Middle School Teacher Interview Essay

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Middle School Teacher Interview
On October 26th, 2016, I had a phone interview with Mrs. Alexsundra Henry, who is an eighth grade gifted language arts teacher at Richards Middle School. She has been a middle school teacher for over twenty years and had experience teaching grade levels sixth to eighth grade. To be a middle school teacher, it is required to have a Bachelor’s degree of education and have at least a minimum of 6 months to 1 year of teaching experience. However, Mrs. Henry took a different educational direction by receiving her Bachelors in mass communications (similar to English) and Master’s in education.
About the required KSAOs (knowledge, skills, abilities, other characteristics) of being a school teacher, it is crucial to have teachers know firmly about their subject material in order to lecture their students. Also, they should know that every student learns differently and they should have the flexibility instruct the material. Also, teachers should learn appropriate disciplinary styles and techniques. About the required skills for the job, communication skills are …show more content…

Outside of teaching, they also follow safety procedures like fire drills, tornado drills, and lock down. Fire drills happen when there is a fire present in the school building. A tornado drill happens when there is a tornado heading near. Lock downs happen in case of dangerous situations like school shootings or other criminal activities. These safety drill practices happen at least once or twice a year. Sometimes teachers choose to stay after school to finish their daily duties before they head home. Middle school teachers and staff are supervised by assistant principals and a principle, who is the main boss that supervises all school

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