I have an interview with UoP

Discussion in 'Online & DL Teaching' started by Randell1234, Feb 10, 2008.

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  1. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Well yesterday was my phone interview and I was stood up. I was suppose to receive a call at 1PM and nothing. I emailed the person and called them about 5 times - nothing. I will keep everyone posted.
     
  2. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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    Wow!
     
  3. scaredrain

    scaredrain Member

    I went through something similar about 2 years ago when I applied to be a tutor for Tutor.com, they have an online mock session you are supposed to complete with a certified tutor. I would log on an hour ahead of time and stay on an hour after the session began and no tutor would come on for me to complete the mock session. I would email tech support to see if I was doing somethign wrong nothing. Finally I emailed the person who had hired me and she would say maybe the tutor was in a different time zone or they had simply forgot. Either way it can be frustrating and I hope it works out for you.
     
  4. nobycane

    nobycane New Member


    Well finally, the lady called me back, however it was the result of me calling them to inquire about the status of my original inquiry...she asked me to re-submit my CV to review, and she would call me back. That was on Feb. 15th. :eek:

    What is their problem here? Is it that they have so many applications and requests come through, and not enough staff to sort through all the documents?
    I am wondering if I should just hang it up here soon with them? I am thinking of calling one more time to see if the position is still open and/or if I am still in consideration.
    SNAFU:D
     
  5. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I was contacted and the woman apologize as she had gotten the flu. I am back on for an interview on Thursday (2/28). Keep your fingers crossed because I have at least 2-3 hours in the day where I could cut out sleep and work more :D
     
  6. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Good luck Randell, we're pulling for you!
     
  7. mattbrent

    mattbrent Well-Known Member

    I hope you are having better luck than my wife. She went through all the interviewing and such, and now they're trying to tell her she doesn't have enough work experience. According to them, 5 years of teaching is NOT 5 years of work experience. Go figure...

    -Matt
     
  8. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    It's not. Schools like UoP emphasize relevant work experience because it provides depth for their audience: mid-career working professionals.
     
  9. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I completed the 20 minute interview and I will get more info tomorrow if they will move forward with me or not.
     
  10. mattbrent

    mattbrent Well-Known Member

    Why wouldn't five years of teaching be relevant to teaching education courses?
     
  11. cklapka

    cklapka Member

    I think they referring to professional experience not academic(aka teaching) experience.
     
  12. mattbrent

    mattbrent Well-Known Member

    Teaching IS professional experience. If an individual is going to be teaching a course on instructional strategies or classroom management, the instruction SHOULD have experience implementing these strategies, not sitting on his or her butt all day writing research papers about the strategies.
     
  13. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Well, I have been offered the opportunity to move forward. There is a training period then a mentor period. In all, it will take about 3-4 months to complete the transcript requests and training programs.

    I will keep you posted. By the way, I have not gone through such a process at any other school. I am really impressed so far.
     
  14. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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    I understand what you are saying, I really do, but I don't think they are looking for research either. I am an industry person that went into the classroom- my husband is a hard-core industry person. He looks at education as a necessary evil. Most industry people don't consider research or academia the "real world." If you ask an industry person this question, they see it through a different lens, and don't have any trouble seeing the differences. They just do! An industry person will tell you that they DO all day what teachers TALK about. (and it's true- we do! But that doesn't make it wrong)

    I think work experience requirement is because of the element of responsibility. Hypothetically, let's say a teacher is teaching elementary education at the grad level. Her accountability is to teach adult learners in accordance with the college standards. She reports to the Dean, and her worth is judged by criteria like: how well she meets the course objectives, enrollment, student surveys, participation in the department, etc.
    Take the same teacher and plunk her into a daycare or ND grade classroom and the responsibility changes. She no longer is teaching theory to adults, she is now responsible for implementing the theory in a hands-on setting. Not talking about how to deal with this or that, but being the person responsible for it. Wiping the nose, breaking up the fight, dealing with the difficult learner, and managing the classroom "in the trenches." She is now accountable to the students, parents, and test scores too. They are different rolls, and develop different skills.

    I understand your frustration, but maybe she could work part time or one day a week in her industry. That might really make a difference.
     
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  15. mattbrent

    mattbrent Well-Known Member

    Haha... I think you all are misunderstanding. My wife and I are both teachers. We both teach at the high school level. In terms of education, we DO work in our industry, and we do it full time. We are constantly implementing instructional strategies and methods of assessment. We are designing curriculum. We work with parents and complete action research. We evaluate our students' learning abilities and modify our instruction to meet their needs. We are DOING what undergraduate and graduate education students learn about. So why wouldn't our experience as teachers count as professional experience when it comes to applying for a position to teach about teaching?
     
  16. scaredrain

    scaredrain Member

    I dont understand this either, but its the same thing that I got told when applying to teach for UOP. However this has not stopped me from picking up online courses from local colleges and community colleges. Perhaps you should try traditional colleges first then see how that goes, I have been very successful landing adjunct jobs this way.
     
  17. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Congratulations!

    As I've mentioned before, the UoP hiring/training program was one of the biggest pains I've been through, but you'll feel completely prepared to fly solo once your mentorship is over.

    Speaking of that, you'll teach a course while being monitored by a mentor who will remain invisible until the mid-way point and the end of the class, at which time he/she will ask the students to rate your performance.

    Let us know how you make out!
     
  18. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    As I explained in the interview, I have a mentor monitor everything everyweek at South. I am fine with that and know I will fly through this. For the IT class, I have created quick how-to videos like these-
    http://www.OrnerSite.com/2167/add_cells.avi
    http://www.OrnerSite.com/2167/add_multi_cell.avi
    http://www.OrnerSite.com/2167/Bold_center_2003.avi
     
  19. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    I was the campus chair responsible for training new faculty. I can attest to the rigor of UoP's process. We put new faculty candidates through a trying process--and didn't pass those who didn't cut it.
     
  20. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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    Ohh...hummm. Well, maybe that would be a question you could have UoP elaborate on a bit. Somehow they are seeing a distinction, and maybe they could best explain it to you.
     

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