Thursday, April 28, 2005
"Interview Update"
Well, I had my interview yesterday afternoon and, all things considered, I think it went well. Imagine my surprise when I walked in to find out I was being interviewed by the whole department (only 5 people, but 4 more than I expected!!) It was a bit stressful, because they went around in circles, each asking me some questions. I feel I gave a lot of good answers and for once, I feel that I got to say all of the major things I wanted to.
However, I may end up not getting the position, not because they didn't like me, but because it requires at least a provisional teaching license and I am not sure I'll qualify due to certain classes that I have not yet taken. There should be a workaround for them to issue me a local license good only for my county, but I'm not sure how that will work because the assistant superintendent and the superintendent are both leaving their jobs very soon - great place to work, eh? :-)
There is also a regular tech support position, which I qualify for, but I think because they saw that I was pursuing teaching (since I just took the Praxis II test) they decided to try me for this role, which would be 50% support and 50% instructional technology integration - teaching teachers how to integrate technology with their lesson planning and course deliveries. Problem is - I think they're already interviewing separately for the other position, so if my license doesn't go through, then I'll be stuck with nothing :-( Makes me wish now that I hadn't tried to be proactive and go towards the teaching path.
One funny note...of the 5 interviewers, 2 were former teachers of mine - Reading and Language Arts from middle school. I was glad to see them again, but kind of felt like it was judgement day - "let's see how this student of ours turned out!"
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Well, I had my interview yesterday afternoon and, all things considered, I think it went well. Imagine my surprise when I walked in to find out I was being interviewed by the whole department (only 5 people, but 4 more than I expected!!) It was a bit stressful, because they went around in circles, each asking me some questions. I feel I gave a lot of good answers and for once, I feel that I got to say all of the major things I wanted to.
However, I may end up not getting the position, not because they didn't like me, but because it requires at least a provisional teaching license and I am not sure I'll qualify due to certain classes that I have not yet taken. There should be a workaround for them to issue me a local license good only for my county, but I'm not sure how that will work because the assistant superintendent and the superintendent are both leaving their jobs very soon - great place to work, eh? :-)
There is also a regular tech support position, which I qualify for, but I think because they saw that I was pursuing teaching (since I just took the Praxis II test) they decided to try me for this role, which would be 50% support and 50% instructional technology integration - teaching teachers how to integrate technology with their lesson planning and course deliveries. Problem is - I think they're already interviewing separately for the other position, so if my license doesn't go through, then I'll be stuck with nothing :-( Makes me wish now that I hadn't tried to be proactive and go towards the teaching path.
One funny note...of the 5 interviewers, 2 were former teachers of mine - Reading and Language Arts from middle school. I was glad to see them again, but kind of felt like it was judgement day - "let's see how this student of ours turned out!"
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