You'll have an opportunity to ask questions too. Go with a list of them, nothing too extensive, but three or four areas that you can explore with them would be a sign of thoughtful consideration. You may want to ask what policies the school or the school board has on the teaching of grammar. Good luck with your interviews, and enjoy them. It's not a one-way street. You're interviewing them too.
Herb
Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of DD Farms [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: June 4, 2008 3:44 PM
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Subject: Re: First Year Teacher
At 10:06 04/06/2008, stacy bracher wrote: . . .
> I'm starting interviews in Indiana this week. . . . Any tips on
> interviews and beginning the school year would be greatly appreciated. . . .
DD: Only the usual. Dress for success. Suit with severe skirt.
Moderate high heels. {Males same sort of advice, but dump the skirt
and go for business trousers, go semi-dress shined shoes.} Look the
interviewers in the eye, but don't try a stare down. Speak up so they
can hear you. Speak High Standard English. Research the place where
you seek employment, so you know something about it other than its
name. Be ready to bargain if wages come up. If you have ever coached
or played a sport, and might consider doing so for the school, even
if no real return, mention it. Be prepared to answer really dumb
questions. Don't burst into tears or hysterical laughter. Keep
smiling with a pleasant face, but don't trust the smiles of the
interviewers. "That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain-"
applies here as well as in Denmark. [Hamlet,Act 1, scene 5, 105-109]
Good hunting.
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