Teacher Interview

Name_maggie stearns___________________ Date________________ Period__________

Select a teacher to interview. Ask him or her these questions that will help you to gain a better
understanding of the teacher preparation process and teaching as a career. Find an appropriate
time to interview your teacher of choice and have them sign the bottom of this sheet. ​You must
ask these questions in person and not hand them the piece of paper to fill out.

Teacher Name______Ms.Kerely_________________ Subject____Engish_____________

Grade level__6______
1.​ ​How long have you been teaching? _________Two
years.___________________________________________________________________
2.​ ​Why did you choose teaching as a career?
__I did not know what i wanted to be as a senior and then my ap english teacher told me I
would be a great teacher so i decided to be a teacher.
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3.​ ​Did you have another job before you started teaching? If so, what was it?
No._________________________________________________________________________
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4.​ ​Have you always taught this grade level/ subject? If not, what else have you taught? _No
No I taught in eighth grade last year.
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5.​ ​Where did you obtain your education and what is your major? If you have multiple degrees,
what are the majors? _Texas tech and an english
major._______________________________________________________________________
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6.​ ​Did you have to go through any internships or student teaching before you received your
teaching certification? If so, where did you intern/ student teach? _I did student teaching in a
middle school in Lubbock and long term subbing.
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7.​ ​What certifications do you hold? ___Class room teacher
4-8_________________________________________________________________________
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8.​ ​What do you need to do to retain your certifications? _A batchors degree and pass a
content area
exam._______________________________________________________________________
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9.​ ​What types of professional development do you have to take during the summer?
This pass summer I did 30 hours of gt training.
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10.​ ​Describe your first teaching job; where it was, how did you feel on your first day of class,
what subject did you teach, etc. _Wester Middle School, I felt very excited and apprehensive,
and I taught english.
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11.​ ​Did you feel as though your schooling had helped prepare you for your first teaching job?
Why or why not? __I felt very prepared because I had a year a long terms subbing so I felt very
prepared.
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12.​ ​What advice would you give to a first year teacher? Don’t take work home and try to have
fun!
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Teacher
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Ms. Kerley has been only teaching for two years but already has so much experience. I have
known her for two years now and she is an amazing teacher. She teaches sixth grade english
bu has also taught eighth grade english. She choose to be a teacher because she was
influenced by her twelfth grade ap english teacher suggested that she would be a great teacher.
Ms. Kerley got her bachelor's from Texas Tech and she was an english major. Before she truly
started teaching she student taught at a middle school in lubbock and was also a long term sub
which really prepared her to teach full time as a middle school english teacher. She had to have
her bachelor's degree and a content area exam to be able to have her certificate a classroom
teacher 4 - 8. Over the summer she did a professional development training and it was 30
hours of gt training. Her first job was at Wester Middle School as an eighth grade english
teacher and she said that she was very excited and a little apprehensive. Lastly her advice to
new first year teachers is to really have fun with it and to never take work home or you will get
way over your head!