In class today, we had a mock interview. It was such a great opportunity to hear what the "principals" were saying and listening to their questions and their philosophy of teaching. It was a great opportunity to work in our group to develop answers to their questions and analyze their personal philosophy and develop ways we can adjust our classroom to meet their requirements.
The first question asked was what your philosophy of teaching is?
I focused my philosophy of teaching around each individual child and the importance of creating a safe and accepting environment in the classroom.
The second question asked was what classroom management structure would you use?
I focused on the importance of students being aware of the expectations and rules of the classroom.
What personal attributes do you have that makes you the teacher you are?
I focused on being accepting, excited and being a life long learner myself. Having these attributes indirectly teaches children the importance of them.
I think this was a really important experience. It gives us the opportunity to see what principals are asking and looking for in teacher candidates. It also gives us the opportunity to hear everyone's answer and build on our own answers from that. We had the opportunity to speak about all the different methods of instructions such as direct, inquiry and cooperative and how we would incorporate the lessons into the classroom. 
As a group we discussed how we would incorporate technology into the classroom and what are important aspects of technology. We all had different experiences regarding technology to share. It was great to hear everyone's experience so we could use those techniques in the classroom as well. I think technology is a wonderful tool to use in the classroom. It is a very engaging and key component to the classroom. This opportunity really evolved us all as future teachers and prepared us all for our future interviews.
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ReplyDeleteI really love that you wrote about our Mock Interviews. I thought this was a great opportunity for us to get a vision of what it will be like in the real world when it is our turn to go out their and look for jobs. I agree that this opportunity really evolved us all as future teacher and prepared us for interviews because honestly you never know what to expect on an interview! Anything can be asked and its important to have knowledge that you can base an answer off of. Having these interviews taught us how to think quickly and come up with effective answers. I also think its very important that we are able to hear our peers responses and learn form one another! Great Job on being picked as one of the Teachers!
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