Re: Interview questions--Dr Kruch

[<mrshdk@cox.net>]

Thank you for your reply.  Not to sound too pessimistic, I do hope my wisdom and experience is being sought.  Unsure on the wisdom part eventhough I have been teaching 7 years.....My school has some new lang arts teachers who have not done any student teaching but went the alternate route in becoming certified and we  also have some teachers who have been there for "sometime" and are too comfortable in their ways to incorporate new ideas.  I'm not sure of how to get them on the bandwagon.  So looking for new,  positive, willing and  experienced blood to add our dept may be somewhat of a challenge.  I hope there be plenty to choose from.

Holly

---- Mary Anna Kruch <kruchm@gvsu.edu> wrote: 
> Holly,
> It looks like your wisdom and experience is being sought---something I found less and less the norm the longer I was in the m.s. classroom.  Also, from your additions to the conversation, I think your interview team will want to look at how the candidates view the push to formulaic writing vs. more authentic writing grounded in students' experiences.  You mentioned grammar, too.  How have/might the candidates teach grammar within the context of writing?  
> 
> Some of the interview team's considerations of candidates also will likely depend on the level of concern about state testing,candidates' knowledge of assessment in general, the size of the school district, the level of diversity among students and present faculty, and many more complexities.  As someone suggested (Nancy V?),  candidates who are famililar with the school building, school system, and its needs are a plus--but not necessarily if this means a change in the candidates' personal philosophy of teaching.
> 
> I agree that going with the gut feeling is a strong consideration, but even when a candidate is selected by a team and the name and team's report sent to the superintendent/school board, the outcome of whom is selected may change.
> 
> Good luck ,Holly.   Your reflections following the whole process may be as beneficial as selecting the candidate.
> 
> Mary Anna
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Mary Anna Kruch
> Assistant Professor, English Department
> Grand Valley State University
> Vice President, Michigan Council of Teachers of English
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> >>> mrshdk@cox.net 07/22/06 8:30 PM >>>
> I appreciate all responses.  There are some questions I didn't even think 
> of.  Apparently, I've been "appointed" to be the dept chair for my middle 
> school.  So that is what I've been asked to help out.  We are trying to 
> build a stronger language arts dept where more writing is being done in the 
> classroom.
> 
> Holly
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nancy Vait" <vait3@yahoo.com>
> To: <middle-lit@interversity.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [middle-lit] Interview questions
> 
> 
> Susie -- THAT is the list!  You are a terrific Finder
> of Things!  I'll bet you searched for something like
> "interview questions!"  Gosh! (uttered in Napoleon
> Dynamite speak!)
> 
> I have now copied this list into a Word document and
> filed it in its own folder within my School folder and
> titled it Interviews.  Thanks!
> 
> Nancy
> 
> 
> --- Shighley@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Nancy:
> > Good points.   If the candidate is experienced, it
> > would be better to change
> > my wording from
> > "what would" to "what does", or "what do you do"
> > instead of "what would you
> > do"
> >
> > I found one list of interview questions in the
> > archives.
> >
> http://interversity.org/lists/middle-lit/archives/Apr2004/msg00073.html
> >
> > Susie
> >
> 
> 
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