You'll probably see me take some notes and
Suzanne will probably take some notes, as well.

I know she... the reason I say that is because
I actually was in the interview Suzanne took part of

when she came over to HR and I can remember her
with her notes and note taking skill.

Type A.

Let's begin. Alright.

Can everybody hear me? Some people say that I'm kind of quiet.

Suzanne how are you doing today?

Hi, my name is Suzanne Drotman. It's very nice to meet you.

Kevin Kroger, nice to meet you.

What do you think will be or provide you
with the greatest satisfaction in teaching?

I've thought a lot about this.

I actually thought about this before I chose this as my career path.

The thing that I'm looking the most forward to is to success.

And when I say success, I'm not just talking about academic success.

Academic success I feel is only one portion of what
I can provide to my student in my classroom.

I understand that I'm going to be with the student
sometimes more than the parent.

So, there are things that we're going to be working on,
you know, social skills, working through problems.

If they have an issue with someone at home,
I'm going to serve not only as a teacher

but as a counselor and a mentor to the student as well.

So I want to see the whole child succeed.

The cliche answer would be making a difference in their lives.

But I feel as a teacher I have to say that.

I truly believe that I want to make a difference and
maybe make a child see something a different way

or spark something in a child to make them be
a different person than they were than when they got there.

Thank you very much.

And once you are in your own classroom what can you do
to become an even more effective teacher?

Can I have a second?

Absolutely.

 
 

Sorry, I just wanted to get my thoughts together.

Thank you very much.

I think because I'm going to be new to the profession,

the most important thing for me to have on this year is observation eyes.

I was a lifeguard when I was in high school and
I know that we always talk about that three-minute scan.

We scan the room and you scan the room.

As a teacher I feel like it's very important that I'm constantly observing.

Not only students but other teachers.

So, I want to make sure that I am prepared every day
to be effective but also to really take everything in.

I have a strong belief that I'm a life-long learner as a teacher.

And I'm never going to be perfect at my job.

So, I want feedback and I know that that's important from a supervisor.

But I like the feedback also from the students and then my colleagues.

Hopefully, I'll be part of the team where I will get lots of feedback.

Those are some of the things I'm looking forward to.

Thank you.

What are the most important things a teacher
must accomplish during the first few days of school?

Funny that you mention that.

I read a book in one of my semesters of college called
"The First Days of School" by Harry Wong.

Side note, mine is actually on my desk still and it's yellow.

That's ok. It's still pertinent.

He always talks about establishing routines
those first few days, and classroom procedures.

I do think that's very important because
I'll be teaching young children possibly and...

if I get this position... don't ever say that...
and I know that students really thrive,

young children really thrive on that routine
and to know what the expectation is.

So, I want to make sure that I under...
that they understand who I am and what my expectations are.

But the other thing the first few days that I think has to happen is that

you've got to start to build those relationships with the kids.

There's a saying about they won't... they won't
work as hard for you until they know how much you care.

There's a saying that goes along with that, and I really believe that that's true,

once I've built that relationship with that student
the expectations really can be as high as I'd like them to be.

Thank you very much.

And what specialty... or what do you do really well?

What's a specialty that you can bring to the team, to the classroom,

or what's something that you do really well
that can set you apart from other candidates?

Well, as I noticed in my student teaching semester,
what I didn't know was going to be so important,

I think pedagogy is very important and
I have a strong pedagogy background.

But what I realized when I actually was in the field
was that organization was incredibly important

and that is something that I feel like I do very well.

But as or... as organized as I've been as a teacher,
the ability to think on my feet became incredibly important.

I like to be able to... if something during a lesson is not going quite right

to be able to turn that lesson around or make
a quick decision to extend the lesson to another day.

The other piece that I think is really important
that I really work on constantly is becoming flexible.

You never know what each day is going to hold as a teacher.

And you never know how your day is going to be carried out.

That flexibility piece is really important.

Thank you very much.

Is there anything else you'd like to ask us?

And this is where you would have gone over your review
of the campus before you got there or the school district.

You would know a few things.

And this is where you might say; you know I noticed
that you had a 90% free and reduced lunch program here.

Do you have... you have an economically disadvantaged population.

Are there any special programs on this campus that you guys use to, you know,

have intervention with those students, or those kinds of questions.

Anything that's based on data might be a good question at that point.

 
 

Thank you very much.