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Now students can follow the latest news. All tailored to their reading level. To explore the kids' website, select a grade and discover new stories each week.

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Now students can follow the latest news. All tailored to their reading level. To explore the kids' website, select a grade and discover new stories each week. View articles by grade level

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Engage students and close learning gaps

With standards-based games, videos, and other interactive math and reading activities, each student works independently to succeed at their own level and pace.

Playful personalization, leveled for every student

Differentiate learning with a wide variety of standards-aligned instruction and practice for math and reading. eSpark is not just fun for kids, it also meets all ESSA requirements for evidence-based interventions.

Every Quest includes both direct instruction and playfully personalized activities to teach students key standards with engaging videos, games, activities, and quizzes.

Students can work on their Quests during center time, as homework, or after they complete their teacher-assigned lessons. The adaptive path requires no teacher intervention.

Explore the standards and activities in eSpark

Save time with targeted lessons

Assignable Small Group Skills lessons help you reinforce the standard you're teaching each week and take the prep work out of small groups and centers.

Every differentiated reading and math lesson includes an instructional video to teach the skill, at least one game or activity for practice, and a quiz to show mastery.

Students can complete these mini-lessons independently in under 15 minutes, giving you real-time data and opportunities to remediate.

Identify learning gaps and monitor growth

eSpark gives you the data you need to support your students with detailed online reports and personalized email updates right to your inbox.

Student progress and activity reports help teachers identify learning gaps and class trends down to the specific standard.

Weekly email alerts highlight opportunities for celebration and intervention while sharing relevant resources for your next small group.

Student mood check-ins provide teachers with daily social-emotional insights.

Roster and assessment integrations make it easier than ever to get started

Over 1 million students use eSpark. Get your classroom started with thousands of math and reading activities today!

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Playfully personalized math and reading activities for elementary teachers. Explore eSpark's student-centered learning environment today.

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The Reading Strategies Book is a great professional resource because it has a variety of reading strategies for your students. This resource has a strategy for each of your students' learning needs.

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Your Research-based Guide to Developing Skilled Readers. 300+ strategies with learning progressions support 13 reading goals, with each strategy cross-linked to skills, teacher tips, prompts, research, and reading levels—everything from fluency to literary analysis.

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Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is a great resource to help students understand how much our brains do for us. It describes the different parts of our brains and talks about how much our brain grows as we get older.

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Did you know you can stretch and grow your own brain? Or that making mistakes is one of the best ways your brain learns? Just like how lifting weights helps your muscles get stronger, trying new things without giving up like finding the courage to put your face in the water the first time you're at a pool strengthens your brain.

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For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Ya'll Too

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This book is one that I read for one of my classes. Christopher Emdin explains how teachers can help and connect to those students who are less fortunate and are in urban schools. Throughout this book, there are different strategies that Emdin talks about to help students to be successful in the classroom along with fostering a safe classroom environment.

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Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education.

Drawing on his own experience of feeling undervalued and invisible in classrooms as a young man of color and merging his experiences with more than a decade of teaching and researching in urban America, award-winning educator Christopher Emdin offers a new lens on an approach to teaching and learning in urban schools. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too is the much-needed antidote to traditional top-down pedagogy and promises to radically reframe the landscape of urban education for the better.

He begins by taking to task the perception of urban youth of color as unteachable, and he challenges educators to embrace and respect each student's culture and to reimagine the classroom as a site where roles are reversed and students become the experts in their own learning.

Putting forth his theory of Reality Pedagogy, Emdin provides practical tools to unleash the brilliance and eagerness of youth and educators alike-both of whom have been typecast and stymied by outdated modes of thinking about urban education. With this fresh and engaging new pedagogical vision, Emdin demonstrates the importance of creating a family structure and building communities within the classroom, using culturally relevant strategies like hip-hop music and call-and-response, and connecting the experiences of urban youth to indigenous populations globally. Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, Emdin demonstrates how by implementing the "Seven C's" of reality pedagogy in their own classrooms, urban youth of color benefit from truly transformative education.

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too has been featured in MotherJones.com, Education Week, Weekend All Things Considered with Michel Martin, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, PBS NewsHour.com, Slate, The Washington Post, Scholastic Administrator Magazine, Essence Magazine, Salon, ColorLines, Ebony.com, Huffington Post Education

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Just Ask is a book that talks about how there are many different kinds of kids in the world. This book can teach students that we are all different in our own ways (whether if it’s noticeable or not). This book is a great way to incorporate diversity into your classroom library.

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Just Ask! book. Read 583 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same wa...

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VIDEO: Making Research Actionable in the Classroom

Watch how a department lead uses Goalbook to support her colleagues with best practices and engaging strategies.

Goalbook completely aligns with what my school and I believe about education... You can be a first year teacher or a veteran teacher and still learn something from accessing Goalbook. It empowers teachers to take control of their learning within their own classrooms.

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This website is a search engine that is for kid-friendly users. When students use this website, they are able to search whatever they have to and it will come up with sources that are kid-friendly. When students use this website, teachers don't have to worry about them coming across inappropriate things.

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Kiddle is a safe search engine, offering a safe web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors.

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Multiple Paths to Literacy is a textbook that talks about many different assessments and instructions for literacy (primarily Reading, Writing, and Spelling). It can help teachers notice students' strengths and weaknesses by assessing students. It also talks about how teachers can differentiate their instruction while also meeting the state standards.

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Joan P. Gipe, Professor Emeritus, University of New Orleans

Janet Richards, University of South Florida

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Make literacy accessible for all students
Multiple Paths to Literacy: Assessment and Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners, K-12 presents an analytical approach-consistent with Response to Intervention (RTI)-with practical strategies for recognizing students' literacy strengths and needs, planning and differentiating instruction, and meeting standards. The strategies and techniques presented are appropriate to, or easily modified for, any grade level from primary through secondary school. Throughout, teachers are encouraged to take into account each learner's talents with the goal of tailoring instruction to meet their needs.

