Interview Questions
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Do you have
a classroom website?
"Yes I do.
Right now, it does not have as
much information as I'd like. One day I hope to include
more resources for parents."
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Do you use email
to communicate with parents of the students as a whole?
"I do use email to
communicate with individual parents, but I would like to use it
more to communicate with all parents. As the resource
teacher, many of my emails need to be individualized."
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Do you send home
printed classroom communications?
"I
do not send home printed classroom communications. I am
required to send home special education information for the
students' Individualized Education Plans (IEP)."
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Do you use a
digital camera in your classroom as part of the communication or
anything else?
"I have used a digital camera to take pictures of events that go
on in my classroom. I like to the parents to see them."
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Are parents or
community members encouraged to volunteer in your school and
your classroom?
"Yes!
Parents are always welcome in our school and we encourage that
they do so. Not only in my classroom, but any classroom."
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Are parents or
community members involved in daily activities in your
classroom, i.e. correcting, supervising, field trips, general
classroom help?
"I do not currently have any parents or community members
involved in daily activities in my classroom. I have
before and enjoy having extra hands around."
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Most challenging
thing about working with parents?
"For me, as the special education teacher, contacting parents
to attend IEP meetings and setting up times that work for them
is challenging. This is an area in which I wish more
parents would use email. The response time is so much
quicker with email."
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Most enjoyable
thing in working with parents?
"The input they can give about their child. Also, the help
they can provide their child to become better learners.
Majority of the time, we all want what's best for the child."
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Is parent
involvement increased or decreased since you began teaching?
"I
would almost have to say both. Parents are involved in
certain things more than others. For me, I feel it is a
lot more difficult to get a parent to come in and attend an IEP
meeting in the past few years."
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Lastly,
Demographics – grade level or subject taught – number of years
taught – number of students taught each day.
"I teach K-6 Special
Education - taught 10 years total, 5 years at current position -
on average, 10-12 students per day."
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