☛ What qualities do you feel are most important for a teacher to have?

☛ What role do state and national standards play in your classroom teaching?

☛ What grade do you enjoy teaching the most?

☛ What are the state standards for the grade you hope to teach and how will you incorporate them into your teaching?

☛ What are the developmental needs and characteristics of children in this grade?

☛ What subject are you passionate about and how will you share your enthusiasm with your students?

☛ What would we see if we walked into your classroom?

☛ Describe your style of teaching and give examples.

☛ What are your expectations for your students?

☛ What current reading and math instructional practices are you comfortable using?

☛ How often will your students be actively involved in cooperative learning?

☛ Describe your use of auditory, visual, and hands-on teaching techniques.

☛ What do you consider your greatest teaching accomplishment?

☛ Share an example of a successful lesson or learning activity that you created and used.

☛ Discuss a classroom situation or lesson that did not go as well as you would have liked, and what you did about it.

☛ How do you gain and maintain student attention?

☛ What kind of relationship do you want to foster with your students?

☛ What do you do to motivate a student who is failing, just getting by, or who is below grade level?

☛ How do you differentiate instruction?

☛ How do you improve student reading comprehension and test scores?

☛ What are some challenges that you think you would face?

☛ Describe your ability to use technology and how you would integrate it into your teaching.

☛ How do you address the various learning styles of your students?

☛ How do you go about teaching something that is not your strength?

☛ What are your thoughts about team teaching?

☛ What resources in the community have you used or do you plan to use in your teaching?

☛ In what ways do you personally evaluate your teaching?

☛ What are some educational issues or trends that relate to elementary teaching?

☛ What experience have you had working with at-risk and/or low income students?

☛ If an aide was provided, how would you utilize him/her?