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Re: Gallup Teacher Insight Interview
Posted by AlphaKat on 8/01/08

    Oy! I just took this test. I applied for a teacher assistant job in my county
    recently, and they required this test. When I saw the test, I was surprised. I
    have no teaching experience, and none is required for the teaching assistant
    job, which is why I applied for it. (I have 25 years of experience in book
    publishing, much of it in educational publishing, which is why I feel that
    teaching is a possible good lateral move for me.) But the questions are absurd
    for someone who has no teaching experience! Ninety-five percent of them deal
    with how you've handled students and parents, and what kind of recognition you
    need as a teacher. And whether you would ever consider a career other than
    teacher. (Well, of course I would... I already have.) So I had to lie to
    answer practically every question. I did my best, thinking of how I would
    answer them if I had ever taught, and thinking of how I had handled children
    in group settings in the past (helping out in my daughter's classroom, on
    field trips, at Girl Scouts, etc.)
    As an editor, I didn't like the wording of the questions and answers. There
    was so much left unsaid. My true and honest answers often didn't fit any of
    the choices given, especially on the "personality" questions.
    And the timing? Twenty seconds to read a question, choose an answer, and
    hit "enter"? Geez! If you sneeze, you've used up half your time!
    I feel that this type of test rewards dishonesty, and that leaves me
    feeling very icky. I know that I shouldn't want to work for anyone is
    satisfied with hiring based on a test that rewards the disingenuous, but I
    really need a job.... [sigh]

     
     

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