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. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/