Sunday, December 7, 2014

Interviews

Friday in class four of us students, including myself, became principals of the school. The rest of the class was the teachers seeking jobs in our school. The school I worked at was strictly direst instruction and behaviorist. This means that our teachers strive to teach and provide confidence in our students. We do not believe in a lot of group work and we do not believe in having them work together to figure the information out-the job of a teacher in this school is to teach. 
The questions that I asked the candidates were: 
Warm up:  How was your childhood enhanced your career in teaching?  
1.  What will you do if you believe in CL and my school is all about direct instruction?
2. If I were to walk into your class at 11:15 AM what will be taking place? (e.g., I finished the Anticipatory set and started I DO part - explaining, modeling, demonstrating)
3. What are you looking to achieve in your classroom
How these questions worked was I asked the first question to both candidates, while they were answering, I glanced over their resume. Then I asked one person question number 2. Then I asked the second candidate question number 3. The last question was again for both teachers. After these questions were answered, I had the opportunity to answer any questions the teachers might have.
In the end, we scored up everyone's interview and each had the opportunity hire someone. I chose someone who was confident, answered strongly, was wise about our school, dressed professionally, and would be a great asset in our classroom. 
Three other candidates were hired then. 
What I learned from this experience was that to maintain a wonderful interview, eye contact is a key! Also, providing a handshake either at the beginning, the end, or both is a great connection between the interviewer and the interviewee. I notices some interviewees did not look into our schools and the types they were so they struggled with some answers. They did not know exactly was the right thing to say. This is very unprofessional and is not a good idea-before every interview, the interviewee should do research into the job or school and bring it into the interview. Show the interviewer that you did your homework and that you are excited and engaged to be part of that school in the future.

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