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Can you tell me about a successful behaviour management strategy you have used in the past that helped engage a pupil or group of pupils?

expect to hear things like: to improve skills and independent learning; to encourage team work; to gain a qualification; for enjoyment (very important, rarely mentioned); to enhance other subjects; to develop literacy, numeracy and ICT skills; to improve career prospects; self discipline; memory development; to encourage life-long learning in that subject.

Why do we teach x in schools?

If you overheard some colleagues talking about you, what would they say?

Why do you want to work in special education?

Why do you want to work in this school?

We want to see clear indications that candidates have done background work about our school and can talk about why the way we work appeals to them. We'd always want candidates to have visited the school so they should be able to flesh this out with specific examples of what they thought based on their visit.

A question that is specific to the candidate's letter of application

What are the key qualities and skills that students look for in teachers?

"Liking young people. Fairness. Consistency. Sense of humour. Passion for their subject. Good at explaining new concepts/ideas. Able to make the topic or subject relevant. Able to make everyone feel comfortable and confident about contributing."

Evaluate your lesson

If we decided not to appoint you, what would we be missing out on?

econd scale rates the individual on the number of environments where he or she performs the skills.