- Why do you want to be a teacher?
- What is your classroom management style?
- Can you tell us of a time you had a conflict in the school setting and how you overcame it?
- Tell us how you would handle a constantly disruptive student.
- How do you differentiate your lessons?
- How do you use data to inform your teaching?
- How do you support literacy for all of your students, including English Learners?
- How do you keep your students engaged and motivated?
- How do you create a positive environment?
- What are some ways you use technology in your teaching?
- How do you involve the community in your practice?
- How do you get the parents and/or guardians engaged in the students’ education?
- How do you motivate yourself?
- What gets you out of bed in the morning?
- What do you love about teaching?
- Tell us about the hardest thing you have done in the classroom.
- What do you do for personal growth?
- What’s your education philosophy?
- How do you help special needs students in your classroom?
- What are your thoughts on team teaching?
- Would you be willing to teach (subject other than what you applied for and/or want to teach)?
- Do you use any manipulatives in your classroom?
- Do you have experience with distance learning/online teaching?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Tell us about a time you’ve failed.
- Tell us about a time you had conflict with a coworker.
- Tell me about a lesson that didn’t go well and what you did about it.
- If I walked into your classroom during an engaging lesson that was going well, what would I see and hear?
- What issues in education are you passionate about?
- What behavior management techniques do you use?
- Have you heard about PBIS? Do you use it?
- Describe a lesson plan that went well. What exactly went well?
- Do you believe in group work? How do you group students?
- Describe your teaching style.
- What is your typical lesson like?
- How do you organize your lessons? (and classroom and life in general)
- Tell us about a time you collaborated with other teachers.
- What would be your ideal cross-subject collaboration be like?
- Are you a natural leader or follower? Can you follow up with a situation in which you had to be either?
- How has your own identity, culture and/or biases affected your teaching?
- Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
- Be prepared for various ROLE PLAY scenarios (Angry parents, discipline… etc.)
- How do you handle parent conferences?
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- What are your interests outside of teaching?
- What do you like most about teaching?
- Would you be interested in leading extracurricular activities? if so, what would it be?
- Have you ever been a substitute teacher?
- Why do you want to teach in our district?
- Tell us about your references.
- Who is your role model?
- How would your students describe you?
- What do you feel is wrong with public/private/charter schools? What is an issue in the current education world that you are passionate about?
- Are you a __ person? (organized, flexible, etc)
- How do you develop students’ self-esteem?
- How do you incorporate higher-level thinking skills in your lessons?
- How do you make learning fun?
- How do you stay on top of your game?
- What’s your most effective teaching technique?
- How do you incorporate real-world scenarios in your lessons?
- Is a noisy classroom okay?
- How much homework do you assign and why?
- How would you deal with angry parents and other similar situations?
- How would you handle a situation where you suspect a student is being abused at home?
- How do you communicate with parents on a regular basis?
- How do you communicate with admin?
- Tell us about a time where you had a good experience with admin? a bad one?
- How do you manage gifted learners in your classroom?
- How do you incorporate IEP needs? Tell us about your experience.
- What was the most challenging situation you’ve had with a student so far? How did you handle it?
- describe the physical appearance of your classroom
- How do you balance your work and your life?
- How do you take care of yourself?
- Why did you decide to teach (insert subject)?
- Do you have passions outside of the classroom that you could bring to the community?
- Do you volunteer anywhere and/or have community involvement?
- What are the qualities of an excellent teacher?
- How have you gotten parents involved in your classroom activities?
- What would you tell your incoming class at the start of a new school year?
- If a lot of students fail an assessment or assignment, what would you do?
- What would your students say they had learned after your class?
- What do you want students to remember about your class?
- When would you send a student to the office?
- What do you hope to learn from colleagues or mentors?
- How do you handle classroom observations?
- How have your teachers impacted your teaching?
- How was your student teaching experience? Can you tell us about some pros and cons?
- What’s a strength of your experience teaching (or the curriculum at your education school)?
- What would you most look forward to if you worked here?
- Are you proficient in google classroom, class dojo, etc?
- How do you assess or measure student progress?
- How do you gather data? and what kind of data?
- How would you handle a student who outright refused to listen or do an activity?
- What courses (or PD’s) have you taken that really impacted your pedagogy?
- What personality traits do you have that make you an effective teacher?
- What is unique about your pedagogy?
- What sets you apart from other candidates?
- Is there anything that we have not spoken about yet that you would like to add?
- What questions do you have for us?
