Job Interview- 10 min teaching session

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Help!! I have a job interview next week where I need to do a 10 month teaching session on any subject/ hobby/ anything and I don't know what to do!!

The job is for a teaching role related to my profession however I have no formal teaching qualifications. I know I'll be ok if I got the job, I know how to teach the skills required but for some reason I'm drawing a complete blank regarding this interview. Please help!!

*10 minutes, not months 🙄 ffs

What age children are you interviewing with?

They're 4/5th year medical students
The interviewers have a nursing background

I'll be 'teaching' the interviewers if that makes sense

You need to have clear learning outcomes: so what do you want your 'students' to know by the end of the session?

Introduce your topic, cover the main points, test your students knowledge at the end (this could be in the format of a short written test, or group activity), summarise and then ask if they have any questions. Job done

Oh gosh that's hard! (Sorry not much help!) I imagine they are just looking to see what your teaching style is like and how well you get your point across. Have you got any interests you would feel comfortable talking about? Maybe think of a practical activity you can do?

I would also present it with PowerPoint slides, use images to help illustrate if need be and bullet point your key points and talk around them.

Avoid large pieces of text because you will just end up reading from the slides which they won't like.

Maybe get MNHQ to amend the thread title so it attracts the attention of those with nursing experience. I clicked on the thread title because I'm a primary teacher but don't think I'll be of any help to you

Also research 'micro teach' online to give you some more tips.

Practice your teaching session several times before the interview to make sure you've got it cemented in your mind and to avoid panic on the day!

I’m a secondary teacher so possibly not much help.

Normally in interviews I try to show off a range of techniques. However this is difficult when you only have 10 minutes! Could you pick an interesting topic/phenomenon related to the human body? Something like contagious yawning? That’d make you stand out. And then open with a picture or cartoon or question to introduce the topic. Then, if the facilities are there, a short clip about it. Some general information where you tak to them for a few minutes and then a ‘plenary’ that could be a couple of multiple choice questions to ‘assess’ learning. I would def have a PowerPoint too and a clear objective that you tell them at the start of the lesson.

Can you include something practical for them to do ..
For example.
I have interviewed tutors for ad ed courses in the past and have been subject to:

1. making a marzipan carrot for the top of a cake
2. had to do some maths ( tick boxes of %) from an advert for carpets bought on HP
3. had to stand up and we became plants revolving around one another !

Not expecting you to do this just some examples that I can remember.

As pp has said .. make it clear what the 10 minutes is designed to achieve ... so by the end of x students may/should be able to. ....
If using PowerPoint make this aim a slide.

Also have a simple assessment I.e. how will you know they have achieved? ... and more importantly how will they. Again as an example when we made carrots the tutor gave us a piece of paper where we circled yes/no
If it was the first time we done the activity
Did we find it easy or hard.
Could we do it again unaided
If not why not ..........
Other comment .....
The interviewee carefully explained this helped him and us in assessing where we were at and what our next steps where.
Sounds complicated but it as a couple of minutes job.

Sorry if this appears complicated and scary i don't mean it to be. I am adult ed tutor and was tutor manager for 15 years. If you want to run ideas by me or ask Q's DM Mr. Really happy to help.

and good luck 🍀

Apologies for the typos.
Also, if you are using PowerPoint please keep the slides uncluttered and in an to easy to read font and colour scheme.
You make think this sounds boring, but green or red writing is inaccessible to someone (like me) who is colour-blind and small fonts with loads of info on each side is a mare.
Illustrations/pictures are good.

Just had a thought (and then will shut up😃)
Have you a topic you can do a quiz around?
Qs on hand outs, some Q's really easy some requiring thought. Let them work through worksheet.
Then have Q's (and answers) on PowerPoint and go through the answers elaborating as you go. Say, backing up the answers with statistics or anecdotal info.
Find out the winner !

Advice I give for these is tell, tell, tell.

• Tell them what you're going to talk about (Topic and overview/objectives)
• Tell them about it (Ask them for definition of topic, then deliver content)
• Tell them what you've just told them (Summarise and open for questions)

10 minutes will go very quickly though!

Weird bolding in my post- sorry!

I had to do so,etching like this once (I think my DTLLS?). I taught them how to make a small origami. This showed I could plan a lesson, provide resources, execute and supervise the session, assess results and give/take feedback.
Obs, it was a very small, uncomplicated origami!

Thanks everyone.
Chill- did you get the job? Origami sounds doable..

I don't think I'll be able to do power point, I don't have a laptop and not sure what room the interview will be in.

Don't worry about PowerPoint, you don't need to use it and it is one more thing to be anxious about.
Good planning and preparation are far more essential.