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How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #5: Be a Team Player

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #5: Be a Team Player

Here is the fifth Nail in the Nailing the Teacher Interview series. Be a Team Player. This is a big one. There might not be the specific question: “Are you a team player?” But, it’s one of the most important qualities that those on the interview panel are looking for. I read somewhere, “You can […]

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #4: Parent Communication

This is the fourth installment of the Nail Your Interview for a Teaching Position series. To recap, I’m an Assistant Principal at a middle school, and part of my job is hiring new teachers. I take this responsibility very seriously, since every teacher on my staff has an effect on the quality of education my […]

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #3: Creative Lesson Planning

This is the third installment of the Nail Your Interview for a Teaching Position series. You can find the first and second nails here: Nail 1: Building Positive Relationships Nail 2: Know Your Common Core The third Nail is Creativity in Lesson Planning. Most likely, there will be a question asking you what process you […]

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #2: Know Your Common Core

How to Nail the Interview for a Teaching Position – Nail #2: Know Your Common Core

This is the second installment of the Nailing your Teacher Interview series. The first nail – Make Building Positive Relationships – can be found here. Again, my goal is to better prepare you for what you can expect in an interview for a teaching position. Here is Nail #2: Know your Common Core. The Common […]