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A New Guide: Interview Questions for Teachers of Every Grade & Subject
Eric Hougan
General Teacher Interview Questions
STUDENT LEARNING QUESTIONS
1. How do you use technology to enhance student learning?
2. How would you rank these in importance and why? Planning, discipline, methods, evaluation.
3. How do you encourage students to learn? Can a student be forced to learn?
4. Do you make learning fun? Give an example.
5. How do you encourage students to be active in learning?
6. How do you communicate your student learning expectations?
7. How do you know that your students are learning?
8. How do you support 501 students’ and special services students’ learning?
9. What is the number one factor that contributes to student learning?
10. How do you motivate your students? (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
jacknapier
26 days ago
30 comments
interesting how math and social studies both required just 4 questions...
pourakbar300
about 1 month ago
2 comments
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sarareid
about 1 month ago
228 comments
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lynnelmida
6 months ago
2 comments
THIS IS A VERY ARTICLE. THIS CAN HELP PLENTY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS ESPECIALLY IN THIER INTERVIEWS
divabr
7 months ago
2 comments
I was so excited to find this information until as usual every subject specific information is here but Fine Arts. My school district just cut the entire vocal program. This just shows that once again the arts are left out of the picture.
1981_08
8 months ago
2 comments
Thank you for the guide questions.
elizabethfis
8 months ago
4 comments
Any advice for coping with stress of the panel interview ? I know that staff want people to be comfortable. I find the lengthy questions with 8-12 panel a little intimidating.
AllyS
9 months ago
2 comments
As a new teacher entering into public education for the first time, I thought the suggestions were wonderful. I used the information to organize myself and to reflect on my ideals of teaching. I agree, the amount of information was a bit overwhelming and it is true I was not asked about most of the ideas mentioned. However, I felt confident and ready to answer any questions the interview panel had for me.
debo
9 months ago
132 comments
These were insightful questions that made me think about my own qualities as a teacher. They also inspired me to consider my own method of processing information: thinking about the way that we think is called "meta-cognition".
debo
9 months ago
132 comments
I do not know if it is Eric Hougan (the author of all these articles) or the website data in-put person, or the editor who is responsible for checking the grammar on published articles, but someone is failing in their job. It always irritates me to see poor grammar in published pieces, but on an educator's website it is unacceptable. Typos happen. I'm not concerned with perfection, rather it bothers me that valuable advice is being delivered in such a slipshod manner. Am I the only one who notices all these errors?
With re: content > "A".
With re: grammar > "C".
dhastings
9 months ago
210 comments
A very complete list.
LMcGarv
9 months ago
54 comments
This is a great list to review before you interview. If you can answer all of these, then you must know what you're talking about!
Rae
9 months ago
2 comments
Wow! If applicants had to answer all these questions they would look for another line of work. In my experience of helping select teachers for hire, as a teacher on an interview team, as long as the teacher has the proper credentials and no sketchy background, selection is much more subjective. We avoided candidates that came across over pre-pared and wanted us to see their personal discipline plans, etc. What we wanted was a decent, pleasant person who was comfortable (as possible) talking about themselves and teaching. Also, we looked for people that seemed to be cooperative and open to participating with the established system and staff. If possible we tried to evaluate if a person was truly and deeply interested in being a positive mentor because they felt an abiding responsibility to do what they could to help students. A big red flag would be up for people who tried to be tough, strict, and/or sarcastic. We loved our students and we wanted a teacher who would love them, too. We also wanted someone with a strong work ethic that was willing and eager to work as hard as we did. We wanted someone whose personality and communication style would be engaging to the students. True, it is sometimes difficult to find out everything one wants to know, but if the person is friendly, kind and professional, they are a good bet; plus the teacher team can teach them the rest.
emilycragg
9 months ago
2 comments
This is the most horrifying BS I have ever seen in my six decades of learning and teaching. There is nothing about Civility, Decency, Honor, Ethics, Ideals, Law, Justice, Fairness our any Outcomes at all. It's all process, process, process. Absolutely bankrupt. No wonder our kids are lost at sea. If this is what you thinking Teaching is, it's no wonder more and more parents are home-schooling. MECragg, B.S., M.A., Conflict Analyst