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Candidate Name: _____________________ Person Interviewing: ________________

Date: 07/16/2014
1. Please share with us your educational background and training. Please include education and training
related to the position for which you applied.
Listen for 2 years of study at an institution of higher education, Associate degree or higher OR for
training that directly relates to the job and for candidates e!planation of how training "ight relate.
#isten for e!periences with students with a $ariety of disabling conditions and%or &itle ' en$iron"ents and
a $ariety of en$iron"ents (self)contained, regular ed. etc.*

Candidate Response:
2. +hat is your perception of the responsibilities of a paraprofessional who helps with the needs of
students,

Listen for a response that indicates an understanding that the paraprofessional is under the direction of
the teaching staff that the paraprofessional i"ple"ents progra"s designed by teachers and "ay ha$e
so"e non)student (i.e. payroll, clerical* responsibilities. #isten for a tea" player- effecti$e
co""unication skills- ability to carry out instructional progra"s with a $ariety of students in a $ariety of
different en$iron"ents. #isten for an ability to "eet the objecti$es of students '.Ps or
&itle ' progra"s.

Candidate Response:
/. 0ou are assisting a teacher in working with students both indi$idually and in groups. +hat is your role
in de$eloping curriculu" content and pro$iding instruction to "eet the needs of indi$idual and groups of
children,
Listen for response that indicates that paraprofessional i"ple"ents plans de$eloped by the teacher1
assists with s"all groups and indi$iduals with lessons, practice e!ercises and "onitors seatwork for
understanding1 carries out teacher2s plans for students and assists teacher when appropriate- "onitors
student progress in educational progra"s and relates findings to super$ising teacher

Candidate Response:
Candidate Name: _____________________ Person Interviewing: ________________
Date: 07/16/2014
3. A student in one of your classes e!hibits inappropriate beha$ior being out of his desk, talking and is in
general consistently off task. 4ow do you atte"pt to alle$iate the proble",
Listen for a response that indicates the candidate would e!pect the student to ha$e a beha$ior
"anage"ent progra" and that their responsibility is to follow the progra". #isten to see that should a
beha$ior "anage"ent progra" not e!ist that they should obser$e the fre5uency of the beha$ior and report
the results to the instructor.
Candidate Response:
! +hat is the purpose of using assess"ents and data collecting when working with students,
+hat kinds of assess"ent and data collection tools are you fa"iliar with, +hat is the role of the
paraprofessional in using these assess"ents,
Listen for: using assess"ents and collecting data to assess learner strengths and needs 6specifically in
reading, writing, and "ath- types of assess"ents- standardi7ed, infor"al, criterion)referenced, task
analysis*. Role of paraprofessional1 under the direction of the teacher, the role is to keep data to "onitor
student progress.
Candidate Response:
8. 4ow will you handle 5uestions and%or co""ents about students2 disabilities, beha$ior or cultural
differences fro" students and staff "e"bers,

Listen for a response that indicates an ability to take the focus off the person with the disabilities and an
understanding that all kids need help at ti"es1 ability to a$oid stereotype ter"s- an response that indicates
understanding of confidentiality- ability to redirect 5uestions in a positi$e direction.

Candidate Response:
Candidate Name: _____________________ Person Interviewing: ________________
Date: 07/16/2014
9. 0ou are doing playground duty and a student gets hit in the head and has a bloody nose. +hat
precautions should you take to "aintain personal safety,

Listen for: knowledge of uni$ersal precautions, use of glo$es for personal safety, knowledge of first aid
and when to get additional help.

Candidate Response:
:. +hat are your strengths,
Candidate Response:
;. +hat would you say is an area of i"pro$e"ent,
Candidate Response:
1<. +hat else would you like to share with the tea",
Candidate Response:

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