The 9th Edition includes a new chapter that shows how the arts can support the literacy development of all learners, spotlight features on students with special needs, new sections of disciplinary literacy and neurological disorders, and more.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded videos.

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Features

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

Embedded videos enrich the experience by highlighting real teachers and students interacting in actual classrooms. (See Ch. 5 for examples of IRI administration and interpretation).

Glossary terms are hyperlinked in the eText, allowing students to look up key terms as they read.

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.

Recognize the literacy strengths and needs of all learners

The analytic approach encompasses multiple intelligence theory and concepts of differentiated instruction that are consistent with response to intervention (RTI) and universal design for learning (UDL).

Spotlight on English Language Learners highlight recommendations and techniques for teaching students who are still learning English.

NEW: Spotlight on Learners with Special Needs offer specific strategies educators can use to effectively teach students with special needs.

NEW: A new section on neurological disorders addresses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and clarifies the distinction between ADHD and OCD (Ch. 4).

Offer practical ideas and suggestions to plan and differentiate instruction

NEW: A new chapter, "Supporting All Students' Literacy Development through the Arts," offers arts theory, teaching strategies, and arts/literacy connections for every student, and explains how Common Core State Standards affirm the arts, and how the Every Student Succeeds Act supports the arts as a core academic subject (Ch. 7).

NEW: A new section on disciplinary literacy addresses the current emphasis on text complexity and increased use of informational text at all grade levels (Ch. 13).

Incorporates multiple forms of literacy-from text-based forms to technology-related literacy to visual literacy and the performing arts-to meet the varied needs of learners.

NEW: IRI administration and interpretation are covered in greater detail.

Assessment resources help teachers assess instructional environments, determine students' strengths and needs, examine attitudes toward reading and self-concept, gauge spelling development, analyze writing samples, communicate student progress, self-assess phonics terminology, and much more (Appendices A-Z).

Check out the preface for a complete list of features and what's new in this edition.

New to This Edition

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

Embedded videos enrich the experience by highlighting real teachers and students interacting in actual classrooms. (See Ch. 5 for examples of IRI administration and interpretation).

Glossary terms are hyperlinked in the eText, allowing students to look up key terms as they read.

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.

Recognize the literacy strengths and needs of all learners

Spotlight on Learners with Special Needs offer specific strategies educators can use to effectively teach students with special needs.

A new section on neurological disorders addresses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and clarifies the distinction between ADHD and OCD (Ch. 4).

Offer practical ideas and suggestions to plan and differentiate instruction

A new chapter, "Supporting All Students' Literacy Development through the Arts," offers arts theory, teaching strategies, and arts/literacy connections for every student, and explains how Common Core State Standards affirm the arts, and how the Every Student Succeeds Act supports the arts as a core academic subject (Ch. 7).

A new section on disciplinary literacy addresses the current emphasis on text complexity and increased use of informational text at all grade levels (Ch. 13).

Summative and formative assessments are now covered in one condensed literacy assessment chapter (Ch. 5).

IRI administration and interpretation are covered in greater detail.

Check out the preface for a complete list of features and what's new in this edition.

Table of Contents

PART I: Foundations
1. Fundamental Aspects of Literacy Learning
2. The Analytic Process: Preparation for Differentiating Instruction and Data-Driven Decision-Making
3. Literacy Education of English Language Learners: Some Linguistic Aspects of Theory and Practice
4. Physical, Psychological, and Environmental Factors Affecting Literacy Development
5. Literacy Assessment: Summative and Formative Assessments

PART II: The Major Domains
6. Early Literacy Skills
7. Supporting All Students' Literacy Development through the Arts
8. The Reading-Writing Connection: Best Practices and Strategies
9. Word Recognition
10. Reading Vocabulary
11. Reading Comprehension: An Overview
12. Comprehending Narrative Text
13. Expository Text and Disciplinary Literacy
14. Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies

APPENDICES: Assessment Resources

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Joan P. Gipe is Research Professor Emeritus from the University of New Orleans and Lecturer Emeritus from California State University, Sacramento. She is currently engaged in online mentoring for Walden University's EdD program. After graduating from the University of Kentucky with a BA and an MA in education, and Purdue University with a PhD emphasizing reading education, Joan spent many years working with learners of all ages: in Kentucky as a reading specialist, in Indiana as a fifth-grade teacher, and in several university contexts as faculty, supervisor of student teachers, department chairperson, coordinator for teaching enhancement, university/school liaison for professional development schools, coordinator of eld-based teacher education cohorts, and now mentor for numerous doctoral students engaged in research toward the Ed.D. Many publications, including this text, share with the professional community what was learned during this career. Joan now resides in the charming town of Healdsburg, California, nestled in the heart of Sonoma County's Wine Country. She savors life there with her husband and her four-legged companion, Cocoa, a field spaniel, who earned an Honorable Mention in Sonoma County's Best in Show.

Janet C. Richards received a BS degree in K-8 Teaching from New Jersey City University, an MA from Tulane University in Guidance and Counseling, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Literacy from the University of New Orleans. She taught grades K-6 in New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, New Orleans, and the Republic of Panama. She is a Professor of Literacy at the University of South Florida, Tampa, where she teaches doctoral courses in writing and transdisciplinary texts, teaching, and research. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Educational Measurement at USF where she teaches PhD introductory and advanced qualitative research courses, Art-Based Research, and Writing as Inquiry. She serves as chair or methodologist on numerous PhD committees annually. She was selected as a Volunteer Literacy Scholar for the International Literacy Association's "Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking" project in which she worked with teachers and higher education faculty in developing nations, such as Azerbaijan, Estonia, Romania, and Hungary, and with indigenous Myanmar political refugees in jungle camps between Myanmar and Thailand. She serves as senior editor of Literacy Practice and Research, received the Organization of Literacy Teacher Educators' 2016 Award for Scholarly Research, and was chosen as the Lansdowne Invited Visiting Scholar at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. She is the author of numerous scholarly manuscripts. This volume is her 13th textbook. She lives in Tampa, Florida, with her husband, brilliant little rescue dog, Jezzy, and two clever rescue cats. She is the proud mother of David and Matthew; mother-in-law of Allison and Missy; grandmother of Elizabeth, Madeline, Noah, and Joshua; and great grandmother of Jacob.

