Being an instructional assistant requires time management, behavioral, and administrative skills. The hiring agency will ask questions about your ability to handle a diverse range of the students in the classroom, your attention to detail when completing administrative work, and how well you handle instructions from the teacher.
Something about how I embody the mission of IDEA, whether I understood that the position was face to face, describe a time when you had a negative impact on a colleague. They gave me prep time to think of an answer, so I think I did well, but who knows???
Asked to write a personal statement for a committee
Will you be willing to work between 3pm to 12pm?
Have you ever worked with kids with autism?
Phone Question #1: Why do you want to work with children with special needs? Phone Question #2: What can you tell me about ABA approach?
In the panel interview, they asked 4 questions. The first question was whether or not I had experience working with the particular age set.
Head Start/FCEP programs often begins their days in "circle time" where they sing songs, read stories, and learn new concepts. How would you handle this activity?
Why did you apply for this company and position?
Do you have any experience in that type of environment (a classroom setting with the primary means of communication with students is ASL)?
When can you start working?
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