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what would you do if your principal made a decision you didn t like 38 what do you dislike about teaching 39 describe how you are a self starter 40 give an example of how you handle conflicts 41 if you had an idea for improving the school how would you sell it to colleagues and the principal 42 if you weren t a teacher what would you be and why 43 what gives you job satisfaction 44 how do you get ready to teach a lesson 45 describe the best lesson you ever taught and explain why it worked 46 describe the worst lesson you ever taught and explain why it went badly 47 how do you find out what students need to know 48 if a lesson flops what do you do 49 how do you handle angry parents 50 give examples of how you handle pressure and stress 51 describe an ideal teaching learning situation 52 why should we hire you over all the other candidates 53 what kind of technology do you use in the classroom 54 if it came down to you and 2 other candidates for a teaching job what would qualify you why should you get the job over the others 55 what is a question you might have expected us to ask and we didn t this is your opportunity to answer that question 56 how do you manage the diverse learning styles in your classroom as well as diverse learning abilities 57 describe how you evaluate your lessons summative evaluation 58 evaluation methods other than tests 59 what learning styles have you used 60 what is your goal 61 do you use cooperative learning 62 tell me in detail a reading lesson you developed the reason why you planned this lesson the children s reactions specific learning tools utilized and things you taught through the lesson and why 63 if you had a child who had a bad grade at the beginning of the unit and an a at the end would you count the bad grade 64 explain your classroom management policies 65 what do you think are parents expectations of today s teachers what do you think of these expectations agree disagree 66 knowledge about graduation exams and sat tests 67 tell of a time when you took initiative to complete a task page 3 68 why are you staying in this area 69 how would you stay in contact with your parent 70 tell me something that you have initiated yourself 71 how would you teach reading to 1st graders 72 what would you do if you had 3rd or 4th graders who couldn t read 73 describe how you see yourself as a professional in the classroom 74 what have you experienced student teaching 75 what are you looking for what do you expect candidates must ask questions too if you are serious about teaching in the district where you are interviewing there are many questions to which you need to know the answers before you accept an offer your interviewer will surely cover some of your questions but by asking pertinent questions you will show your interviewer that you do understand fundamental issues relating to teaching you should have several questions in mind before you arrive for you interview the following questions should give you a good start 1 what is the teacher student ratio in your district 2 do you encourage teachers to earn graduate degrees 3 how many classes a day will i be expected to teach 4 what types of school activities promote parent teacher student interaction 5 tell me about the students who attend this school 6 what textbooks does the district use in this subject area 7 do teachers participate in curriculum review and change 8 does your district promote staff development activities and conferences what types of programs have the teachers attended in the last year 9 how does the teaching staff feel about new teachers 10 what discipline procedures does the district use 11 do parents support the schools does the community 12 do your schools use teacher aides or parent volunteers 13 to what extent do staff members work collaboratively to solve problems and respond to the needs of students 14 how are teachers assigned to extracurricular activities is compensation provided 15 does the district have a statement of educational philosophy or mission 16 what are prospects for future growth in this community and its schools posted by mesmur 6 23 2009 15 comments 5 08 2008 bullying don t ignore it bullying is a problem all over have you ever been bullied hopefully not and hopefully you haven t been the bully in my school we ve had workshops to bully proof our school bullying can be described as many things it can be teasing pushing demanding things harassing and there are different levels and stages obviously they are all negative behaviors and should not be tolerated because they make someone else feel bad a bully is described as a person who is habitually cruel or overbearing especially to smaller or weaker people how should you handle a bully or a bullying situation if you are bullied or if you witness it here are some steps to solve the problem 1 write down what happened include the date and time the event occurred 2 don t blame yourself if you re bullied you didn t deserve it and it isn t right 3 get support from your friends but don t gather them together for revenge or a fight 4 tell the bully to stop it if you feel it s safe to do so 5 avoid being alone stay in groups if possible 6 if you see someone else being bullied support the victim not the bully tell the bully to stop it 7 tell a parent teacher adult about it so you get some support if you don t get the support you need tell someone else 8 keep telling until the problem is solved 9 learn about the school club harassment policy if it isn t being followed ask why it isn t 10 if you feel scared at any time ask to see a counselor or ask to talk to someone all these tips are courtesy of the red cross not everyone will follow the golden rule but you can here is a poem i found on the site bullying online it sums up the feelings that are gone through i thought it really puts things in perspective i am i am the person you bullied at school i am the person who didn t know how to be cool i am the person that you alienated i am the person you ridiculed and hate i am the person who sat on her own i am the person who walked home alone i am the person you scared everyday i am the person who had nothing to say i am the person with hurt in her eyes i am the person you never saw cry i am the person living alone with her fears i am the person destroyed by her peers i am the person who drowned in your scorn i am the person who wished she hadn t been born i am the person you destroyed for fun i am the person but not the only one i am the person whose name you don t know i am the person who just can t let go i am the person who had feelings too and i was a person just like you the poem can be found here with some extra information from laura the author posted by mesmur 5 08 2008 24 comments 4 20 2008 critical teaching in a world where education has constantly been the subject of change and ridicule schools fight for the time and opportunity to teach students the new standards and benchmarks creatively there has been such an influx of political interruption within the public schools over the past six years if you really take a look at what has happened through that time period you might be a mazed is there any room left for students to investigate or extend their lessons are lessons open ended enough to go off on a tangent and study something closely related wit h federal education plans being adopted over the past few years teachers have had to narrow the roads they lead their students down many teachers are submitting themselves to defeat and simply teaching toward the tests this is something that i hope most teachers will not do keep that spark of creativity in your blood be the light that inspires your students to want to learn more push the envelope and foster a desire in their souls that drives them to ask questions why what s the difference how come does this even matter to teach is not only to present them with the information so that they may learn to teach is to instill in them a passion for greater knowledge teachers we need to begin to teach our students critically the future doctors lawyers and teachers shouldn t merely accept things as fact but need to learn to question why things are the way they are if they disagree with something they can make a difference critical teachi ng in my own perception is educating students to prepare them for real life another key aspect of critical teaching is presenting tasks to students and asking them to become activists in some form the most important concept of all is when students begin to question why what can you do in your classroom you can relate things easily to the real world in all subject areas they may ask why am i doing this let your response be this is a skill that will help you when you re on your own write letters assign p rojects build things these are all ways to teach critically let students be active and involved in classwork the children are the future don t allow them to accept everything as fact challenge them to ask questions and seek greater things by allowing them to think critically who knows what great things are in store for the world posted by mesmur 4 20 2008 11 comments 4 15 2008 r e s p e c t if one doesn t respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others ayn rand i would have to begin by saying that i really don t agree with the cartoon but i thought that it provided a topic that i discuss in my classroom and hopefully is discussed at home as well that being respect we talk about respecting other people a lot in school and a great deal of little chats that i have with my sixth graders are about respect we may be talking about respecting the feelings of another student we might focus on just respecting elders or people of authority my class has heard me talk about other areas of respect including respecting ones property space possessions family time differences and self what exactly are we looking at doing when we have these discussions i call them little chats because it gives a different feel to the room when i say it ok it s time for a little chat i ask questions they ask questions and we discuss the importance of respecting others and ourselves and that is where i think it all begins we need to respect ourselves first in order to respect other people which is why i am pretty much nothing like the teacher in the cartoon i have a lot of self pride and i m proud to say that i m a teacher i feel that i play a relevant role in my community and do a good job in my profession i respect myself and i respect others what makes life difficult is when you run into people that don t have any respect i can picture rodney dangerfield saying i don t get any respect well they need to begin with themselves and work from there it just seems to snowball though they begin by not respecting themselves maybe they ve had tough luck finding a job or are unable to stop some sort of addiction which happens all the time that doesn t mean you re worthless but some people take that kind of situation too hard they lose respect for themselves and with it they lose respect for other people they begin to blame others for things they disrespect other people and this just makes things so much worse that is one thing that i don t tolerate in my classroom at all i will not allow someone to disrespect another person especially me and to be honest i can tell if someone respects me or not if they respect me then they most likely will receive that same respect from me back if they don t respect me i m not going to respect them so to combat disrespect we talk about ways to show respect complimenting other people showing empathy and understanding addressing people when being talked to removing hats when in public buildings apologizing when necessary saying thank you and you re welcome being prepared and alert among many other things they cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them mahatma gandhi posted by mesmur 4 15 2008 7 comments 4 11 2008 school excuses skule ecksukes these are actual excuse notes teachers have received spelling mistakes included my son is under a doctor s care and should not take p e today please execute him please excuse lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot dear school please ekscuse john being absent on jan 28 29 30 31 32 and also 33 please excuse gloria from jim today she is administrating please excuse roland from p e for a few days yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip john has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football he was hurt in the growing part megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side please excuse ray friday from school he has very loose vowels please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday he had diarrhea and his boots leak irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust please excuse jimmy for being it was his father s fault i kept billie home because she had to go christmas shopping because i don t know what size she wear please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday we forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch and when we found it monday we thought it was sunday sally won t be in school a week from friday we have to attend her funeral my daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired she spent a weekend with the marines please excuse jason for being absent yesterday he had a cold and could not breed well please excuse mary for being absent yesterday she was in bed with gramps gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover please excuse burma she has been sick and under the doctor posted by mesmur 4 11 2008 3 comments 3 24 2008 oh my stars we just started my favorite unit each year astronomy we re blessed to have the opportunity to use the starlab portable planetarium i usually reserve it for two weeks to allow us to get into some depth of the locations of certain stars and constellations every schoolyear the content of the unit seems to grow mainly the material that we learn inside of the planetarium grows bit by bit i now can show them the sixteen brightest stars in the northern hemisphere and how to find them and when here s a link for the 12 brightest we also go into the myths behind the constellations the starlab has different cylinders that show different things the students sit in a circle along the wall and the projector is set up in the middle to begin i concentrate on the basic star field i can set the latitude to where we re located and the time of year so that they can see where the stars will be at a certain time of day on the current date one of the things that i like about astronomy is that i seem to learn something new just about every week when i began using the starlab i didn t really know all that much compared to what i know now and i continue to try to add more all the time one 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