ICT Teacher

☛ What can you offer a good school?

☛ What are the advantages/disadvantages of working in a school of this type?

☛ Why this job? / why this school?

☛ How long would you stay?

☛ What experience have you had as working as part of a team?

☛ What challenges would you expect to encounter entering a new school and the skills you have to help you do so?

☛ What personal qualities do you possess which are important to work as part of a team?

☛ What would you do if you disagreed with a departmental policy?

☛ Who do you regard as the school community?

☛ Have you anything else you would like to tell us?

☛ Is there anything you would like to ask us?

☛ What can you offer the school in terms of extra-curricular activities?

☛ Do you feel that extra-curricular activities are important? Why?

☛ In what ways can parents help schools?

☛ How do you feel about parent helpers in the classroom?

☛ How would you make use of a parent helper in your classroom?

☛ How would you react if you heard a rumour from the school gate, possibly generated by a parent helper, criticising your ability as a teacher, because, for example, only half the class were at the expected level in the reading scheme & several children were way behind?

☛ Do you think the role of the PTA is important?

☛ How important do you think school is in the community?

☛ What part do governors play?

☛ Do you think liaison with other schools is important?

☛ What do you think are the key things that make a good classroom teacher?

☛ What do you consider to be good classroom management skills?

☛ How do you organise your classroom?

☛ How would you organise/manage your class?

☛ What teaching methods do you use?

☛ Would you use group or class teaching?

☛ How do you view your role when children are working in groups?

☛ How do you plan for your teaching?

☛ Talk me through your ideal classroom

☛ Do you see whole class teaching in a chalk and talk format being a part of the school in the future?

☛ How would you feel about working in conjunction with a parallel class teacher?

☛ How do you assess if children are learning?

☛ How do you use curriculum based assessment to assist you in future planning?

☛ Tell me about your system of record keeping

☛ How do you feed back to children about their progress?

☛ How do you decide which children’s work to display?

☛ What would you do if you had a child who wasn’t motivated/interested in learning?

☛ How do you help children with special needs?

☛ Tell me about your experience and achievements of teaching pupils with special needs

☛ How would you help a child experiencing difficulty in reading?

☛ How would you implement an equal opportunities policy in your class?

☛ How do you integrate your class with the school as a whole?

☛ What are your feelings about sharing classes for specialist subjects – teaching your specialist subject to another class, whilst their teacher takes your class in one of your (perhaps) weaker subjects?

☛ How do you organise the school day?

☛ How would you feel about teaching to a rigid, structured timetable?

☛ What are your strengths?

☛ What are your weaknesses?

☛ Tell me about your best lesson.

☛ Tell me about your worst lesson.

☛ How would you react if a senior member of staff queried or criticised some aspect of your teaching?

☛ How do you manage discipline in the classroom?

☛ How do you deal with disruptive behaviour?

☛ You’re setting up a reward system – how would you go about it?

☛ What do you think about homework?

☛ Have you a preference for upper or lower junior age range? Why?

☛ Could you see a problem with teaching a faith that was not your own?

☛ Will you take assemblies?

☛ How would you deal with more able students?

☛ How you do motivate children to achieve in your class?

☛ Give me an example of how you have used differentiation

☛ What would you say/do if a student came to you and said "can I tell you something in secret"

☛ How do you think that the five learning outcomes of Every Child Matters apply to ICT?

☛ Name a book that you'd like to read to (or with) your students. Describe the book and tell why you chose it.

☛ How do you feel about working in an inclusion classroom?

☛ How do you meet the needs of a student with an IEP?

☛ How would you teach the writing process?

☛ Describe a high-interest project that you might assign to your students.

☛ What can you offer our school that other candidates cannot?

☛ Do you think you are a flexible person? Explain.

☛ What do you like to do when you're not teaching?

☛ How do you incorporate writing into your curriculum?

☛ Can you show us what your lesson plan book would look like?

☛ How closely do you follow your lesson plans?

☛ Where do you plan to be ten years from now?

☛ What part of this job are you looking forward to?

☛ What part of this job scares you?

☛ In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges that teachers face today?

☛ Why do you want to teach in this, particular district?

☛ How can you make your teaching connect to students' real-world experiences?

☛ Tell me about your references. Who are they and how do they know you?

☛ If I were to call your references, what might they say about you?

☛ How can teachers reach out to the community?

☛ How do you make sure you are teaching to the state standards?

☛ What kinds of materials and supplies would you need to do your job well?

☛ How do you feel about noise in your classroom?

☛ Show us your portfolio.

☛ What questions do you have for us?

☛ What are some of the most important things you learned when student teaching?

☛ What was the most satisfying moment throughout your student teaching?

☛ What was the most frustrating thing about student teaching?

☛ Describe one college course that taught you the most about being a good teacher.

☛ Who influenced you to become a teacher?

☛ Describe the biggest challenge you've ever had to face.

☛ What books are you currently reading?

☛ A student confides in you and tells you that his parent abuses him. He asks you not to tell anyone. What do you do?

☛ What is your definition of a life-long learner? How can you promote life-long learning in your classroom?

☛ Would you be willing to help out with extra-curricular activities? Which ones?

☛ Have you ever been a substitute teacher in this school district?

☛ What do you look for in a principal?

☛ How do you communicate with administrators?

☛ Would you like to be part of our new teacher mentor program?

☛ What kinds of inservices would you be eager to attend?

☛ List five adjectives that accurately describe yourself.

☛ What professional teaching organizations do you belong to?

☛ Have you ever received an award for anything in your lifetime? Describe.

