Questions to ask students on the first day of school?

It’s a new school year and with it comes to an entirely new group of students & teachers.  Each of these children has their own stories, their own aims, fears, strengths, weaknesses, favorites, passions, and goals.

On the very first day of school, every child is expected to answer some of the other questions either asked by their new teachers or by new classmates. As the questionnaire is a valuable & essential tool to learn more about the students in the class.

Let us analyze some questions that are to be asked on the first day of school:

•    What is your greatest quality or strength?

Letting the students identify their strengths help you get a starting point on how to teach them.

Teachers can analyze over time whether these strengths are acting positively towards the success of the student or not.

It allows students to acknowledge their strength. It gives the teacher the opportunity to focus on the strength and to help them overcome obstacles while achieving these qualities.

Weaknesses help the students to do an in-depth self-assessment of their own selves.

It can also give the teachers a goal to convert these weaknesses into positive traits for the future success of their students and help them overcome this weakness.

•    Tell about your hobbies & Interests

The teacher can motivate students to engage in these hobbies and interests. Knowing what interests them, helps in connecting with students easily while knowing in which field they can perform well.

•    What career(s) would you like to pursue?

A teacher must know about the career goals of his/her students so that they can also help them establish a good career.

•    What is your favorite passion?

This seems a simple question but it can tell a lot more about the students as it helps him engage in his/her interests & how it can be helpful in personality development. 

•    What are the goals you want to achieve at the end of the year?

Asking & knowing about the expectations of the child and why he/she has joined the school, can help you in setting your own goals too.

•    What is your driving force or who is the main motivational person in your life?

Encouragement & motivation to perform well in academic as well as extra-curricular activities is really important for the students in order to excel. But to motivate them effectively a teacher or a mentor needs to understand & know about their motivational agents and driving force.

•    What type of teacher are you looking for?

It is essential that the teacher can understand what qualities the students want in them and whether or not there is a need for improvement or correction.

By focusing on the characteristics, students can honestly describe the kind of teacher they relate with best. It is a good exercise for teachers to know how they can improve to become better teachers.

CONCLUSION: There are a few more questions that you might have to answer at the very first day of your school. Depending on the abilities of students, teachers can add more similar questions for an in-depth understanding of their pupils.