1. I NTERVIEWING G UIDE

2. S TRATEGIC P LANNING Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy.

4. W HAT ARE YOU GOING TO ASK ? Who, What, Where, When, Why and How Do research before you interview Feel comfortable in what you are asking Have someone review and discuss your questions

5. T YPES OF Q UESTIONS Close ended questions vs open ended questions Leading questions Multiple questions to approach one answer Do not stick to the order you wrote your questions in Create a shorter question sheet Conduct practice interviews to see how long they will take

6. P REPARATION Gather as much information about the individual as possible Google your teacher before you meet with them Learn of other people to interview External vs internal interviews

7. O BSERVATIONS Listen Look for body language Compare interviews Be cognizant of time “interviewers talk 20 percent of the time during the interview, and listen 80%”

8. T AKE N OTES Record conversation Bring more than one person Type up your notes the same day you conducted the interview

9. C ONDUCTING AN I NTERVIEW We mostly see interviewing on TV Use different techniques for different interviews (this is not a survey but an interview) It is a conversation- you can only interview as good as you can converse Focus groups- good for tough issues

10. T IPS FOR INTERVIEWING Probe- follow up questions Don’t use too large of words “Play Dumb” “You know what I mean”- don’t allow that Take note if you think they are lying

11. T IPS C ONTINUED Don’t talk too much Do not fill silences (wait five seconds) Shy people fill with positive statements Outspoken over prepared people tend to fill it with negative statements Do not disagree with the person you are interviewing It is okay if you don’t answer all of your questions

12. P ROBLEMS I HAVE I NTERVIEWING I get nervous that I will influence the conversation Teachers talked too much about state mandates, not skills they teach Interview took too long I had to constantly cut her off, no room for pauses

13. L ISTEN TO YOUR INTERVIEW Practice, Practice, Practice