What makes you a good fit for this school?

What characteristics do students want their teachers to possess?

How does a teacher's personality affect their success?

What role does discipline play in teaching and what is your approach?

How do you incorporate parents/guardians into students' education?

Have your lesson plans been affected by standardized testing at the state levels?

What do you believe is the role of technology in the classroom?

Tell me about your teaching philosophy.

How would your past students, peers or administrators describe you?

What questions do you have for us?

What is your educational background? What was the most rewarding part of attending that particular school?

What are you currently reading for enjoyment?

What do you want to be doing in five years?

List five adjectives to describe yourself.

What is one of your weaknesses, and what are you doing to improve it?

What are your interests or hobbies outside of the classroom?

What teams, clubs or extracurricular activities were you involved in while you were in school?

What activities would you consider coaching or advising as part of the teaching staff?

Why do you want to teach at this particular level or this particular subject?

What strengths do you have that help your teaching career?

What is your favorite subject to teach and why?

What is your least favorite subject, and how do you approach it to ensure that you teach it well?

What do you like most about teaching?

What do you dislike most about teaching?

What do you feel are the biggest challenges facing today’s education system?

Describe your teaching style.

How would you organize this classroom?

How do you manage your teaching duties?

What is the greatest success you've had with teaching?

What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today?

What is the greatest challenge facing teachers today?

What qualities make a great teacher?

Describe your worst teaching day. What did you learn from the experience?

How do you motivate your students to become active learners in your classroom?

Describe a troubling student you've taught and what you've done to get through to them.

Describe your professional development experience.

Explain your experience with a particular teaching strategy or technology.

What plans do you have to integrate technology into your classroom?

What experience have you had with team teaching? Did you find it helpful?

How will you approach different learning styles?

How will you encourage your students to express their creativity?

How will you modify your teaching to help students who are struggling with the subject or learning level?

How will you support students with exceptional learning abilities?

How would you approach a student who refuses to participate or who misses school often?

If the majority of your class failed a test, project or assignment, what would you do?

What would you like your students to take from their learning experience with you?

How would you initiate and maintain communication with your student's parents?

What would you do to help a student with consistent behavioral problems?

What could a visitor to your class expect to see?

What do you hope to learn from your mentor?

How would you leverage resources in the community to enhance your teaching?

Why should we choose you for this position?