What to do about negative teaching evaluations during job interviews?

If you're asked to present information relative to your teaching, you need to do that, especially if teaching will be a significant part of your future job.

Not everyone is a superstar right out of the gate, as far as teaching is concerned, and everyone understands that it may take a while for you to hit your stride. The best way for you to finesse the negative responses is to include your own commentary on the teaching evaluations, showing that you can be reflective about your work. We all bomb out now and then; the question is whether you can look objectively at what the students have said and make some adjustments to your approach in the classroom that might address some of the issues. I want to see someone making improvements based on feedback. I don't want to see a faculty member getting the same kinds of comments, semester after semester, and just going on with the same old methods. Did you seek any kind of mentorship for your teaching?

A low response rate is not a positive thing, unfortunately.

Did you have a supervisor for your teaching? Was that person supportive and aware of your efforts in the classroom? Could that person write a teaching recommendation for you that might be in addition to the other expected letters?