Professional Preparation: What makes a great teacher?  What are your top 5 skills as a teacher?

General Questions for working abroad:

1. How long has the organization been in business?
2. What is the organization’s mission?
3. What are the in-class hours and out-of-class hours?
4. What responsibilities will there be in addition to teaching?
5. What training would I receive if hired?
6. How many students per class? Age & Diversity?
7. How are classes organized?
8. How are students placed? What assessment tools are used? Who administers these tests?
9. What curriculum is used? (Do students buy books? Are there instructor copies?)
10. What is your ideal employee like?

Closing Questions:

1. What is the next step in the selection process?
2. When should I expect to hear from you, or should I contact you?
3. When would you want me to start in this position?

Questions to ask if offered a position:

1. Has there been much turnover in this company?
2. What benefits do you offer? (Standards, based on country.)
3. May I contact a current employee to ask questions?
4. May I visit and observe classes?

Questions to be prepared to answer

1. Describe your strengths as a teacher. What are your top four skills as a teacher?
2. Tell us about one of your typical lessons.
3. How do you handle student conflict?
4. Describe your worst teaching experience. What would you have done differently?
5. What interests you about this job?
6. Why do you want to work in …(country) with …. (students)?
7. What motivates you to do a good job?
8. What else should we know about you?

Other Stuff

• Describe your strengths as a teacher. What are your top four skills as a teacher?
• Tell us about one of your typical lessons.
• How do you handle student conflict?
• Describe your worst teaching experience. What would you have done differently?
• What interests you about this job?
• Why do you want to work in …(country) with …. (students)?
• What motivates you to do a good job?
• What else should we know about you?