The Art and Science of an Effective Interview

Care Group Norms

Commit
Accept
Respect
Express

Need to know
- The Big 5 and how to frame your teaching for student learning
Important topics
- Guides to effective instruction – by strand and grade different
ways to teach math and literacy

Communication:
- Parents http://www.ocdsb.ca/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?
itemId=1234174
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Special Education:
- Learning for all – Special Education
- 3 Tiered Approach
Mathamatics (considered an election issue according to
government, and school boards, principals)
- Balanced Mathamatics
- 3 part math lesson
- What to do with your 60 minute math block
- Math Talks – Marian Small (know who she is) – book Differentiate
Mathamatics
Student Learning:
- Student centered learning/discovery learning
- Comprehensive Literacy

Curriculum:
- Curriculum and Achievement charts
- There have been changes – know what they are (Math is being
revised)
- What is a 21st century learner (what are the C’s in that)
- How is a curriculum document laid out (focus on Music)
Assessment:
- Assessment as, of, for learning
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Resources:
- The Big 5
- ETFO website
- *Growing Success – assessment and reporting, how does assessment
drive your instruction? – PowerPoint presentation is available for
free online. Reference this document
- School Effectiveness Framework (SEF) (2003) – a step further than
growing success.
- Technology: OCDSB – website - go on and pretend you’re a parents
looking to enroll – mission statement. claim is belief system, strategic
plan How does this school board promote itself?
- Use A Community of Character – Use keywords
- Growth mindset
- The 6 Cs Creativity Collaboration Community Cooperation Critical
Thinking
- Inquiry
- Marzano - Classroom Management that Works (book)

Classroom Management:
- Restorative Justice
- Progressive Discipline
- Marzano - Classroom Management that Works (book)

In truth, it sounds like I am just referencing growing success to

name this important document however, truthfully, after reading
growing success, I learnt that…..
And it has changed my teaching….

Student Success – Achievement - Success Criteria

*Exit Outcomes – Key terms
Communication with staff, students and parents, administration,
- Tell me about a time when
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What is a Teaching Philosophy:

What do you believe about how students learn? What are your
educational experiences, why? What courses have you taken? I want to
be constantly learning and it will be constantly learning.

“Dedicated to inquiry based learning and student success versus student

failures.

It’s woven into who I am and it comes out in all ways I am in the
classroom.”
What are my next steps

Cover Letters and Resumes:

- One paragraph
- Do not abbreviate

References:
- If you interview successfully, and you have two successful references
- Grievance? If you successful interview but references do not give
positive
- Will you be a positive reference?-
- How does this OT get along with other staff
- If it’s more than 3 years, it’s a red flag

Portfolio
- ONE WAY TO SHOW A STORY

Your interview:
- Interview (2 people)
- Taking notes
- Not allowed to prompting
- Do you have any questions for them?

Curriculum
- Planning (lesson and units
- Instruction
- Inquiry
- Differentiate
- What would balanced literacy look ilke you in your classroom
- How would you teach a lesson
- Equity
- Effective teaching
- Numeracy/Literacy
- Backward design
- Curriculum expectations
- Differentiated instructions
- Universal Design for learning
- How to design blocks of instruction

Assessment
- How does assessment drive our learners

Communication
- Students, staff, parents
- Written and oral
- How do you play on a team?
- Consider with whom you might need to collaborate (ie. Support staff,
grade partners, admin)
- How will you communicate with parents?
- Think about positive interactions and when addressing concerns
- How do you problem solve?
- Tell about a classroom management issue went wrong: Here is what
happened,

Special Education –
- How do you set up your classroom to meet the needs of all learners?
- Tehre will be a spec ed question
- Understand IEPs and the IPRC process, how students are identified,
Regulation 181/98
- Understanding
Equity
- Cultural origin
- Mental Health
- Orientation
- Ability
- Assistive technology
- Inclusive classroom
- We should always have an equity lens on
- This should be woven into each answer

Classroom Management (Must)

- Prevention
- Having an engaging environment so that students are on task
- Are you keeping in mind progressive discipline
- Bullying – Ontario Teaching federation resources

Technology
- Being current is part of your job
- How do you communicate once a week vio Kenya
- How to show the changing of seasons out your windows
Tell me something else about yourself
- Icebreaker
- Why would you be great in this board
- It is meant to make you feel good
- This question gives you the chance to highlight what personal things
can set you apart from the rest
- Have something ready to say

Frameworks for Answers

How do I set up my response to a question?

 Is it a scenario? “ A student in your class…” Tell me about a time”

Ascertain what theme is being address to choose the best scenario
 Start with your philosophy
 Give a concrete example
 How it goes with the board document
 What you’ve learnt from it
What does “be more specific”
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Write three questions:

Long term occasional questions samples

Examples of all
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