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Here is a list of what was asked during a "1st round" hour long interview I had:

1) walk me through the first few weeks of your student teaching and explain how you got the students to see & respect you as their teacher and not just "a student teacher" or "assistant"...how did you really get them to trust you and treat you as a professional?

2) what would your typical lesson plan be like...walk me through it. (USE YOUR PORTFOLIO HERE!)

3) What is your classroom managment style?

4) what types of rules would you implement?

5) give me a situation where a student broke those rules and continued to misbehave... how did you handle it?

6) how do you gain trust from students?

7) if you HAD to pick one out of the five (speaking, writing, listening, reading, culture), what do you think is the MOST important?

8) going on your response to #7, what do you to help students with that everyday in your room? what activities force students to do that "thing" (speak, write, etc.)?

9) whats your opinion on when its best to learn a language? basically, with these new graduate requirements, where do you think language programs should fit into the school system? Oh, and what's your opinion on the new req. and how do you think they'll effect your room?

10) whats your belief on the best way to learn a language? do you think following a book is ideal, taking a grammatical/translation approach is ideal, TPRS, or a mix? what do you do/what works for you & your students, in your opinion? (be aware of what that school district uses here!)

11) if you could have 100% say in what you would teach (as in levels, subjects), what would be your ideal class load? Also, what extra-curriculars would you want to be involved in if it was all up to you? user:whitesa6

12) Collaboration - How do you collaborate with other teachers and how does collaboration affect your teaching and students' learning?

13) Lesson Plans - What are 5 things that every lesson plan should have?

14) Classroom Management - What techniques would you use with someone who was chit-chatting with a neighbor v. someone who throws a book across the room?

15) Parental Involvement - What would you say to a parent who wanted to become more involved?

16) Technology - How are you using technology in the classroom?

17) Mentor - What are 2 things your mentor would say about you?

18) Interactive Activities - What are some interactive activities you use in the classroom and give examples?

19) School - What do you think about the school you are student teaching in?