from Staff
So are you considering taking a teaching job? Or at least an interview?
What do you need to ask to make sure it is right for you and the school?
Understanding the meaning of an interview to work a teacher
First, find out that you are interviewing the school and the area as much as they interview, and this is not a strong game. The purpose of accommodation of teachers should be to pair between school (and administrators from this school and district) and a teacher who is sustainable and serves the students.
We can talk more about teachers’ interview tips in a separate publication (including researching the school and perceived as “fit” or “not fit” rather than “qualified” or “not qualified”/”good teacher” or “bad teacher”). The purpose of this post would be to help you “get the job” for a position you are already sure you want.
Obviously you can’t just pick up such a list and start reading them to a director or – well, you probably won’t get the job (assuming you even allow you to complete the interview). The point here is to think carefully about what you are going – to explore the school and the climate and the context from several angles beyond the “opening of work”. To think about the past of the school year’s interview, so that you can find the work that allows you to grow as a teacher, which is obviously what is best served by students.
Even if you are not concerned about the idea of ”fit” and will take on any work offered in your way, questions like this can help you demonstrate your thoughtfulness as a professional teacher of those you are interviewing – and help improve your interview skills for future openings throughout your career.
I divided them into two categories – practical and pedagogical. The “practical” questions are more for the work itself – salar, insurance, accommodation, etc. I have probably missed some obvious because these types of questions range wildly from one position to next. Something absolutely decisive in one country or country or region may be much smaller in another.
The second category focuses more on the nature of the pedagogy itself and while it is still relative, it should be a little more reduced. So far, 30 questions you need to ask your next interview to work with a teacher with a school or area.
Practical interview questions for teachers
1 How can I help? That is, beyond “teaching the class”, what opportunities for me to support my colleagues and students in this school?
2. In terms of results – visible results –What is expected of every teacher every day? What are the school and district “non -nenogorizes”? That is, what are things – behaviors and common expectations – which are available for every teacher, every day universal and beyond board without negotiation or flexibility? (That sounds like a strange question, but overall it comes down to how the school/area is “doing things” and can have a great effect on adaptation between the teacher and the work it is interviewed.)
3 What are the plan for the lesson/requirements for the curriculum– In the conditions of formatting, approval, cooperation, standards, publication, etc.? This is similar to # 1, but focused exclusively on the design of a unit, lesson and evaluation and the procedures of the school in them. For example, are the lessons written? If so, is there any flexibility? If not, what are the “expectations” for cooperation between teachers? Is there a step guide? How is it used? How can the data influence the step guides and the curricula cards, etc.?
4. What is the model and plan of behavior at school? How do teachers and employees work together to support both students and teachers to create a physical and intellectually safe and loving and advanced learning environment?
5. What is the visit policy/sick day/snow day for teachers?
6. What is the school and regional policy on Covid and the related protocols, how have they changed over time and how do you expect them to change in the near future? How are teachers protected and supported while oriented at the challenges of teaching during the Covid epidemic?
7. How much will I win? What is the pay scale and how does it change annually? What insurance and related advantages are there for teachers? How often are teachers paid? Is a direct deposit available? What about a coffee shop plan?
8. What are the extracurricular opportunities and requirements for teachers?
9. Which committees are there in this school and how effective they were in achieving their goal? How can I contribute to their continuous growth over time?
10. How is this school/district different than ten years ago? What data is there to support this? (I carefully ask the second part, but know for sure that a school or area would not think twice before asking a teacher something like that.)
11. What insurmountable opportunities do you have for me to improve my craft in this school or area?
12. How strong is the IT department in the school/region? Are they well forged and sufficiently funded? How about the regional internet filter – is it intended to support students’ education?
13. What role does this librarian/media specialist play in the middle classroom daily? (This can be shown in many ways.)
14. Is there an instructive trainer or curriculum expert that can help me develop? Or are they using a penalty to “get me wrong”? (Don’t ask the second part.)
15. How do I find out I’m safe here – physically, professionally, emotionally and another?
Questions for a pedagogical interview for teachers
16. How are students’ achievements determined and measured?
17. What Teaching models are used in this school/district? Who are the most effective? How can I contribute to this move forward?
18. How are the technologies used to support students and their families? How was it used to Customize the training?
19. Will this position encourage me to focus on the students’s strengths or weaknesses?
20. What is the school mission and how do the curriculum, students and employees fit together to help to realize it?
21. How are teachers and students’ support data used? How accurate are the measurement tools used to retrieve this data?
22. Does it like students to go to school here?
23. Does teachers like to teach here? What types of cooperation between teachers are “mandatory”? Encouraged? Supported?
24. Do parents feel welcome here?
25. What are the biggest success of this school recently? Historically?
26. Does the school have ‘Growing‘? The area? Or is it pressure, pressure, say nice and well -intentioned things, pressure, pressure?
27. How do different evaluation forms and data sources work together to improve students’ results? How to make this data available to teachers? How has this accessibility and quality of data improved in the last five years?
28. How do the guards, an assistant, the admirals and the other similar roles, support students and teachers and how can I support their work in my position?
29. Is the prices the arts here? Humanities as a whole?
30. How is the curriculum, curricula cards, step guides, units, lessons and any grades at the district/state level work together? Is it flexible enough to do it?
31. How do innovation and tradition work together to serve students?
32. Where do teachers have autonomy? How is it nourished and grown the ability of teachers throughout the year?
33. How likely is the student “finished” from this school (having performed well academically) and still has very little hope for their own future? In other words, how does learning here actually improve the life and arcs of students’ lives? How do we know?
34. Is it safe to teach here? That is, is it safe for me professionally, psychological and physically?
35. Is there a teaching union? Is it mandatory? What is the history of relations between each teacher Union and the school/area?
Bonus: In this position, would I Learn content or teach a thought?
