Position_________________________________________________
Screener_________________________________________________
Question
Explain how your experience,
coursework and/or participation
in professional development
offerings have been useful in your
instruction of students.
Can you share an issue with
students that your past
experience, student teaching or
other professional development
opportunities had not prepared
you to deal with.
Candidate__________________________________________________
Date______________________________________________________
Sample Response Notes Rating
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integrate the actual experience
with what was done in the
classroom in a clear and logical
explanation:
-Verbal ability
-Knowledge of teaching
and learning
-Certification status
-Content knowledge
-Teaching experience
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substantive issue, examples of
resources used, and reflection in
dealing with the experience;
discuss ways and means of
demonstrating sensitivity, caring,
and respect for students:
-Caring
-Fairness and respect
-Interaction with

Describe how you establish a
positive and productive learning
environment in your classroom.
Tell me about a time when you
found yourself in a situation in
which a student was consistently
non-compliant.
Emotional Intelligence
students
-Enthusiasm
-Motivation
-Dedication to teaching
-Reflective practice
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how the applicant uses time at
the beginning of the school year
to establish routines,
communicates and reinforced
classroom expectations, and
introduces new students to
classroom procedures:
-Classroom management
-Organization
-Disciplining students
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problem with discipline and how
it was dealt with:
- involves parents
- accesses school resources
- reacts appropriately to the
needs of others.
- treats people with
consideration, kindness and
fairness.
- demonstrates stability.
Tell me about how you plan and
organize lesson plans. Describe
the key components in your
development of a lesson on the
topic of _____, beginning with
the lesson planning and moving
through student assessment.
What are your thoughts on the
statement “good assessment
drives good instruction”? Can you
elaborate with examples from
your own experience?
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incorporate a description of
continuity of instruction and how
lessons accommodate individual
abilities:
-Importance of instruction
-Time allocation
-Teacher expectations
-Instructional planning
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demonstrate an understanding
that formative assessment is
cyclical and informs the direction
of teaching and learning
activities. Share strategies in:
-assessment for learning
-assessment as learning
-assessment of learning
-formative assessment
-summative assessment
-formal or informal
In a small community, it is very
common to have interactions in
public with parents of students in
the school. How would you
respond to someone at the
grocery store or a hockey game
who asks you what is
happening with a specific issue
in the school (e.g. why we
hired the person we did for a
certain position or why are we
spending money on a certain
project etc.).
Describe a specific instructional
setting in which you
differentiated instruction.
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information that refers to:
-confidentiality
-spokesperson role
-can share specifics of decisions
in my classroom
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why individual student
accommodations were needed
(such as for gifted, a learning
disability, or a physical
limitation), the instructional
strategies used, and the outcome
of instruction:
-Instructional strategies
-Content and expectations
-Complexity
-Questioning
-Student engagement
First Nations Culture can be
incorporated into course work.
How have you or would you
ensure that your lessons include
a strong First Nations
perspective.
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for curricular links and include in
planning
-Integration in Socials/Language
Arts and Science
-Answer should contain examples
of specific linkages
-Understanding and openness to
explore the community and use
of Elders
-knowledge should be
demonstrated within the answer.

Is there anything else you feel I

should know, or are there any
questions you would like to go
back and add to or clarify?

What was your previous

Principals name?

Tell me about …….. as a boss.

What is something you could

have done, or done differently, to
enhance your working
relationship with ……….

When I speak with ……… what will

he/she tell me your strengths
are?

Everyone has areas they can

improve upon, so when I talk to
……, what will he or she tell me
your weaknesses or areas for
improvement are?