1st Grade Teacher

CLASSROOM TEACHER

Marlboro County School District is seeking a dedicated Classroom Teacher. Below are the interview questions for the position:

1. Tell us about yourself. What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?

2. Why did you decide to become a teacher?

3. If a student said he/she thought you were the worst teacher she/he ever had, how would you react and what would you say?

4. If I were your principal and we were setting goals for next year, what would they be?

5. How would you rank these in importance and why? Planning, discipline, methods, evaluation.

6. It is the first day of class, you are writing something on the board and a paper wad hits you in the back, what would you do? Later the same day, if all the students drop their pencils, what do you do?

7. What was the most frustrating thing that happened to you as a student teacher?

8. What was the best thing that happened to you as a student teacher?

9. Do you believe you should build rapport with students? If yes, how?

10. Describe your student teaching experience.

11. During your student teaching, were you ever involved with a situation at school involving racial tension? If so, how did you handle it?

12. How do you establish authority/discipline? What do you do when a discipline problem arises?

13. What subjects have you taught?

13. What do you like most/dislike most about teaching?

14. How do you feel about noise in the classroom? How do you handle noise in the classroom?

15. How would you handle making a difficult phone call to a parent?

16. Some people say you should demand respect. Do you agree or disagree? Total Points: ___________/65 (not #1)

Do you have any questions for the committee?

Notes:

Interviewer's Name: _____________________________________ Date: ___________