The End of Potential Interview Questions - Part 5

This is the fifth and final part of a series where we have been examining some potential avenue of questions that could be asked when interviewing for a teacher position.. Hopefully they can help to get you thinking in various different directions of questioning, so as to be better prepared for anything that may come your way. So, we now move on to the last few questions that have come from a long list that others have compiled.

"What steps do you take to establish good communication with the student's parents?" - Do you attempt to make connection with the parents would be the first question; and if so, how do you usually do so, and what have you found better ways than others in your experience? I can only imagine that this has become a much easier situation to deal with than when I was growing up. Nowadays everyone has a cell phone or some other kind of way to be reached almost any time, even while working. So what methods or arrangements do you use to set up such communication?

"For students who display consistent problems in behavior, how do you deal with it? - What is the philosophy and what steps do you employ when it comes to student discipline? It is a good idea to know before going in, just what kind of typical standard (if any) that the school itself has or promotes; and adjust yours accordingly.

"At what point does it become necessary for you to refer a student to the administrator's office?" - This kind of goes along with the disciplinary thoughts in the previous question, but is more or less the next step. If a child continues to display behavioral issues, at what point do you finally send them to the administrator? Is doing so your last choice, or your first choice?

"If an unexpected visitor came to your class, what would they see" - When you know there is someone from the outside coming to your classroom to view or evaluate, you have time to "clean up" things - but what if you were unaware? Would your class be pretty consistent either way? What kind of overall classroom experience would they see? This kind of also touches back on your education philosophy and styles that we spoke of in previous postings.

"Do you take advantage of community resources, and if so, how?" - Depending on your location, as well as the subject matter you are teaching, there may be lots of educational opportunities within the community that you could use as teaching aids. Do you often take advantage of these things in the community to use them as part of your education process? Maybe give some examples of how you have used such things in past positions, or how you might expect to in the current position. Give come advance thought and do some research to see what you have locally that may apply to your specialty.

Again, I hope some of this gets the mental juices flowing and thinking about areas of questioning that maybe you never thought might come your way. Being over prepared for an interview is much more comfortable than being under prepared. Hopefully these help to accomplish that for you. As always, if you have something to say on this topic, by all means do so by commenting below.
 

Jeff McCormack resides in Virginia Beach, VA. where he works as a web designer by day. In his off time he is a husband, father, mail order book store manager, and musician. Aside from being a freelance writer for this Education Jobsite blog, he also seeks to assist in career choices and information by contributing to other Nexxt blog sites.