1. Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise?
I will be interviewing another teacher where I mentor with whom I have worked with in the past. Her name is Ms. Monroy and she was a sixth grade teacher before this year. Now she teaches kindergarten and she loves it.
2. Twenty Questions
Intro Questions
- Where did you go to school and what did you major in?
- What motivated you to pursue a career in this field?
- What would you say was the first hands on experience you got in teaching?
- After completing your secondary education, did you feel prepared to enter a classroom setting?
Legit Questions
- What are some challenges you've had to overcome as an elementary school teacher?
- How did you overcome these challenges?
- How can a kindergarten teacher create a positive learning environment?
- What methods have you personally found to be most effective in the classroom? And are the students engaged?
- What is the most important thing to keep in mind when teaching younger kids?
- Which teaching relationships do you find most important?
- How do you deal with children that you find have a difficult temperament?
- What do you find most effective in correcting a behavioral problem?
- How can a teacher ensure understanding among their students?
- How do you respond when you see a child struggling in class?
- How are assessments designed to promote learning rather than simple measurement?
- What learning models do you use (e.g., project-based learning, mobile learning, game-based learning, etc.), and what do you see as the primary benefits of that approach?
- What are the most common barriers you see to academic progress in your classroom?
- How is education changing?
- How do you see the role of the teacher in the learning process?
- What am I not asking but should be?
- EQ
- How can a kindergarten teacher create a positive learning environment?
- Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)
- A kindergarten teacher must be constantly assessing and setting goals for her students in order to create a positive learning environment.
- 3 details to support the answer
- many requirements that make the teacher leave the class and focus on assessments have increased
- teachers need to continuously monitor the student in order to be aware of any difficulties
- communication between student and teacher serves as a connection and helps there be a better atmosphere
- The research source(s) to support your details and answer
- Schickedanz, Judith A. Strategies for Teaching Young Children. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1977. 36-49. Print.
- Strauss, Valerie. "Kindergarten Teacher: My Job Is Now about Tests and Data — Not Children. I Quit." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2014. Web. 01 Oct. 2015. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/23/kindergarten-teacher-my-job-is-now-about-tests-and-data-not-children-i-quit/>.
- "The Positive Teacher-Student Relationship." The Positive Teacher-Student Relationship. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2015. <http://www.csun.edu/~acc50786/Education.html>
- Concluding Sentence
- According to the article Why Is Assessment Important?, "Assessment is an integral part of instruction, as it determines whether or not the goals of education are being met. Assessment affects decisions about grades, placement, advancement, instructional needs, curriculum, and, in some cases, funding. Assessment inspire us to ask these hard questions: "Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?" "Are students learning what they are supposed to be learning?" "Is there a way to teach the subject better, thereby promoting better learning?" This is basically why I chose my answer.
