1. Explain how to evaluate the success of your teaching?
There is no know-it-all teacher and everyone has to try to be better. According to the assessment, you can recognize which teaching skills are good and which need to be improved. Describe an example in which your lessons are reflected clearly and positives and negatives are stressed. Show the specific approaches of self-evaluation that you used. It is helpful for you to make successes and enhance if necessary. Some other useful approaches are the feedback about sessions from students.
2. Tell me if we decided not to appoint you, what would we be missing out on?
This is great as it enables candidates to sell themselves and really tell us what they are about.
3. Explain me how do you communicate with parents?
This question will come up at almost every elementary school interview. It's fairly common in the middle school and high school as well. You might have a weekly parent newsletter that you send home each week. For grades 3 and up, you may require students to have an assignment book that has to be signed each night. This way, parents know what assignments are given and when projects are due. When there are discipline problems you call home and talk to parents. It's important to have an open-door policy and invite parents to share their concerns at any time.
4. What means the ICT Teacher?
ICT Teacher means information and communication technologies teacher, for the purposes of this primer, as a diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information
5. Tell me why do you want to work in this school college or university?
We want to see clear indications that candidates have done background work about our school and can talk about why the way we work appeals to them. We'd always want candidates to have visited the school so they should be able to flesh this out with specific examples of what they thought based on their visit.
6. Tell me a little about your professional background?
Have a 30-second to 2-minute summary or speech about yourself prepared beforehand. Think about this as a commercial about yourself. Consider what makes you a great candidate and what makes you different from other teachers out there. Let your interviewers know what sets you apart from the rest of the pack.
7. Tell me what will you do if a lesson doesn't work well?
Sometimes things go out of the plan. Provide a specific instance in which a lesson did not run. Concentrate on analyzing what went wrong and what the weaknesses of the lessons were. Show the way you did to enhance the quality of the lessons such as making the content less complicated, utilizing useful resources, learning the experiences from other teachers and reconsidering your classroom management. You need to know that failures have occurred and you have ability and lucidity to resolve them.
8. Suppose I walked into your classroom during an outstanding lesson, what would I see and hear?
I'd like to hear about: animated discussions, students clearly making progress as evidenced in oral and written contributions. High quality visual displays of students' work showing progress. High levels of engagement. Behaviour that supports learning.
9. Tell me what are the key qualities and skills that students look for in teachers?
Liking young people. Fairness. Consistency. Sense of humour. Passion for their subject. Good at explaining new concepts/ideas. Able to make the topic or subject relevant. Able to make everyone feel comfortable and confident about contributing.
10. Tell us how do you make sure you meet the needs of a student with an IEP?
An IEP is an "individualized education plan." Students with special needs will be given an IEP, or a list of things that you must do when teaching the child. An IEP might include anything from "additional time for testing" to "needs all test questions read aloud" to "needs to use braille textbook." How do you ensure you're meeting the needs of a student with an IEP? First, read the IEP carefully. If you have questions, consult a special education teacher, counselor, or other staff member who can help you. Then, you just make sure you follow the requirements on the IEP word for word. When necessary, you may be asked to attend a meeting in which you can make suggestions for updating the IEP. Your goal, and the goal of the IEP, is to make sure the student has whatever he or she needs to be successful in your class.
11. Tell me why do we teach ABC in schools?
This question really throws people. If it is maths or English they sometimes look back at you as if you are mad. They assume it is obvious – a very dangerous assumption – and then completely fail to justify the subject's existence.
Whatever the subject, I expect to hear things like: to improve skills and independent learning; to encourage team work; to gain a qualification; for enjoyment (very important, rarely mentioned); to enhance other subjects; to develop literacy, numeracy and ICT skills; to improve career prospects; self discipline; memory development; to encourage life-long learning in that subject. The list goes on…
12. Tell me what qualities do you look for in a principal?
This kind of question is made in order to ask your opinion about a successful principal and which qualities that a teacher and a principal must have. Having a vision and a clear goal, planning and motivating, communicating and visibility, consistency and accountability, caring, nurturing and developing staff and students are the qualities which must be concentrated on.
13. Tell me why do you want to work in special education?
We're looking to see that the person genuinely recognizes that we're in the business of education as opposed to simply caring for the children (surprisingly, some applicants don't really see it that way).
Your goal is to work in the child's best interest, together with the parents. In general, you report as often as required and welcome parents' contribution. Complaints and problems that have not been resolved are addressed to the school principal if necessary. Communication can be any possible way – text, email, phone or a note home. When parents object to teaching method, it is best to have a principal explain and defend the teacher. Parents are not usually as knowledgeable as they think.
If a child is caught cheating or continuously disturbs, this would be a difficult call to make. I would first look over all the child's work and make a list of his/her good qualities and accomplishments. After reporting that pleasantness, I would factually describe the problem, making sure not to exaggerate. End with another nice comment, and listen to parents. Next I would try to work out a plan with them, or interest them in the plan I worked out. Close with a nice comment about how easy it was to speak with them, or some such compliment and wish them well.
This allows candidates to give a theoretical answer – one that anyone who swotted up could give you – balanced with a personal reflection that shows how effective they are.
