10 Tough Interview Questions All Teachers Should Be Prepared to Answer

Nobody said that a career in teaching would behigher-order thinking skills.
easy, and you thought getting qualified would be4. Where do you hope to be 10 years from now
the hardest part of the journey. As many aspiring5. What would you do if you taught a concept
teachers soon learn, that's just the start.and 60% of the class understood it fully and the
Possibly the most difficult aspect of a teachingother 40% was completely lost?
career is actually landing a teaching job where you6. How would you implement differentiated
get to put all your teaching skills to practice. In theinstruction?
long run, getting that coveted teaching position7. In what ways would you communicate with the
comes down to one thing, the interview. Making aprincipal?
poor impression or not being able to supply good8. How would you implement differentiated
answers could end in disaster. A little preparationinstruction?
can go a long way to helping you secure that9. If you had a student who was extremely
new job, and being prepared for the toughestgifted, what could you do with him or her?
interview questions is vital.10. Do you have any questions for us?
The following are 10 difficult interview questionsAre you prepared to answer each of these tough
you should prepare to answer:teachers interview questions for that teaching
post you hope to get? What if I told you there
1. Describe your classroom managementwere another 40 more equally tough questions
philosophy.that teachers are often asked during job
2. What would you do if the entire class beganinterviews? Would you know what they are and
dropping pencils on the floor at the same time?could you answer them?
3. Describe how you might assess a student's