Belvedere Teachers College Interviews Questions

• What questions would you want to be asked?
• How would you initially engage students?
• What is something not asked that you would like us to know about you?
• What are three words to best describe you?
• How do you recognize students with various multiple intelligences?
• What school system would you most want to work in?
• How do your lesson plans meet academic standards in your subject?
• Take us through a typical 70-minute period of your classroom.
• What do you think about giving grades?
• Would you fail a student?
• Why did you choose teaching?
• What is your favorite children’s book?  Why?
• What are three important things that preschoolers should learn?
• What is your greatest strength?  Weakness?
• What would you bring to our school system?
• What kind of different curriculum have you used to teach Reading?
• What instructional strategies do you use when teaching?
• What would you expect in your first year of teaching from the administration?
• Which age group would you prefer to teach?
• How much homework each night should students receive?
• Tell me about your ideal classroom.
• What kind of assessments do you use?
• What are two things that you would want to do today to improve as a teacher?
• Are you a student-oriented teacher or production-oreinted teacher?
• Why should we hire you?
• What has been your experience with diversity?
• What do you think about mentoring?
• If I came to your classroom to see a particular lesson, what would I see?
• How much laughter is a part of your classroom?
• Do you have a sense of humor?
• How would your friends describe you?
• What was your most rewarding life experience?
• What has been your biggest challenge in life?  in student teaching?
• List 4 key components that are most important to you in making a lesson plan.
• What are 3 adjectives that describe your teaching style?
• Are you a good student?
• What criteria would you want your supervisor to evaluate you on?
• What qualities you want to know about your students before you teach them?
• What has made a profound impact on your teaching?
• Define and explain how you would use differentiation?
• What author has influenced you recently?
• How might you integrate the Bible into a math lesson?
• What is one thing about teaching for which your college prepared you well?
• What is one thing about teaching for which your college did not prepare you?
• What questions would you like to ask me?
• Who is the most important person in a school?
• Name four things that compose your lesson plans.
• How did your student teaching utilize tracking?
• What do you want to know about your students before they arrive the first day?
• Point out two things on your resume that say the most about you.
• Tell me about brain-centered learning.
• What would you do if a student said, “This class is lousy!!”?
• How would you educate children other than differentiated instruction?
• How would you deal with differentiation in the classroom?
• When did you step out of your comfort zone?
• How would you fill a 90-minute block of reading?
• How do you make sure students are engaged and not just going through the motions?
• How many library cards do you own?
• Would you ever tell a student that you liked them?
• How would you build respect in your room through content?
• How would you engage students with pedagogy and content?

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