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Positive parenting and teaching techniques to build healthy relationships with kids. Since 1977 we’ve helped make parenting and teaching fun and rewarding.

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Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) is a resource that I think every teacher knows about and/or should know about. It's a website filled with different all kinds of resources that teachers can incorporate into their classroom/instruction. It's a great resource to use and you can help support other educators and other educators can support you if you choose to put your materials on TpT.

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Islandborn is a book that I will have in my classroom library. It’s about a girl named Lola who is an immigrant from an island, throughout the book she learns about the island from different people in her community who were also from there. This book explains to children in a kid-friendly way why people are sometimes forced to leave their home country.

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This website is used to help make newsletters. You can update your students' parents/guardians on what is happening in the classroom/school for the week by using this website.

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Smore | Communicate effectively with interactive school newsletters

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Cut through the noise and communicate effectively with Smore. Create interactive newsletters that parents and staff actually read. Get started with free school newsletter templates.

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This website is one that you can use to help you plan and organize different lessons. There are different templates to also help you lesson plan; it also gives you the opportunity to share lesson plans with a substitute if needed.

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"I've used planbook for years! I love that I can plan things out... when, something changes, I can easily move it, bump it or delete it. One year my schedule changed 5 times, no icky eraser marks! ..."

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Planbook - The Leader in Lesson Planning

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XtraMath is a website to help students with their math facts whether it's addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. This resource gives students extra practice with their math facts which can help students succeed when learning math.

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View the research behind our ESSA Tier IV evidence

XtraMath worked with LeanLab Education to document the connections between using XtraMath and improving outcomes for students primarily in grades K-6.

Download our Logic Model to discover the research and evidence that demonstrates how using XtraMath enhances students' learning and performance, leading to better outcomes for both students and teachers.XtraMath worked with LeanLab Education to document the connections between using XtraMath and improving outcomes for students primarily in grades K-6.
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XtraMath - 10 minutes a day for math fact fluency

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XtraMath is a free program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.

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This is a great source to help build your classroom library, as well as, getting students to buy books for their home library. As a teacher, you can send home catalogs to students and they are able to place their order online or via mail.

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Scholastic | Books for Kids | Learning Resources

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Find the best kids books, learning resources, and educational solutions at Scholastic, promoting literacy development for over 100 years.

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The teacher can create a group and questions for students to answer. The students can answer questions at their own pace, students will get questions multiple times to make sure they have mastered the question. As students answer questions correctly, they receive money to get rewards in the 'shop.' There are different game modes that students can play, and you can play as a class and students verse each other.

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Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win. Get started for free!

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Linkedin is a popular professional resource to help you find a job or internship and to connect with other professionals. I've found LinkedIn to be very useful as I've gotten older and I know it will continue to be especially when I begin my job search.

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1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

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Google Sites is a creation site that can be very beneficial if you want to create a classroom website for parents/guardians of your students. This is a way where parents/guardians can see what is happening in the classroom.

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Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Cult of Pedagogy is a great resource to use that has different resources such as a blog, podcast, videos, and tips about teaching. This website is filled with different resources that can be helpful throughout my teaching journey.

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This book has different advice on how to make you the happiest and most effective teacher. This book can be help you inspire students and empower you to be the best teacher you can be for your students.

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The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

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The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth [Linsin, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

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BrainPOP is a website that is a perfect resource for students to use in all subjects. BrainPOP has fun and interactive videos that students can watch to learn more about a specific subject. After watching a video, students can take a quiz to assess their learning from the short video. This resource can give students extra assistance with any subject.

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National Geographic Kids- Social Studies

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National Geographic Kids is an amazing website for kids to use when they have to do research for any type of topic. The website offers kid-friendly articles, games, and videos for students to use when researching. This is a resource I will encourage my students to use when researching because of the great kid-friendly information it has on it.

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This website helps students learn how to type without looking at the keyboard and helps improve how fast they can type. There are different games students can play that also have to do with typing which can make it engaging for students.

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Learn touch typing online using TypingClub's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.

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This website has different questions that can prepare you for a Teaching Interview. When the time comes, I will need to prepare myself for interviews and I think this website can be very helpful when practicing different questions administrators might ask you.

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Commonly asked interview questions you can anticipate-plus tips and links to resources you can tap as you polish your answers.

Congratulations! You've landed an interview appointment for a teaching position at a new school, or for a different position at your current school. This is an important first step, but there will likely be a number of qualified candidates vying for the same spot-how can you distinguish yourself from the pack and land the job?

Your résumé, references, and professional portfolio will help, of course, but it'll always be the impression you make during your face-to-face interview that'll get you hired. Luckily, there are only a few types of questions a teacher can be asked, so it's completely possible to enter a teaching interview confident and prepared.

In addition to questions related to your content area, anticipate that you'll be asked questions based on your knowledge of and experience with meeting the needs of the whole child. Be ready to explain how you honor and attend to the social, emotional, and academic growth of your students-both individually and as a group. And be prepared for questions concerning classroom management, teacher-student relationships, student engagement, and learning outcomes.

Here are the types of questions you'll be asked, along with suggestions and links to resources to guide you in preparing your answers and in practicing citing specific strategies and relevant classroom anecdotes.

