ErinDettinburn<erin.dettinburn@garrettcountyschools.

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Fwd:Questions
ErinDettinburn<erin.dettinburn@garrettcountyschools.org>
To:NicoleMiller<nicole.miller@garrettcountyschools.org>
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Tue,Sep8,2015at9:41PM

HiNicole,
IhavespentsometimethinkingaboutthesequestionsandevenpulledupapastcourseassignmentwhereIwrotemy
owninterviewquestions.Ofcoursetheywereforamusicposition,butsomethingstransfernonetheless.
Mostofmythinkingputsmeinthepositionoftheintervieweesincethat'stheonlypositionwithwhichIhaveexperience.
SoperhapsIammissingsomethingthatsomeonefromanadministrativepositionwouldfindimportant.Inthatcase,
pleasehelpmebeonyourwavelength.:)
Personally,Ithinkthequestionsareverywordyandwouldbedifficulttocomprehendifonlypresentedinanoralmanner.
Ifusingsuchdetailedquestions,asacandidateIwouldbenefitgreatlyfromhavingalistofthequestionsinfrontofme,so
thatIcouldrereadthequestionandhavetheopportunitytothinkaboutitwithouthavingtoasktohaveitrepeatedwhile
continuingtotossmythoughtsaroundinmyheadtoanswerit.
ThoughtsontheBroadfordartquestions:
Ifonlyreadingthequestionsaloud,Iwouldchange#1to:
Shareyourbackgroundofexperiencethathaspreparedyoutobeanartteacher.
Ortheclassic,"Tellusaboutyourself."
#2.Ilikethisone.Veryopentoheartheirpersonality/beliefs.
#3isnecessaryofcourse.ItwouldbetheMarylandStateVisualArtsCurriculum.ItusedtobeknownastheVSCs
(VoluntaryStateCurriculum),butofcourse,weallknowthatitisnotvoluntaryatall.:)
#4and#5:Thesequestionsareabigpartofmyideaofwordyanddifficulttocomprehendandanswerwhenbeingputon
thespot.Ithinkratherthangiveaspecificsituation,leavethequestionmoreopen.Forinstance,"Artteachershavea
uniquesetofclassroommanagementchallengesbecausetheyseesomanykidsforsuchashorttime.Whatwouldyou
dowhenastudentisofftask,unmotivated,ornotparticipatinginalesson?"
Ithinkthosethreethingsarewhatresourceteachersexperiencemost,andourstrategyfordealingwiththatstudentis
likelyverydifferentfromthatofaclassroomteacherwhoseesthesamekidsallday.
#5Iagreeonthrowingitout.Notlikelyinourcircumstances.
#6.Ilikethatthisoneismoreopen.Iwouldwanttoknowifthecandidatewouldmakeanefforttoworkwithteachersto
integrateartprojectsintoclassroomlearning,butIthinkifthat'simportanttothecandidate,thatshecanpullthatintoher
answer.Ialwaysanswer"collaboration"questionswithhowI'llusemusictobuildonorenhanceclassroomlearningsuch
asthe5thgradeNativeAmericanunit(teachingNAsongs,games,andmakinginstrumentsfromfoundobjects).

#7.Idon'tseethisbeingthatimportantinourschoolatthistime.Youmaydisagree.Ithinkatechnologyquestionwould
bemorerelevantthanaquestionaboutresearch.
#8.Nervewrackingtoanswerandhardwhenyouaretryingtobehumble,butwhat'saninterviewwithoutalittlesweat!
:)
ThoughtsonPreKinterviewquestions:
#2wouldneedtobemorespecificforaresourceteacher."Atypicalday"isverybroadwhenteaching57classesper
day.Howabout,"Chooseagradelevelandtopicanddescribealessonthatyouwouldteach."Ormorecreatively,
"Describesomeoftheartprojectsyourstudentshaveloved."
OtherquestionsinthisrubricaresimilartotheonesIcommentedonabove,butwerechangedtofitthespecificposition.

QuestionsIwouldconsideradding(dependingonhowmanyandwhichonesaredeleted):
Whatisyourphilosophyofarteducationattheelementarylevelandhowdoesthatinfluenceyourteaching?
Howmanyweeksdoyouspendoneachproject?
Whatdoyouexpectstudentstolearnfromyourclass?orWhatskillsaremostimportantforthestudentstoacquire?
Howwillyouassessyourstudents'artwork?
ThosearesomequestionstowhichIwouldwanttoknowtheanswers.
Sorryforthebook.Nowyouknowwhatitwouldbeliketogrademycourseassignments.:)
Thanksforconsideringmythoughts.
Erin

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