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How to Master the Teacher Interview: Questions and Answers is the complete guide to effortlessly acing your teacher interviews. Created by multi award-winning careers company, How2Become, this workbook provides all of the teacher interview questions you're likely to get asked and is packed full of insider information. Containing 50 essential questions you need to know; every question in this guide is followed by a high scoring sample answer and a breakdown of structure so you can create your own unique response, step-by-step.

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Publié par	How2become
Date de parution	01 août 2016
Nombre de lectures	7
EAN13	9781911259831
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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How to Master the Teacher Interview Questions and Answers: 50 Questions and Answers
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Teacher Interview Preparation
Chapter 2 Teacher Interview (Part 1)
Chapter 3 Teacher Interview (Part 2)
Chapter 4 The Classroom Survival Guide
A Few Final Words
Introduction

The teaching profession is now more varied than ever before.
Modern teachers are more than just curriculum educators. They are role models, leaders and innovators; the first line of contact that our children have with a brighter and better future. With this in mind, it’s essential that schools are employing the right type of people for the job.
In this book, we’ll show you how to demonstrate that you ARE the perfect person for the role. We’ll cover a wide variety of interview tips and techniques, show you the questions that you are most likely to be asked AND provide sample responses to show you the best ways to answer them.
By the end of this guide, you will be in a perfect position to ace your teaching interview, and secure your dream role.
The structure of this guide
To make things easier for you, this guide is broken down into useful sections. This reflects the way in which you should go about preparing for your interview. Taking a structured, organised, and thorough approach to your preparation will go a long way to helping you secure a position.
There are generally three parts to an interview, and we have covered all of these in extensive detail within this guide:
1. The ‘getting to know you’ section.
2. The competency-based question section.
3. The teaching section.
For each section, we’ll provide you with a multitude of potential questions and full, in-depth example responses, to help you structure your answers in a way that impresses the interviewers. Before we get into the questions, we’ll also run through the teaching core competencies, show you how to study a job description, and provide top tips to improve your chances of success.
In our first chapter, we’ll look at the role of a teacher, give you some top interview preparation tips, and underline the importance of teacher core competencies – including what they are and how to apply them to your answers.
Chapter 1 Teacher Interview Preparation

Before you attend your teaching interview, it’s imperative that you have a sustained knowledge of the following topics:
• What a teacher does, their role in school, and their responsibility towards students.
• What a teacher at the school YOU are applying to does, their role in school, and their responsibility towards students.
• Your subject, and why it matters in a wider context.
• The core competencies/expectations of a teacher.
• The policies of the school that you are applying to.
You’ll be asked questions on all of these topics during the interview, so make sure you conduct a period of extensive research beforehand.
There are two invaluable resources for you here:
Firstly, you can use the website of the school to find a list of the school policies, expectations and guidelines. School websites usually have downloadable newsletters and lists of any key accomplishments/ awards they have received. Make sure you can bring knowledge of their history to the interview, because this will give you a crucial edge over other candidates.
Secondly, there is the job description itself. In the job description, you’ll be given a list of requirements for the role. Make sure you pay close attention to these. A typical list might look like this:

SAMPLE
The successful candidate will be able to:
• Lead and communicate with students on a daily basis.
• Share knowledge and information with pupils of all age ranges.
• Take a leading role in promoting diversity and acceptance within the school environment.
• Act as a responsible adult and support figure for pupils and students who attend Ficshire High.
There are two ways of looking at this list. A weak candidate might look at the list and think ‘check, check, check… I can do all of these things, I’ll apply now.’ They might not bother to read the list properly, and won’t study it in preparation for the interview. A strong candidate, on the other hand, will look at the list differently. They’ll break the skills required down into behavioural competencies .
For example:
Lead and communicate with students on a daily basis.
• This is clearly indicative of the fact that you will need great leadership skills, and must be a good communicator.
• Communication can be broken down into listening and responding to students.
• Leadership can also be broken down into taking initiative, making difficult decisions and acting responsibly.
As you might already be able to see, there is far more to a teacher’s job description than what initially meets the eye, and each requirement can be broken down into smaller requirements. These requirements are known as core competencies, and will ALWAYS be assessed during the teacher interview.
The Core Competencies of Teaching
If you have been for any job interview in the past, you might be familiar with the term ‘core competencies’. The core competencies refer to a set of behavioural standards required in the role of a teacher. Not only are there pre-existing requirements for teachers in general, but each school will also have particular competencies of their own – which they’ll expect teachers to abide by.
In this section, we’ll look at the general core competencies expected of teachers, and why they will be essential in your interview.
Listening
Listening is incredibly important for teachers. Unfortunately, when you are placed in charge of a class of 30 students, it can be extremely difficult. There are so many voices in the classroom that many new teachers become overwhelmed by the listening aspect of the role. This applies when you are one-to-one with a student too. In order to teach, you must be able to understand what knowledge needs to be imparted, and in order to do this you must be able to listen. Whether you are teaching children or adults, it’s essential that your pupils are asking questions about the subject, and learning from your responses.
Relationship Management
The second core quality on our list is relationship management. Relationship management is all about resolving conflict and disagreement, and encouraging a good relationship between the teacher and pupil.
Remember that, particularly when dealing with teenagers and adolescents, conflict is an inevitable element of the classroom environment. Not everyone can get along all of the time. As a teacher, it is your job to prevent this from escalating. You must be able to provide a calm and reasonable support base, and must be someone who can look objectively at issues – in order to manage and resolve difficult peer-to-peer relationships.
Instructing
It goes without saying that instructing is an essential element of teaching. In order to become a teacher, you must be able to teach! This means you must be able to give clear instructions, impart your wisdom in a way that your pupils understand, and lead by example. It is no good having knowledge or behavioural skills, if you have no idea of how to apply them in the teaching environment.
The quality of your lessons will depend on your ability to deliver knowledge and information in a clear and concise fashion. The way this knowledge is delivered also needs to be engaging and interactive. You could have the clearest delivery possible, but if your students are unable to engage with your teaching methods, then they will find it extremely difficult to focus or learn.
Organisation
One of the most fundamental skills for any teacher to have is good organisation. Organisation will separate the good teachers from the bad, and many people would argue that this is actually the most important competency. Without good organisation and time management, you will really struggle to succeed as a teacher.
The most common complaint from teachers is that they just don’t have enough time to complete all of the tasks that t