Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preparation

These are the questions I decided on for my fourth interview. I want to interview my mentor Jerome Walczak. He has however been very adamant against interviews. If he does not agree, I will have to change questions and interview someone else. Who I don't know yet.
Half are the same as my last interview because the two people do similar jobs, so the questions applied to both.

1. Why did you start teaching?
2. What kept you teaching?
3. What was/is your most helpful resource when it comes to teaching?
4. What techniques do you use to engage the children?
5. What is the best way to keep kids invested in karate?
6. How does teaching differ with age?
7. What age group is the easiest to teach and why?
8. What age group is the hardest to teach and why?
9. What is the best way to control hyperactive/disrespectful children?
10. What have you found to be the best way to explain a technique in a way that a child can understand?
11. What is the best way to cater to multiple learning styles?
12. What do you believe is the most important trait a martial arts teacher needs (patience, discipline, enunciation etc.) and why?
13. How experienced does a person need to be in order to do a good job teaching, and why?
14. What are your expectations of children from when they join to having years’ experience?
15. How would you explain to a child they need to wait longer? (testing, taking turns, etc.)
16. Do you believe enforcing the karate philosophy while teaching helps the kids? Why and how, or why not?
17. How do you approach parental involvement?
18. How important is preparation when it comes to teaching?
19. What, in your opinion is the most significant factor for effectively teaching karate to children?
20. What is the worst part of teaching?
21. What is the best part of teaching?

Blog 6: Second Interview Preparation

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?
My mentor is Sensei Jerome Walczak, secondary his wife Beverly. They work for the cities of La Verne, San Dimas, and Glendora teaching karate. I am mentoring in La Verne.

2. What 5 questions will you ask them about their background?
I plan on asking Sensei Jerome the following questions: "What has been the extent of your karate training?", "Who did you receive your black belt under?", "What black belt level are you?", "How long have you been practicing karate?", "How long have you been teaching karate?".

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?
I plan on interviewing Anthony-sama, one of the black belts at my karate studio. I help teach the kids alongside him, and he has more experience teaching than I.

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask?
I plan on asking questions such as: "What techniques do you use to engage the children?", "What motivated you to start teaching?", and "What, in your opinion, are the best and worst parts of teaching kids?".