I am fresh out of college, and this question was given to me in an interview last thursday, it was for a 6th grade teaching position...what is the most appropriate to give here?
(FYI) I told them that unfortunately you do have to move on after a certain point....was this too honest for an interview?? THANKS!
2006-07-12 10:32:27 · 8 answers · asked by stephie121 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
The students who are having trouble might benefit from IEPs designed in consultation with you, the CST, and the parents. You can also try rearranging the desks in small groups of four to six. Students who are having trouble should be paired with students who are performing well -- this method does work very well. You can also request ICS from paras or BSIP teachers. The students can also spend a portion of the day in Resource classes. The idea is to teach all the children the same things, but present the material in various ways to accommodate differences in the students' learning styles (i.e., haptic, figure-ground, visual). Sometimes this means having to design different lesson plans and that can be time-consuming, but the effort usually pays off.
2006-07-12 14:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best awnser you will probably get for this question
may be from an actual student and I am an 8th grader.
Id say you should move on. You see in my elementry school
days I was an idiot and never payed attention and at some point
a student will learn from their mistakes just as I did.My teacher
in 6th grade simply moved on and the night before I entered 7th
grade I changed my ways and now I have a 4.0 GPA and am an honors student and have a college level for math, reading, writing and science. In this awnser I am regarding students and only students who don't get the subject because of laziness. And
at one point they will relize the error of their ways just like I
have. And look at me now even if my teacher moved on and I was left behind pure determination has lead me to an extra
ordinary level. The human mind only uses 20% of the actual
brain capability and we are able to do so much so even if you do move on students will learn the error of their ways the easy way
or the hard way. And even if I have made a lot of accomplishments I still worry that even if I have gone far beyond
my grade level my preformance in elementry school will
ruin my reputation. In conclussion you should move on!!
2006-07-12 11:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would move on for the sake of the lecture and not losing the interest of the kids who DO get the concept. The hard part would be finding the time later to go over the concept again with kids who don't get it the first time to make sure that they don't fall behind.
I don't think your answer was too honest for an interview ... It's hard to know what interviewers want to hear sometimes, but honesty is usually the best policy.
2006-07-12 10:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Cols 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an unfortunate truth that someone has to fail the class (I don't know if that is the correct answer to your interview or not -- it's just reality). The bright students will get bored and quit paying attention if you go too slow, and then you will eventually fail everyone because no one is listening anymore.
Perhaps you could suggest a tutor to the parents of the ones who are struggling.
2006-07-12 10:39:02 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was an honest answer but they probably wanted to hear you say that while you would move on, you would also pull out the students who had not mastered the skill to reteach using a different method/strategy and in a small group setting.
One of the latest buzzwords is : differentiated classrooms.
2006-07-12 16:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by wolfmusic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I myself have done lots of volunteering in education and considered teaching. I think that it was an honest and practical answer. Every teacher has to. However, it might have been best to add that you would attempt to work with the students who were behind during class work time and provide a review later to help them keep up. This answer would appease either viewpoint and shows concern and creativity. Good luck with your job hunt!
2006-07-12 10:37:22 · answer #6 · answered by motherof3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well from my perspective you should move on because my daughter gets so frustrated with school because it moves too slowly for her and I have a really hard time getting her to be involved in it. You can lose the smart ones just as easily and quickly as the ones who need more time. And I get frustrated because there is more help out there for the slower ones than for the quicker ones. Seriously.
2006-07-12 10:46:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do have to move on. That's just reality. There are some students who will never get the topic. Should you just repeat ad naseum and deny other students the right to an education for one moron?
2006-07-12 10:34:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