CANDIDATES NAME:

Date:
Time:
Best level: K-2 3-4

LISTEN FOR

1.

Please bring your

resume to life by
describing your
preparation and
professional
experience as an
educator and library
media specialist.

2.

Describe yourself as a
learner and tell
something you have
recently learned.

3.

What are your favorite

childrens books? And
share why they are
your favorites?

-Experience in a library setting

-Passion for kids
-Taught elementary classes as well
as ran a library
-References technology experience
-Educational background
-Teaching/student teaching exp.
-Other experiences working with
kids
-Life-long learner
-Life-long learner
-Motivated
-Specific example of what they have
learned
-Able to recall quality literature
-Provide valid reasons for the
choice
-Newberry and Caldecott
-Tie the literature to reading
strategies
-Help to foster a love for reading

4.

What is the last

professional book or
article you have read?

5.

What questions do
you have for us?

Total Score

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-Able to answer with a book or

article name
-Able to describe and tie material
into their education

NOT USING OR
BEGINNING (0-1)
Little or no understanding
of the issue, or significant
errors/omission noted

DEVELOPING (2)
Rudimentary
understanding of issue
but little elaboration on
how to apply

APPLYING (3)
Adequate understanding of
the issue with no major
gaps/inaccuracies in
application

INNOVATING (4)
Extensive understanding of
the issue with apparent ability
to adapt to novel situations

CANDIDATES NAME:
Date:
Time:
Best level: K-2 3-4

NOVI COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERVIEW RUBRIC - ELEMENTARY

INTERVIEWERS NAME:
LISTEN FOR

Comments from Interviewer:

4/2/2013

1.

Tell us again about

the qualifications that
are hi-lighted on your
resume that has made
you qualified for this
position of Library
Media Specialist.

2.

How could you, as the

school librarian,
connect what you do
in the library to
todays emphasis on
student achievement
and the Common
Core Standards?

3.

Explain your vision

for a school library in
an elementary setting.

-Experience in a library setting

-Passion for kids
-Taught elementary classes as well
as ran a library
-References technology experience
-Educational background
-Teaching/student teaching exp.
-Other experiences working with
kids
-Life-long learner
-Make curricular connections
-Tie to the ELL standards
-Tie to AASL standards
-Collaborate with teachers to
support the standards
-Foster a love for reading across all
grade levels and with all types of
learners
-Learning targets tie with the
standards
-Place for teachers and students
-Supports literacy
-Collaborates with staff
-Technology resource and instructor

NOT USING OR
BEGINNING (0-1)
Little or no understanding
of the issue, or significant
errors/omission noted

DEVELOPING (2)
Rudimentary
understanding of issue
but little elaboration on
how to apply

APPLYING (3)
Adequate understanding of
the issue with no major
gaps/inaccuracies in
application

INNOVATING (4)
Extensive understanding of
the issue with apparent ability
to adapt to novel situations

CANDIDATES NAME:
Date:
Time:
Best level: K-2 3-4

4/2/2013

4.

What is your
collection
development and
maintenance
strategy?

5.

How would you

promote reading in an
elementary setting?

6.

How would you

integrate technology
into your instruction?

NOVI COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERVIEW RUBRIC - ELEMENTARY

INTERVIEWERS NAME:
LISTEN FOR

-Information specialist both online

and in print
-Fosters a love for literacy for their
students
-Survey teachers and students
-Use professional reviews
-Able to site professional reviews
(ex. Booklist, Horn Books, Kirkus
Review, etc.)
-Discuss weeding of out-dated
materials and updating collection
-Order a variety and of good quality
-Enthusiasm
-Passion
-Both on-line and in print
-Technology Resources ex. AR
-Book Fairs
-Book Talks
-Author Visits
-Summer Reading programs
-Able to speak to experience with
technology
-Share a variety of types of
technology that could be used (ex.
iPads, computers, clickers, Smart
Board/Promethium)
-Creative responses to a variety of
programs and online resources
-Online Circulation (ex. Destiny)
-Information Online Resources
(mel.org, world book on-line, search

NOT USING OR
BEGINNING (0-1)
Little or no understanding
of the issue, or significant
errors/omission noted

DEVELOPING (2)
Rudimentary
understanding of issue
but little elaboration on
how to apply

APPLYING (3)
Adequate understanding of
the issue with no major
gaps/inaccuracies in
application

INNOVATING (4)
Extensive understanding of
the issue with apparent ability
to adapt to novel situations

CANDIDATES NAME:
Date:
Time:
Best level: K-2 3-4

7.

Describe your
classroom
management
strategies.

8.

How do you ensure

that when you deliver
your lesson all your
learners have
succeeded?

9.

What questions do
you have for us?

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INTERVIEWERS NAME:
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engines)
-Model and discuss ethical use of
technology
-Tie technology lesson to 21st
Century Learning Standards
-Firm
-Compassionate
-Build relationships so expectations
are known with the students
-Foster a learning environment
where all students can succeed
-Redirection

-Learning targets
-Differentiate to meet all types of
learners
-Rubrics / quick assessments
(thumbs up/down, etc..)
-Move about the room
-Variety of instructional strategies
(turn and talk, pair share, pulling
sticks, etc)

NOT USING OR
BEGINNING (0-1)
Little or no understanding
of the issue, or significant
errors/omission noted

DEVELOPING (2)
Rudimentary
understanding of issue
but little elaboration on
how to apply

APPLYING (3)
Adequate understanding of
the issue with no major
gaps/inaccuracies in
application

INNOVATING (4)
Extensive understanding of
the issue with apparent ability
to adapt to novel situations

CANDIDATES NAME:
Date:
Time:
Best level: K-2 3-4
Comments from Interviewer:

4/2/2013

NOVI COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERVIEW RUBRIC - ELEMENTARY

INTERVIEWERS NAME:
LISTEN FOR

NOT USING OR
BEGINNING (0-1)
Little or no understanding
of the issue, or significant
errors/omission noted

DEVELOPING (2)
Rudimentary
understanding of issue
but little elaboration on
how to apply

APPLYING (3)
Adequate understanding of
the issue with no major
gaps/inaccuracies in
application

INNOVATING (4)
Extensive understanding of
the issue with apparent ability
to adapt to novel situations