Camille, I loved your post on conducting an interview. Could you give us a sample of the questions you used in your group leader interviews?
You mean could I post the exact questions we used so you can copy them? Of course! Glad to help. Just make sure you edit them to fit your program specifically, so you will get the most out of your interviews.
On our interview sheets we included notes to ourselves to make sure the interviews ran smoothly and we didn’t forget anything important. Those notes are in italics. The basics were included at the top: name, date, two phone numbers. We also included a little note to self, “May we leave a message at this number?”
1. Review application and ask any relevant questions. Then say the following …
You have applied for a position as a youth leader. This means you would be responsible for a group of 17 – 20 elementary school students. We would train you on curriculum and behavior management before you begin. Your schedule, lessons, and materials will be provided for you. Your job will be like a teacher.
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Hiring Part 1: The Application
Hiring Part 2: Testing
Before you start hiring staff for your Afterschool program you will need to decide what you want those people to do. Is their job just to supervise while the kids play? Probably not. Most likely you want them to help with homework, lead science and art lessons, read aloud, handle basic behavior issues, and keep students safe, happy and engaged throughout the day. Now that’s great, but are you checking for any of these skills during your hiring process or are you just asking a few basic questions and giving them the job?
For now, I’m just going to address the homework part of that wish list – I’ll get to the rest later. So, if you want your staff to help students with their homework, you need to make sure they can do the assignments, too. How do you figure this out? You need to set up a test. Ask every applicant you are considering to complete this test before they even get to the interview. Remember, the corporate world tests applicants all the time. Afterschool can, too.
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