Interview questions for Principal Jobs in Ireland

Are you searching for potential questions for leadership positions? If you’re reading this - I’m betting that you are!

Working 1-1 with 100s of teachers each year - puts me in a great position to hear what the latest questions are that are being asked. I hope you find them useful!

• Intro: What have been three achievements in your teaching career to date?

• What was a teaching and learning initiative that you introduced?

• How do you self-evaluate?

• What makes you ready to take on this role?

• What would you like to change if you secured a role in middle management?

• Give us an example of an initiative that you have taken from the ground up?

• What was an initiative that failed/did not succeed in our school and what did you learn?

• Strengths and weaknesses

• 3 core elements of a team and where you see yourself fitting in

• How did you deal with a sensitive issue in a school?

• Tell us about a time that you led another member of staff.

• Tell us about your experience with student voice.

• Student voice in the Autism Class - given the range of abilities - how do you ensure that every pupil has a say in the classroom community?

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