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School Administrators Chatboard TOP POSTS ALL POSTS SUBMIT POST Search Teachers.Net Advanced You're on the... School Administrators Chatboard top posts | all posts | submit post Make School Administrators a Favorite! We also recommend... School Administrators Mailring Lesson Plans • Math • Language Arts • Science • Social Studies • Music • Art & Crafts • Phys Ed • Other Teacher Chatboards • latest posts • by subject • by grade level • by state • all chatboards • language arts center • technology center • foreign language center • hot topics • interest groups Teaching Jobs Classroom Projects Teacher Mailrings Teachers.Net Gazette • Current Issue • Harry Wong Column • Teacher Classified Ads • Classroom Printables next post skip topic Print | Share | Report Post Re: bad questions Posted by lynne/ca on 10/03/08 On 10/03/08, thomas wrote: > I mean bad questions to ask the adminstrator or whoever you are > interviewing with. Questions that you could find answers to on the school website or other accessible sources ("What grade levels do you have at this school?"; "Who's the principal?") Questions that demonstrate a lack of familiarity with teaching and current trends ("Will I be likely to have to deal with any discipline issues or students who are below grade level?"; "Will there be any standardized tests given this year?") Questions that indicate that you won't be a team player or that indicate a resistance to following mandates ("I don't really have to use the state-adopted language arts curriculum, do I?"; "Is it okay if I use the weekly collaboration time to work on refining my M&M's unit by myself?"; "I know you're a Reading First school, but can I opt out?") Questions that indicate you're looking to get by with the minimum amount of work possible, or "in it for the money" ("Can I have prep time at the end of the day so that I can leave early on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays?"; "Can the watercolor classes I'm taking at the community college be used to move me up on the pay scale?") It's hard to think of realistic examples to give you - but although some of my examples are meant to be funny, I'm serious about the things to avoid. Be familiar with current trends in education and be as familiar as you can with the school. I've heard people recommend "How are your state test scores?" or "Did your school meet AYP targets?" as good questions to ask, but personally I'd even put that on my list of things NOT to ask - I'm much more impressed if someone can demonstrate that they already know the answer to that sort of question - not everyone will know it, but the information is publicly available. I'm interested in hearing what others have to say. RESPOND TO THIS POST START A NEW THREAD RETURN TO CHATBOARD Posts on this thread, including this one bad questions, 10/03/08, by thomas. Re: bad questions, 10/03/08, by lynne/ca. Re: bad questions, 10/03/08, by ~Bradley. Re: bad questions, 10/03/08, by lynne/ca. Re: bad questions, 10/03/08, by thomas. Re: bad questions, 10/03/08, by Betty Ann. Re: bad questions, 10/03/08, by lynne/ca. Re: bad questions, 10/05/08, by C'est moi . Re: bad questions, 10/06/08, by Rebecca. Re: Bad questions. Smart Answers., 10/07/08, by ~Bradley. Re: bad questions, 10/18/08, by If you believe this board... Re: bad questions, 10/18/08, by lynne/ca. Re: bad questions, 10/20/08, by HUH? . Re: bad questions, 10/20/08, by mj. Re: bad interview questions, 10/20/08, by lynne/ca. Re: bad questions, 10/21/08, by Rebecca. Re: bad questions, 10/22/08, by me.

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