12 must ask questions

Here are the 12 must-ask questions you should bring with you when you visit a nursery , so you can leave with all the vital info you want...

STUDENT A

1. What’s the staff to child ratio?
2. What qualifications do you have?
3. How long have you worked here?
4. What’s a typical daily routine?
5. Will my child have a key worker ( one nursery-care worker who is based in my child’s room)?
6. How do you manage children’s behaviour?
7. How will you keep me informed of my child’s progress?
8. Where can my child rest?
9. How many weeks a year is the nursery open?
10. What’s the policy on taking children for extra days – how much does it  cost?
11. My child has allergies and/or special needs. How will these be managed?
12. Can I see the nursery’s registration certificate and latest inspection report?

STUDENT B

You are a parent who needs all the info before registering the kid on your nursery

Adopted from http://www.madeformums.com/baby/12-questions-you-need-to-ask-when-you-visit-a-nursery/10041.html

What to do

CARD 1  POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

What would you do as a nursery assisstant if....

 

• A child stands up and walks away before an activity is finished
• The children start fighting over a toy
• A child starts to play roughly—throwing, swinging, or pounding toys.
• A child begins to cry and whine. When you try to give comfort, he or she says something like, “I don’t like you” or “You’re not my mother” and pulls away.
• A child will not sit quietly and listen during the lesson
• He or she distracts or upsets the other children

Adopted and adapted from  http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/manuals/behold-your-little-ones/2010-05-03-introduction-eng.pdf

CARD 2  POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

What would you do as a nursery assisstant if....

• A parent brings a child to the nursery class, and the child cries when the parent tries to leave.
• A child clings to you and demands your constant attention
• A child seems afraid of you or the other children, wanders aimlessly around the nursery, or will not interact with anyone
•   A parent refuses to pay for an extra activity the school plans to carry out
• A child  is brought to school with a high temperature      
• A child has bruises all over the body
• A child refuses to let go his /her pacifier

 Adopted and adapted from  http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/manuals/behold-your-little-ones/2010-05-03-introduction-eng.pdf

   

Parent-Teacher Conference

STUDENT A

You work in a Nursery and this week you have different PT Conferences. The parents of the children you look after are going to ask you different questions. Try to solve all their doubts ,

•  invite them to come  and spend two hours at the nursery so they can see how you work
• show/explain about the material you use in class
• ask them for their cooperation , you are planning a field trip to a near park in two weeks time

STUDENT B

It is PT Day and you have an  scheduled apppointment with your son/daughter´s assisstant at the nursery. Ask about:

• how your baby eats  and what food do they give the children 
• how do the manage crying
• diaper changes and toilet time
• siesta time
• playground time ( indoors/ outdoors)
• school smock (totally ruined)
• ask about this specific things you have noticed (your child smells of smoke when you take him/her home,  he/she has a rash, he/she is very hungry when he /she gets home, does not want to go to the toilet alone, he/she does not want to be left on the floor, etc.....)

Learning Modalities

Learning modalities	Descriptions of learning modalities
1.   Visual 2.   Auditory  3.   Kinesthetic	Visual Kinesthetic Auditory Picture Gestures Listening Shape Body movements Rhythms Sculpture Object manipulation Tone Paintings Positioning Chants

1. What is the best way you learn?
2. How can students learn best ? Why? 
3. What activities can you prepare for each type of learning? 

Learning styles are:

• avoidant
• participative
• competitive
• collaborative
• dependent
• independent

1. What do you understand by....? 
2. Give an example of each style
3. Which style do you prefer? Why?
4. What are the gains and/or drawbacks of each one

JOB INTERVIEW: QUESTIONS

2nd TERM- JOB VACANCIES

Read about these job vacancies

• Teacher's Aide Job Vacancy 1 , Teacher Aide 2, Nursery Assisstant, Flexible Nursery Assisstant, Childcare Assisstant and Pre-School Assisstant

CARD 1

1. Can you tell me something about yourself?
2. What do you know about our organization?
3. Why do you want to work for us?
4. What can you do for us that someone else can't?
5. What do you find most attractive about this position?
1. What seems least attractive about it?
6. Why should we hire you?
7. What do you look for in a job?
8. Please give me your definition of the position for which you are being interviewed.
9. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
10. How long would you stay with us?

CARD 2

1. Your resume suggests that you may be over-qualified or too experienced for this position. What's your opinion? 
2. What is your management style? 
3. Are you a good manager? 
1. Can you give me some examples? 
2. Do you feel that you have top managerial potential? 
4. What do you look for when you hire people? 
5. Have you ever had to fire people? 
1. What were the reasons? 
2. How did you handle the situation? 
6. What do you think is the most difficult thing about being a manager or executive? 
7. What important trends do you see in our industry? 
8. Why are you leaving (did you leave) your present (last) job? 
9. How do you feel about leaving all your benefits to find a new job?

CARD 3

1. In your current (last) position, what features do (did) you like the most? The least? 
2. What do you think of your boss? 
3. Why aren't you earning more at your age? 
4. What do you feel this position should pay? 
5. What are your long-range goals? 
6. How successful have you been so far? 
7. Why do you want to work for this company? 
8. What high school did you attend? 
9. Are you married? Can you tell me about your family? 
10. Why did you leave your last job?

CARD 4

1. What are your long-range career objectives? 
2. What would you like to do in the future? 
3. What do you do in your free time? 
4. Are you qualified for this position? 
5. How well do you work with people? 
6. What is a good working environment for you? 
7. Why should I hire you? 
8. What was a movie you saw recently that impressed you? 
9. Do you enjoy traveling? 
10. Why do you think we should hire you for this job?

