From an NQT who's got a job!

Your classroom practice
Describe your classroom, how the children will be arranged, display, planning.
Describe the different areas of your classroom.
What have you been doing recently in school?
If you were asked to change some area of your practice how would you feel?
How would you deal with a difficult parent?
What behaviour management strategies would you use?
How would you deal with child protection issues – what would you do if?
How would you involve parents in their children’s learning?

Your values
What’s your ideal school?
What are your values?
What do you want children to remember about you in four years time?
What have you read recently that has interested you?
What is the role of the teacher?
Schools need to be lively, creative places! – Discuss or prepare a presentation!
What is your view of the Governors?

Your future/personal qualities
How do you view your professional development – where are you going?
Are you a risk taker?
What are you most proud of?
What’s the worst quality for a teacher to have? What are your weaknesses?
What do you do in your social time?
How does your degree help?
What professional/personal qualities do you have to lead a team?
How can we help you as an NQT?

Curriculum Issues
What is your attitude to learning through play? Give some examples of how you address the 6 areas of learning through play
How could ICT be used to raise standards
How would you make transition smooth between R/Yr1 or Yr 2/3 etc?
How would you bring religion into your classroom?
What is your understanding of the ‘Hidden Curriculum’?
Why do we use displays?

Your views on recent strategies/initiatives/policy
What are your views on ‘Every Child Matters’/’Primary Strategy’?
Individualised learning
What do you think of literacy hour?
What are your thoughts on assessment for learning
What do you think about SATs?
What is inclusion?
How would you access the curriculum for a child with disabilities or EAL?

Specific to the school
Why this school/area?
What skills/qualities to you have to offer this particular school?

Interview Questions from Frances

Hello everyone!

Right well before Easter I had an interview at a local Catholic school and so I thought that I would put the questions up for you to have a look at...

How has your teaching developed?

What do you think makes a Catholic School different from a state school?

Describe a situation in which you felt out of your depth/unsure of the situation - how did you deal with it?

Describe a successful lesson

What are your strongest curriculum areas?

How would you deal with a child who presented persistent low level disruptive behaviour?

These are the questions that I could remember after the interview! Hope that they are useful for you, good luck everyone!

Frances O'Shaughnessy

Oh dear!

Apologises to anyone who has been trying to access this blog. I made a fatal error and deleted it! I did warn you all that my IT skills were pretty poor! I think I've just about managed to gather all the info again. And please do not be afraid to make a post, I've learnt from my mistakes!!