1. Why are you interested in working for our Headstart program? What would you hope to accomplish in the role you applied for?

2. Our mission states that we bring a relentless focus on closing the achievement gap for our children. How would you contribute to helping us meet this mission?

3. Describe the key principles of child development you think every quality teacher must know.Please give a few specific examples of how you would expect to see these principles in action in the classroom.

4. When observing in a classroom, what kinds of teaching activities would you find unacceptable? Provide an example of a time when you addressed an issue like this.

5. What characteristics you look for in teaching staff that give youconfidence that they will succeed in the classroom?

6. Tell me about a time when you used data to make a decision. What was the data, what conclusions did you draw from it, and what did you do?

7. Describe for me a project or aspect of your job in which you were not as successful as you would have hoped. How did you know you needed to improve? What steps did you take to improve?

8. How do you decide what you should do and what should be done by others? Would you say that you appropriately delegate tasks?Do you do too much yourself?

9. Describe your typical strategies for fostering individual professional development of others.

10. Describe a time when you had to work with someone from a very different background.How did you go about doing this?