Ed's Thoughts

I thought the critical incident activity was a valuable tool for us as future administrators facing the application and interview process. It could give the interviewer a quick glance at the applicant's problem solving skills. It also might be a good activity to develop critical incident activities at a student level to teach the students problem solving strategies. In our district, we use a program to teach social and problem solving skills called Second Step. Students are presented with a problem and are asked to role play different scenarios. It teaches them to monitor their behavior.