Taken from Maria´s blog

The Creative Classroom

Oral Activity

• Montessory floor beds

IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF CREATIVE ACTIVITY?

Which one is most important for you? Why?

• Physical space for each child/ learning environment
• Freedom/Room to experiment and experience the world
• The quantity /quality of material
• The organization of space

Past simple

YOUR LAST HOLIDAY?

Where/go/When?

Who/go with?

How/get there?

Where/stay?

How long/be/ there?

/have good weather?

What/do during the day?

What/ do at night?

/have good time?

/have any problems?

PERSONAL INTERVIEW 1: 100 QUESTIONS

CARD 1 1. Are you a good dancer? 2. Are you a vegetarian? 3. Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters? 4. At what times do you usually eat your meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)? 5. Can you play any musical instruments? 6. Can you ride a motorcycle? 7. Could you live in another country for the rest of your life? 8. Do you always eat dinner with your family? 9. Do you cook? If yes, what is food that you cook the most? 10. Do you do exercise? 11. Do you drive a car often? 12. Do you eat bread every day? 13. Do you eat breakfast every day?14. Do you eat fruit every day? 15. Do you have a car? 16. Do you have any pets? If not, would you like to have a pet? 17. Do you have difficulty with school work? 18. Do you like British food? 19. Do you like food from other countries? If yes, which do you like the most?

CARD 2 1. Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV? 2. Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home? 3. Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why? 4. Do you prefer travelling by car or by plane? 5. Do you prefer your own country's food or other kinds of food? 6. Do you see your relatives at Christmas time? 7. Do you sing while taking a bath? 8. Do you smoke? 9. Do you think playing sports helps people work better as a team at work? 10. Do you use an alarm clock to wake up? 11. Do you use English a lot? 12. Do you usually want to eat dessert after dinner? 13. Do you watch your weight? What foods do you think are healthy? 14. Do you work? 15. Does your family have any special Christmas traditions? 16. Have you ever been on a diet? If so, how long did you stayed on it? 17. Have you ever celebrated Christmas in a foreign country? 18. Have you ever lived in another country? 19. How do you get to school?

CARD 3 1. How many hours of sleep do you usually get? 2. How many times have you travelled by airplane? 3. How old are you? 4. How old are your brothers and sisters? 5. How old were you when you got your first job? 6. If you smoke, how old were you when you started smoking? 7. What are some good ways to learn English? 8. What are some popular foods for the Christmas season? 9. What are your hobbies? 10. What countries have you visited? 11. What countries would you like to visit? Why? 12. What countries would you not like to visit? Why? 13. What country are you from? 14. What do you and your family like to do together? 15. What do you do on Sundays? 16. What do you do? What's your job? 17. What does your father do? 18. What does your mother do? 19. What food do you hate? Why do you hate it?

CARD 4 1. What is your favourite TV programme? 2. What is your favourite website? 3. What kind of beverages do you usually drink? 4. What kind of car do you have? 5. What kind of exercise do you do? 6. What kind of movies do you like? 7. What kind of music do you like? 8. What languages do you speak? 9. What sports do you like to play? 10. What will you do on Christmas Day? 11. What's there to do in your hometown? 12. What's your address? 13. What's your hometown like? 14. What's your name? 15. When did you start to study English? 16. When was the last time you ate at a restaurant? 17. When was the last time you went to a concert? 18. Where are you from? 19. Where did you go for your last holidays?

Education

THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM

• What do you understand by "being creative"?
• Can a teacher assisstant be creative? How?
• What do you need to be creative in a class?
• What are the gains for a child when the teacher is creative?
• Have you visited a pre-primary school where the general atmosphere was "creative"?
• Can you think of an activity that will be labelled as "creative" in a class?

IMPROVING LEARNING

• What is a lesson plan?
• In what areas does the teacher need to work to improve learning in a  class? (behaviour, environment,expectations, material,activities, etc.) Slide  6  Unit 2
• What does the teacher need to do the first days of class? (Slide 7 Unit  2)
• Why games are a great way to teach children?
• What activities do you consider to be attractive for children?
• How will you organize a class?
• What questions do you need to ask yourself before using a material with children?

TOOLS/RESOURCES

• What are some tools a teacher/teacher assisstant  needs to give good instruction?
• What do you consider not good tools/ resources? Why?
• Is money/ budget important in a school?
• Do u need a lot of tools/resources to teach young children?
• Is it important for a good professional to keep updated?
• What are some characteristics a person working with children should have?

L2 ACQUISITION / LEARNING

• What is acquisition/learning?
• What is concious learning and unconcious learning?
• Does knowing the grammar of a language mean that  a person  can speak a language?
• Are there some stages in the learning/acquisition process of a language?
• what is the best age to learn a language?
• It is impossible for a students to learn a language when he/she gets old?

EDUCATION

• What are the qualities of a good student?
• What are the qualities of a good teacher?
• What is your favorite class?What was (or is) your favorite subject? Why do you like it?
• Do you think your teachers give too much homework?
• Why do you think people want to work in the education area?
• What do you think of home-schooling?
• Does education guarantee a good job?

Questions adapted and adopted from englishonline

ENGLISH

• Why are you studying a foreign language?
• Why is it helpful to learn a Second language ?
• What are some good ways to learn English?
• Why is it sometimes very difficult to speak another language?
• Would you consider studying abroad?

Questions adapted and adopted from englishonline

Miss Hernando´s Presentation

CARD 1 PRESENTATION: GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER 

1- Choose and ADJECTIVE related to your first name/surname eg: Maria Pilar Hernando (P pro-active)

2-Choose something that you like,collect/ you are good at, etc.

3- Tell us about your previous school /education in Spain/ why do U study this course.,etc...
4- Present yourself to the class