ESL Teacher Mock Interview
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Question 25 of 30
Give an example of your most challenging students and how you handled situations with them.
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Shane Reinhard is a high school English teacher focused on English 9 Honors, English 11, Yearbook/Journalism, and AP Seminar.
Every teacher knows challenging students will present themselves over time. The interviewer wants to see how you have handled these examples in the past, so they can see how you will work to deal with these things in the future. A play-by-play with specifics for best results is a quality answer here.
Shane Reinhard is a high school English teacher focused on English 9 Honors, English 11, Yearbook/Journalism, and AP Seminar.
"I had a student in my last school who pushed back to anything I was teaching him. He struggled in my class because he thought he did not need to be in ESL. I worked to ease the tension and prove to him this class would benefit him in the long run. Ultimately, I was patient with him and built trust over the year to give him quality tips and skills to make him a better English learner."
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My most challenging student right now has limited English skills. With this difficulty to communicate, you can see it in her face that emotions get the best of her with the lack of language content. I have been able to work setting up a success plan with her. We talk through goals she wants to learn in English, and we are slowly working before and after school to make this happen. The student has become less and less challenging because of this.
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Perfect way to engage the student! Continue connecting with her parents, couselor, and adminstration to have a whole team together to see her progression in the right direction.
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