{"id":27,"date":"2021-12-03T18:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T01:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-01-20T18:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:47:28","slug":"teacher-candidates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/teacher-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Welcome!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The following are links to resources that will assist you to navigate and participate in the upcoming 2022 UBC Education Virtual Career Fair .<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ubc.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/ZcptHVtOk6QA9Ksdxnnu7-mXT0nctWRQj2SXHKwVaBghNVS8xijoYoAnPWETji2C.9MKrR4EBPeOirCMs\">P<\/a><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nynNkujDghc\">reparing for the UBC BEd Digital Career Fair, Video<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Jan 10 2022) (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2s9trhms\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2s9trhms<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/446651089\/4423ceafb4\">Quick Tour of the online Career Fair environment (for students)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/participating-employers\/\">List of 2022 Attending Employers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationcareerfair2021\/files\/2020\/12\/Student-Career-Fair-Overview-2021.pdf\">Teacher Candidate Guide<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li>Event Structure<\/li>\n<li>Event Logistics<\/li>\n<li>Day of Support<\/li>\n<li>Tips for Success<\/li>\n<li>FAQs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LI_WmATfgFg\">How to Use Your 5 Minutes to Get an Interview<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> (Andrew LaCavita)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Other Resources that Support a Successful Teaching Job Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/files\/2022\/01\/Resume-Cover-letter-Teaching-positions-Jan-4-2021-1.ppt\">Resumes &amp; Cover Letters for Teaching Positions \u2013 how to\u2019s<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sample Resume (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationcareerfair2021\/files\/2021\/01\/Sample_Resume_2021.docx\">Word<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationcareerfair2021\/files\/2021\/01\/Sample_Resume_2021.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Sample Cover Letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationcareerfair2021\/files\/2021\/01\/Sample_Cover_Letter_2021.docx\">Word<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationcareerfair2021\/files\/2021\/01\/Sample_Cover_letter_2021.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Some popular questions that employers ask during an interview or 5 minute conversation are:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Why did you decide to become a teacher\/work with children?<\/li>\n<li>What subject or grades have you taught\/do you wish to teach?<\/li>\n<li>Why are you interested in our district?<\/li>\n<li>What subjects &amp; grades are you interested in teaching? Are you open to teaching multiple grades?\u00a0 Why\/why not?<\/li>\n<li>Are you open to teaching subjects outside your grade or specialization level? Why\/why not?<\/li>\n<li>Name two ways you motivate students?<\/li>\n<li>Describe a time when you worked with a team to solve a problem.Additionally, it is always wise to have some question of your own for employers.\u00a0 Such as:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>What are some of the initiative in your district?<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"styles-module--listItemText--2JjD8\">How involved are parents in the school?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>What are your districts\/organizations\u2019 greatest strengths?<\/li>\n<li>What are your districts\/organizations greatest challenges?<\/li>\n<li>What FTE loads do most new teacher start with?<\/li>\n<li>Please describe the mentoring support available to new teachers in your district?<\/li>\n<li>What is the estimated time a newly hired teacher stays on the TOC list?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>5. Examples of question a teacher candidate may ask an employer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Do you have a teacher mentoring support program in your school\/district for new teachers? How does this program support new teachers?<\/li>\n<li>What types of continuing education is there for new and experienced teachers?<\/li>\n<li>What steps have been taken to encourage professional and social interactions amongst the faculty (teachers\/staff\/principals) in your school\/s.<\/li>\n<li>What is the average class size?<\/li>\n<li>What are the school&#8217;s\/district&#8217;s strengths\/challenges?<\/li>\n<li>Please describe the PTA&#8217;s role in the school?<\/li>\n<li>Is there support coming from the local community?. Please describe.<\/li>\n<li>What measures is\/are your school\/s taking to promote truth and reconciliation?<\/li>\n<li>What anti-bulling measures does the school\/district employ?<\/li>\n<li>What do you believe makes your schools\/district unique and one to work in, and one that makes it a privilege to come to work every day?<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve read the district&#8217;s mission statement and reviewed the current goals.\u00a0 I&#8217;m wondering how these are unfolding (have unfolded) and, if the district will be developing these and or new goals in the near future, and if so what might these be?<\/li>\n<li>I was intrigued to learn that your school\/district has embraced the [policy, approach, program, etc] and I was hoping you could explain a little more on how teachers have integrated this into their instruction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! The following are links to resources that will assist you to navigate and participate in the upcoming 2022 UBC Education Virtual Career Fair . Preparing for the UBC BEd Digital Career Fair, Video\u00a0(Jan 10 2022) (https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2s9trhms) Quick Tour of the online Career Fair environment (for students) List of 2022 Attending Employers Teacher Candidate Guide: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16894,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educareer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}