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Jobs Connect USA Pre-Interview Questionnaire:

Instructions: Kindly complete and return by email to Miss Karen Smith @ ksmith.jobsconnectusa@gmail.com within 24
hours prior to your Jobs Connect USA virtual interview.
QUESTIONS YES NO

1. Did you voluntarily sought out Jobs Connect USA (JCU) to assist you in finding a teaching ✓
job in the United States?

2. Do you have a teaching license in your home country? ✓

3. Do you have at least 3 or more years of “full-time teaching experience in a ✓

classroom setting”?

4. Do you have a minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Education in your home country? ✓

5. Are you of good character and standing in your community? ✓

6. Does your educational background match with your teaching experience? ✓

7. Are you proficient in the English language (both written and spoken)? ✓

8. Have you submitted all the required educational and teaching credentials to JCU (Resume’, ✓
Diploma/s, Transcript of Records, Teaching License, Verification of Employment, and
Passport)?

9. Are you mentally and emotionally ready for the challenges of being an international ✓
teacher in the United States?

10. Applying to the United States as a teacher requires a lot of time, effort and financial ✓
resources from the teacher candidate. Are you financially ready for this international
teacher application with Jobs Connect USA?

11. If you pass the JCU screening process, are you willing to sign a Job Offer Letter or ✓
contract with our partner school district here in the United States?

12. Are you willing to sign a legal contract that binds you to our agency? ✓

13. Are you willing to complete all steps required in the JCU teacher application process? ✓

14. Jobs Connect USA is fully committed in finding and matching an international teacher to ✓
our partner school district. We work diligently 24/7 to fulfill your dream of teaching in the
United States hence we expect commitment and loyalty from our teachers as well. If
successful during the JCU Interview, do you agree to only sign with Jobs Connect USA as
your only agency in the United States (signing with other agencies and applying to other
agencies other than JCU is a breach of JCU Contract)?
 15. Have you been charged with any infractions, misdemeanors, felonies (minor or ✓
major criminal offence)?

16. Are you currently signed or have a current application with another teacher agency? ✓

17. Are you willing to pay for the JCU Interview Fee of $50 (candidates need to settle this ✓
fee prior to the interview)?

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Please answer the following questions briefly:

1. What is your approach to classroom management when students become disruptive?

My general approach is to assess the disruptive behavior, and adjust when necessary (behavior
modification) or make use of an authoritative approach. I may use verbal negotiation as a
management technique , such as accommodating their behavior for 10 minutes, followed by the
lesson. I may likewise take away/remove the underlying cause of the behavior if the students do
not settle down.
2. Do you prefer working with a team, or are you better by yourself and why?
I prefer working with a team because there will always be a better educator than myself, so it

will give me an opportunity to grow not only as a teacher to the students, but as a person

wholistically.

3. Discuss briefly your most effective teaching strategy.

When teaching my kids, I always make use of the negotiation teaching strategy. I ask them to

pick 1 or 2 toys, or I pick for them depending on their behavior, to play with for 5-8 mins followed by

1 to 2 worksheets or a timed activity to finish before they can resume playing.

4. How will you create and maintain a happy and welcoming learning environment for your students?
In order to create this environment described above, we first need to establish mutual respect, trust, and
understanding. I, as the teacher, will do my best to provide a safe space for the students because at the
end of the day, they are special little people who will also grow up.
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5. What do you find to be the least rewarding thing about being a teacher?
As a special Education teacher, the least rewarding is the judgment of parents when their

children do not progress and likewise, the reality that children with moderate to severe autism are

not given the chance to learn and join society because of the lack of guidance for the parents and

therapy for the children.

6. Have you ever experienced a problem with a team member? How was the situation

resolved?

The most common problem that a team may possibly encounter is the meeting and clashing of 2

ideas. Hypothetically, one should always respect the others’ idea or approach, and as teachers we

are taught to listen and react accordingly. We should not be bullied and should not bully others into

accepting anything.

7. Why do you want to be a teacher in the United States?

To experience living in a different country and to save up the money I will be earning as a

teacher for my future back home, in the Philippines.

8. What is your experience with meeting or missing deadlines? What do you do to prevent missed deadlines? I
I have not had an experience with deadlines in my teaching experience, however, I was a student once and
that also demanded several deadlines to be met. As a master’s degree holder, it was a challenge for me
because I was a working student, however, I prevent missed deadlines by always cerating a list of things to
do and rank them according to urgency and then priority.
 9. Were there jobs you did that do not typically fall under someone’s responsibility in your job position? How
did you accomplish the task?
Before I became a teacher, I worked in an office. I was simply tasked to distribute memos

and other administrative documents. The officer in charge was tasked to draft all memos and

announcements, however, this person’s grasp of the english language was not proficient, so I was

put in charge of creating these documents and sometimes double-checking the drafts before it goes

out to the board.

10. How did you find out about JCU? What makes you want to work for us instead of our

competitors?

I found the post in the direct hire for teachers in the Philippines. I have not yet encountered

other agencies like yours that recruit SPED teachers.

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505-387-2145/443-240-6455
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