1. How did you hear about Uncommon Schools? What made you decide to apply? 2. More generally, why are you interested in being involved in closing the achievement gap? In working in low-income, urban areas? 3. Tell me what you know about Uncommon Schools so far. 4. Describe your students’ progress from the beginning of the year until the end of the year. How did you help them get there? 5. Take a few moments. Think about the hardest piece of feedback that you’ve heard about your own teaching. What was it? Why was it so hard to hear? 6. Think about the group of students who struggle the most in your class. Why do you think they struggle? 7. Can you tell me about two or three of the most important changes that you made in your classroom throughout the course of the year? 8. Take a few moments. Tell me about a time when you collaborated successfully with a colleague, as well as a time when you didn’t collaborate as successfully. 9. In what type of school would you prefer to teach? A brand new school? An existing school? 10. Tell me about your preferences for grade level. What grade level(s) would you prefer to teach? What would you be willing to teach? What would you be unwilling to teach? 11. Tell me about your geographical preferences. In which of our regions would you prefer to teach? Where would you be willing to teach? Where would you be unwilling to teach? 12. Do you have a strong preference for a single sex school over a coeducational school? A coeducational school over a single sex school? New Teacher Interview Question Bank: 1. How did you hear about Uncommon Schools? What made you decide to apply? 2. More generally, why are you interested in being involved in closing the achievement gap? In working in low-income, urban areas? 3. Tell me what you know about Uncommon Schools so far. 4. When you think about Uncommon Schools, what attracts you to wanting to work at our schools? 5. Have you considered any other teaching programs, like New York City Teaching Fellows, Teach For America, positions at individual schools, or any of the other programs that exist? 6. Explain our schools: Reflect on a school you attended for K-12. What would be some of the differences and similarities that you notice between our schools and your old school? 7. Looking at your resume, I would love to learn more about your role as a (LEADERSHIP ROLE OR JOB POSITION). 8. Tell me about a time when things didn’t go as you hoped in this role. What did you do? What would you have done differently? 9. Describe the most challenging academic/professional experience you have had and how you got through it. 10. Tell me about a time when you collaborated with colleagues at work/school that worked well and a time that didn’t work so well. 11. Why do you think those two situations went differently? 12. There are many things to do and remember in a given day as a teacher. Can you tell me a little bit about how you keep track of the things you have to do and remember? 13. In what type of school would you prefer to teach? A brand new school? An existing school? 14. Tell me about your preferences for grade level. What grade level(s) would you prefer to teach? What would you be willing to teach? What would you be unwilling to teach? 15. Tell me about your geographical preferences. In which of our regions would you prefer to teach? Where would you be willing to teach? Where would you be unwilling to teach? 16. Do you have a strong preference for a single sex school over a coeducational school? A coeducational school over a single sex school? 17. Are you currently authorized to work in the United States?