by Staff
So you plan to take teaching work? Or at least interviewer?
What should you ask to make sure that it is a good choice for you and the school?
Understand the interest of the work interview in Teacher
First of all, understand that you are interviewing the school and the district as much as they interview you, and it is not a power game. The objective of a teaching placement should be an agreement between the school (and the administrators of this school and this school) and the teacher who is sustainable and serves students.
We can speak more of the advice for teachers’ hiring interviews in a separate article (including school research and consider you as an “adjustment” or “not an adjustment” rather than “qualified” or “unqualified” / “good teacher” or “bad teacher”). The objective of this position would be to help you “get the job” for a position you already want.
Obviously, you cannot just take a list like this and start reading them to a director or – well, you are probably not going to find the position (assuming that they even allow you to finish the interview). The point here is to think carefully about what you get involved – to explore the school, the climate and the context from several angles beyond “the opening of jobs”. Think about the maintenance of the coming school year so that you can find the work that allows you to grow as a teacher, which is obviously what best serves students.
Even if you are not concerned about the idea of ”adjustment” and you take a job offered to you, questions like this can help demonstrate your reflection as a professional educator to those with whom you interview – and help you improve your interview skills for future openings throughout your career.
I separated them into two categories – practical and educational. “Practical” questions relate more to work itself – salary, insurance, placement, etc. I probably missed obvious because this type of question varies madly from one position to another. Something absolutely crucial in one country, a state or a district can be much less in another.
The second category focuses more on the nature of the pedagogy itself, and although relative, should be a little more universal. For the moment, 30 questions to ask during your next job interview for teachers with a school or a district.
Practical interview questions for teachers
1 and 1 How can I help? It is, beyond “class teaching”, what opportunities are there to support my colleagues and the students of this school?
2. In terms of deliverables – visible results –What do we expect every day from each teacher? What are the “non-negotiations” of the school and the district? In other words, what are things – behaviors and general expectations – who are in place for each teacher, every day universally and through the table without negotiation or flexibility? (It looks like a strange question, but in general, it comes down to the way in which the school / the district “does things”, and can have a great effect on the adequacy between the teacher and the work questioned for.)
3 and 3 What are the requirements of the Lesson / Curriculum plan“In terms of formatting, approval, collaboration, standards, publication, etc.? This is similar to n ° 1, but focuses exclusively on the design of the unit, the lesson and the evaluation and the procedures of the school found there. For example, are the lessons scripted? If so, is there flexibility? If not, what are the “expectations” of the collaboration between teachers? Is there a rhythm guide? How is it used? How and data can have an impact on stimulation guides and curriculum cards and so on?
4. What is the model and plan of school behavior? How do teachers and staff work together to help students and teachers create a physical and intellectually safe and loving and avant-garde environment for learning?
5. What is the policy of attendance / day of disease / snow day for teachers?
6. What is the school and district policy concerning COVVI and related protocols, how did they change over time and how do you expect what they change in the near future? How are teachers protected and supported when they sail in the challenges of teaching during the cocvid epidemic?
7. How much will I win? What is the remuneration scale and how does it change every year? What insurance and related benefits are there for teachers? How often are teachers paid? Is the direct deposit available? What about a cafeteria plan?
8. What are the opportunities and extracurricular requirements for teachers?
9. What committees is there in this school and to what extent were they effective in achieving their goal? How can I contribute to their continuous growth over time?
10. How is this school / district different from that ten years ago? What data is there to support this? (Beware of the second part, but know with certainty that a school or a district would not think twice before asking a teacher something similar.)
11. What convincing opportunities for me to improve my job in this school or this district?
12. What is the strength of the school / district IT service? Are they well struck and sufficiently funded? What about the District Internet filter-is it designed to support students’ learning?
13. What role does this media librarian / specialist play daily in the middle class? (This can be revealing in several ways.)
14. Is there an educational coach or an expert on program who can help me grow? Or are they used punitive to “surprise me to hurt”? (Do not ask the second part.)
15. How can I know that I am safe here – physically, professionally, emotionally and otherwise?
Educational interview questions for teachers
16. How are students’ results defined and measured?
17. What learning models Are used in this school / district? Who were the most effective? How could I contribute to what is going forward?
18. How is technology used to support students and their families? How is it used to Personalize learning?
19. Would this position encourage me to focus on the strengths or weaknesses of students?
20. What is the school mission and how the program, students and staff adapt to help make it?
21. How are the data used to support teachers and students? What is the accuracy of the measurement tools used to extract this data?
22. Do students like to go to school here?
23. Do teachers like to teach here? What types of collaboration between teachers are “required”? Encouraged? Supported?
24. Do parents welcome welcome here?
25. What were the greatest successes of this school recently? Historically?
26. Does school have a ‘state of growth‘? The district? Or is it pressure, pressure, say pleasant and well-intentioned things, pressure, pressure?
27. How do different forms of evaluation and data sources work together to improve results for students? How is this data made accessible to teachers? How have this accessibility and this data quality improved in the past five years?
28. How do the superintendents, assistant superintendents and other similar roles support students and teachers and how can I support their work in my post?
29. Are the arts valued here? Humanities in general?
30. How do program cards, curriculum, stimulation guides, units, lessons and district / state level assessments work together? Is each flexible enough to do it?
31. How do innovation and tradition work together to serve students?
32. Where do teachers have autonomy? How is teachers’ ability nourished and cultivated throughout the year?
33. What is the probability that a student can “graduate” from this school (having performed well on the school level) and still have very little hope for their own future? In other words, how does learning here really improve the life and arcs of students’ lives? How do we know?
34. Is it “sure” to teach here? In other words, is it sure for me professionally, psychologically and physically?
35. Is there a teaching union? Is it compulsory? What is the history of the relationship between the teachers’ union and the school / district?
Bonus: in this position, I would I be Teach content or teach thought?
