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#4: Glen's Jedi Mind Tricks

Posted March 28th, 2007 by Mike
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All new teachers face similar challenges, the first of which is to actually find a teaching job. You’ve spent years of your life preparing for your professional career, so how are you supposed to cram all of that into a 15-minute job interview? Glen is a recruiter for his school district, and he discusses interviewing strategies that will make you stand out above the throngs of other candidates and land a job. One listener’s private school is about to be audited by the state, and she needs to know how she can prove her instruction aligns with state standards. We’ll show that the terms “audit” and “panic attack” need not be synonymous.

Hello, Rose here again. Keep

On March 31st, 2007 rosalina manalo says:

Hello, Rose here again. Keep the merchandise till I get there ok? :-)

This one was like a the-real-thing-roller-coaster-ride and I felt the heat as much as Mike did (heheh).

Since I am currently "into" assessment in my preparation program, this episode (particularly the interview-er's question) underscores the important linkage among assessment, marking, and the entire process in between.

I'm still sweating..... phew!

Yeah. I feel for anyone who

On March 31st, 2007 Mike says:

Yeah. I feel for anyone who has to survive an real interview with Glen. I think he was being gentle. I can't imagine how tough the questions are when a job is on the line. :)