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Interview Questions - Pre-K Teacher
Interview Questions - Pre-K Teacher
Person interviewed, place of business, and job title: Michelle Coulter, Tower Hill, Preschool teacher
1. What education is required for this work?A bachelor's degree with certification in teaching and also
masters is recommended but not needed
2. What type of experience is needed? How do you suggest I build this experience?
A good experience is student teaching in college. Build this experience volunteering in summer or
working at different camps working with children
3. What skills are needed for this career? How do you suggest I build these skills now?
Patience is needed greatly, build these by understanding of child development and organization.
7. What are the opportunities for advancement? How do I gain skills I need to advance once I’m in the
job?
Opportunities for advancement is to try different grades and to specialize in an area such as a literary
or math specialist. To gain these skills you just need to work your way up with a lot of professional
development.
8. What other jobs are there in your line of work?
Some other jobs are administration, summer camp director, daycare worker.
9. What changes have occurred in this career in the past few years? How has technology impacted your
work?
The kindergarten program has gotten more academic for younger children than it used to be. The
technology he;ps enhance the classroom for example the smart board enhances the instruction,
children go to tech class.
10. What is the future outlook?
Good outlook because children always need to be educated.
11. What do you especially like and dislike about your job?
I love the feedback and watching them grow and dislike the low salary with all the hard work put into
the job.
12. What are your working hours? Is there overtime? (when, how much, how often?)
7:40-5:30 no overtime
13. Do you work on weekends or holidays? How often? no
16. What made you pick this career? I always loved kids, and really liked child development classes.
Student Observations:
Describe the work environment (number of people, noise level, space, etc.):
The environment very kid friendly and colorful, tables and chairs meant for younger children. There
were 13 kids and two teachers in the classroom. Noise level got high at some points but lowerer when
asked a few times to quiet down. Space was very organized had a child-like feel to it.
As you observe the person you are shadowing, write down all the things that person is doing, what
tools and/or technology he or she may be using, whether the person works alone or with others, etc.
The technology she is using is a smart board (similar to garnet valley but more advanced) and a camera
that helped project papers onto the board. The teachers are interacting with the children lots and
being asked questions constantly. When a problem comes up they try to find a solution quickly and
efficiently.
After your interview and observation, how do you feel about this type of job for yourself? List the
reasons for feeling this way:
● I feel this job wouldn't be the best for me
○ It has low pay
○ Lots of work put into for not as much out of it
○ Lots of clean-up
● But…
○ I do like kids
○ And helping people
Other observations: