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Most school districts do not have a full time human resources administrator to conduct interviews and this important task most often becomes the responsibility of the building principal or a department head. Here is a guide designed for hiring employees, both professional staff as well as non-professional, in public, parochial, or private schools. It offers more than one thousand interview questions in forty-eight employment categories ranging from superintendent and business manager to security officer and parent volunteer.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3
PART I: THE INTERVIEW PROCESSChapter 4 1
IDENTIFYING THE POSITION: The Job Description
Chapter 5 2
POSTING AND ADVERTISING THE VACANCYChapter 6 3
SCREENING THE CANDIDATE'S VITAEChapter 7 4
CONDUCTING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKSChapter 8 5
DETERMINING THE TYPE OF INTERVIEWChapter 9 6
USING WARM-UP QUESTIONSChapter 10 7
PROVIDING PLANNED MATERIALSChapter 11 8
REQUIRING CANDIDATES TO TEACHChapter 12 9
SELECTING THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONSChapter 13 10
ANSWERING THE CANDIDATES QUESTIONSChapter 14 11
EVALUATING THE INTERVIEWChapter 15 12
EVALUATING THE PROCEDUREPart 16
PART II: OVER ONE THOUSAND INTERVIEW QUESTIONS IN FORTY-FIVE EMPLOYMENT AREAS TO ASK THE CANDIDATESChapter 17 13
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSChapter 18 14
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSChapter 19 15
DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM / INSTRUCTIONChapter 20 16
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCESChapter 21 17
BUSINESS MANAGERChapter 22 18
DIRECTOR OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES / SPECIAL EDUCATIONChapter 23 19
DIRECTOR OF COMPUTER / TECHNOLOGY SERVICESChapter 24 20
DIRECTOR OF PLANT OPERATIONSChapter 25 21
PRINCIPAL OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLChapter 26 22
PRINCIPAL OF MIDDLE SCHOOLChapter 27 23
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOLChapter 28 24
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALChapter 29 25
DEPARTMENT HEADChapter 30 26
ATHLETIC DIRECTORChapter 31 27
TEACHER: PRESCHOOLChapter 32 28
TEACHER: GRADES K-6Chapter 33 29
TEACHER: ENGLISH 7-12Chapter 34 30
TEACHER: MATH 7-12Chapter 35 31
TEACHER: SCIENCE K-12Chapter 36 32
TEACHER: HISTORY / SOCIAL STUDIES 7-12Chapter 37 33
TEACHER: FOREIGN LANGUAGESChapter 38 34
TEACHER: BUSINESS EDUCATIONChapter 39 35
TEACHER: MUSIC / GENERAL MUSIC K-6 AND CHORUSChapter 40 36
TEACHER: MUSIC / SECONDARY INSTRUMENTAL WITH PERFORMING GROUPSChapter 41 37
TEACHER: MUSIC / SECONDARY VOCAL WITH PERFORMING GROUPSChapter 42 38
TEACHER: ART K-8Chapter 43 39
TEACHER: ART 9-12Chapter 44 40
TEACHER: PHYSICAL EDUCATION K-8Chapter 45 41
TEACHER: PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH 9-12Chapter 46 42
TEACHER: VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONChapter 47 43
TEACHER: HOME AND CAREERS / HOME ECONOMICSChapter 48 44
GUIDANCE COUNSELORChapter 49 45
READING CONSULTANTChapter 50 46
TEACHER: SPECIAL EDUCATIONChapter 51 47
TEACHER: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGEChapter 53 48
TEACHER: LIBRARY / MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER
Chapter 54 49 GENERAL QUESTIONS FOR ALL DISCIPLINES
Chapter 55 50 THE FIRST-YEAR TEACHER
Chapter 56 51 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Chapter 57 52 SOCIAL WORKER
Chapter 58 53 SCHOOL NURSE
Chapter 59 54 PARAPROFESSIONAL / TEACHER ASSISTANT
Chapter 60 55 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Chapter 61 56 COACH
Chapter 62 57 SECURITY OFFICER
Chapter 63 58 SECRETARY
Chapter 64 59 CUSTODIAN
Chapter 65 60 PARENT VOLUNTEER
Chapter 66 61 ILLEGAL APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Part 66 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
About the author
William L. Gagnon, Jr. was involved in public school education for 38 years. Since his retirement in 1998, he works part-time as an educational consultant based in Madison, Connecticut.
