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School Social Worker Interview Rubric 
Interview questions and rubric for Job Interview, School Social Worker
Rubric Code: GC3BB4
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Subject: Education  
Type: (Other)  
Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

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  Poor...........

1 pts

Fair..............

2 pts

Average......

3 pts

Good..........

4 pts

Excellent...............

5 pts

Education and Experience
3 pts

Please share any experiences and training that you have had that has prepared you to work as a school social worker in our program?

Poor...........

Only lists schools, degrees, and jobs
Fair..............

Describes program or courses; describes duties
Average......

Describes courses, training, duties and experiences
Good..........

Describes courses, training, duties and experiences and relates to position
Excellent...............

Describes courses, training, duties and experiences, relates to position, and has extensive work history in education; describes beneficial changes as result of actions
School/Family Relationships
2 pts

What experience or ideas do you have on how to strengthen partnerships between families and the school?

Poor...........

No experience
Fair..............

Limited experience
Average......

Experience in a setting other than school type setting.
Good..........

Experience in a school type setting.
Excellent...............

Experience in a school type setting. Provides creative examples.
Conducting Group Skills
2 pts

What experience do you have conducting "Social Skills Groups" with students with disabilities?

Poor...........

No experience
Fair..............

Limited experience
Average......

Experience in a setting other that school type setting.
Good..........

Experience in a school type setting.
Excellent...............

Experience in a school type setting. Provides creative examples.
Inappropriate behaviors
3 pts

How would you respond to a disruptive student interfering with the overall functioning of your Group Session?

Poor...........

Inflexible; unable to give example of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation; speaks negatively about administration, coworkers, policies, situations
Fair..............

Gives vague examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation
Average......

Gives examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation and describe results
Good..........

Gives examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation and describe results; includes concept of teamwork, knowledge of chain of command
Excellent...............

Gives examples of creative thinking and initiative. Describes results and effects of using behavior plans and positive behavior recognition to monitor and manage behavior.
Individual Skills
2 pts

What experience do you have providing individual skills sessions with students? How do you build rapport with students who do not trust easily?

Poor...........

No experience
Fair..............

Limited experience
Average......

Experience in a setting other than a school type setting.
Good..........

Experience in a school type setting.
Excellent...............

Experience in a school type setting. Provides specific examples of experiences.
Experience with Difficult People
3 pts

Describe a situation where you had to solve a difficult problem with a child and/or family. How did you problem-solve this? What type of interventions did you do? What was the outcome? What would you have done differently?

Poor...........

Very little experience working with difficult families or children.
Fair..............

Very little experience working withdifficult families or children in an educational setting
Average......

Some experience working with difficult families or children in an educational setting; offers an example with strategies used
Good..........

At least one year of experience working with difficult families or children in an educational setting; offers examples with strategies and successful outcomes
Excellent...............

Extensive experience working with difficult families or children; offers multiple, detailed examples with strategies used and successful outcomes; describes beneficial changes as result of actions
Mental Health Coordination
3 pts

What training and experiences have you had the area of mental health? What experiences have you coordinating services for services?

Poor...........

Unable to give example of experience or coordination of services.
Fair..............

Limited ability describe example of experience or coordination of services; gives vague example of own participation
Average......

Describes concept and coordination of services; describes successful outcomes
Good..........

Describes examples of experience and coordination of services;
Excellent...............

Describes examples of experience or coordination of services with beneficial changes as result of actions
Flexibility/Resourcefulness
3 pts

Tell us about a stressful situation you had with a student and how you handled it.

Poor...........

Inflexible; unable to give example of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation; speaks negatively about administration, coworkers, policies, situations
Fair..............

Gives vague examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation
Average......

Gives examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation and describe results
Good..........

Gives examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation and describe results; includes concept of teamwork, knowledge of chain of command
Excellent...............

Gives examples of ability to prioritize, change plans, think quickly, handle stressful situation and describe results; includes concept of teamwork, knowledge of chain of command; describes beneficial changes as result of actions
Creativity/Initiative
2 pts

Tell us about an experience that you had with a student that you are really proud of. (Did you find a strategy that helped a student, did you create something that a student benefited from, etc.)

