Teaching Questions
Questions about the individual…
- Why did you choose to become a teacher?
- What quality or qualities do you have that would enhance our teaching staff?
- What contributions can you make to our school?
- How do you evaluate your own teaching performance?
- What kind of students do you like to work with? What type of students could you teach most effectively?
- What kind of teachers would you prefer to work with? Why?
- Give me one or two examples of things that you discovered about yourself while student teaching that you would like to improve.
- What needs and/or expectations do you have of the school administration?
- What three words would students use to describe your teaching strategies?
- When you think about your students, in what major ways do you most want to influence their lives?
- What do you believe is the major purpose of teacher evaluation?
Questions related to education philosophy/teaching style…
- State your approach/What is your educational philosophy?
- What is your philosophy on classroom management?
- How would you implement an equal opportunities policy in your classroom?
- How would you plan to integrate your class with the school as a whole?
- How do you help students experience success?
- How do you reinforce self-esteem in students?
- Describe your teaching style and how you accommodate the different learning styles of the students in your classes.
- What procedures do you use to evaluate student progress besides using tests?
- How would you challenge the slow learner and the advanced learner within the same class?
- Who should be responsible for discipline in a school? Why?
- What do you feel is the most effective way to communicate with parents? Describe how you have used this/these technique(s).
- What would you include in your Open House presentations to parents?
- Some people say you should demand respect. Do you agree or disagree?
- If a student came to you and said, "None of the other students like me," what would you tell him/her?
- How do you give your students recognition? Do you think a student can have too much recognition?
- What current trends in public education please you? Displease you?
- You give an assignment. A student ridicules the assignment, saying it doesn’t make sense. What would you do?
- What would you do if you constantly heard students complaining about another teacher?
- What steps would you take to get a student who has been tardy to be more punctual?
- What would I expect to see in your classroom's physical environment?
Questions about education/experience…
- Describe any school experience you have had, particularly in student teaching (or in another teaching position) that has prepared you for a full-time position at our school.
- How have you integrated technology into a curriculum you have taught?
- Describe any innovative projects you have been involved in developing.
- Give an example of how you have used cooperative learning in your classroom.
- Provide an example of one way you have individualized instructions for students?
- What are your plans for continuing your professional growth?
- Tell me about the three people who have most influenced your own education and educational career.
Questions related to the specific position…
- Why do you want to work for our district?
- What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of working in a school of this type?
