Elementary Teacher Mock Interview
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Question 20 of 50
It seems like there is never enough time to cover the curriculum or to get children to master content and skills. Would you comment on that?
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Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.
The key here is time management. Demonstrate your ability to manage your time effectively by illustrating how you would allocate your priorities. Effective teaching takes careful planning. Be sure to share some details about how you plan efficiently and how you work to get in all the necessary skills in the course of a school year. You could reference different strategies like scaffolding content, spiraling content, utilizing centers, welcoming in parent volunteers, grouping students appropriately, and collaborating with other teachers.
Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.
"That's so true! Really, it's just about managing your time effectively and doing the best with the constraints that we're given, so I'm willing to adjust my plan as the year moves forward. It's important to adjust on the fly. You have to quickly identify which students are going to need more or less of your time. The students who pick up things faster can work more independently and usually enjoy a challenge. I might have them try to explain the topic to the other students in their group to keep all of them engaged while I give my attention to another group or an individual student."
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