Kelli Houston
Personnel EDAD 570
Finding the Best Candidate
Desired traits
Qualities
Qualities is defined as the
features or characteristics
of a person. Examples of
qualities are charisma,
intelligence and
responsiveness.
Spring 2016
Descriptors How to Determine
Dedicated-Committed Dedicated-He/she
to his/her job and shows a genuine
does what he/she interest in the career,
needs to do to be had a good college
prepared each day; experience and made
shows up and is the most of his/her
present. experiences
Creative-Able to look Creative-Give him/her
at things and present a task/lesson to teach
them in new and Engaging-He/she
interesting ways. makes you want to
Engaging-Can capture listen, does not bore
and keep attention on you.
him/her Cooperative-Ask
Cooperative-Able to about people he/she
work with all different has worked with,
kinds of people check references to
Compassionate-Knows see if he/she got
that students may along with people
have outside Compassionate-
problems and helps Volunteer
with these issues experiences, how to
Adaptable-Able to build relationships
make changes quickly Adaptable-What would
when necessary you do in certain
Reflective-Thinks situations
about and analyzes Reflective-Ask about
his/her teaching and an experience and
looks for ways to what he/she would
improve have done differently
Organized-Can keep Organized-View
things neat and portfolio or have
accessible in a timely him/her write a
fashion sample lesson plan
Kind-Motivates and Kind-Ask how he/she
inspires with an builds relationships;
uplifting spirit does he/she seem
Patient-Will try new motivated and in
things until something good-spirit
works and will not Patient-Present
give up on a student hypothetical
Trustworthy-students, situations about
parents, and students that are not
administrators can getting a concept-ask

Dispositions 1. High expectations for
5 Temperamental makeup- the
tendency of someone to act
2. Respect for others and
in a certain manner under
given circumstances
3. Professional conduct
4. Effective
5. Establish a safe and
Knowledge
trust they have the what he/she would do
students best Trustworthy-Refer to
interests in mind references, ask about
Caring-Invests time parent communication
into getting to know Caring-Does he/she
their students and seem empathetic, is
genuinely cares about he/she able to build
making a difference in relationships, what is
their lives. his/her overall
objective/purpose/goa
l
1. How does he/she
all-all students can differentiate and
learn ensure all students
will learn
diversity-not every 2. What different
student is the same, teaching styles and
but everyone methods has he/she
deserves to be used, can he/she
treated kindly and identify student
respected for their differences
differences 3. What policies does
he/she feel are
and ethics-should important in the
make sound decisions, school environment,
always have the check social media
students best 4. How does he/she
interests in mind, and communicate with
be a positive role parents about
model students, how has
he/she collaborated
communication-relay with other students
information to and/or teachers, talk
parents, students, and to cooperating
colleagues, teacher
collaborate when 5. What do they envision
appropriate their classroom to
look like, what are
supportive learning their classroom rules,
environment-ensure what are their
the safety of all disciplinary
students who feel free procedures
to express themselves
How children learn Ask him/her about the
Elementary: basic different learning
content knowledge in styles
all areas; secondary: State exam scores
thorough and grades to college
understanding in area courses
of specialty Ask about the certain
 Developmental stages age group-what are
of children children expected to
Different teaching know, how fast should
styles they be learning
Classroom What are the different
management and ways he/she would
disciplinary teach a lesson
techniques What classroom rules
How to monitor would he/she have,
student learning what are their
Standards discipline procedures
Technology What assessments
has he/she used, what
assessments does
he/she know of
Ask about his/her
knowledge of the
standards, where to
find them, what they
mean
Have him/her explain
what technology
he/she has
incorporated
Skills A. Communication Skills- A. Have him/her teach a
explain things lesson as if it was in
effectively and in a front of a group of
way students can students
understand B. Ask about why
B. Collaborative Skills- collaboration is
work with other important and what
teachers to develop he/she has
new ideas, plan collaborated with
events, work together others on
C. Interpersonal Skills- C. General feeling of
get along with people, him/her throughout
be caring and the interview
compassionate D. Have him/her develop
D. Planning Skills-know a lesson plan, throw in
how to manage time, an interruption, and
create lesson plans, have him/her revise
and adjust when E. Ask how he/she looks
needed at himself/herself as a
E. Leadership Skills-lead leader, what
the class, guide leadership qualities do
students; be in charge they possess, why is it
F. Mentoring Skills- important to be a
guiding students to do leader
what is right, showing F. Ask him/her what
them how to be life- qualities they possess
long learners that makes them a
G. Improvement Skills- good mentor to
know how to take students
criticism and G. Ask how he/she will
continuously work to continue to learn and
improve your teaching grow as an educator