Fourth Interview Questions

Content:

Post 20 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The focus of your questions should be on your many answers.

1st answer: To push for a reform in education which emphasizes workforce training.

2nd answer:To support teachers with effective technology integration within educational environments.

3rd possible answer: Something having to do with international competition/future job markets.

4th possible answer: To clarify existing societal misconceptions. [needs immediate rewording]

1. In your experience, how does a solid education affect an individual to be a functioning member of society?

2. In your experience, how does an individual stemming from a lower income environment differ from an individual stemming from a higher income environment?

3. As the United States as a whole, how can we best ensure our students can compete against other nations?

4. As the United States as whole, how can we best ensure our students are prepared for the future job markets?

5. How may future students be best prepared outside of formal schooling?

6. In your experience, what separates successful teachers from unsuccessful ones?

7. Following those traits, how can these tactics be employed to create more successful teachers?

8. In your experience, how do students respond to "busy work"?

9. In your experience, how do students respond to work they find applicable to real life?

10. In your experience, how do students who learn in collaborative environments differ from individual learners?

11. In the future, what are some of the potential ways you can see technology shaping education?

12. What are some of the potential ways you can see technology shaping society?

13. In your opinion, how may technology be successfully implemented within classrooms?

14. In your opinion, how may technology be misused within classrooms?

15. How can we best teach our students while still giving them the abilities to function within an increasingly rapid-paced technological society?

16. What existing misconceptions do teachers have that affect students today?

17. What existing misconceptions does society have that affect students today?

18. What do you think society's general opinion about our youth is today?

19. If you could change any opinion of society today about your youth, what would it be and why?

20.  How can the United States best be changed to improve modern education and equity for all?

Third Interview Questions

Content:

Post 10 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The first question should be your essential question and the other nine must be about the foundation of your essential question or help you answer your essential question.

1. How can a nonprofit best promote High School Graduation to socioeconomically disadvantaged students in Los Angeles?

2. In your experience, how does a solid education affect an individual's ability to be a functioning member of society?

3. In your experience, how does an individual stemming from a lower income environment differ from an individual stemming from a higher income environment?

4. Within a business or organization, how does one best satisfy its clients?

5. How can an individual best promote an idea to a client?

6. In a community aiming to progress itself economically, what issues must it address first?

7. What powers does a nonprofit [business] contain that may affect the behaviors of its consumers in modern society?

8. In your opinion, what issue is the United States facing that currently limits the job market and economy?

9. How can the United States as a whole, best prepare its labor force for the future job market?

10. How can the United States as a whole, best progress society so that the aforementioned issues are resolved?

Second Interview Questions.

Content:
The purpose of the second interview is justify your mentor as an expert in the field.  Thus, you will be asking at least 5 questions about their background and/or the background of the organization or company where they work.

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?

My mentor is a local stock broker named David Bower. He works at a place known as Edward Jones, a local business firm. I chose him because he possesses a significant knowledge of business and finance beyond his current position.

2.  What five [or more] questions will ask them about their background?

1. What is your educational background?
2. What was your original major, and why did you choose to pick it?
3. How have you learned outside of formal education?
4. What has been your greatest accomplishment? Why?
5. In your opinion, what is the most effective way in winning over clients?
6. What is the most important thing you know that has come only from experience?
7. What is the most effective way to keep up with a fast-paced work environment?

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

Content:

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

 I plan to interview Mr. David Bower - a financial stock broker. The reason I want to do this is because I feel in both the acts of setting up a nonprofit and managing one, managing and establishing funds is going to be a hugely important aspect. I also plan to interview Mr. Bower because he has had several years of Business Management, Administration, and knows a significant amount of business and finance beyond being a stock broker. He is very qualified.

 
2.  You have to ask 5 questions.  What additional questions do you plan to ask? 

•  What is your experience in business and management outside of formal education?
•  What is the primary intent of focus in any given organization?
•  What allows an organization to flourish? What doesn't?
•  In your years of experience in management, what is the best way to organize a team?
•  Is there anything you can tell me that comes only from experience? If so, what is it?