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| The first question is usually something like: "Tell us about your experiences and what has led you to wanting to become a vice- principal." Other usual questions: "Why are you seeking employment in our District?" "Tell us about your philosophy on discipline." "You're in a meeting with a student, their parent, and a teacher, discussing the inappropriate behavior of the student. During the course of the meeting, it becomes clear to you that the teacher was wrong. What do you do?" "What is the purpose of evaluations?" "What do you look for in a classroom to show effective instruction?" "Describe your experience with standardized testing." "You will be the new administrator on the site. What will you do to get to know the staff?" |
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| Some unusual questions: "You're getting ready to go on a field trip with a busload of students, when a school board member approaches you, and tells you to call off the trip. Your principal is nowhere to be found. What do you do?" "It's a wild and stormy night. You're driving along in your car, and you come across a bus station with three individuals. One, an old woman who looks as if this wild weather willl be the death of her. Another, an old friend who once saved your life, and now it might be time to repay the favor. And the third, the individual who may well be your future mate. What do you do, knowing that your two-seater cannot take all of them? Who do you take?" Questions asked of me, but won't necessarily be asked of you: "How will you gain the trust, and evaluate older members of the staff?" I'm pretty young looking (all the years of not making my skin succumb to harsh make-up products that can dry out skin). Actually, a funny event (side bar here), was when I took a group of students on a field trip to the Sacramento Community Center. The rule was that students must be accompanied to the restroom by an adult. So, I was at the head of the group, escorting about 8 students to the facilities. An usher stopped me. "You need to have an adult with you to go to the restrooms." I responded, "I am an adult." Behind me, my student Angela mimicked, "I am an adult." The usher tried again. "You need to have the teacher take the students to the restroom." And I replied, "I am the teacher." Again, Angela mimicked me, "I am the teacher!" I shushed her, the usher seemed to realize that she had made a mistake, and she moved along. The funniest questions: "A teacher comes to you irate that a student has been cheating in class. What do you do?" The funny part of this to me was the "irate" part... I asked, "Does this happen often? I don't want to work where there are a lot of irate teachers running about!" |