Authentic Learning

Today in class I had a wonderful opportunity to participate in a mock interview! I was assigned a role to a be a principal!Being one of the principals meant I was able to ask all of the teacher candidates interview questions that they might be asked when they go looking for a job as an elementary school teacher. I went around to different groups and asked the teachers to pick a number stick and whatever number they chose was the number of the question I would ask them. After we went through all of the groups all of the principals came together and chose one person from each group. This is an authentic learning experience because we asked the teacher candidates real interview questions and only a few teacher candidates were chosen for the position. This gave the students an idea of what to prepare for, what to say, what not to say, proper greetings, etc. Overall this was a great experience and a great fun way to end the semester.