Possible Interview Questions

POSSIBLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

COORDINATOR OF FINE AND TECHNICAL ARTS

 Please discuss in detail your past experiences in education (both teaching and administrative), your professional preparation and your present responsibilities and duties.

 Describe any of your outstanding accomplishments in your present position.

 As a Coordinator new to the District, what would you do to familiarize yourself with the District, it’s programs, your staff and the expectations of your position?

 Describe your management style. Explain how it would affect your actions/decisions in areas of teacher concern such as staff development, shared decision-making and communication.

 How would you inform the staff you supervise of your expectations?

 Talk about something that happened in your present position that you would do over if you could.

 Describe a typical day in your current position.

 How would you go about assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the program you would be supervising and formulate a long-range plan for improvement, if needed?

 If a parent came to you and complained that a teacher is not meeting the needs of his child, how would you respond?

 How would you handle the fine line between parent involvement and interference in their child’s education?

 In your opinion, what makes a superior teacher? How do you determine if a teacher is doing a good job?

 What kinds of qualities would you look for when hiring teachers?

 What is your philosophy about observations and evaluations? Do you follow a particular method?

 When do you think a probationary teacher should be let go?  Share with us something that frustrates you in your present position.

 What do you consider to be your major assets or strengths for a job demanding positive and smooth relationships in dealing with parents, students, community and professional staff? Things you need to work on?

 Describe your philosophy of utilizing technology in powerful ways in an instructional environment.

 What kinds of activities would you engage in as Coordinator to improve and solidify community support for your programs?

 As one of the key persons responsible for the on-going training of your staff, what will you do to ensure that your teachers receive quality staff development?

 What kinds of professional development activities have you personally engaged in during the past year?

 If you discovered that one or more of your departments were not functioning as a team, what strategies would you use for team building?

 Reflect on an experience in education which was a significant challenge or problem and explain how you solved the problem and how you arrived at your solution.

 Describe a project that you planned, organized and executed.

 What are you short and long term career goals?

 What kinds of research did you perform to educate yourself about our school district? What did your learn about us?

 What kinds of adjectives would your references use to describe you?

 Why are you the best candidate for this position?