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SUMMARY The is an interviewing unit I teach in Business Communications class. The topics covered are first impressions, dress for success, greeting, interviewing questions, analyzing good/bad interview techniques through videos, mock interviewing, and student creation of a 2-3 minute video example of a good or bad interview.

LESSON PLANS Interview Unit First Impressions Lesson Teaching Schema Shari Schlichtemeier

GO: Students will understand, and discuss the importance of a great first impression when interviewing for a job. (attire, handshake, eye contact, body language, and verbal communication skills) APK: Watch first 10 slides of PowerPoint presentation in 7 second intervals (the time it takes to form a first impression).

NI: Mini lecture on how first impressions are formed.

APP: Go through first 10 slides again - discuss what career the students think each person has based on their first impressions. CTS: S22

NI: Finish PowerPoint presentation with discussion and floating feedback throughout each slide. CTS: S23 CTS: S32

APP: Class discussion about appropriate attire/appearance for a job interview.

GEN: Students search the Internet for pictures of appropriate dress for an interview. Prepare a short presentation to present to the class about appropriate/inappropriate dress for interviews. Students will present to the class.

HW: Finish presentation and have ready for class.

Feedback: takes place all through the lesson.

Interview Unit Answering Interview Questions Teaching Schema Shari Schlichtemeier

GO: Students will recognize, understand, and discuss the questions asked by interviewers and appropriate answers to those questions.

APK: Short discussion with students about the aspects of a good interviewing skills that we have talked about in class. Students will then log on to Google docs to access some of the most commonly asked questions by interviewers. Students will respond to each question as they would right now.

Interview Questions

NI: Once students have responded to the questions, we will then discuss each one as a group. Discussion on how they answered, and then discuss the appropriate responses to those questions.

APP: Once discussion is done, each student will then research online to find 5 other questions that could be possibly asked by an interviewer. They will need to post these on Google docs along with an appropriate answer to the question. CTS: S23 CTS: S11 CTS: S32

GEN: Each student will take turns presenting to the class the 5 questions/answers they researched. Students will be able to access all other students’ questions/ answers so they will each have a large list of potential questions to be asked by an interviewer.

HW: Finish questions/answers research if do not get finished in class.

Feedback: takes place all through the lesson.

Interview Unit Good/Bad Interview Critique Teaching Schema Shari Schlichtemeier

GO: Students will recognize, understand, and discuss the difference between good and bad interviews.

APK: Short discussion with students about the aspects of a good interviewing skills that we have talked about in class.

NI: The students will be separated into three small groups. Each group will watch 3 short video clips of good and bad interviews (YouTube). Links for the video clips are on Sakai for them to access. Example of bad interview Example of Interviewer Perspective

APP: As a group, they will collaborate and critique each interview and come up with a list of both good and “not so good” aspects of the process from the information they have learned in class. CTS: S23 CTS: S11 CTS: S32

GEN: Each group will take turns presenting one video clip and critique. After each presentation, other groups will discuss what they thought about the same video clip.

HW: None

Feedback: takes place all through the lesson.

Interview Unit Mock Interviews with teacher Teaching Schema Shari Schlichtemeier

GO: Students will practice interviewing with teacher using good interviewing skills learned in class.

APK: Short discussion with students about the aspects of a good interviewing skills that we have talked about in class. (Greeting, hand shake, eye contact, answers to questions, etc.)

NI: Students will take turns going through a 5-7 minute mock interview with teacher.

APP: Students not participating in the interview will use backchanneling to provide positive feedback and constructive criticism for the interviewing student. (Teachers will review these before sharing with student to ensure appropriateness of feedback.) Students will use **coveritlive.com** for the backchanneling portion.

GEN: Short discussion following each mock interview to get feedback from teacher and students.

HW: None

Interview Unit Interview Videos Teaching Schema Shari Schlichtemeier

GO: Students will prepare a short video depicting good or bad interviewing skills using the knowledge they have learned in class.

APK: Short discussion with students about the aspects of a good interviewing skills that we have talked about in class. (Greeting, hand shake, eye contact, answers to questions, etc.)

NI: Students will be placed in small groups and given the requirements of the video project. They will also be assigned a “good” video or “bad” video to produce. Students will be given additional resources about “free” video and audio editing programs, or they may use iMovie that they have on their laptops. Students will present finished project to the class. A vote will be held to choose the “winning” good/bad videos to use for class the next semester. Videos will be posted on the web through some avenue yet to be determined. (YouTube, VoiceThread, etc.)

Video Production Assignment

APP: Students will use knowledge gained in class to write a script of their video, assigned students to be characters, and prepare a final project.

GEN: Students will ask questions, etc. as the project progresses.

HW: Work on production as needed to meet deadlines.