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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR T/A

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    Posted by: xxxxclairexxxx 23/04/2008 at 20:31
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    hello Just thought i would start a thread about interview questions. So many people come on here asking for help, so why not make a whole thread about them, just add them on the bottom.

    We can then all have a go at answering them etc.



    ~ How would you develop the outside area of the school?
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    Posted by: ecoext 23/04/2008 at 21:29
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    Beware the ones that want answers based around Every Child Matters but don't actually ask you questions about this. Most bizarre interview I have ever had!
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    Posted by: SOUTHFIELD 24/04/2008 at 12:58
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    Was the question 'How would you develop the outside area of the school?' in a TA interview? Seems a bit unusual to ask this. I can understand questions around ECM, though.
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    Posted by: xxxxclairexxxx 24/04/2008 at 18:28
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    I probably should have said how COULD you develop the outside area!
    not necessarily asking you to do it, just making suggestions of how the school could develop it as a whole! I guess it depends on the school.

    This question has been asked at a T/A interview yes!!!
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    Posted by: Hanusia 25/04/2008 at 19:27
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    Hi everyone,

    Here are some of the questions I've been asked at TA interviews:

    *What's your experience of working with children?
    *What will your duties include as a Teaching Assistant?
    *How would you liaise with a class teacher and parents?
    *How can you support the programme of the extra-curricular provision at our school?
    *Give some ideas for after-school clubs.
    * Could you teach the Polish language to our children?
    *The child doesn't follow your instructions. What's your reaction?
    *What are your preferred subjects to teach?
    *Can you comment on your 30-minute literacy session we have just observed. Has it been successful? Have the children learned anything?
    *What types of assessment do you use?

    Hope this helps:-)
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    Posted by: xxxxclairexxxx 26/04/2008 at 10:38
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    * How could you develop the role play area in the classroom/ outside

    * If a parent saw you in a shop and asked you about a child in the class or even their own child, what would you say?

    * If a child came up to you and told you a secret that they were being harmed, wat would you say to the child and what would you do?

    * What is the role of a T/A?

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    Posted by: xxxxclairexxxx 27/04/2008 at 13:57
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    Any more? xx
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    Posted by: xxxxclairexxxx 04/05/2008 at 18:05
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    Hi all- just letting you know i have an interview on 21st!! ahhhhh scary!!!
    Any more help would be much appreciated!!!
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    Posted by: keep smiling 04/05/2008 at 18:17
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    You arrive to a class, ther is no teacher present, a teacher still does not arrive,what would you do?
    A pupil swears at you, what would your reaction be?
    Which subjest area would you say you were strongest in?
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    Posted by: xxxxclairexxxx 04/05/2008 at 18:38
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    Thanks KS!!
    Good one about the teacher not coming in!!! xx
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