POSSIBLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

• Tell me about writing this paper.
• How was writing this rationale paper now different from if you'd written it before EDSS 450C?
• What evidence do you have that ___ would help students?
• You mentioned ___. What does that mean to you?
• Can you give me an example?
• What would ___ look like in your classroom?
• You talk a lot about ___. What do you mean by ___?
• If I wanted ___ to happen, what would students have to think about me?
• What would the teacher have to do for students to think ___ about him/her?
• What would I see when you are [insert word here]?
• If I were to walk into you classroom on a good day a couple years from now, what would I see?
• How is it different to say I feel ___ vs. research studies indicate ___?
• One of the things you mention is ___. What would you like students to know about ___?
• You say ___. How do you make ___ happen?
• How will you know if you're any good as a teacher?
• How would you evaluate yourself this semester?
• How would you "make students aware" of something?
• Looking at your list of goals,, tell me what I would see students doing in your classroom?
• What would you do with your own room to make sure it looked like a science room?
• How has your thinking about teaching changed since before you became involved in this department?
• What do you mean by "talking to students?"
• What is the learning cycle?
• ... but what does the teacher do to make all this great stuff happen?
• What is an "opportunity for creative work"?
• Tell me about wait-time ... Many people know this. So, now the question is, why do you think everyone doesn't use wait-time?
• If you had another teacher watch you, how could you take advantage of this situation?
• How useful would it be to you if I'd written "Excellent" on this paper and given it back to you instead of this conference?
• What do you think you still need to learn? How will you go about learning this?

Write for people who do not already understand your rationale. Show you know how you are going to do things.

EDSS 450C