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Questions to Improve Your Teaching Performance

January 24, 2016

Courtesy of huffingtonpost.com:

What gets you excited about going to work at school every day?
How do you question old educational standards?
How do you make changes based on your educational beliefs?
When was the last time you taught a concept without using the textbook?
What excuses have you used to not make changes to your teaching or classroom?
What have you learned about yourself this past school year?
What changes in your teaching are you going to make based on what you learned from last year?
What would you do differently in your teaching if you had no state mandated accountability?
Can you remember a school lesson from your past?
Why do you remember that lesson so vividly?
Have you had a recent lesson that you think your students will never forget?
Is there any such thing as the perfect lesson?
How often do you make educational decisions purely with the students in mind?
Should you just do what is right for the students in your class regardless of consequences?
If you could mandate a book to be read by all teachers, what would it be?
Can you describe your teaching style in one small sentence?
What is your best teaching quality?
What are your personal teaching goals?
How would you describe educational freedom?
Do you love to teach? Why?

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20 Questions Teachers Should Be Asking Themselves

December 10, 2012

Courtesy of minds-in-bloom.com:

What are some things you accomplished this year that you are proud of?
What is something you tried in your classroom this year for the first time? How did it go?
What is something you found particularly frustrating this year?
Which student in your class do you think showed the most improvement? Why do you think this student did so well?
What is something you would change about this year if you could?
What is one way that you grew professionally this year?
Who amongst your colleagues was the most helpful to you?
What has caused you the most stress this year?
When was a time this year when you felt joyful and/or inspired about the work that you do?
What do you hope your students remember most about you as a teacher?
In what ways were you helpful to your colleagues this year?
What was the most valuable thing you learned this year?
What was the biggest mistake you made this year? How can you avoid making the same mistake in the future?
What is something you did this year that went better than you thought it would?
What part of the school day is your favorite? Why?
What were your biggest organizational challenges this year?
Who was your most challenging student? Why?
In what ways did you change the lives of your students this year?
Pretend that you get to set your own salary for this past year based on the job that you did. How much do you feel that you earned (the number you come up with should be in no way based on your current salary – rather, come up with a number that truly reflects how you should be compensated for your work this year)?
Knowing what you know now, would you still choose to be a teacher if you could go back in time and make the choice again? If the answer is “no,” is there a way for you to choose a different path now?