What do you want to know from a panel of successful student teachers who are now currently teaching in various schools? Think about your curiosities and ideas about time management, classroom management, relationships with colleagues and students, planning, grading, etc. You might also bring up questions related to the Parker Palmer chapters, as far as teaching from identity and integrity, and what that actually looks like (although they did not read Palmer, at least not in ST Seminar).
List some questions that you have.
1. What methods do you find most helpful to manage trouble students after the "honey moon" phase of school starting ends?
ReplyDelete2. What methods do you use to refocus students when breaking from routine?
3. How do you handle running out of material to teach when there is still class time? What ways do you prepare for this in planning?
4. Do you find that you grade student's with IEP's differently? Or do you simply create/ structure assignments differently around them?
5. How do you create a sense of community and relationship around students with out taking time devoted to teaching content?
6. In what ways did subbing help prepare you for teaching?
7. What restrictions do you find in teaching through a curriculum? What ways are there to rebel against them?
7. What restrictions do you find in teaching through a curriculum? What ways are there to rebel against them?
DeleteGood question!
1. What do you do with students that, even after being put into a group, still choose to work alone?
ReplyDelete2. Do you sometimes worry about how well you're teaching? Do teachers compare themselves to one another? For good or for worse (or both)?
3. How to you deviate from "teaching by the book"? |
4. How has teaching created your 'identity'?
5. How did/do you create community in the classroom?
#3: There are always ways to put your personality into your lesson, even if the curriculum leave little to no room for 'deviation'. Get them into your lesson with a video or a song or a project. Also, the internet is your friend.
Delete1. How do you handle students who choose not to participate in classroom discussions and classwork?
ReplyDelete2. How do you approach students who do not like each other within the classroom and cause tension for the rest of the students?
3. What do you do if a student does not understand the material after further instruction and scaffolding?
Do you offer after-school help to students who consistently struggle? What consideration should unexcused absences have when offering after-school help to students?
Delete1. What was the biggest surprise to you when comparing your student teaching experience to your first year with your own classroom?
ReplyDelete2. What was/were your interview(s) like? What types of questions were asked?
3. What is one thing you wish you knew when you began teaching your own class?
4. Where do you get resources and ideas for new lessons or assignments?
1. What kind of physical atmosphere do you find works effectively for a classroom? Busy and personal? Academic and focused? A kind of "student work museum?"
ReplyDelete2. What do you do when the students suddenly get a "eureka" moment, and high jump over some scaffolding into something ahead of time?
3. How "written in stone" do curricula tend to be, in your experience? Can you always supplement?
4. How do you find a balance between classroom reading and the other things you need to get through?
5. Where should students be finding time to read texts of their choice? A little each class, a regularly scheduled "reading day," on their own time, etc.?
Here are my questions:
ReplyDeletePlease describe the last 3 job interviews you went on in detail.
Are summer reading assignments usually district-wide? I want to assign reading and writing as two separate components to make a point about reading for enjoyment. Will I get support from the administration I work for?
Please talk about Starr testing for high school seniors. What valid reasoning can I give for students pushing back against this testing? Can I say it is connected to which reading classes they are placed in? Haven't they already been placed in reading for the year?