I think those are great ideas, especially asking about policies and attitudes toward teaching grammar. I recently left a community college position and was hired at a 4-year college that has more like-minded philosophies and approaches to teaching writing in line with my own. The place that I left did not believe in teaching grammar; I was actually told: "The last person who was interested in grammar and talked about it as much as you do was fired." (He was actually published in the 4 C's too). Needless to say, it was an unpleasant situation working for someone who not only had no appreciation for my enthusiasm about grammar, but was unwilling to consider any of my ideas. I am currently interviewing for another PT position at a community college that actually administers a test to incoming instructors on grammar and writing. (They collect an on-the-spot writing sample). They also have you do a mock mark-up of a student
 paper. I am THRILLED to be part of this hiring process. Good Luck!
 
Carol Morrison 

--- On Wed, 6/4/08, STAHLKE, HERBERT F <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: STAHLKE, HERBERT F <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: First Year Teacher
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 9:19 PM

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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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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