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NAME
Street Address
City, ON, Postal Code
Phone Numbers, E-mail Address
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE:
A _______________with _____________________in _______________ and_____________________.
__________________________with a unique skill set of _______________________, and
____________________________________________________________________________________.
EDUCATION:
Degree, Institution, Location
Continuing Education, Institution, Location
EXPERIENCE
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Achievements:__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Achievements:__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Achievements:__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Chronological Resume
Name Page 2
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Achievements:__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
RELATED EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
Certifications, Institution, Location
NAME
Street Address
City, ON, Postal Code
Phone Numbers, E-mail Address
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE:
A _______________with _____________________in _______________ and_____________________.
__________________________with a unique skill set of _______________________, and
____________________________________________________________________________________.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SKILL
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SKILL
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EXPERIENCE
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Functional/Skills Resume
Name Page 2
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Organization, Location Years
Job Title
Description:____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
EDUCATION:
Degree, Institution, Location
Continuing Education, Institution, Location
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
Certifications, Institution, Location
RELATED EXPERIENCE/ACTIVITIES
Do your homework:
Read the school profile,
Read the school newsletters
Check out the school website, look at school Council notes
Ask to see the School Improvement Plan
research the local and school issues
know the geography of the school e.g. neighbourhood demographics
Know the curriculum
During Interviews
Highlight how your experience makes you the right candidate
Demonstrate how your experience is relevant. Relate past experience in other careers to teaching
Student focus needs to be clear in answers.
Some questions that have been asked by principals in the past:
1. What inclusive practices do you engage in to address the diversity in your classroom?
2. How do you define student-centered learning?
3. What professional reading are you currently engaged in?
4. Communication is an important aspect of teaching and learning. Please share with us what this means in
the context of your classroom.
5. Teaching requires working with students who have a wide variety of learning styles. Please demonstrate
how you address this variety, using a lesson that you have recently delivered.
6. You have a student in your ENG3C (substitute relevant course) class whose attendance is erratic. You
believe that he/she is capable and choosing not to perform. This student frequently disrupts the learning
environment by pulling others off task. Please describe in detail how you would address this particular
situation.
7. One of the overall expectations of GLC20 (substitute relevant course) is the demonstration of ability to
research information about education and work opportunities, using print, electronic and human
resources. Using specific lessons, resources and assessments, how will your students meet these
expectations?
8. Demonstrate your knowledge of t he curriculum of SPH3U (substitute relevant course). What steps will
you take to ensure that you are fully prepared to deliver the course content and to assess your students’
achievement?
9. Integration of students with special needs into the regular classroom continues to gain greater acceptance.
What are your beliefs concerning this particular practice/
10. What do you know about this school?
11. Using your portfolio, please highlight your work in the course advertised. If you have not had experience
in these courses, please highlight your work from other courses in the same or similar discipline.
12. What co-curricular activities have you been involved with as a teacher? How will you become involved
at this school?
13. Creativity and flexibility are two strengths of a great teacher. Using examples from your portfolio, or
your teaching experience, demonstrate to us your creativity and flexibility.
14. What does differentiated instruction look like in a CHC2D (substitute relevant course ) classroom?
15. This is your chance to tell us anything that we have not allowed you to express, or demonstrate during
your interview that makes you the best candidate for our students.
16. What are your professional goals for the next year and how will you reach them?
General Tell me about yourself. / In less than two minutes, describe yourself.
How would a friend or colleague describe you?
Why should I hire you?
What values are most important to you?
How do you determine or evaluate success?
Describe a situation when you had to use your creativity to the fullest to complete a project.
Describe your most rewarding professional experience.
If you were hiring for this position, what qualities would you look for?
Tell me about a situation when you had to deal with someone difficult? How did you handle it?
What kinds of things upset you on the job? How do you react?
What was the hardest decision you had to make? How did you make it? How did it turn out?
Have you ever had to do something that you knew was right but would hurt you? Can you describe it
for us?
Do you prefer to work with set routines or do you like to try new approaches? Why?
Tell me about a recent problem you have experienced and how you went about solving it.
Describe your last major error? Why did it happen? How did you handle it?
What failures have you experienced and what did you learn from them?
What stumbling blocks have you had to overcome in the past? How did you get around them?
What are your greatest strengths?
What are your weaknesses?
What limitations do you have that would impact your performance in this position?
Describe a situation that demonstrates how you work under pressure.
What type of person do you not get along with?
How do you handle jobs/tasks that you do not enjoy?
Do you prefer working with others or by yourself?
How do you receive feedback? Criticism?
Where have you had the greatest impact? Describe your role in that achievement.
How do you show your anger and frustration?
What three things could you do to improve your overall effectiveness?
What was the most valuable criticism you have received in your career?
Teaching Specific What is the role of the teacher in the classroom?
What principles do you use to motivate students?
Describe effective teaching techniques that result in intended learning.
How has your education and life experiences prepared you for this position?
What is the most exciting thing happening in the area of education?
Describe the physical appearance of your classroom.
If you could choose to teach any concept in your area, which would you select and why?
What rules have you established for your classroom?
Describe the format you use to develop a lesson.
What should schools do for students?
How do you handle the different ability levels of students in classes?
How would your students describe you?
What is the toughest aspect of teaching today?
What is the role of homework?
What has been your most positive/ negative teaching experience?
How would you handle a student who is a consistent behavioral problem in your class?
How would you handle a student sleeping in your class?
What would you do if a student has been absent from your class for several days?
What are your practices in dealing with controversial subjects?
What curricular materials have you developed?
What do you like most about teaching?
What aspects of teaching do you like least?
How do you involve parents in the learning process?
In your opinion, can a school be too student-oriented?
Why do you want to be a teacher?
What can you do for this School Board?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher?
How would you respond if a parent said that you marked too hard?
Define current curriculum trends in your area.
Describe independent study projects your students have completed.
In what professional associations do you hold a membership?
Could a student of low academic ability receive a high grade in your class?
What five words would you use to describe yourself?
What provisions have you made for the gifted?
In what areas do you feel you need improvement?
What is your opinion of holding students after school for detention?
Describe an assignment that you recently gave to students.
What is the role of the student in your classroom?
Cite the criteria you would use to evaluate a textbook for possible adoption.
What field trips have you arranged for your class in the past year?
Describe a lesson plan that you have developed. What were the objectives?
A student tells you they have been experimenting with marijuana. What would you do?
How have your classes made use of the library?
What should your students gain from taking your class?
How would you change the school system if you could make any changes?
What two books, concepts or experiences have influenced you most in your professional
development?
What question have I not asked that you wish I would have raised?
If you are selected for this position, what can we do to help you become successful?
In what kind of environment are you most comfortable?
How do you individualize learning in your class?
How would you motivate the hard to reach child?
Describe how you made a contribution in the last job or activity you were involved in.
Do you consider your education as a valuable experience? Why?
How did you spend your summer? Why?
Are your grades indicative of your ability?
What changes, if any, would you make to your education?
What extracurricular activities have you participated in and what did you gain from them?
How would you define teaching as a job? As a profession?
How will you appraise your teaching performance?
What do you base student evaluation on?