1. How To Prepare For Principal Job Interview Questions
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Prepare for principal job interview questions and the answers in order to ace your next education
job interview. Apart from being able to administer the school well, school principal interviewers
want to see somebody that has good human relations and can relate well with other members of
staff.
Going through a school principal interview is a different ball game compared to interviews for
other school staff. You have to prove that apart from a decent teaching record outlined in your
resume that you have the capacity to control and manage every situation that may arise under
your supervision.
During the interview, there are certain questions that are somewhat routine, yet there are others
that will require you to really dig into your bag of tricks to answer.
Below are a few such questions and short sample answers (the Principals’ Interview Edge
has very detailed answers to 152 questions.
Question One: If the school’s drive towards self sustainment and the community ethos and
standards clash, how will you respond?
Answer: The school is an integral part of the community and as such cannot
dissociate itself from the activities of the general populace. My job will be to create a
workable synergy between both parties. I will endeavor to meet with community
leaders and try to make a case for the school’s position. All in all, I will make sure the
matter is resolved amicably in the shortest possible time.
Question Two: In the event of a Teachers’ protest for better
welfare, will you align with them or the management?
Answer: As a teacher too, my first constituency is
the teaching aspect; however, my job will be to
make the management see reasons how teachers’
better welfare conditions affects better output,
which makes the students benefit in the long run. I
will endeavor to start these discussions even before
the agitation commences.
Question Three: How will you attend to the complaints of an aggrieved parent whose child has
been disciplined?

2. Answer: No matter who the child’s parents are, I believe discipline must be
sustained or else the school goes under. My job will be to educate the parents as
best as possible on what happened and why the child had to be disciplined. I will not
allow mediocrity all in the name of profit or maintaining the status quo.
Question Four: Considering your age, can you put in extra-hours to your job even when you are
not paid for it, if yes how many?
Answer: Yes I can put in extra-hours if need be. A maximum of four hours extra
should help me finish the day’s task.
Question Five: Would you allow students to participate in the decision making process of the
school?
Answer: Yes. A select body of students drawn from the senior classes would be
allowed to air their opinions on how they think things should be done to move the
school forward. Be that as it may, there will still be some visible limits.
After reading through these principal job interview questions and answers, is there anything you would add
to any of them? Please comment below.
Are there any other important questions that you’ve come across in an interview that you’d like to share?
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Here is Question 43 from the A+ Principal’s Interview Edge.
How would you help teachers and staff improve student achievement?
Consider these possibilities for improving student achievement. Choose the ones that would be
effective in the school to which you are applying:
Establish a school-wide discipline policy and back the teachers on discipline.
Establish a school-wide homework policy that includes required reading and math practice at home
for all students daily.
Monitor test data to determine which areas of the curriculum need to be improved.
Plan teacher training (in-service) and evaluate its effectiveness.
Determine which instructional techniques are most effective, train the teachers, and implement them
in all classrooms.
Increase time on task.
Observe students in classrooms weekly.
Observe teachers and make specific recommendations for improvement as part of their
evaluations.
Make sure students who need Special Education services receive them.

3. Establish a test preparation program.
Implement a high quality English as a Second Language program.
Create an after school tutoring program.
Reward students for academic success and improved effort.
Train parents in how to help their children at home and provide the training in the native languages
of the parents.
Provide translators for parents who do not speak English at conferences and meetings. Provide
report cards in the languages students speak at home.
For more help preparing for administrator specific interview questions take a look at A+ Principals’
Interview Edge which includes 152 Administrator specific job questions and answers in today’s
competitive marketplace, you need to be fully prepared and nothing will have you more prepared to ace an
interview than knowing the questions in advance!
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