B.Ed.

EPC 3403-
Interview Assessment

Noor AlSuwaidi
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 Please give a brief description of the school, i.e.
boys/girls, size, location. Curriculum and texts used
What different subjects are taught?

• Al Qarayen Kindergarten • Arabic

• Sharjah, Al Qarayen • Islamic
• KG1: 165 students • Math
• KG2: 169 students • Science
• Total: 334 students • English
• KG2/5: 29 students
 What did you enjoy most about your practicum?

• Trips (Children Film Festival, Sharjah Book Fair)

• MST and students
• Activities (fruits day, planting flowers, learning where the plant grows)

Sharjah international
Fruits Day children’s Film Festival Sharjah Book Fair Planting Flowers
 What challenges did you face?
What did you do to show your commitment to your job as a
teacher in the school?

• My MST's absence for two days in a row

• Controlling the students
• Managing the class
• Students who skipped KG1
• Bell and traffic lights poster
• Rewards and punishments
 How did you collaborate with your MST and other teachers
in the school?
• Sharing ideas for the activities and lessons
• Dividing the work and activities

Mashed potatoes
https://youtu.be/Vy9052
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 Describe a typical day in your school.
"Learning where the plants grow"
• Took them outdoors
• Showed them real plants, trees, fruits and vegetables
• Squeeze oranges and make an orange juice
• Cut and eat the watermelon
• Vegetable shredders to shred the potato and carrots
 Talk about the process of planning for lessons. How did
your MST go about this? How did you plan for your first
lesson? What did you learn about planning during the
practicum?
• Talk and share ideas
• She liked my ideas and activities
• She was supportive
• Preparing everything from the day before
• Plan B
• Many activities with different levels
 What challenges did you face when preparing your lesson
plans?

• Different levels of students

• Many activities
• Following the schedule
• My MST's absence
• My observation day
• Surprising trip
 Explain how you planned for teaching speaking and listening. What strategies
did you employ to teach speaking /listening activities to 2L learners? What do
you have to take into consideration when teaching 2L learners
speaking/listening activities? (Discuss the theories of Behaviorism, Innatism
and Interactionist. Present 2 lesson plans that evidence this).

• Reading a story
• "Once Upon a Time" Box
• Sound and footprints of an animal character
• Focusing on vocabulary/keywords
• Translating
• Flashcards
• Activities
Describe how effectively you managed the transitions between activities. What
strategies worked you?
Which were the most effective strategies you observed your MST using in the
classroom?

To move to the corners: • Song

• Finger clapping • Videos
• Sings "one by one" song • Flashcards
• To sit quietly and fold their hands • Cooperative learning
Stopping the corners activities, • Different levels activities
tidying up to move to the mat: • Bell
• Switch on and off the lights for • Traffic lights poster
attention
• Clean up song
• Count down 10-1
 Talk about one negative and one positive experience you
had in attempting to manage negative behaviour in the
classroom.

• Yelling and pulling • Bell

• Stars names list and rewarding • Traffic lights poster
Describe what assessment instruments you saw your MST
using when assessing the students. What assessment
instruments did you use to help assess student learning?

• Names checklist
• Grade the student
• Write comments

• Write their names

• Write numbers
• Memorize Qur'an
 Why do you think it’s important to be well organized when
in the school?

• Proper place at the proper time

• Providing all the needed materials
• Avoid distractions

PE Class
https://youtu.be/Imo0Bmostk0
Have your organisation and planning skills improved? Yes -
in what way? No - what steps can you take to improve in
this area?
• Different levels of students
• Many activities
• Exciting introduction
• Guessing and thinking
 Based on the comments of your MST and your own
personal reflections in this setting, what would you say
have been your particular strengths and what you feel
needs further development in subsequent TPs?

• Attract the students' attention

• Keep them focused
• Gained the students love
• Managed their behavior
• Allow them to express their feelings
by using the smiley and sad face
 How do you think that your own perspectives on teaching
and learning have changed this semester?

• Good relationship with the MST

• Better planning
• Following the schedule
 What do you think are important things to study at college
to ensure that you are well prepared for TP?

• Advices of how to build a good relationship with the MST

• Guideline of how to be a great teacher
• Tips for dealing with different kinds of kids
 How effectively do you think you communicated with your
MST throughout the placement?

• Good relationship
• Sharing ideas, plans and activities
• Dividing the work
Did you face any problems or challenges in dealing with
_____________ and how did you manage these?
Refer to one of following:
MST
Other staff
Administration
Students
 Is there anything that you would change next semester to
ensure this didn’t occur again?
Are there any other comments you would like to make or
ask with regards to this teaching practice.

• Best TP experience I had so far

• I liked my MST, the students and the environment
• My MST was so supportive, she always tries to help me
• I enjoyed my days during tp and liked everything
Choose one task that you found interesting and tell about it.
What did you learn from doing this task?
Refer to one artefact / other task / journal you found
interesting and tell about it.

• Task 2
• Conversation
• Learned more about the student
• Communicated and built a good relationship
• I get to know their interests
Students drew those drawing for me
Portfolio-Assessment Criteria to be completed post
interview

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