TEACHER COMPETENCE EXAM
ORAL INTERVIEW
Objective: To determine through the teacher’s speaking skill the necessary tools in language
matter to carry out a satisfactory course level. To evaluate the teacher’s techniques, strategies
and approaches that meet IDEFT’S (ICATS’) objectives.
To define teacher’s personal goals in order to make sure that they are in line with IDEFT’S
(ICATS) mission, vision, expectation, and necessities.
1. Regarding Teacher’s Personal information:
a) Ask teachers to fill in a registration form
b) Ask teachers for their personal objectives and short and long term goals
c) Ask teachers about their hobbies, likes, and dislikes
2. Regarding Teacher’s Educational level, Training and Work Experience:
a) Ask teachers for all the necessary documents as proof of their studies
b) Ask teachers for any other official documents that supports their training or experience
3. Regarding Teacher’s Curriculum:
a) Ask Teacher for their curriculum vitae (resumé) in order to check their background, previous studies
and work experience and whether or not they have lived or studied abroad and know different cultures or
lifestyles
4. Regarding Teacher’s Aspirations:
a) Find out teacher’s aspirations in order to see if they fit-in with
IDEFT’S or ICATS’ objectives, mission and vision
b) To guarantee teacher’s continuity and academic growth in IDEFT
c) Ask teachers about their personal life expectations
5. Regarding Teacher’s Methodology:
a) Ask teachers for strategies, techniques, methods and approaches in
regular situations
b) Ask teachers for strategies, techniques, methods and approaches in difficult
situations
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TEACHER COMPETENCE EXAM
ORAL INTERVIEW
What Kind of Questions Do we Ask?
1. What is your name, age, and phone number?
2. How long have you been teaching English?
3. What method do you use?
4. What are your methods and strategies in regular situations?
5. What are your methods and strategies in difficult situations?
6. What are your tactics?
7. What do you consider a difficult situation? Give three examples.
8. What is an approach?
9. What approach are you familiar with?
10. Talk to me about the COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR
LANGUAGE
11. Do you know the meanings of these abbreviations: TOEFL, BULATS, FCE, CAE, TKT?
12. Which certification tests have you taken?
13. What were your scores?
14. What do you expect from IDEFT or ICAT?
15. What are your personal short term goals and objectives?
16. What are your personal long term goals and objectives?
17. Have you ever lived abroad? Where?
18. What do you think about that culture?
19. According to the CEFRFL what is your English Level?
20. Tell me about your daily activities.
21. What are your hobbies?
22. What are your likes and dislikes?
23. Do you have your official documents in order?
24. What are you better at Pedagogy or Andragogy?
25. What experience do you have?
26. Tell me about your best and your worst anecdote as an English Teacher?
27. Do you speak another language?
28. What do you think about yourself?
29. Tell me three positive things about you.
30. Tell me three negative things about you.
31. How do you think you can improve IDEFT by joining us?
32. Why do you think IDEFT should hire you?
33. What makes you better than the other contestants?
34. Are you able to travel to work in another city or town?
35. How soon can you start working?
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TEACHER COMPETENCE EXAM
MICROTEACHING
In a regular classroom the teacher is invited to give a 20 minute class, the simulating students
will be the English Coordination and other guests in order to interact as real students with the
teacher and ask questions regarding the class topic.
The main points to qualify are:
1. Introduction
2. Objective
3. Masters the topic (topic mastery)
4. Demonstrates good control over their emotions (nervousness)
5. Ability to maintain students’ attention
6. Class management
7. Elicits student participation
8. Presentation sequence
9. Didactic material
10. TICS management
11. How they solve problems, answer questions or clear up any doubts
12. Closing
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To apply for an English test, we refer teachers to the TOEFL web site:
www.toefl.org or we apply a Diagnostic Test.
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TEACHER COMPETENCE EXAM
SITE______________________________________
DATE ____________
NAME: ______________________________________________________________________________
TOPIC________________________________________COURSE:__________________________
TIME FROM_________TO__________ESTEEMED TIME___________REAL TIME
EVALUATION POINTS
SCORE
INTRODUCTION
___________
EVALUATION
TOTAL
5
OBJECTIVE
10
TOPIC MASTERY
25
CONTROL OF EMOTIONS
______5_______
_____________
ABILITY TO KEEP STUDENTS’ ATTENTION
______5_______
_____________
_____________
CLASS MANAGEMENT
______15______
____________
_____________
ELICITS STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION
______10_______
____________
PRESENTATION SEQUENCE
_______5_______
____________
_____________
DIDACTIC MATERIAL
_______5_______
____________
_____________
TICS MANAGEMENT
_______5_______
____________
_____________
CLOSING
______10_______
_____________
_____________
TOTAL
_____________
_____________
100
CALIFICACIÓN TOTAL: ____________________
___________________________
NOMBRE Y FIRMA SINODAL
Jackeline Castañeda Romero
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DIRECCIÓN TÉCNICA ACADÉMICA: ENGLISH COORDINATION: Jackeline Castañeda Romero, Gerardo Gudiño Santana, Leticia Murillo Galván
REGISTRATION FORM
English Course
Date: _______________
Month/Day/Year
Site:______________________________________________________________________
Student´s Name: ___________________________________________________________
Middle Name: _____________________________________________________________
Last Name:________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:___________________ Place of birth: _______________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________________
Zip Code:__________________________________________________________________
Town/City: ________________________________________________________________
Cell Number: ______________________________________________________________
Home Number: ____________________________________________________________
Work Number:______________________________________________________________
E-mail address: _____________________________________________________________
Emergency Contact: _________________________________________________________
Phone:____________________________________________________________________
Relationship: _______________________________________________________________
Are you insured?____________________________________________________________
Social Security Number :______________________________________________________
What do you expect from this course? _________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
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