You should explain the cutting edge teaching principles you utilize to meet your teaching goals and objectives for enhancing students' skills such as – reading, social skills, technical skills etc. prepare and rehearse your remarks. Speak professionally.
17. Basic ICT Teacher Job Interview Questions:
☛ First, tell us a little bit about yourself. (Almost every teacher interview begins this way.)
☛ Describe your college experiences.
☛ Tell us about your experiences working with students at this age level.
☛ Describe your philosophy of teaching?
☛ Why do you want to become a teacher?
☛ List three of your strengths your strengths and explain each one.
☛ Describe three of your weaknesses as a teacher.
☛ In what ways do you encourage creativity in your classroom?
☛ Tell us about a lesson in which you've used differentiated instruction.
☛ 10. How do you teach kids to utilize higher-order thinking skills in your classroom?
☛ What do you do to prepare your students for state or standardized tests?
☛ Do you make learning fun for students? How?
☛ If I walked into your classroom on a typical afternoon, what would I see going on?
☛ How do you measure student performance in your classroom?
☛ Describe a successful lesson. Tell why it was successful.
☛ What would you do if a student wasn't handing her homework on a regular basis?
☛ How much homework do you give?
☛ Besides lecture, what methods of teaching do you use?
☛ Tell us about your discipline philosophy.
☛ What are your classroom rules? How do you make students familiar with the rules?
☛ What daily or weekly routines would be incorporated in your teaching?
☛ One student hits another student. What do you do?
☛ A student throws a pencil across the room. What do you do?
☛ Explain what you would do if a student was swearing in your class?
☛ What would you do if a student was complaining about an assignment you've given?
18. Special Education ICT Teachers Job Interview Questions:
☛ Students are going to be at different stages of development. How do you address the needs of those that require extra instruction while still progressing the rest of the students through the syllabus?
☛ What personality traits do you feel make you qualified for dealing with children with developmental disabilities?
☛ Are there any types of behavioral disorders you feel you would be unequipped to handle?
☛ What disabilities, disorders and handicaps have you had experience instructing and which do you believe you could use extra instruction?
☛ Do you believe students with mental or developmental disabilities should be enrolled in regular education classes if they have the potential to succeed?
19. Personal/warm-up ICT Teacher Job Interview Questions:
☛ Why did you become a teacher?
☛ Can you tell me a little about yourself, your interests etc?
☛ What special qualities can you offer?
20. Introduction To ICT Teacher Interview Questions:
☛ Why are you a good fit for this job and our school district?
☛ What makes you qualified for this teaching position?
☛ Tell us a little about your professional experiences.
☛ Do you have a professional portfolio you would like to share with us?
☛ Why did you become a teacher?
☛ Name three words that describe you.
☛ What is your philosophy on teaching?
☛ What separates you from other teaching candidates?
21. Differentiating Instruction based ICT Teacher Job Interview Questions:
☛ Give an example of how you differentiated instruction in a lesson.
☛ How do you accommodate for a gifted student in your class?
☛ How do you manage students with different reading abilities?
☛ Explain how you meet IEP needs.
☛ How do you feel about inclusive classrooms?
☛ What is your experience co-teaching with an inclusion specialist?
☛ How do you accommodate for non-English speakers?
22. College and Student Teaching Based ICT Teacher Job Interview Questions:
☛ How well has your university prepared you for teaching?
☛ What was the most useful college course you have taken?
☛ What is the most important thing you learned from your cooperating teacher?
☛ What was the most important thing you learned from your overall student teaching experience?
☛ Describe your student teaching experience.
23. School linked ICT Teacher Job Interview Questions:
☛ What can you offer a good school?
☛ What are the advantages/disadvantages of working in a school of this type?
☛ Why this job? / why this school?
☛ How long would you stay?
☛ What experience have you had as working as part of a team?
☛ What challenges would you expect to encounter entering a new school and the skills you have to help you do so?
☛ What personal qualities do you possess which are important to work as part of a team?
☛ What would you do if you disagreed with a departmental policy?
☛ Who do you regard as the school community?
☛ Have you anything else you would like to tell us?
☛ Is there anything you would like to ask us?
24. Public Elementary/Middle School ICT Teachers Job Interview Questions:
☛ How confident are you with teaching students whom English is not their first language?
☛ What methods do you use to evaluate your success as an instructor?
☛ How comfortable are you with a diverse classroom?
☛ How do you handle unruly students that actively disrupt the classroom?
☛ Are there any methods of instruction you plan to implement to make teaching more interesting for the students?
25. Parents/wider community based ICT Teacher Job Interview Questions:
☛ What can you offer the school in terms of extra-curricular activities?
☛ Do you feel that extra-curricular activities are important? Why?
☛ In what ways can parents help schools?
☛ How do you feel about parent helpers in the classroom?
☛ How would you make use of a parent helper in your classroom?
☛ How would you react if you heard a rumour from the school gate, possibly generated by a parent helper, criticising your ability as a teacher, because, for example, only half the class were at the expected level in the reading scheme & several children were way behind?
☛ Do you think the role of the PTA is important?
☛ How important do you think school is in the community?
☛ What part do governors play?
☛ Do you think liaison with other schools is important?