11 Questions You Should Prepare For

1. Why did you decide to become a teacher? Prepare a brief professional mission statement that explains not merely how you want to change students' lives but also how your own life is enriched by being a teacher. Also, look up the school's vision statement and reference how your teaching will reflect those goals.

3. How do you cultivate positive relationships with your students and create a sense of class community? Recount a time you bonded with a student who needed some extra attention and understanding. Show your concern for the emotional well-being of the most vulnerable students and describe your plan for developing students' social and emotional learning skills. Also explain how you create a sense of empathy and inclusion among your students so classmates support each other on both a personal and academic level.

4. How do you use data to differentiate instruction and support students identified with specific learning disabilities so all students can learn? First, be ready with the names of a couple of data-rich student assessments you're familiar with. Your interviewers won't demand that they be the same ones they use, but the fact that you're aware of testing practices is important. Then, here are 20 differentiated instruction strategies you can use to prepare your answer on how you respond to data. Also, show your knowledge of these 11 learning disabilities and describe a few ways you work with parents and school resource personnel to meet the individual needs of each child.

6. Do you incorporate collaborative and project-based learning? Discuss the difference between cooperative and collaborative learning, and if you have implemented PBL, describe a specific assignment your students worked on.

7. How do you keep your students engaged and motivated, and how do you promote student voice and choice to help them become self-directed learners? Here are 10 engagement techniques that drive student motivation and enthusiasm. Also describe how you create a student-centered classroom that inspires creativity, passion, and purpose.

8. How do you teach 21st-century learners, integrate technology, and guide students to be global citizens? Be prepared to talk about how you teach global citizenship and encourage critical thinking, creativity, and good communication skills. Here are ways to integrate technology into content learning.

9. How do you include parents and guardians in their child's education? Recount several ways you inform, engage with, and collaborate with parents and guardians-through face-to-face meetings, notes, phone calls, or digital channels.

10. How do you maintain your own professional development, and what areas would you select for your personal growth? You might read books and blogs, watch videos online, subscribe to journals, attend conferences and workshops, or be a member of an educators society in your field. Be ready to talk about the specific resources you use to keep up with the latest trends in education, such as growth and benefit mindsets, flexible seating, flipped and blended learning, STEAM, trauma-informed teaching, restorative practices, mindfulness, makerspaces, and gamification of learning.

In discussing your personal growth, explain ways you want to further expand your teaching efficacy-don't refer to teaching "weaknesses."

11. What questions do you have for us? Try this: "Please tell me the most important thing you know now as an educator that you wish you knew before you began your teaching career." The answers you receive will reveal what your interviewers most value about education, and this insight will allow you to tailor your closing conversation to their interests.

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11 Questions You'll Be Asked at a Teaching Interview

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Commonly asked interview questions you can anticipate-plus tips and links to resources you can tap as you polish your answers.

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This website has ten tips to help you survive your first year of teaching along with helping you have a fantastic first year of teaching.

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Dear New Teachers,

This blog post is for you. Perhaps you've heard that your first year will be "sooo hard." I want to offer you another possibility. Your first year might just be awesome. You might not only survive it but you could even thrive.

Here are some suggestions to help you have a fantastic first year in the classroom.

1. Build Community

Your relationships with others will keep you strong, and they might be the key to fueling your energy to persist through challenges. Build strong relationships with your colleagues and administrators and with your students and their parents. If you're shy, now is the time to pick up some strategies for making connections with others. Ask questions, knock on doors, and invite people into your classroom. Your community will be a buoy when times get hard.

2. Find Hopeful, Positive Mentors

There are veteran teachers who are sad and cynical, and there are others who are wise and hopeful. If you find yourself amongst the cynical (I found them congregating in the staff lunchroom), leave. Stay far from that negativity. You need mentors who can share their wisdom and expertise and who can remind you at the end of October that things will get easier. If you can't find any in your school, look in other schools in your district. They are there, and many will happily mentor you. Ask.

3. Ask for Help and Demand Good Professional Development

Yes, I do suggest that you demand good professional development (PD). You have so much to learn as a new teacher (and I know you know that), and you can't do it alone. Ideally, you need an instructional coach (coaching is a form of PD), but if you can't get a coach, then at least you need some high quality PD. Ask other teachers to recommend workshops, online courses, and conferences. Your administrators don't expect you to be perfect. They know you have a lot to learn -- so ask for support (persistently) to close those gaps.

4. Observe Other Teachers

Ideally, observe really effective teachers in your school or other schools. Even if they don't teach the same thing you do, you'll learn a great deal. Pick one thing to pay attention to so that you don't get overwhelmed. For example, pay attention to routines and procedures, the pacing of a lesson, how questions are asked, or the different ways that students are engaged. Ask your administrators for a release day so that you can do this. If they say no, then at the very least, take ten minutes a few times a month to poke your head into another teacher's classroom during your prep period. You will learn so much from observing your colleagues.

5. Do Home Visits

Visiting the homes of just a few of your students will provide unique insight and perspective into your students. You could visit just about any of your students' homes and this would be the case. Visit the home of a student you are concerned about, as well as the home of a student you're confident is doing well. This is easiest to do in the first few weeks of school when you're building relationships with families, and you can explain that you want to learn more about your students. Use the visit as an opportunity to listen to parents -- to ask about their child's interests, family, friends, and so on. Be curious. It's not a time to share your concerns or complaints.

6. Write Down Your Vision for Yourself as a Teacher

What do you see as your goal or purpose as a teacher? Can you distill that into a short paragraph or a few sentences? Creating a personal vision or mission statement can help anchor you when times get hard. It can serve as a guidepost when challenges come up. You don't need to make it too complicated or fancy. You don't need to share it with anyone. This is for you.

7. Don't Neglect Your Body

Sleep. Rest. Eat well. Exercise. You've heard it before. It really matters during your first year of teaching when the stress -- plus all the new germs -- depletes your immune system. Don't wait until you get the flu in January to commit to taking care of yourself -- start now. Sleep.

