The document outlines essential preparation strategies for a teaching interview, emphasizing the importance of dress, demeanor, and communication skills. It includes a variety of potential interview questions categorized by topic, such as teacher-student relationships, instructional techniques, and personal teaching philosophies. Candidates are encouraged to share stories, provide specific examples, and articulate their beliefs clearly to connect with interviewers.

1. How to prepare for a teaching
interview

2. principal interview
dress
[maintain respect]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

3. principal interview
dress
[maintain respect]
[establish credibility]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

4. principal interview
dress
[maintain respect]
[establish credibility]
[establish as authority figure]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

5. principal interview
entrance / posture
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

6. principal interview
portfolio
[summarizes teaching accomplishments]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

7. principal interview
portfolio
[summarizes teaching accomplishments]
[snap shot of philosophy]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

8. principal interview
portfolio
[summarizes teaching accomplishments]
[snap shot of philosophy]
[example teaching material]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

9. portfolio
principal interview
contents
[sample lesson]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

10. portfolio
principal interview
contents
[sample lesson]
[resume]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

11. portfolio
principal interview
contents
[sample lesson]
[resume]
[student teacher observations]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

12. portfolio
principal interview
contents
[sample lesson]
[resume]
[student teacher observations]
[classroom management]
rules
procedures
arrangement
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

13. interview questions
principal interview
obvious if unprepared
It’s easy for an interviewer to spot an
unprepared candidate. Candidates who have not
practiced basic interview questions beforehand
are unnaturally nervous. They shift in their seats
more. They begin most answers with the word,
“uhhhhh.” There are long pauses while
interviewers wait for the candidate to process
the question and think up an answer. They get
confused by basic educational jargon that they
learned in college.

14. interview questions
principal interview
tell me about yourself
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

15. interview questions
principal interview
tell me about yourself
[have a story to tell]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

16. interview questions
principal interview
tell me about yourself
[have a story to tell]
[have lots of examples when you answer questions]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

17. interview questions
principal interview
tell me about yourself
[have a story to tell]
[have lots of examples when you answer questions]
[principal will be writing entire time – not looking at you]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

18. interview questions
principal interview
Be able to articulate your
beliefs/philosophies
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

19. interview questions
principal interview
Not Q&A time
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

20. interview questions
principal interview
Not Q&A time
[be able to connect (storytelling)]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

21. interview questions
principal interview
Not Q&A time
[be able to connect (storytelling)]
[establish common ground]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

22. interview questions
principal interview
Not Q&A time
[be able to connect (storytelling)]
[establish common ground]
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

23. interview questions
principal interview
anticipate the questions
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

24. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
What kind of students do you like to
work with? What type of students
could you teach most effectively?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

25. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
You give an assignment. A student
ridicules the assignment, saying it doesn’t
make sense. What would you do?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

26. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
How do you help students experience success?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

27. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
How would you individualize instruction
for students?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

28. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
What procedures do you use to evaluate
student progress besides using tests?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

29. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
How would you challenge a student with
a learning disability and the advanced
learner within the same class?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

30. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with students
What would your students say about you?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

31. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
What kind of teachers would you
prefer to work with? Why?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

32. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
What activities would you like to work
with in our school?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

33. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
What quality or qualities do you have
that would enhance our teaching staff?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

34. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
What are some personality characteristics
you find undesirable in people?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

35. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
Who should be responsible for
discipline in a school? Why?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

36. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
What needs and/or expectations do
you have of the school administration?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

37. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with colleagues
How do you collaborate with
your colleagues?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

38. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with parents
What do you feel is the most effective way to
communicate with parents? Describe how
you have used this/these technique(s).
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

39. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with parents
Describe the reasons why you
would contact parents.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

40. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with parents
What would you include in your Open
House presentations to parents?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

41. principal interview
interview questions: Teacher relationships with parents
What community activities would you
like to be associated with? Why?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

42. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
Describe any school experience you have had,
particularly in student teaching (or in another
teaching position) that has prepared you for a
full-time position at our school.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

43. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
How would you integrate technology
into the curriculum you would teach?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

44. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
Describe any innovative projects you
have been involved in developing.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

45. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
Give an example of how you have used
cooperative learning in your classroom.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

46. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
What four words would students use to
describe your teaching strategies?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

47. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
What rules do you have for your classroom?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

48. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
Describe your teaching style and how
you accommodate the different learning
styles of the students in your classes.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

49. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
What do you consider to be your strengths
and how will you use them in your teaching?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

50. principal
interview questions: Instructional techniques
interview
In what ways do you keep students
on task and well behaved during
collaborative group activities?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

51. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
Why did you choose to become a teacher?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

52. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
What are your hobbies and interests?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

53. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
What are your plans for continuing
your professional growth?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

54. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
Tell me about an interesting article you
have read recently in a professional journal.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

55. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
What contributions can you
make to our school?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

56. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
What current trends in public
education please you? Displease you?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

57. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
Tell me about the three people who
have most influenced your own
education and educational career.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

58. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
Describe your expectations for student
behavior? In other words, if I were to enter your
class on an average day, what should I expect
to see with regard to student behavior?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

59. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
Describe the management strategies
and techniques you use to maintain an
effective classroom environment
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

60. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
What are your strengths and
weaknesses as a teacher?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

61. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
Describe a typical reading
lesson in your classroom.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.

62. principal interview
interview questions: Different topics/background information
How do you adjust for reading level
differences within your classroom?
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.