QUESTION 16 OF 20

When have you displayed a great deal of patience?

Any teaching position, but especially a paraprofessional working with students with special needs, requires a great deal of patience. Not all people are created to work well with students, but for those who have the gift, it can be so very rewarding. Share a short anecdote of a time you had to display patience with the interviewer. Provide details like what you did to remain calm and keep your cool. Share the end result of the situation and potentially what you learned from it. Make sure the interviewer walks away from the interviewer feeling confident about your ability to work calmly and confidently with students.

"Last year, I was assigned to work with a student who had special needs and another student who was an English Language Learner in a 5th grade general education classroom. I had known the student with special needs for some time, but it was still a challenge working with him, and even more so when I was given an additional student to assist. Oftentimes, I would be working in a small group with those two students and one or two others. It was crucial that I remained calm and patient, because it was not anyone's fault that one student had limited English ability and the other struggled with reading. It was my job to support their learning, regardless of the situation. I did my best to encourage them, support them, and challenge them everyday."

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When have you displayed a great deal of patience?

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