8. Do Something Non-Teaching Related

Once a week, at least, do something for yourself. Take a Saturday pottery class or a Brazilian dance class. Run marathons. Join a romance book club. Do something that engages other parts of your being. It's easy and tempting to get sucked into all teaching, all the time during your first year, but you need a mental break from it.

9. Catalogue Every Single Success in the Classroom

Write them down. Make lists of what's going well. Identify your successes; include every single tiny one: Alfredo smiled today when he walked into class; James remembered his book; Jackie said goodbye to her mom and didn't cry; I ate lunch; my lesson plan is done for tomorrow. If you don't do any of the other tips on this list, but you do this one thing every day, I can almost guarantee that you'll have a great year.

10. Take a Day Off

Most teachers get personal days. Plan ahead, get a sub, and take them. Take them and catch up on laundry, go to the dentist, sleep, or go for a walk. Use them. You need days off. It's okay.

Your first year doesn't have to be hard -- nor do subsequent years. These strategies can help you thrive in your first year and build the kind of resilience that will carry you through the many challenges we face as teachers.

By the way, welcome to the teaching profession. You're embarking on a wonderful, wonderful journey.

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10 Tips for Surviving and Thriving in Your First Year Teaching

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Advice for the First Teaching Job Interview

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Advice for the First Teaching Job Interview

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This website gives advice for your first teaching job interview. Interviewing is something that can be stressful, but I found this article to be very helpful in terms of how to prepare myself and feel confident going into the interview. It also helps you reflect back on why you want to be a teacher which is a good question to always be aware of especially during interviews.

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Teaching with Love and Logic is a book that we talked about during one of our seminar sessions. It talks about how you can manage a classroom by using love and logic strategies.

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Taking Control of the Classroom

The Gold Standard of practical and effective strategies for...

Gaining cooperation from students who don't respond to traditional behavior management systems

Managing large groups of students without having to apply complicated, time-consuming techniques

Motivating apathetic students who just won't try

Reducing classroom drama and helping students learn to take responsibility for solving the problems they face

Succeeding with extremely difficult Helicopter or Drill Sergeant parents

Classroom intervention and behavior management

Taking great care of yourself as you inspire your students toward greatness

Teaching defiant kids

by Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Ph.D.
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This YouTube video has all different kinds of questions and tips to help you succeed in the interview process. The video is broken into chunks based on tips and questions for interviews. I think this video will help calm my nerves when I begin the interview process for different schools. It also gives you a glimpse of different tips and questions that were helpful for this teacher to be successful.

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This children’s book shows how each family can be different in their own unique way. It talks about how even though families can be different, each family always chooses love.

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Each family is different. Each family's unique!

Readers will fall in love with this lyrical, whimsical ode to families and the common thread that creates them all. From blended families to foster families and all the families in-between, this colorful, inclusive picture book teaches children and grown-ups alike that no matter how a family is created, what truly makes a family is CHOOSING to LOVE .

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What Makes A Family? [Bruner, Hannah, Sonke, Sandie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What Makes A Family?

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Our Class is a Family is a book that I will incorporate into my classroom library. It would be a great book to read to students in the first few weeks of school to establish a classroom community. This book also talks about the different kinds of family and what they can consist of— including school and being with your classmates.

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Teachers do so much more than just teach academics. They build a sense of community within their classrooms, creating a home away from home where they make their students feel safe, included, and loved.

With its heartfelt message and colorfully whimsical illustrations, "Our Class is a Family" is a book that will help build and strengthen that class community. Kids learn that their classroom is a place where it's safe to be themselves, it's okay to make mistakes, and it's important to be a friend to others. When hearing this story being read aloud by their teacher, students are sure to feel like they are part of a special family.

"Family isn't always your relatives. It's the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what." -Unknown

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Our Class is a Family [Olsen, Shannon, Sonke, Sandie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Our Class is a Family

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This website is a resource that we received during our Professional Development on Racial Equity. This website is a great resource to use especially when you want to build a safe classroom environment for all students. The website has subsections on similarities and differences between children, fostering respectful relationships, and books that can teach children about racial identity. This website is one that I will continue to come back to so I can continue to learn and grow on how to have conversations with children about race.

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A Guide for Parents and Teachers

Recent eventshave led many parents and teachers to seek out resources to address issues of race and inequality with young children. We share with you here an excerpt from the book Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves. The book offers practical guidance to early childhood educators (including parents) for confronting barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity; most importantly, it includes tips for adults and children to respect each other, themselves, and all people. Read more about anti-bias education. Also, see the Movement for Black Lives platform and Teaching Black Lives Matter.
By Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
Adults sometimes ask: Aren't prejudice, discrimination, and anti-bias adult issues? Why bring children into it? In one sense, these are adult issues. Adults have the power to create, to teach, to maintain bias-and to eliminate it. In another sense, because the realities of prejudice and discrimination begin to affect children's development early, it is developmentally appropriate to address them in our work with young children.

Young children need caring adults to help them construct a positive sense of self and a respectful understanding of others. They need adults to help them begin to navigate and resist the harmful impact of prejudice and discrimination. A person's early childhood years lay the foundation for a developmental and experiential journey that continues into adulthood. With appropriate adult guidance, this foundation will be a strong one, providing the base for the next stages of healthy development and the skills a person needs to thrive and succeed in a complex, diverse world.

Anti-bias education is an integral part of the "bricks and mortar" of emotional well-being and social competence, as well as an emotional foundation upon which children fully develop their cognitive capacities. A healthy sense of self requires that children know and like who they are without feeling superior to others. Understanding and liking one's own personal and social identities open up the possibilities of building caring connections with others. Thinking critically about stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination takes away barriers to comfortable and respectful interactions with a wide range of people and gives children a tool to resist negative messages about their identities. Strong cognitive development is also enhanced when children develop curiosity, openness to multiple perspectives, and critical-thinking skills.

