Teaching Job Interview
Anyone that has been through the teacher interview process probably has a good idea about the process. But if this is your first go-round, or if you haven’t interviewed in a while, you may stand out like a sore thumb. You need to act with confidence. The interviewers will watch your body language. Will you shift in your seat? Will you look around the room (hoping to find the right answer to their questions)? It’s not a formal thing. Observing those types of things is just human nature.
If you need help preparing for your next teaching interview, you can try www.teacherjobinterview.info as a good place to help you focus your efforts and prepare for an interview. There’s a free sample download you can get right away! It includes some Common Teacher Interview Questions and advice on how to answer them.
The interviewers are hoping you will do well. They want to find a good teacher. They will give you every opportunity to do well. But don’t make it hard on them. Be prepared and be confident. Make them glad they are interviewing you!
Wear a smile when you walk into the room! You should rehearse your entrance at home. But don’t look rehearsed! (Yeah, it’s hard! But it’s not impossible.) While it’s not likely you’ll ever be comfortable walking into an interview, you need to be comfortable “acting like yourself.”
As a teacher you do, or you will do, a form of public speaking. Every day. You will need to show that you have the confidence, and the ability, to articulate your thoughts. Go ahead, tell them you’re nervous. They’ll get it. But be done with it and don’t use that as an excuse.
