Personal Opinions and Background
- Why do you want to teach?
- Do you plan to make teaching a career?
- What do you hope to gain by following a teaching career?
- What gives you the most satisfaction as a teacher?
- Why do you want to teach in this district or community?
- Do you have any misgivings about the position for which you are applying?
- What is/are the most important characteristic(s) of the successful teacher?
- What characteristics separate the above-average teacher from the average teacher?
- Do you have a genuine interest in helping students learn?
- What do you expect of your students?
- What is/are the most important contributions(s) you can make to your students?
- Do you accept the responsibility of being a good example?
- What is the school's responsibility for preparing students for out-of-school experiences?
- What can you contribute to the success of our school system?
- What can you contribute to the profession?
- Tell me about your personal background.
- What are your hobbies and interests?
- What are your professional plans and goals?
- What is your philosophy of education?
- How do you rank values, facts, and concepts in importance?
- Why do you think you will be a successful teacher?
- What is/are your strongest trait(s)? Your weakest traits(s)?
- How competent are you?
- Why should we employ you?
- How would you prefer to be evaluated?
- What are you attitudes toward extra-duty activities?
- Will you teach anyplace in the district?
- Will you follow school policy?
- What are your attitudes toward teacher organizations and militancy?
- What are your attitudes regarding minorities?
- What do you believe to be the greatest problem facing American public education?
- What is your impression of today's youth?
- What information do you have about the district?
- Can you be happy in this community?
- Are you willing to work?
Ability to Get Along with People
- Do you get along well with most people?
- What quality in other people is most important to you?
- Can you get along with other faculty members?
- What do you believe your role and obligations to be toward other faculty members?
- Would you enjoy team teaching?
- Describe your perception of your relationship with the building administration.
- What are your attitudes toward supervision?
- How much loyalty do you believe that you owe the administration?
- Are you capable of communicating with today's youth?
- Do you like children?
- Prove that you like children.
- What techniques do you use in developing rapport with students?
- What evidence can you provide that you can establish a good working relationship with students in the age group you will be teaching?
The Teaching-Learning Process
- How do you handle curricular content in classes with many levels of ability?
- Are you prepared to individualize instruction (including diagnosis and preparation)?
- How would you individualize instruction in your classroom?
- What do you consider to be the most worthwhile innovations in your particular area?
- What "pet" ideas or innovations do you plan to use in your teaching?
- What do you consider to be the ideal learning environment?
- What are the ingredients of an effective learning process?
- Describe the role of the teacher in the learning process.
- What can you do to improve learning opportunities in your particular area?
- What teacher techniques are effective for you?
- What are the major problems that you face in the classroom?
- What are the objectives that you hope to achieve in your area?
- How would you organize and what would you include in a unit lesson plan?
- How do you expect to motivate students?
- How will your teaching benefit the students?
Education and Experience
- What subjects are you qualified and/or certified to teach?
- Why did you choose your particular area of preparation?
- Do you believe that your university/college has prepared you for teaching?
- What was/were the greatest highlight(s) of your college career?
- Name and evaluate two professional books that you have read within the last six months.
- What kinds of experiences have you had which will be of help when you begin teaching?
- What out-of-school experiences have you had working with children?
- Do you have experience with disadvantaged or minority group students?
- What kinds of work experience have you had other than teaching?
- Tell me about your student teaching or previous teaching experience.
- Based on your student teaching or previous teaching experience, how do you evaluate yourself as a teacher?
- Were you successful in your student teaching or previous teaching experience?
- What do you have to offer that no other candidate has?
- Why are you leaving your present position?
- Have you ever been terminated? Why?
Classroom Control
- What is your philosophy of discipline?
- How would you handle discipline problems?
- Can you maintain good classroom discipline?
- Do you anticipate any difficulty in classroom controls?
- How successful have you been in your previous experience in maintaining good discipline?
- What procedure(s) works best for you in maintaining discipline?
- What type(s) of classroom atmosphere would you establish to prevent discipline problems?
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