Successfully Navigating the Interview for a Teaching Position
by Trae Stewart, Ph.D.
Job interviews often cause applicants great anxiety. For new job seekers, like pre-service teachers, inexperience in the job process along with the desire to secure the position, creates additional nervousness. With a little knowledge and practice, however, a prospective teacher can successfully navigate the interview. This hands-on workshop will first take attendees through the stages of the interview. Then, through role plays and cooperative activities, strategies to prepare for teaching interviews and to answer the most commonly asked questions will be presented and practiced. Attendees will receive handouts to facilitate their preparation after the workshop.
Audience: All teachers, especially new teachers, mentor teachers, heads of departments, administrators