If you have a teaching interview coming up, this printable workbook gives you a place to plan every answer before you walk in. It goes with my short book, Teacher Interview Questions and Answers for New Teachers, but it works on its own too.
Download the teacher interview workbook (PDF, 23 pages)
No sign-up needed. Print it, or fill it in on your computer. The form fields work in most PDF readers.
What's inside
A resume check you can run against the job posting
A school research sheet: what you learned on the left, how you connect to it on the right
14 five-step answer planners, one per question, so you plan in bullet points instead of a script
An interview-day checklist, from your folder of resume copies to making the ask at the end
Space for the questions you'll ask the committee
A reflection page to fill out right after the interview, while it's fresh
Thank-you note planning, with room for each person's name and one thing they said
How to use it
Start a week out if you can. Fill in the research sheet first, because what you learn about the school shapes your answers. Then pick the questions you're most worried about and plan each one with the five steps: understand the intent, state your value, describe your approach, explain the benefit, and give a real example. Practice out loud and time yourself. Two to three minutes per answer is about right.
The night before, run the interview-day checklist. After the interview, do the reflection page and write your thank-you notes the same day.
Want the sample answers too?
The workbook gives you the planning pages. The book gives you 30 sample answers, 100+ practice questions with what interviewers are listening for, and the full plan to prepare, interview, and follow up. For the whole path from teacher education to your first contract, read Road to Teaching free, chapter by chapter.
More interview help: teacher interview questions by category.
