.
What methods would you use to assess student learning?
7.
Describe different student learning styles and how you adjust lessons to benefit those differing styles.
8.
Do you feel that the teacher should be responsible for developing objectives or should they be provided in the curriculum?
9.
How do you deal with the unmotivated student?
10.
Is drill and practice important? How and when would you use it?
11.
What would you do if 50% of your class did poorly on a test?
12.
What do you see as the relative strengths and weaknesses of norm-referenced tests?
13.
How would you use authentic assessment?
Technology/Computer Skills
1.
How would you incorporate technology in your classroom?
2.
What are your computer skills? What software have you used for instructional or classroom management purposes?
3.
Assuming you have adequate equipment, how would students be allowed to use technology in your classroom?
Classroom Discipline
1.
Describe your philosophy regarding discipline.
2.
What techniques would you use to handle discipline problems that may arise in your classroom?
What was the most challenging discipline problem you’ve encountered and how did you handle it? Were you
3.
prepared to handle this situation? In hindsight, would you have handled this situation any differently?
4.
What kind of rules do you have in your classroom? (Share an example.) How are they established?
5.
How would you create and promote a safe atmosphere in your classroom?
Classroom Management
1.
What is your classroom management plan/style? What are your goals?
2.
Describe what you consider to be the model classroom. What would a typical day look like in this classroom?
3.
Share three interesting classroom management techniques used in your classroom.
4.
When students say they want their teacher to be fair, what do you think they mean?
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