Teacher Employment Questions

Why did you decide to enter the field of teaching?
What are your professional experiences?
How have your past experiences prepared you for teaching?
How would you describe your last principal?
What qualities do you have that make you an effective teacher?
What has been your most positive teaching experience? Most negative?
How have you communicated student progress to parents?
How have you used (or would you use) aides or parent volunteers in your classroom?
What activities will you sponsor if you are hired for this position?
What do you know about our school district? What do you know about our community?
Why should our district hire you?

How have you emphasized the development of basic skills (advanced skills)?
Describe a critical issue in your subject area.
Why is your field important for a student to study?
Describe an ideal curriculum in your area of study.
What should students have gained from having taken your course?
What do you feel is your strongest subject (or teaching) area? What subject is most difficult for you?

How would your students describe you?
How would your colleagues describe you?
How would your last principal describe you?
How would you appraise your teaching performance? How do you determine if your students are learning?
What forms of assessment do you use? Do you grade on ability or effort?
How do you feel about observations by supervisors?
How do you communicate with parents about a student’s progress?

What is your educational preparation?
Describe the physical appearance of your classroom.
Describe independent study projects your students have completed.
How do you structure your class to achieve maximum benefit from student/teacher contact?
Describe the format you use to develop a lesson.
How do you handle the different ability levels of students in classes?
How do you handle different ability levels of students? Different cultures? The gifted? Educationally or economically underprivileged? Limited English-speaking?

What have you found to be the toughest aspect of discipline?
Describe your most difficult student discipline situation and how you handled it.
Explain the structure of your discipline plan. What rules do you establish in your classroom?
What rules have you established for your classroom?
How would you handle cheating?
How would you handle a student who is a consistent behavioral problem in your class?
How would you handle a student sleeping in your class?
What would you do if a student has been absent from your class for several days?
If a student were to tell you they have engaged in some illegal or immoral activity, what would you do?

What professional development topics interest you the most?
What professional organizations do you belong to or would you like to join?
How have you recently improved your professional skills? What are your plans for future education/skill development?

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