Reflection On Relevant And Legal Questioning And Assessment Strategies In Interviewing

In this activity I gathered information on relevant and legal questioning/assessment strategies used in interviewing. I also compiled a list of questions to be used when hiring teachers or administrators.

Reflective Piece: (Evaluate the internship activity by responding to the following questions sequentially. Use each question as a heading. Follow with your response.)

• What did you learn?

I learned that the interviewing process for a new position is critical and extremely important. As a campus principal, it is important to train your staff, if they are helping you choose a candidate for a certain position. In interviews you want to find out as much as you can about the applicant and how they will fit in to the campus culture.

• What still remains a concern?

A concern for is any interviewers helping in finding a suitable person for any position is to make sure the questions you ask are clear, ethical, and legal.

• What do you believe to be the primary strengths you will bring to the principal’s role by completing this activity?

In speaking with two different campus principal’s about the interview process I found that the strategies and questioning used reflected not only the position which was being applied for but the nature in which the campus culture was

While there are many federal laws impacting education, there are specific laws unique to state and school district policies as well. For this reason, administrators should be aware of the specific policies related to personnel according to the school district’s Board Policy Manual. This manual will reiterate policies set by the Texas Education Code, the Administrative Code, and have citations of case law or other legal references that come from the Texas Association of School Boards Policy Services. Where the state law allows local district discretion or choice, the local policies spell those