How have you helped teachers understand new technologies for the classroom?
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"I ask the principal if I can take up some time on professional development day for a seminar to teach the teachers about a new technology. I gather all the teachers on that day and I'll give them an overview of the technology. For instance, it might be a new eLearning platform. I'll show them a quick tour of the features and give examples of how they might use them in the class. Then I'll have the teachers interact with the platform for 5-10 minutes, and then we'll have a Q&A session. I take their feedback and then I make sure that they have easy access to me if they have any more concerns or questions."
Use concrete examples if you have any. The main point is to paint a clear picture for the interviewer about the way you engage with teachers. Walk them through what you might do, step by step, without getting into too much detail.
If a school is performing poorly in a certain subject, what are your immediate action steps?
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"I'll bring it to the attention of the teachers and ask them if there have been any particular pain points that they're facing. I'll then ask them if there's anything that they can immediately identify that we can be doing better, if there are resources that they needed but weren't given in a timely fashion. Things that we can do immediately to improve the situation.
From there, we'll talk about deeper issues, such as problems with infrastructure, the administrative system, things like that. These are things that will give us better performance in the long run."
Give a brief step-by-step overview of your troubleshooting process. Make sure your answer spans the short term first. If appropriate or necessary, zoom out a little bit and talk about your strategies to improve on medium-to-long term timeline.
How do you keep up to date on new technologies to better enhance students education?
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"I'm always reading technology magazines like Wired and Popular Science. Whenever I see something new and interesting, I think about how I might be able to use that in a lesson.
For example, when iPads first came out, I read about how the App Store would be open to any developers who wanted to make an App for it. So I kept an eye on the educational software section."
Describe any habits that you've developed to keep abreast technology matters. Provide an example.
How would you interact with faculty members in order for them to understand that integrating technology into their lessons could be beneficial?
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"I'd ask them what one of their biggest difficulties is when they're teaching a lesson. Then I'd connect that with a technology. For example, if they have a lot of kinesthetic learners, having iPads where they can touch the screen to interact with the lesson would be great. iPads can engage visual learners as well as listeners as well."
Demonstrate your interpersonal skills. Choose a specific technology that would aid them and draw out a scenario using specific equipment or software and show them how it aids in achieving a positive outcome.
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