1. During a job interview the principal of a middle school asked if you are “highly qualified” for the position. How would you respond?
My response: I am qualified in terms of experience and knowing what are the needs of the children. I am not highly qualified but I know how to deal with the children. Some people are highly qualified and still don’t know how to manage their classroom. I am qualifying myself at the University of Belize currently on my last semester before internship. 2. Imagine that during lunch, several teaching colleagues comment that because many students in their courses “can’t read,” these teachers rarely use books. They argue that students learn content just as well through audio visual aids and discussion.
My response: This is partly true what they are saying but it is very important that these students know how to read. There are several types of learners, 3 most important being auditory, visual, and reading learners. Therefore, these teachers should not only focus on audio visual teaching but include reading. They are teachers and therefore they should be able to take the time out to teach the students how to read and help them catch up with reading activities in class. 3. Your supervisor observes a lesson in which you use a large block of time for students to read. Afterwards the supervisor says that you should assign reading as homework, rather than “wasting” valuable class time. She adds that if you continue with lessons like this your students will be lucky to finish one or two books over the entire year. Consequently, you request a meeting with the supervisor, what argument might you bring to his meeting to help convince her of the validity of your approach?
My response: Reading expands students’ vocabulary and ability to understand things. You can never waste time reading. To be somewhat cooperative with the supervisor I