Math Teacher Question:

☛ What qualities do you feel are most important for a teacher to have?
☛ What role do state and national standards play in your classroom teaching?
☛ What grade do you enjoy teaching the most?
☛ What are the state standards for the grade you hope to teach and how will you incorporate them into your teaching?
☛ What are the developmental needs and characteristics of children in this grade?
☛ What subject are you passionate about and how will you share your enthusiasm with your students?
☛ What would we see if we walked into your classroom?
☛ Describe your style of teaching and give examples.
☛ What are your expectations for your students?
☛ What current reading and math instructional practices are you comfortable using?
☛ How often will your students be actively involved in cooperative learning?
☛ Describe your use of auditory, visual, and hands-on teaching techniques.
☛ What do you consider your greatest teaching accomplishment?
☛ Share an example of a successful lesson or learning activity that you created and used.
☛ Discuss a classroom situation or lesson that did not go as well as you would have liked, and what you did about it.
☛ How do you gain and maintain student attention?
☛ What kind of relationship do you want to foster with your students?
☛ What do you do to motivate a student who is failing, just getting by, or who is below grade level?
☛ How do you differentiate instruction?
☛ How do you improve student reading comprehension and test scores?
☛ What are some challenges that you think you would face?
☛ Describe your ability to use technology and how you would integrate it into your teaching.
☛ How do you address the various learning styles of your students?
☛ How do you go about teaching something that is not your strength?
☛ What are your thoughts about team teaching?
☛ What resources in the community have you used or do you plan to use in your teaching?
☛ In what ways do you personally evaluate your teaching?
☛ What are some educational issues or trends that relate to elementary teaching?
☛ What experience have you had working with at-risk and/or low income students?
☛ If an aide was provided, how would you utilize him/her?