Sample Teacher Interview Questions.

Teacher interview questions on instructional skills

1. Describe the teaching techniques or strategies that are most effective for you.
2. How would you include cooperative learning in your classroom?
3. How do you meet the wide range of skills and needs commonly present in a non-ability grouped classroom?
4. What do you include when you write objectives?
5. How do you assess your students to determine how well they are learning? (formally and informally)
6. What techniques do you use to keep students actively involved during a lesson?
7. Describe different student learning styles or modalities of students and how you adjust lessons to benefit those differing styles.
8. Do you feel that the teacher should be responsible for developing objectives or should they be provided in the curriculum?
9. How do you deal with the unmotivated student?
10. Is drill and practice important? How and when would you use it?
11. What would you do if 50% of the class did poorly on a test?
12. How do you increase the chances that students will understand what you are teaching?