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by Barb P. hs/ret
Apr 8, 2019
Don't burn down the barn to get rid of the mice.
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by Barb P. hs/ret
Apr 6, 2019
Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
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by Barb P. hs/ret
Apr 7, 2019
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but lead them by what amuses them, so that they may better discover the bent of their minds.
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by Barb P. hs/ret
Apr 5, 2019
Oh, the lovely fickleness of an April day!
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Any word on when Missouri EOC scores will be back?
Hey folks, looking for advice for a teaching interview. Background:
To make a long story short, I am graduating this summer with a tri-degree in Religion, Social Sciences, and Computer Science (officially a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, but those are the specialties).
I am currently in online school full time (...See MoreHey folks, looking for advice for a teaching interview. Background:
To make a long story short, I am graduating this summer with a tri-degree in Religion, Social Sciences, and Computer Science (officially a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, but those are the specialties).
I am currently in online school full time (22 credits this semester!), and started applying to teaching jobs. You see I am a substitute teacher (only occasional due to spending days on schoolwork a lot of the time, but I do it) and I have a ton of teaching education from earlier in my college career (long, boring story as to how I got to this point), including in Curriculum Design, Cognition and Learning, Educational Literacy, and General Education, plus around 55 observation hours.
I'm also a published author and editor, with a Liberal Arts Associates. This is relevant.
So after going to a job fair and meeting several people I am applying to teaching jobs at local Catholic schools...and I actually get an interview! The interview is for a 5th-6th grade Language Arts/Social Studies middle school position. Needless to say I am beyond thrilled.
Of course, I know compared to others my experience is peanuts. Do you guys have any advice as to how I should handle this interview? Right now my strategy is to try and come up with answers to every potential question I may have thrown at me and build my portfolio as comprehensively as possible. I'm trying to leverage my substituting as a legit substitute (haha) for student teaching.
So far my portfolio contains my resume, my substitute teaching certificate, a sample lesson plan for a fifth grade language arts course. I'm planning on also making a sample unit curriculum for both language arts and social studies and making another lesson plan for probably 6th grade social studies. I don't have much in the way of references but I got two former bosses at a retail job, a partner of mine from a charity I helped run briefly, and my old general education professor. I'm working on crafting a careful philosophy of education as well (based on the preventative method of St. John Bosco).
In order to have a shot here I need to make it clear I REALLY know my stuff and am on the ball, and I need to prove as definitively as possible that I can handle these responsibilities. If you guys can offer me any help I'd deeply appreciate it.
Also - I decided I'd be using hard copies of my educational portfolio. I'll be printing it out and putting them in nice binders to give to the interviewers.
Thank you!
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