April+17th,+class+ten

Class Ten More on interviewing Practice interviews Negotiating criteria for Memo 4

I.) **Reading Review**


 * __ II.) Reviewing and adding onto interview strategies: __**

Interview Tips & Types of interview questions:

__ 1. Recapture a time: __ //You have been teaching for several years. What motivated you to go into teaching in the first place?//

__ 2. “grand tour question” __ //“take me through a day…”//

__ 3. Evoke an opinion or value: __ //What were your expectations when you first started teaching? Why did you go into teaching?//

__ 4. Ask a pre-supposition question (you are going into the interview with a presupposition): __ //People say the first 3-5 years of teaching are the most difficult. Describe some positive and negative experiences from your first 3-5 years.//

__ 5. Situate yourself as a learner: __ //Would you share with us how teaching compared to your expectations?//

__ 6. Advice for hypothetical person: __ //As a veteran teacher can you give a few pieces of advice that you think may be beneficial to a new teacher?//

__ 7. Pull out ideas and re-state them to encourage elaboration: __ //So your mother and your grandmother were both teachers.//


 * III.) We’ll read the sample interview, locate types of questions, and notice. **

Reflection questions:
 * IV.) Practice the reflection questions in conjunction with the interview. **


 * 1) …first impressions
 * 2) …describe big ideas from the interview, citing key lines/page numbers. [It’s neat if you see ideas or themes repeated throughout].
 * 3) …write any ideas you have now about the research question(s)
 * 4) …write about your process for the interview and any challenges you encountered.
 * 5) …list possible questions that you have after reading the transcript AND one list one or two possible topics that you could pursue if you were able to do an electronic search.


 * V.) Artifact interviews: This I believe. . . Generate 3-4 questions in one pairing and then interview in pairs. **
 * Gallery sharing of your partner's teaching beliefs. Artifacts, reflection questions, and a quick write-up will be shared. **

The interview: What is one non-negotiable belief you have about teaching/learning? How do your artifacts represent this belief?

[] This I believe

[] What a teacher makes

Interview pairs:

Tracy & Sarah Amanda S. and Leah Cynthia C. and Jessica Nicole and Rachel Cynthia F and Barbara Jon and Amanda M. Amanda E. and Chelsea Lynnece and Amy Christine and Ana Chris and Maggie Ina and Devin


 * Next reading: Chapter 8 **
 * Interviews are due next week **