[Below are some topics to explore with your children. Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves has strategies, activities and ideas to spark discussion on each of these topics.]

Strategies for learning about physical differences and similarities

Creating a rich anti-bias learning environment sets the stage for discussion and activities about racial and other physical differences and similarities. The richer the environment, the more likely children will ask questions, even in classrooms where the staff and children come from similar racial backgrounds.

In all activities, highlight that physical diversity among people is desirable, and that all colors, shades, and shapes of people are beautiful. Talk about differences in a tone of delight and interest. Create a vocabulary that encourages children to look at themselves and others and admire their sameness and their uniqueness. Just as we do not wait until a child asks questions about how to read before planning how to provide a range of literacy learning opportunities, anti-bias education is the teacher's responsibility, not the child's, to initiate.

Caution-Never single out one specific child when you do activities about the physical characteristics linked to racial identity. Every activity should be about all of the children, as everyone has a racial identity. Moreover, doing activities about all children reinforces that differences and similarities can be found within each racial identity group as well as across groups.

Exploring skin color, hair, and eyes
Children are active observers of physical characteristics. As they become familiar with some of their own features and those of their classmates, help them to have vocabulary and ideas to understand sameness and difference. There are many ways to involve children in discovering similarities and differences among themselves, their teachers, and their families.

Focus on children's confusion about their own skin color
If, when you invite the children to make self-portraits, a child chooses colors that do not correspond to his actual skin, eye, or hair coloring, consider gently encouraging the child to choose the color closest to his skin color.

Expanding awareness of racial similarities and differences
After helping children become aware that the people within their family are alike and different, it is important to expand their knowledge and awareness to groups of people beyond those in the classroom and neighborhood. As children grow, they move into ever wider and more diverse settings, and we want them to be open to and respectful of all kinds of people they may encounter.

Fostering critical thinking and respectful relationships

Positive and accurate learning experiences about human differences and similarities help to give children a foundation for resisting incorrect and harmful messages about themselves and others. Preschoolers are ready to begin thinking critically about the accuracy and fairness of the information and images they encounter. They also have the capacity to use their developing empathy to understand that unfair behavior hurts people and can learn respectful ways of interacting with others. Teachers can use the following strategies to promote young children's development of these understandings and competencies.

Cultivate children's empathy and ways to deal with the hurt of stereotyping. Read books that depict children experiencing unfair treatment based on their racial identity.

Tell persona doll stories about a discriminatory incident between dolls, engaging children's empathy and problem-solving skills.

Intentionally plan activities to counter potential overgeneralizations or existing stereotypes in the children's general environment.

Support children as they demonstrate awareness of stereotyping.

Engage children in group action. It is empowering when we help children take something that is "unfair" into something "fair." Sometimes this involves addressing personal conflict, helping a child speak up for another child. But it is particularly powerful when children act together.

If we want children to thrive in a diverse world and choose to stand up for themselves and others, then we must choose to help young children make sense out of the confusing and often emotionally charged messages they receive about themselves and others. The commitment to support each child to develop pride and self-confidence and deep connections with others calls on us to foster all children's healthy racial identity. When we give children language to discuss their identities in an atmosphere of interest and delight, and the tools for addressing the unfairness they will inevitably encounter, then we know we have helped children construct a strong foundation for the next phases of their lives.

Early Childhood Books for Teaching about Racial Identity
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Teaching Young Children about Race - Teaching for Change

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This website has a wide range of resources that can be beneficial to all educators. It has many tips/resources on technology to trending to different grade level resources. But, it is also a 10 minute podcast that features different educators who talk about a variety of topics about education.

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Our roster of remarkable guests make each episode a treasure trove of insights and inspiration.

We promise it's more fun than a spelling bee and definitely warmer than the teachers' lounge coffee. Welcome to '10 Minute Teacher', where PD meets your coffee break!

Can I Get Credit for Listening to Teacher Podcasts?

At the present time, some schools, districts, and organizations allow credit for listening to podcasts. With this in mind, you can use the Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. Being that some schools don't allow Podcast PD, you can still make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it. If you don't have Google Docs, use this PDF.

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If you've ever listened to an episode of '10 Minute Teacher' and thought, ' I know someone who would be perfect for this! ', I'm all ears.

Interesting guests are what make the show exciting, and I'm always on the lookout for fresh, practical voices from the frontlines of education. Whether it's a classroom teacher with innovative teaching strategies, an administrator championing change, or a researcher turning theory into real classroom practice, we'd all love to hear their stories.

Please, feel free to recommend guests who inspire you - it's one of the best ways you can contribute to our show. Just remember, no spammers, please. I'm looking for authentic, passionate contributors who can help our listeners make a difference in their classrooms.

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Who is Vicki Davis, host of the podcast?

Hello fellow educators! I'm Vicki Davis, your classroom teacher host of the '10 Minute Teacher' podcast. Coming into my 22nd year of teaching, I've been involved in education since 2002, blogging since 2005, and podcasting since 2006. I believe that every teacher has a story to tell, and I am passionate about bringing those stories to you.

In the past, I've had the privilege to host some fantastic shows like 'Women of Web 2' and 'Every Classroom Matters'. These experiences sparked a desire to keep the conversation going, leading to the creation of '10 Minute Teacher', which I started with my husband, Kip. Now our son John has taken over the reins as producer, and we've journeyed through more than 805 episodes together.

