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Teachers Interview Q&A

11 Questions You’ll Be Asked at a Teaching


Interview
1. Why did you decide to become a teacher? Prepare a
brief professional mission statement that explains not merely how you
want to change students’ lives but also how your own life is enriched
by being a teacher. Also, look up the school’s vision statement and
reference how your teaching will reflect those goals.

2. How would you handle a student who is constantly


disruptive or defiant? Instead of focusing on how you would
react, explain the ways you approach classroom management
proactively so that small misbehaviors rarely become chronic or
severe. Here are eight ways to maintain student cooperation and
courtesy. If the interviewers press you on the original question, this
advice on students with oppositional defiant disorder may help.

3. How do you cultivate positive relationships with your


students and create a sense of class
Community? Recount a time you bonded with a student who
needed some extra attention and understanding. Show your concern
for the emotional well-being of the most vulnerable students and
describe your plan for developing students’ social and emotional
learning skills. Also explain how you create a sense of empathy and
inclusion among your students so classmates support each other on
both a personal and academic level.

4. How do you use data to differentiate instruction and


support students identified with specific learning
disabilities so all students can learn? First, be ready with the
names of a couple of data-rich student assessments you’re familiar
with. Your interviewers won’t demand that they be the same ones they
use, but the fact that you’re aware of testing practices is important.
Then, here are 20 differentiated instruction strategies you can use to
prepare your answer on how you respond to data. Also, show your
knowledge of these 11 learning disabilities and describe a few ways
you work with parents and school resource personnel to meet the
individual needs of each child.

5. How do you support literacy for all students,


including English language learners? No matter their content
area, every teacher is a literacy teacher. Explain how you help develop
your students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Here
are 12 ways to support English language learners in a mainstream
classroom.

6. Do you incorporate collaborative and project-based


learning? Discuss the difference between cooperative and
collaborative learning, and if you have implemented PBL, describe a
specific assignment your students worked on.

7. How do you keep your students engaged and


motivated, and how do you promote student voice and
choice to help them become self-directed learners? Here
are 10 engagement techniques that drive student motivation and
enthusiasm. Also describe how you create a student-centered
classroom that inspires creativity, passion, and purpose.

8. How do you teach 21st-century learners, integrate


technology, and guide students to be global citizens? Be
prepared to talk about how you teach global citizenship and
encourage critical thinking, creativity, and good communication skills.
Here are ways to integrate technology into content learning.
9. How do you include parents and guardians in their
child’s education? Recount several ways you inform, engage with,
and collaborate with parents and guardians—through face-to-face
meetings, notes, phone calls, or digital channels.

10. How do you maintain your own professional


development, and what areas would you select for your
personal growth? You might read books and blogs, watch videos
online, subscribe to journals, attend conferences and workshops, or be
a member of an educators society in your field. Be ready to talk about
the specific resources you use to keep up with the latest trends in
education, such as growth and benefit mindsets, flexible seating,
flipped and blended learning, STEAM, trauma-informed teaching,
restorative practices, mindfulness, makerspaces, and gamification of
learning.

In discussing your personal growth, explain ways you want to further


expand your teaching efficacy—don’t refer to teaching “weaknesses.”

11. What questions do you have for us? Try this: “Please tell
me the most important thing you know now as an educator that you
wish you knew before you began your teaching career.” The answers
you receive will reveal what your interviewers most value about
education, and this insight will allow you to tailor your closing
conversation to their interests.

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