国际学校面试问题

All about you:

– Why do you want to teach at our school? Why should we hire you?

– What has been your most positive teaching experience?

– What has been your most negative teaching experience? What would you change?

– What is your philosophy of education?

– What have you recently done in education of an interesting or innovative nature?

– What motivates you?

– What professional books, blogs, or journals have you read to keep abreast of educational news and best practices?

– How would your students describe you?

– What is your greatest strength/weakness as a teacher?

– What are 3 words that your students/admin/close friends would use to describe you?

– Describe a typical lesson in your classroom. (Going through the step by step overview)

– Describe a successful lesson and how you knew it went well.

– Why did you want to be a teacher?

– What is a difficult situation you faced and how did you deal with it?

– What do you want to teach__________(grade level) students? What do you like about them?

– How do you use technology in your classroom?

– How do you use assessment in your classroom? Describe how you used the information you gained from an assessment in your instruction.

– How do you address the needs of English language learners?

– How do you integrate other subjects into your units?

– How do you approach classroom discipline?

– What is your favorite essential question (UBD model)?

Parents

– How do you communicate student progress to parents?

– How do you normally communicate with parents?

– How have you involved parents in the learning process?

Students

– How do you handle the different abilities of students in your class?

– What techniques have you found useful in individualizing learning in your class?

-Describe one or two techniques you use to motivate students. How do you motivate a student to learn a concept they do not do well in?

– Describe a difficult student you had and how you handled it.

– How do you handle a student who is a consistent behavioral problem in your class?

– If you met your students 20 years from now, what would you want them to remember about you?

School

– Why do you want to teach at __________ (school)?

– How have you contributed to the development of the total school program in your current position?

– How do you structure your classroom to achieve maximum benefit from teacher/student contact?

– What kind of extracurricular activities would you be interested in being part of?

– What are the talents/expertise you can bring to your team?

– Why are you leaving your current school?

– What did you like the most about your current school?

– What was the most difficult thing about your current school?

–How would you implement the school’s core values into your classroom?

– What are your thoughts on collaboration with other staff?

Country/City Specific

– Why do you want to live in __________ (country)?

– Tell me what you already know about the country and culture.

– What kinds of things do you like to do outside of school?

– Do you have any concerns about moving to this country?

The End of the Interview

– Is there anything else you feel that you want me to know about you, that we haven’t had a chance to talk about?