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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I spoke to a student recently who was sent to me because he had been disruptive in class. Something he said stuck with me. As the Assistant Principal, I often deal with students who are getting into trouble. After we spoke about his bad decisions, I said, “You’re a good kid. You just…” Before I […]