Poor...........

Unable to give example of creative thinking or taking initiative; speaks negatively about administration, coworkers, policies, situations
Fair..............

Gives vague examples of creative thinking and taking initiative
Average......

Gives examples of creative thinking and taking initiative and describes results
Good..........

Gives examples of creative thinking and taking initiative; describes results and effect on classroom team, students, others [ex. administration, parents]
Excellent...............

Gives examples of creative thinking and taking initiative; describes results and effect on classroom team, students, others [ex. administration, parents]; describes beneficial changes as result of actions
Teaching
3 pts

The students in your classroom will have varying skill levels and range of academic, social and behavioral needs. How do you feel about delivering a teacher made lesson plan for a student and/or group of students?

Poor...........

Unable to deliver lesson plans
Fair..............

Little knowledge of delivering lesson plans, they would require teacher assistance
Average......

Some knowledge of delivering lesson plans with regular ed students and some knowledge of using lesson plans with SWD
Good..........

Gives examples of delivering lesson plans within a SWD or co-taught classroom
Excellent...............

Gives creative and detailed examples of delivering lesson plans to meet the needs of SWD within a regular or co-taught lesson.
Autism
3 pts

Have you had experience working with students with Autism and/or EBD?

Poor...........

No experience
Fair..............

Little experience and/or exposure to autistic or EBD students. Has worked with other SWD.
Average......

Limited experience and/or exposure to autistic and EBD students
Good..........

Worked directly with autistic or EBD students
Excellent...............

Worked directly with autistic and EBD students
Teaming
3 pts

What is your philosophy on working with a team, Describe your abilities to do this.

Poor...........

Unable to give example of own participation in successful teamwork; speaks negatively about coworkers or teamwork process
Fair..............

Limited ability to describe concept of successful teamwork; gives vague example of own participation
Average......

Describes concept and importance of teamwork; gives example of own participation; describes successful outcomes
Good..........

Describes participation in teamwork and describes successful outcomes; describes ability to resolve conflict
Excellent...............

Describes participation and leadership in teamwork and describes successful outcomes; describes ability to resolve conflict; describes beneficial changes as result of actions
CPI
2 pts

Have you had Crisis Intervention Prevention Training? Are you willing to follow specific training procedures and restrain a student if they are harming themselves, others, or danger is imminent?

Poor...........

They are not willing to restrain.
Fair..............

Willing to restrain, but apprehensive.
Average......

Willing to restrain.
Good..........

Willing to restrain and follow procedures when it is the last resort.
Excellent...............

Trained in Mindset, experience with restraint, willing to restrain when the last resort.
Data
2 pts

What role does Data play in your job, how does it inform your group or individual skills?

Poor...........

Does not use Data in current practice
Fair..............

Limited data use
Average......

Limited data use, but willing to learn
Good..........

Adequate data use and knowledge
Excellent...............

Excellent examples of data tracking and altering group or individual skills as a result
Verbal Responses
1 pts

Observation

Poor...........

Speaks unclearly (mumbles); mispronounces words or phrases; uses excessive improper grammar; fails to elaborate answers; speaks negatively about past employer or coworkers
Fair..............

Speaks somewhat articulately; mispronounces a few words and/or uses improper grammar
Average......

Speaks clearly; answers all the questions with little or no elaboration
Good..........

Speaks articulately with very few mistakes; answers all the questions appropriately with a few elaborated responses
Excellent...............

Speaks articulately using appropriate grammar and pronunciation; offers elaborated, appropriate answers with confidence
Attributes / Attitude
2 pts

Observation

Poor...........

Aggressive; overbearing; egotistical OR <BR>
shy; reserved; too nervous; lacks interest and enthusiasm OR <BR>
too enthusiastic
Fair..............

Nervous; speaks too loudly or too softly; stumbles or pauses frequently when speaking; lacks knowledge on topics
Average......

Nervous; normal speech volume; stumbles or pauses a few times when speaking; seems interested in the position
Good..........

Speech volume seemed natural, poised and confident; has an appropriate balance of nerves and enthusiasm throughout the interview
Excellent...............

Very confident, but not boastful; seems relaxed and very knowledgable about topics



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