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Interview Questions for Educators
1. Why did you decide to enter the field of education?
2. What is your philosophy of education? Of discipline?
3. Describe the role of the teacher in the learning process.
4. Describe the role of the teacher in the community.
5. How would you describe your most recent school principal?
6. How would you describe an ideal school principal?
7. State a behavioral objective that you have taught.
8. How would you individualize instruction in your classroom?
9. Do you grade on effort or ability? Why?
10. How do you structure your class to achieve maximum benefit from
the teacher/student contact?
11. What is the most difficult aspect of teaching today?
12. What are the most important rewards that you expect from your
teaching career?
13. How do you evaluate success in teaching?
14. What is the most difficult aspect of discipline?
15. Describe an ideal curriculum in your area of study?
16. How do you emphasize the development of basic skills?
17. What is the role of homework?
18. Give a specific example of both your most positive and most negative
teaching experiences.
19. How would you handle a student who is a consistent behavior problem
in class?
20. What is the role of parents in student progress? How would you
communicate student progress to parents?
21. What is your position on competency-based instruction?
22. What teaching techniques have you found to be effective for you
in the classroom?
23. Define a superior administrator, teacher, and counselor.
24. What three books, concepts, or experiences have had the greatest
impact on your professional development?
25. How do you motivate students?
26. Would you feel comfortable teaching the emotionally and culturally
deprived child?
27. What is your position on issues such as sex education, discipline,
grading, individualized instruction, classroom management, co-ed physical
education, etc.
28. What would you do if…(situations regarding curriculum, methods,
texts, student relationships, professionalism, ethics, discrimination
and harassment, confidentiality, etc.)?
29. Are you interested in working with students in some extracurricular
activity? If you would not be interested, why not?
30. Why did you seek a position with this school district?
31. Do you have a portfolio of your work?
32. What questions do you have? (Be sure to ask at least three questions
about the teaching position and the school district to demonstrate
your interest.)
(Information provided by Rhodes College Career Services and The University
of Nevada-Las Vegas Career Services).
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