portfolio presentation

[mve...@gmail.com]

HI Guys
Just wondered if I should include a slide for questions 3 and 4 in
the presentations. I f anyone has any good ideas for the set up of
the presentation, I would love to hear them.

I also had my first interview yesterday and thought it might be
helpful if people posted questions that they got asked during the
interview or any thoughts they had about the interview.

I was asked:
1. What is my favorite movie?
2. What is my favorite book?
3. what is my favorite children's book?
4. What my hobbies are and then later how I could bring my hobbies
into activities at school?
5. Five personal characteristics

a lot more.. will post more later

Another comment is to study the website of the place that you are
interviewing at.

Thanks
Mika

[Nicole Couture]

Hi Mika (and everybody),

 

Thanks for posting those interview questions, that's a great idea- if I ever get off my butt and decide what I want to do when I grow up, I'll do the same :)

 

As for the layout, I dunno... I too would love to hear some suggestions though.

 

In response to a previous question of yours about the timing of our presentations (and you're right about the 45 minutes), here's what I got from a handout: 20 minutes for our talk, 10 minutes the committee meets, and 10 minutes for questions if needed.

 

-nicki

[Lori]

Thanks for posting the tme requirements. I cannot seem to locate that
handout. Is there any other important info on it that I may not know?

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[Janet Creech]

Hi everyone,

                  In regards to other info about the presentation, I think that we are supposed to keep the intro part to about 5 minutes. I looked back at my reflection on the portfolio presentations in the spring. I had written in there that the intro consisted of three parts: stating why we chose this field, describing our personal and professional growth and stating our goals for the future. We are supposed to pause after each section (intro, ques. 1 and ques 2) to ask the committe if they have any questions (I talked to Jenny who talked to her friend Hillary who graduated from this program and that is what she did).

 

I have a few questions...

 

Are we supposed to start the presentation by greeting the committee, and the others present. If so, what would we say?

 

Should we write questions one and two out on our slides?

 

Mika, I was wondering the same thing about having a slide for questions 3 and 4. Does anyone remember if previous presenters did this?

 

Good luck everyone,

                                Janet

[Elizabeth Ledeboer]

Hi guys!

wow, is anyone else as scared for this thing as i am? 

so, i took notes when dr. larrivee told us how to construct the slides for our presentation.

1. title slide

2. intro. with about 2-5 slides of bulleted main points

3. questions?

4. state question 1

5. 1-3 slide bulleted answer

6. state question 2

7. 1-3 slide bulleted answers

8. questions?

that's what she told us in the summer, so that's what i was going on.  i hope this helps!

liz

[Aimee St. Hilaire]

Hello everyone!
Yes this process is nerve racking.  I feel like when they ask me the other two questions I am going to totally blank out and say something totally stupid! 

I timed my presentation and it was a little shorter than the 15 minutes I am thinking it should be, so I added some more specific information to support the statements I am making.  maybe I just need to talk slower.  I heard from a former grad student that everyone really focused on their rate of speech in order to be most effective. 

A good suggestion that I got from a former grad was to write a script for the entire presentation and bring it to hold (but not neccessarily read from) during the presentation.  She said she practiced her presentation like 1000 times so that it was more or less committed to memory.  This is what I am doing this week.  I am going to record it and listen to it in my car during my extremely long commute! 

I also had a job interview, it went well.  No weird questions, but I was asked to provide references on the spot so it was good that I had prepared that info.  I was offered a salary which they said was comparable to a starting teachers salary for our geographical area, but it is working for a collaborative and I would be itinerant, and working with many different ages.  I requested a second meeting with them to see one of their facilities (an alternative high school) and to negotiate a higher salary based on my experience . One question I wished I had answered differently "are you interviewing anywhere else?"  I said 'no' and now going into salary negotiations, I wish I had said 'yes'.

Oh well, good luck everyone! 
Aimee

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Aimee

[Anna Mazaheri]

Hi Everyone,

 

I wasn't really nervous about this until I started reading your e-mails!  I'm planning to start putting together my presentation tomorrow.

 

  Does anyone know if we need to prepare an outline, or just print out the slides as a handout?

 

Good luck everyone.  Remember, It's just one more presentation...that's all.

 

Anna