INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER

Why did you become a teacher?

Think about a lesson you recently taught or are planning to teach. Briefly describe that lesson and tell how did/could you use multilevel teaching to adapt the lesson to the needs of a student with a significant disability? A student with a mild disability? A student who is gifted and talented? An English language learner?

How do you prefer to learn and teach? How do you adapt when the teaching strategy and environment are different from the way you prefer to learn?

Should teachers match teaching to students’ learning styles all of the time? Should students be taught to adapt their learning styles to the various teaching styles they will encounter in schools? (please explain)

How has your cultural background influenced your perspectives? How are your cultural perspectives similar to and different from those of others? How would multicultural education influence your cultural perspectives?

What instructional technologies and assistive devices did you use as a student? As a teacher? What were the positive and negative effects of these technologies on your learning and your students’ learning?

Explain how you use assessments as a way to improve student learning.

If students could use one word to describe you, what would that word be?

Describe your goals for next year.

Your choice.