Special Education Coordinator applicants have rated the interview process at Uncommon Schools with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Special Education Coordinator roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Uncommon Schools overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Uncommon Schools as a Special Education Coordinator according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Uncommon Schools (New York, NY)
Interview
Invited me for a multiple hour interview 7am-12pm. First I observed a school wide morning meeting then returned to a conference room to discuss my observations with the interview team, second I completed a 20 minute teaching demo in a classroom setting (they supply scripted lesson), third we got into the actual interview and interview questions for 1 hour, fourth I observed a classroom setting, finally I returned back to the conference room to ask my interview questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Uncommon? What about our values resonates most with you? How can you integrate into the Uncommon culture?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Uncommon Schools in Jun 2012
Interview
The staff is extremely warm and personable and are looking for someone who is positive, flexible, collaborative, hard working, passionate and dedicated to working 10-12 hours a day to support student growth.
Phone interview with HR rep about basic education experience, teaching strengths and weaknesses and aspirations.
Then phone interview with special education director doing role plays in various situations: "pretend I am another teacher who is strong but who has one failing student with a disability and they are adamant that it is the students fault, how would you approach the teacher to offer suggestions to support the student in the general education setting?"
Given an objective to teach a 10-15 minute sample lesson to a group of students. Then discuss strengths and areas of growth for that sample lesson: "what would you do differently and what were you happy with?" Then interview asking basic education questions about how you would support students in various situations or with various skill deficits: "what interventions would you out in place for double retained student reading 5 years below grade level?"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coming from a public school where you have 2 months off in summer and 6 hour work days, what is going to keep you motivated to wrk 10+ hours a day and complete a month of August training?