Reprinted with permission of American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE). www.aaee.org.

1. Why do you want to teach?
2. What is your philosophy of education?
3. If students are having difficulty learning a skill or concept, what do you do?
4. Describe your style of teaching.
5. Would you like to be involved in school (community) activities?
6. What do you plan to be doing in five years? What are your career goals?
7. Describe your teaching experiences.
8. What was your biggest problem in student teaching? How did you resolve it?
9. What three words would your students use to describe you as a teacher?
10. How do you individualize your teaching?
11. What techniques would you use to keep students actively involved and motivated during a lesson?
12. What are the rules of your classroom? How are they established?
13. What are the qualities of an excellent teacher? Which of these qualities do you have?
14. Some of your students always finish their assignments early. How would you deal with the free time that they have?
15. How would you work with students who perform below grade level, especially those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds?
16. What coursework have you taken that you feel has made you an especially competent teacher?
17. How would you use teacher aides and parent volunteers?
18. Are parent/teacher conferences important? Why or why not?
19. Why do you want to work in our district?
20. What materials have you used that you find most effective for the slow learners? The quick learners?
21. Why should our school district hire you?
22. Describe the ideal classroom.
23. Describe the types of quizzes and tests that you give. In a quarter, what types of evaluations compose your quarterly report?
24. A student is consistently late to your class. How do you handle the situation?
25. What would you do, or how would you treat a student who refused to do the work you assigned?
26. How would you handle a student who continually "acted up" in your class?
27. How do you engage a parent in the education of his or her child?
28. How should a student's educational achievement and progress be measured?
29. You know that a staff member has been talking behind your back about what he or she sees as your ineffective teaching methods. What would you do?
30. What do you expect from your supervisor?
31. Explain how you would use technology in the classroom.

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