From: Marc Kossover (zeke_kossover@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 18:39:18 PDT
Message-ID: <20041014013918.8122.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:39:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Kossover <zeke_kossover@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: pinhole interview ideas?
Howdy-
The audition is always my favorite part of the
interview. I don't know if I am saying the right
things to the various administrators, but I do know
that I am a good teacher and that students and
teachers will like my lesson.
You should lobby for a complete class period. You will
be able to show much more of your skill. In 20 minutes
you will have no chance to learn much about the kids
or interact with many more than once. How you interact
the second time with a child is more telling the
first.
If kids are going to be in the room, then you should
teach something that is in the track of what the kids
are already studying. Since you have no way of knowing
exactly where the students will be, you will have to
pick a topic that is a bit more portable.
For example, if they are working on animals and their
parts, you might want to teach a lesson on scaling --
that is, you can't just scale up a smaller animal into
a bigger one. You could have the kids try to make
animals out of modeling clay and then scale that to
larger size. The diameter of the legs will need to be
much thicker as the animal gets larger or it will fall
down.
If they have been looking at insects, you talk about
trying to drink and eat threw a tube that gets really
long. You could have them try to drink a cup of water
with an increasingly long straw. This also would apply
to a discussion of spiracles.
My point is, there are interesting things to be taught
on any topic, but the students are likely to be much
more interested and involved if you pick a topic
related to the one they are studying.
Marc "Zeke" Kossover
The Jewish Community High School of the Bay
--- heidi m <montanachica@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have an interview for a middle school/ high school
> science position and
> they want me to teach a 20 min. lesson to demo my
> abilities and how I
> interact with the kids. Any ideas on a life science
> topic that will wow
> them?
>
> heidi
>
>
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