Online Teaching

1. What is your classroom management plan/style? What are your goals?

2. Describe what you consider to be the model classroom. What would a typical day look like in this classroom?

3. Share three interesting techniques used in your classroom.

4. When students say they want their teacher to be fair, what do you think they mean?

5. A student tells his teacher that he forgot to bring his paper, which he had written the night before.

The teacher says, I understand. I sometimes forget things like that too. How do you evaluate the way this teacher responded to the student?

1. Describe your philosophy regarding discipline.

2. What techniques would you use to handle discipline problems that may arise in your classroom?

3. What was the most challenging discipline problem you have encountered and how did you handle it?

4. Were you prepared to handle this situation? In hindsight, would you have handled this situation any differently?

5. What kind of rules do you have in your classroom? How are they established?

6. How would you create and promote a safe atmosphere in your classroom?

1. What do you include in your daily lesson plans? How closely do you follow your plans?

2. What are some of the considerations you make when planning your lessons? How do you plan a unit?

3. How much homework will you assign? How do you know how long it will take your students?

4. How do you feel when you do not meet a deadline? What do you do when students do not meet their deadlines?

1. What kinds of materials have you used to assess pupil strengths and/or weaknesses?

2. What kinds of tests do you like to give?

3. Are there any materials you have used that you find are especially effective for slow learners or bright students?

4. What coursework have you taken that has made you especially suited for this position?

5. What kind of materials and supplies would you need to do your best job?

6. How do you stay current in your field?

7. What curricular changes do you hope to see over the next few years?

1. What kind of teachers would you prefer to work with? Why?

2. What activities would you like to work with in our school?

3. What quality or qualities do you have that would enhance our teaching staff?

4. What are some personality characteristics you find undesirable in people?

5. Who should be responsible for discipline in a school? Why?

6. What needs and/or expectations do you have of the school administration?

7. How do you collaborate with your colleagues?

1. What kind of students do you like to work with? What type of students could you teach most effectively?

2. You give an assignment. A student ridicules the assignment, saying it does not make sense. What would you do?

3. How do you help students experience success?

4. How would you individualize instruction for students?

5. What procedures do you use to evaluate student progress besides using tests?

6. How would you challenge the slow learner and the advanced learner within the same class?

7. What would your students say about you?

1. What do you feel is the most effective way to communicate with parents? Describe how you have used this/these technique(s).

2. Describe the reasons why you would contact parents.

3. What would you include in your Open House presentations to parents?

4. What community activities would you like to be associated with? Why?

1. Why have you selected teaching as a profession?

2. What are your career goals, short term and long term?

3. What makes you an effective teacher?

4. Describe yourself with three adjectives and explain why they were chosen.

5. What distinguishes you from other candidates?

6. Describe your fears of being a teacher.

7. If I were to contact your references what do you think they had say about you?

8. Would you describe yourself as a team player or an individual achiever?

9. What is your most successful accomplishment?

10. Tell me whom you would like to emulate. Why?

1. Why did you choose to become a teacher?

2. What are your hobbies and interests?

3. What are your plans for continuing your professional growth?

4. Tell me about an interesting article you have read recently in a professional journal.

5. What contributions can you make to our school?

6. What current trends in public education please you? Displease you?

7. Tell me about the three people who have most influenced your own education and educational career.

8. Describe positive/negative student teaching experiences.

9. Describe a typical lesson in your classroom. What would I see you and your students doing?

1. What activities would you like to become involved in within our school, district, or community?

2. Why do you want to work in our school system? What would you bring to us?

3. Tell me about yourself.

4. Describe your thoughts about student and teacher accountability.

5. What professional development topics interest you?

6. Why should we hire you over the two other finalists who have comparable qualifications?