☛ Describe the differences between a good teacher and a great teacher?

☛ What were you like as a student?

☛ If you teach a lesson and your students don't seem to be "getting it," what do you do?

☛ How do you provide support for students who are not performing as well as they should?

☛ What can you do to meet the needs of students who do not speak English?

☛ In what ways can you teach students to be accepting of one-another?

☛ How would you teach conflict resolution to your students?

☛ Would you say that you are a tough teacher?

☛ Describe an example of when you used positive reinforcement.

☛ How do you integrate technology into your lessons?

☛ Are you a team player? Give us an example.

☛ How do you allow students to express their creativity in your classroom?

☛ Do you have students use higher order thinking in your class? Give an example.

☛ How do you develop self-esteem within students?

☛ How do you prepare students for standardized testing?

☛ How do you make learning fun?

☛ Describe a typical lesson.

☛ What are techniques you use to teach besides direct instruction?

☛ What do you do if the whole class is “not getting it”?

☛ How closely do you follow your lesson plan?

☛ What do you put in your learning objectives of your lesson plan?

☛ How do you incorporate writing into your lessons?

☛ Describe the most effective teaching techniques.

☛ How do you connect your lessons to the “real world”?

☛ Is it ok for a classroom to be noisy?

☛ How much homework do you assign and how often do you assign it? How do you know this is a good amount?

☛ How do you stay current in your field?

☛ What importance do you place on ICT in the curriculum?

☛ As a subject coordinator, what would be your first plan of action upon starting work?

☛ What, do you feel, are the important skills an (ICT etc) coordinator should possess?

☛ How would you help other staff members to overcome their difficulties/reluctance using computers in the classroom?

☛ Do you see the teaching of ICT as a separate subject or can it be integrated?

☛ What are your curriculum interests?

☛ What are the advantages/disadvantages of ICT in a integrated curriculum?

☛ Are you willing to take responsibility for areas that aren’t necessarily in your specialism?

☛ What makes a good Scheme of Work?

☛ Where do you see yourself in ten years?

☛ What are your three greatest strengths?

☛ Name three of your weaknesses.

☛ What is the most satisfying thing about teaching?

☛ What is the biggest challenge in teaching?

☛ What is the scariest thing about teaching?

☛ What part of teaching do you look the most forward to?

☛ What is the last book you read? When did you read it? Tell us about it.

☛ Are you interested in extracurricular involvement at our school?

☛ What are the important aspects of a good principal?

☛ What is your least favorite subject, and age group, to teach?

☛ Have you ever been a substitute teacher? Describe that experience.

☛ What type of in-service topics would you be most interested in?

☛ Do you belong to any professional teaching organizations?

☛ What is the difference between a good teacher and an outstanding teacher?

☛ Have you ever received an award?

☛ What type of student were you in high school?

☛ What are your interests outside of teaching?

☛ Do you belong to any social networking websites (Facebook, etc.)? Do you mind logging in and showing us your profile right now?

☛ What do you feel is wrong with public education?

☛ Are you a flexible person?

☛ Why do you want to teach in this district?

☛ Tell us about your references and what they would say about you if they were here with us today.

☛ What would your last boss say about you?

☛ How would one of your students describe you?

☛ Are you actively involved in any type of community service?

☛ Imagine you are at your retirement party at the end of your career. How would people describe you as a teacher?

☛ Do you want students to like you? Why or why not?

☛ Who do you look up to and want to emulate?

☛ Give us examples of how you communicated with other teachers in your department?

☛ Give us an example of effective communication with an administrator.

☛ Have you ever utilized a class newsletter? What did you include in the letter?

☛ How would you deal with an angry parent if they called you?

☛ How do you communicate with parents on a regular basis?

☛ How do you keep parents aware of their son’s or daughter’s grades?

☛ How would you react if a parent complained about your class?

☛ What would you tell a parent if he or she was concerned about their kid’s grades?

☛ What would you do if you received a note from a parent asking for their son to be excused from last night’s homework because the student was too busy with another activity?

☛ What course of action would you take if a student says he or she is being abused at home?

☛ What would you do if a parent complained about an assignment?

☛ Describe some methods of "positive reinforcement" that you might use in your classroom.

☛ Would you describe yourself as a "tough" teacher or an "understanding" teacher? Explain.

☛ How would you create a behavior modification for a student with ongoing behavior problems?

☛ What are some ways you can avoid behavior problems?

☛ Without giving any names, describe the most challenging student you've ever taught.

☛ What would you do to calm an angry parent?

☛ Do you have an example of a parent newsletter that you can show us?

☛ In what ways do you communicate with parents on a regular basis?

☛ A parent calls you because they are worried about their child's low grades. What would you say to the parent?

☛ A parent writes a note and tells you that their daughter could not complete their homework assignment because she had a dance recital the night before. What do you do?

☛ How do you keep parents informed of their childs' progress?

☛ How do you use technology to enrich your lessons?

☛ How computer literate are you?

☛ Do you think it is appropriate for children in school to be using the Internet?

☛ Give an example of a time when you've worked on a team.

☛ Describe one time when you've acted as a leader.

☛ How do you feel about team-teaching?

☛ What can you do for a student that is extremely gifted?

☛ Describe a gifted student.

☛ How would you recommend a child for special education services?

☛ Most classes have students with a wide-range of reading abilities. What can you do to meet the needs of students with high reading abilities and low reading abilities at the same time?

☛ Tell us a little about your student teaching experiences.

☛ What is your least favorite age/grade/subject to teach? Explain.

☛ What is your favorite age/grade/subject to teach? Explain.