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Summer Encore Episodes

ENCORE Episode Angela Watson discusses 5 Ways to Maximize Your Summer 07/05/2017
ENCORE Episode Angela Stockman talks about How to Create a Summer Writing Notebook #flaneur 07/03/2017
#110 TOP EPISODE: 5 Easy Brain Breaks (Encore) with Rob Donatelli 06/30/2017
ENCORE Episode with Dan Meyer Helping Kids Who Hate Math Learn It re-released 06/29/2017

Summer at ISTE 2017

Season 1 Week 21

#103 TOP EPISODE Social Emotional learning with Puppets (Encore)
#102 iPads in Kindergarten (Encore Episode: 10MT Best of Season1) #edtech June 20, 2017
#101 TOP SHOW: Jim Forde You're the Teacher (Encore Episode) June 19, 2017
#100 5 Ways to Maximize Your Summer with Angela Watson 06/16/2017

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#99 Creating a Summer Writing Notebook with Angela Stockman 6/15/2017
#98 Vicki Davis reflects on The Most Remarkable Thing 6/14/2017
#97 Google Classroom: Top New Features to Learn Over the Summer with Alice Keeler 6/13/2017
#96 Go Bold School: Old School + Blended Learning with Weston Kieschnick 6/12/2017

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#60 5 Easy Brain Breaks for Your Classroom with Rob Donatelli 4/21/2017
#59 Successful Digital Parenting with Weston Kesichnick 4/20/2017
#58 How the African STEP Dance Ignited Kids at Ron Clark Academy Junior Bernadin at Ron Clark Academy 4/19/2017
#57 Richard Byrne's Most Exciting #Edtech Tools 4/18/2017
#56 Motivating Special Needs Breakthroughs with Jennifer Cronk 4/17/2017

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#30 Alex Corbitt on 5 Ideas to Level Up Language Arts for 5 Idea Friday 3/10/2017
#29 Steven Anderson on Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom for Thought Leader Thursday 3/9/2017
#28 Kyle Taylor on Saving Big Money with iPads and Google Classroom for Wonderful Wednesday 3/8/2017
#27 Suzy Lolley about Creating Elementary Portfolios with Seesaw for Tech Tool Tuesday 3/7/2017
#26 Josh Harris on How to Have an Attitude to Try New Things on #MondayMotivation 3/6/2017

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This specific blog post is all about interviewing and preparing. This blog talks about things to expect during your interview, the interviewers, how to prepare, your portfolio, and general tips about interviewing.

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It's that time of year! Schools are beginning to look at their staffing for next year. Current teachers are making plans for their future. New teachers are keeping a close eye out for teaching job opportunities. Here, I've compiled some tips and information on how to ace teaching interviews. This definitely won't be one size fits all, but it's a good starting point!

The Complete Guide For Teaching Interviews

I will be the first to admit that the number of interviews that I've HAD is a much smaller number than the number of interviews where I've been the interviewee. My perspective here comes from both angles- The teacher interviewer and the teacher interviewee.

What to Expect During Teaching Interviews

What should you expect during a typical teaching interview? You'll almost always be one of many teachers that an interview committee is speaking with that day. Most districts have protocols they follow about how many people are screened before making a selection. They also have protocols about the number of people giving input on a hiring decision. It's fairly rare to go into a one-on-one interview.

The most common scenario I've seen is the principal, the assistant principal, and 2-3 teachers doing the interviewing. When you sit down in the interview, most of the time, everyone on the interview committee will read a question round-robin style. When you're answering, speak to the whole room. But, I typically recommend that you make more eye contact with the person who asked you the particular question.

The Interviewers

There are a few types of people you need to prepare to meet during an interview:

There are interviewers who try their hardest to be warm and welcoming. They take plenty of notes, smile the whole time, and make eye contact while asking questions. They nod their head while you answer questions and tend to ere on the side of being overly accommodating. Unfortunately, this can make even the most unqualified candidate feel like they are nailing it.

On the other hand, I've seen the sweetest colleagues of mine go completely stoic when they're interviewing. Their goal is to get down to business and see who you are as an educator. They want real answers, and they don't necessarily want to make you feel like you're nailing it when you're not. These interviewers will make eye contact, but they usually won't smile. They'll furiously write down every word you say. Or on the other hand, they won't write down anything, which will make you equally as nervous. They'll probably give you a nod or two when you've answered their question. You'll leave the room wondering if you bombed it, but they will probably smile big and say, "She was amazing!"

Prepare For Anything

These are the people that will cause you to question your interview skills and make you give a big "I don't know" when people ask how your interview went. Again, I want to emphasize that neither style is better. I feel like it's so important to be prepared for both as you are going into your first few teaching interviews. Don't let people like me leave you feeling like you nailed it, and don't let people not-so-like-me intimidate you to the point that it impacts your ability to ACTUALLY nail it.

Now that you have a good idea of what you'll encounter when you sit down to a teaching interview, here are some more general tips I can offer you having been on both sides of the proverbial table.

On Portfolios for teaching interviews

Every college preparatory program I've ever known requires that teacher candidates create a portfolio full of lessons, their mission statement, etc. I've never pulled one of these out during an interview and I've never witnessed someone pull one out during an interview. It's not a bad thing to have with you if you get stuck. But time is often of the essence and fumbling through a portfolio can take up precious time. Instead, find every opportunity to show your awesome communication skills by explaining different lesson plans, giving an example of parent interactions, and giving a casual but heartfelt impression of your "teaching mission statement."

Half of an interview is seeing who you are as a human. Instead of spending precious moments leafing through your portfolio to give an example, use your words, and use your heart.

On Communication during teaching interviews

In order to use your words, though, you are going to have to go into this interview completely prepared. Think through the types of questions that might come up (more on that later) and practice your answers. If there is a specific learning experience that you want to make sure you highlight during your interview, THINK THROUGH exactly what you are going to say about it. In fact, brainstorm a list of specific experiences that you would consider highlighting during your interview and think about what you would say about them.

On Research

Researching the school and district is absolutely crucial to your preparation. It will help you anticipate what types of questions might come up, and it will help you brainstorm talking points. YOU MUST RESEARCH YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT.

