Espoused Platform Interview
- Why did you choose to become a teacher?
- Five years after your students have left your classroom, what do you want them to say about you as a person? About your teaching? About the learning that occurred during their time with you?
- Why should students learn the context that you teach?
- How will you know that you have taught a successful lesson? How do you know when your students have learned what you hoped to convey?
- If I were a new student in your classroom and asked you, “What do you expect from me? How would you respond?
- If I were a parent of a new student and asked you to describe the learning environment in your classroom, how would you respond?
- What analogy would you use to describe what you hope to be as a teacher? You might answer the statements: teaching is like a ___________ or teaching is ___________.