Be Able To Describe Yourself

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Be Able To Describe Yourself!

• Give us a little background and tell us about
  yourself.

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Describe your teaching Philosophy.

• What theorists or educators do you believe best
  fit your teaching style?

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• Why is your student teaching experience at the
  University of Michigan-Dearborn so important to
  your development as a professional?

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• Describe a particularly excellent lesson you
  taught.

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• What hobbies do you have? What recent book have
  you read?

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• What do you think makes an exemplary school?

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• How do professional teaching standards apply to
  you and your teaching?

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Questions about Teaching and Curriculum

• How would you integrate technology into your
  instruction?

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• Are you familiar with a balanced Literacy Program?

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• Can you describe some effective reading
  strategies you would use?

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• Are you familiar with the ITIP instructional
  model?
• What other effective teaching models are
  important?

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• Describe some best practices.

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• Describe a mathematics or science lesson you
  taught.

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• Describe how a typical day might be scheduled in
  your classroom.

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Classroom Management

• Describe your classroom management plan.

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• What are some current behavior management plans
  with which you are familiar? Who have you read?

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• Johnny is a capable students, but does not follow
  through on assignments. What would you do to
  develop his skills of independence and achieving
  his academic goals?

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• Describe a particularly difficult student you
  have taught and what you did to handle the
  situation and teach him/her successfully?

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Assessment/Grading

• Describe how you use assessment tools in your
  classroom?
• Describe how you grade your students.

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Terms, Buzz Words

• Become Familiar with the latest
• Habits of Mind
• Content Teaching Standards
• Authentic Assessment
• Glasser (Control Theory), Love and Logic (Jim
  Fey) Harry Wong

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• Reading Recovery
• Title One
• No Child Left Behind
• Action Research
• Motivational Theory
• Brain-Based Learning

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• Blooms Taxonomy
• Charlotte Danielson Book-Enhancing Student
  Achivement
• ACSD Journals
• Inclusion
• Alfie Cohn Beyond Discipline