veteran teachers can provide preservice teachers with invaluable information: advice, practical tips, and guidance. Directions:Develop a list of questions (you may use the questions below) to ask the veteran classroom teacher.Your paper includes the following:Background information on the teacher interviewedSummary/reflection of the information elicited during the interview processSuggestions:Do you prefer homogeneous or heterogeneous grouping? Why?What does individualized teaching mean to you?How can you tell students are learning?

veteran teachers can provide preservice teachers with invaluable information: advice, practical tips, and guidance. Directions:Develop a list of questions (you may use the questions below) to ask the veteran classroom teacher.Your paper includes the following:Background information on the teacher interviewedSummary/reflection of the information elicited during the interview processSuggestions:Do you prefer homogeneous or heterogeneous grouping? Why?What does individualized teaching mean to you?How can you tell students are learning? Which evaluation techniques do you use?How do you individualize the learning process in your classroom?What are some ways that a student in a group can show you they have mastered a concept?In which curriculum area are you particularly strong?If you were asked to obtain in-service experience in one area of the curriculum, which area would you choose?Classroom Management:How do you set standards for acceptable performance in your class at the beginning of the year?Compare negative and positive reinforcement and describe the effects of each.Describe a typical student in your class with reference to his/her developmental stage, study habits, attitude towards learning, and his/her behavior characteristics.Why did you want to teach?Describe an “ideal” teacher.What kind of students do you like to work with? What type of students could you teach most effectively?How would you deal with a student who ridicules a given assignment?