Template:Angie/Headmistress Form

Background Questions

 * What schools did you attend during your education? "I attended Koldovstoretz School of Magic in Russia for all of my years of schooling. I went to summer school, where I learned English and later French."
 * What were your best and worst NEWT subjects? "My best subjects were obviously Transfiguration and Muggle Studies; while the worst were Potions and, quite honestly, Music or Ancient Runes."
 * What is the best thing about teaching? "Essentially, when you become a professor, you become the temporary parent of all of these wonderful and sometimes troublesome children. It is such a blessing to get to see the students grow up as they progress through school, but also getting to have a growing bond as the years go on. There is nothing better than sitting down with a student, who has their whole life ahead of them, and speaking to them about their life plans and goals, what they are doing well or poor in, if they need any help, and so on. Just getting to have that connection with the students is certainly my favorite part of having the job that I do."
 * What is the worst thing about teaching? "By far, the worst thing associated with teaching is dealing with the uncooperative parents. There is nothing more heartbreaking about parents who aren't supportive of the professors or the students, but the worst is when you have to see this negatively affecting the latter. It is unfortunately all too frequent of a thing that students fall behind or fail, because their parents aren't there or don't care. Perhaps they even care too much and they become too nosy, which puts too much pressure on the children that then makes them fail. It is all too often that I see people who push their children towards certain professions or subjects or sports or clubs. It is easy for some parents to forget that they need to be patient yet supportive. Telling those parents through letters or meetings that their attitude is detrimental to the student's success is hard, especially if they think they are doing the right thing."

Hogwarts Questions

 * What plans do you currently have for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? "It would be nice to, although keeping the independence with the students at Hogwarts, to help with the bonding and connection to the parents, especially those from Muggle households or transfer students. We should ease any worry of parents sending their children away to our hands and responsibility. I would like to propose having parents meet the professors and possibly also see the grounds. It would not be entirely odd for a boarding school of sorts to do something like that. This could create some work with Muggle-Born or Muggle-Raised students, but it should not be a secrecy problem for Muggle parents or guardians of magical children to be introduced to magic. If this wouldn't be entirely possible, I would like to hold something in Diagon Alley, as they are certainly allowed there based off of my research, to meet them myself and have them meet our professors to ask any questions. Reviving Hogwarts with interesting classes and clubs that could appeal to students with different goals and ideal professions would also be a task that I would like to undertake in the future. Being able to provide the students with a variety of ways to introduce themselves into a trade or skill to see if they would be interested in that pathway is my goal."
 * What are your expectations from Hogwarts right now?
 * What kinds of changes would you make to better Hogwarts? "As stated above, having a more personal relationship with parents that might not know as much about the school or the curriculum as well as diversifying the opportunities that we provide for our students."

Personality Questions

 * What would you do in the face of an emergency like that occurred this past year at Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley?
 * What would you do in the case of a werewolf attack on Hogwarts Campus? If a student was bitten how would you help the student affected?
 * Describe a time in your teaching career when something didn't go according to plan and how you dealt with that.

Out-Of-Character Questions

 * What plans do you currently have for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
 * Do you foresee any activity issues interfering with the time demand of being Headmaster/Headmistress?
 * What kinds of changes would you make to better Hogwarts?