在申请私校的流程中，家长面试应属相对最可控的环节，只要用心准备就可以给孩子加分，哪怕是认为英文表达不甚完美的家长也不用过于担心。申请美国顶级私校不仅要求家长面试还有家长文书部分。
加拿大私校大部分8年级及以下申请者一定有孩子面试，9年级及以上面试时家长可以提问题但没有强制面试。
本文分享如下建议供参考：
01、面试时刻在发生
有的家庭可能会选择跟目标学校预约访校，家庭完成学校tour后可能会被邀请做下来聊聊，那么这个“聊聊”很可能是面试的一部分。有的家庭是提交申请后正式预约面试。不论哪种形式，家长都需要了解面试时间是什么？面试官是谁？如不确定则可以向学校招生办询问。
02、了解孩子
让面试老师感受到家长非常了解孩子是在家长面试中最最重要。孩子的性格是什么？ta的优势是？ta的特别之处是？孩子课余时间喜欢做什么？这是家长在面试中甚至在每一次与学校接触前要思考并加以准备的内容。
03、家庭价值观
你能否详细阐述清晰家庭的教育理念？孩子为什么要申请私立学校？该理念是否与你所申请的学校匹配呢？
04、准备好问学校的问题
往往家长面试时的气氛是比较放松，而非考试。就像平常在学校老师跟家长会谈一样，因此形式多以对话出现，而非问答。因此建议家长多准备一些问题给学校，如关于录取流程、入读后的学术要求、校园生活、寄宿生活（如boarding）、和家校沟通等。如下：
What are the school’s admissions process and timeline?
How will my child be evaluated?
What are you looking for in students as you make admissions decisions?
What are the school’s academic requirements?
How will my child’s course selection take place, and who will guide us in this process?
How often are grades and comments distributed to parents?
What types of academic support are in place if my child struggles?
When does the college counseling process begin, and how are parents involved?
How are new students integrated into school life?
Who is guiding and supporting my child?
How accessible are health services? For boarding schools, what happens if a student is sick in the middle of the night?
What if my child has some mental health challenges that arise?
Are upper school students allowed to leave campus? If so, what permissions are required from us?
What is the adult supervision in the dormitories?
Will my child have a roommate? What happens if roommates have challenges living together?
What if my child gets homesick?
How is dorm life structured? What are the check-in times? Are there activities?
What on- and off-campus activities are offered on weekends? How do students travel to off-campus activities, and who oversees these events?
How are advisors assigned to students?
How soon after enrolling will we know about our child’s advisor?
How do you communicate with parents throughout the year about our child’s progress or issues that arise?
Will we have direct communication with our child’s advisor?
Who would we reach out to first if we felt our child needed support?
How can we as parents be involved with the school?
05、学生父母都参加
理想状态是学生父母同时参加面试，访校，并且都有所准备。交谈过程中父母双方都要交流，因为这样可以展现给学校的是我们是重视教育的家庭，我们对学校很感兴趣，且未来的教育也会父母同时参与。
06、向过来人取经
如有认识您所申请学校的现任或校友家长，则建议详细了解一下当年申请和就读之后的体验，这样可以获得更准确资料帮助了解学校主题价值观，甚至更准确判断该校是否适合孩子。毕竟申请学校是双向选择。
07、放松
相信这一点很多家长会做得很好，只要坚信一点：申请学校是双向选择，平等交流。
08、倒叙约面试
这是参加所有面试的规则：按照对不同私校兴趣高低，倒叙约面试时间-- 把最感兴趣的目标学校约在后面，这样经过前面学校面试环节学生和家庭都能够获取实战经验，总结可改进之处。更利于志在必得的私校录取
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