Aug 07 2008
A wonderful day of Teacher Interviews
Yesterday we at the Hewes Center interviewed 5 Special Education teacher candidates. On the interview panel were two administrators, two teachers and a school psychologist/administrative intern. All five candidates were exceptional in that they spoke to the needs of students in the classroom – 6 traits of writing, project based learning, community learning, positive feedback, pod casting, video streaming, smart boards, clickers, blogging and other technological media. I was interested to hear one candidate say she was warned not to explore Face book for fear that someone or something might discover her!
We at the Center need 4 teachers – we may have found 3! One is more driven to serving in a consultant teacher capacity with sights on a doctorate in Educational Psychology. To place this person in a classroom would be to cage a beautiful bird that needs to fly freely. This was a good day for teacher recruitment. We shall definitely be a very different place in the Fall when school starts because these teachers are coming on board excited to reach out to generations “Y” – 1975-1990 and Generation ”E” - 1991+ , who are wired to a new economic reality. At present this economic reality is rooted in schools because knowledge is still being cultivated here. We must understand that if schools cannot produce new thinkers, new managers of information who can quickly understand and maneuver through vast reams of information using technology , team players who can coordinate across cultural and political lines, then schools as we know them will become obsolete.
The next step in this process is to submit the names and applications of our teacher candidates to the office of our Director. In 3 weeks the Hewes Center will be a very different place.
I cannot wait for the start of the new school year – there is so much to be done.
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Your interviews did go well. It is unusual to find so many teachers in one school who are willing to embrace the new technologies. Once you have these, the rest will be driven to experiment as well.
Thank you for the comment on the lunchbox project. We will be in touch very soon.
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I had the unique opportunity as a teacher to interview my potential collegues for the upcomming school year. I was so impressed with the credentials of all of the candidates. Each person was so different and had something special to offer to Hewes.
Last year when I started here, I was the new kid on the block. This fall, there will be so many new faces. I am excited for the chance of getting to know all of these new people and utilize their refreshing expertise.