Interviewer: Natalie Thompson Date of Interview: Sunday, October 9, 2016 Center: Mount Pisgah Middle School Time of Interview: 6- 7:00 p.m.
The teacher I chose to interview is one of friend’s mothers, Mrs. Lisa Foster, she has been teaching children for 18 years now. She has taught in public and private schools throughout her teaching career, including Shelby and Fayette County. Her teaching degree allows her to teach grades 4th – 12th and she is currently teaching 4th grade math. I wanted to interview Mrs. Lisa because she’s a very good role model and she has offered to help me go into the teaching career path. She’s a very good teacher and I’ve learned a lot from her conducting this interview.
Interview questions and answers: …show more content…
“Communication skills with other teachers, a good presenter or lecturer, and organization.”
What are the qualifications for getting a job in your school/ program? “A college degree, experience, and good recommendations. Also good interviewing skills.”
Do you belong to any professional organizations? Which ones? What benefit do they provide for you? “No, I don’t belong to a professional organization. They are union organizations and I’m anti-unions.”
What do you find to be the most challenging and least challenging part of your job? “The most challenging is the political stronghold. The least challenging is the actual teaching, because I don’t find that hard at all. The amount of paperwork, planning, evaluations, and grading are challenging also.”
How do you plan for your class? What roles do other teachers play in the planning? “I plan in collaborations with the other math teacher, using the communication guide, state standards, and lesson plan template. We decide the pacing and order of importance of what to teach.”
Was teaching your first choice? “Yes. I had a special ability to convey information to students and organizing in a straight forward
The teacher I chose to interview is one of friend’s mothers, Mrs. Lisa Foster, she has been teaching children for 18 years now. She has taught in public and private schools throughout her teaching career, including Shelby and Fayette County. Her teaching degree allows her to teach grades 4th – 12th and she is currently teaching 4th grade math. I wanted to interview Mrs. Lisa because she’s a very good role model and she has offered to help me go into the teaching career path. She’s a very good teacher and I’ve learned a lot from her conducting this interview.
Interview questions and answers: …show more content…
“Communication skills with other teachers, a good presenter or lecturer, and organization.”
What are the qualifications for getting a job in your school/ program? “A college degree, experience, and good recommendations. Also good interviewing skills.”
Do you belong to any professional organizations? Which ones? What benefit do they provide for you? “No, I don’t belong to a professional organization. They are union organizations and I’m anti-unions.”
What do you find to be the most challenging and least challenging part of your job? “The most challenging is the political stronghold. The least challenging is the actual teaching, because I don’t find that hard at all. The amount of paperwork, planning, evaluations, and grading are challenging also.”
How do you plan for your class? What roles do other teachers play in the planning? “I plan in collaborations with the other math teacher, using the communication guide, state standards, and lesson plan template. We decide the pacing and order of importance of what to teach.”
Was teaching your first choice? “Yes. I had a special ability to convey information to students and organizing in a straight forward