Teacher Interviews: How to Get Them and How to Get Hired!

by Robert William Pollock

This book is a complete manual on conducting a successful job search and interviewing for a teaching position. It tells prospective candidates how to write eye-catching cover letters and resumes that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971257000
• ISBN13: 9780971257009
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Advanta Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the first interview after I read the book I was offered a contract.

This book helped me land the job. Every question that was thrown at me was in the book and I was prepared!!! I was interviewing without the book and I felt unprepared and anxious. This great book gives you the questions and the best way to answer them with key words and concepts that make the interviewer smile with that understanding nod. You know that look :) You just have to add your own ideas into the response. After I got the book, made the recommended index cards with the questions from the book and my response, and practiced out loud, I felt ready. I had to wait 2 hours for my interview and I watched 7 people go before me and 4 people were behind me. They were reading books and newspapers while I was reading my index cards. I felt confident and ready to destroy my competition. 2 days later before I was leaving for yet another interview, I received the call with the offer. I was so excited! I was still going to my other scheduled interview because I wanted to practice my interviewing skills and I still did not actually sign the contract yet. Even at that interview, every question that was thrown at me was from the book and I nailed every one!! This book is a must have!!

Helped me get a job

I recommend this book to all my teacher-friends who are looking for a job. It's awesome; it's separated into categories for easy skimming and includes questions with specific answers. I got the appt for my very 1st interview on a Thursday, got the book that day, and was prepared for the actual interview the Tuesday of the next week. I ended up getting the job and after the interview was over, the principal actually asked me, "How did you know all those things? You interview very well." GET THE BOOK!! :) Some of the categories included are: 1) General interview questions 2) Elementary interview questions 3) Middle school 4) High School 5) Science interview questions 6) Special Ed questions 7) Math etc etc.

Review from former student

I took Dr. Pollock's class and know that he really knows his stuff. Besides being a great professor, he also wrote a great and really helpful book. Because of his book I was able to write a fabulous resume and feel very prepared for my future interviews. This book will help you to write a great cover letter, resume, and give you the confidence you need for your interviews; and best of all it is exclusively for future teachers! Thanks Dr. Pollock!

Great book....really helped me!

This is a great book for anyone who is loooking for a teaching job. I read the book in about two days and the information helped me so much.

"How to Get Hired"

.This is not just another "ho-hum" how-to book. Teacher Interviews by Dr. Bob Pollock is a must have for any recent graduate in search of a teaching position. The book provides suggestions from formatting your cover letter and resume to handling your offer, and everything in between. General information and guidelines are given regarding dress, personal appearance, and presentation. The sample interview questions are thorough. There are general questions, elementary, middle, and high school specific questions, as well as sample questions for each of the major subject areas and special education. Best of all, the questions have answers; not bland, "memorize this and spit it back to the interviewer" answers, the answers are more like suggestions of how you might want to address the question. This really helps to format your responses in a personal way and convey your strengths and educational philosophy in a professional manner. I must admit that I had inside information to how helpful this book would be before I purchased it. I had the honor of taking a class taught by Dr. Pollock the semester before my student teaching experience. I had enjoyed his class and had learned a great deal, so I bought "Teacher Interviews" in the hope that the book would be just as enjoyable and enlightening about the interview process. I am pleased to say that I was hired into a phenomenal district within the first 3 weeks of my job search. Actually, I had a choice, as two districts offered me positions on the very same day. I truly feel I owe this in part to Dr. Pollock's words of wisdom, sample questions, and tips. I read the book cover to cover about a month before I began sending out resumes and I referred back to certain key parts before each interview I went on. Finally, I can say that I've had the privilege of having a professor who wrote a book that I will actually keep on my shelf.