If you ask a question at the end of the interview that could have easily been answered with a quick swipe through the school's website, the interview team will get the feeling you aren't taking the interview seriously. Likewise, if you ask a question based on something you saw when you researched, they'll know you're taking this more seriously.

On Honesty

Have you ever met someone who looks really good "on paper" but then ends up treating you poorly in real life? Don't be the person in an interview who looks great on paper and in the interview and turns out to not be who they say they were. I've seen this happen several times over the years. I have thus become wary of those who appear overly book smart in interviews and who give obviously canned or "perfect" answers.

If you've never taught using a math workshop approach, don't talk about how you're a pro at that or how you love using a workshop approach. If they ask, or if your research has revealed that they use math workshop at the school, tell them about what experience you DO have that would support math workshop. Emphasize the fact that you are excited to implement it (if you are, of course) and know it will be great to learn alongside the children.

Own Your Skills and Your Willingness To Learn More

If you've never used Daily Five, but you know the school does, research the heck out of it to show that you're willing to do so. But own the fact that you've never taught with it. Just be sure to emphasize that you are eager and willing to learn about it and implement it alongside your teammates.

95% of the time, your lack of experience in a school-specific implementation will not eliminate you from the running. I previously taught in an International Baccalaureate school, and while having IB experience was a plus, we would ALWAYS choose an enthusiastic, willing teacher over one who wasn't as enthusiastic and willing but had IB experience. Teaching is learning, y'all!

The Truth About Jobs

NOW, before I go any further, this is an important note, especially for first-year teachers who are newly navigating the waters of teacher interviews. I want you to keep in mind that you may end up in an interview situation where, no matter how amazing you are, you will definitely not get the job because someone else already has it.

Let me give you an example: In my former district, any teacher hired after August 1st is automatically considered an INR (Intent Not to Rehire) and their contract is only for one year. At the end of the year, no matter how much of a rock star they were that year, their position still has to be reposted, and teaching interviews still have to be conducted for that position. In most cases, that person will get rehired on an actual contract and admin is just going through the protocol. I've sat on many interviews just like this, watching the poor interviewees pour their hearts into the interview, not realizing that the person in the position is actually staying in the position.

Another example of this scenario

When there is movement within the school. Depending on tenure and contract terms, I've seen teachers have to reinterview for specialty positions (interventionists, reading specialists) when they are already a "shoo-in."

**TAKE HEART!** Even though you likely won't know this is the case until after the interview, even if you suspect it's a formality, give it your all. These teaching interviews are not a total loss, as I've also seen many people in these interviews get called back for later interviews who are subsequently hired on in a different position. Every single opportunity that you have to interact with the administration is an important one. Rockstar teachers will stand out, no matter if they have a job for you right then or not.

General Tips for Teaching Interviews

Use "we" as often as possible when referring to your experience in schools. It shows that you are a collaborative team player and willing to work with others and give credit where credit is due.

While it's important to show a growth mindset, be prepared to talk about failures. Examples from the classroom, with colleagues, with parents, and with students are helpful. Do not sit in an interview and say you can't think of any failures or professional weaknesses.

It's okay to thoughtfully pause between a question and your answer. Take a moment to pull your ideas together. It shows that you are thoughtful rather than impulsive, and you'll almost always come up with a better example the more time you think about it. There have been several times that I haven't followed this advice, finish my answer, and then end up saying, "ACTUALLY, I need to add to my answer."

Ask for clarification or to repeat the question as needed, especially if they are long questions with multiple parts. Again, don't try to skim over an answer when you don't know what they're asking.

Never, ever, ever talk poorly about former colleagues, students, parents, or administration. Seriously, never. You can put a positive, learning-based spin on any negative situation, and this is the time to do that. I can't think of a time we ever hired someone who talked poorly about former positions.

Many schools have a school-wide behavior management program implemented (Love and Logic, Responsive Classroom, PBIS, etc.). Be sure to look it up ahead of time so that you are familiar with it and possibly reference it at some point during your interview.

S.M.I.L.E. I will be the first to tell you that when I walk into an interview, I have a physical reaction. A reaction I can't help. My face and neck turn bright red, my breathing gets funny, and my hands get shaky. Every. Single. Time. I know this happens to me, and I always go in prepared with a line like, "Eek! I can stand in front of kids and about verbs all day, but a room full of adults is something else!" It's a good way to break the ice, acknowledge that physical reaction that you can't control, and get things started. Smile. Be human. They are not only looking at your pedagogical knowledge, but the interview team wants to know your heart, too. Show it to them.

Sample Teaching Interview Questions

Note: Most interview questions are lengthy and have multiple parts. These are some of the more basic questions that you should know YOUR answers to ahead of time. But, be prepared for more detailed questions as well.

How do you accomplish vertical and horizontal articulation within a school?

How do you structure your reading/math block so that a wide variety of students' needs are met?

Give an example of a time you had a difficult interaction with a parent and how you handled it.

How do you encourage students to show grit (growth mindset) in their learning and in the classroom?

What does rigor mean to you? How can you be sure you are providing a rigorous experience for students?

How do you incorporate cultural awareness, worldwide views, diversity, and equity into your lessons and classroom?

Explain how will you promote a cohesive classroom community?

How do you keep students engaged while still maintaining a rigorous classroom environment?

Give an example of a challenge with a student and explain how you handled it.

More Example Questions

What is your policy on grading?

How do you decide on homework requirements?

How do you ensure ample communication between home and school?

What is your classroom management policy?

How do you incorporate technology into your classroom in a meaningful way?

How do you collect and use data to inform your instruction and monitor student growth?

What is your philosophy on working in a grade-level team?

What strengths do you bring to your grade-level team?

How do you handle [insert specific classroom management crisis/scenario]? (My favorite version of this is when a principal asks me what I do if a student refuses to call me by my last name...)

What is the most recent education-related book you have read or PD you have attended? Tell us about it.

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