What panels are actually looking

What panels are actually looking for when they ask, ‘What does a literacy or numeracy lesson look like in your classroom?’ Teachers, if you're asked the question, 'What does a literacy or numeracy lesson look like in your classroom?' run the panel through what a typical literacy or numeracy lesson looks like in your classroom. Please don't focus on the resource, the activity or the program. That is not what the panel is asking. What the panel is actually wanting to hear is your thinking around the teaching. They want to know why you make the moves you do around the curriculum. Three important things to note for this interview question. And FYI, grads, this is a question that is asked very frequently in your interviews. So you need to be ready. No. 1, intentional planning. Talk about how you use student data to plan targeted lessons with very clear learning intentions and success criteria. It shows the panel that you know exactly what your students need next. And No. 2, what specific pedagogies or instructional models are you currently using in your literacy and numeracy lessons? You need to be ready. You don't know what they're going to ask you. Talk confidently about what you're currently doing, but also be aware that you need to show that you have the vocabulary around what they're doing and that you are very excited and open to new learning. And No. 3, responsive differentiation. You need to let the panel know that if your students aren't understanding concepts, if there are misconceptions and misunderstandings that keep cropping up in your lessons, that you stop, you adjust, you re-teach, you scaffold and you extend where necessary in the moment. It's not about the activities, it's about your impact and the thinking behind the activities, behind the programs, behind the resources. I have resources to help! If you need help building answers like this for your interview preparation, there are resources at the link in my bio.