For a teacher-applicant applying for a teaching job for the first time, facing the principal for an interview or any interviewer could be a source of extreme anxiety. During such occasions, the aspiring teacher is compelled to “put his or her best foot forward” and show off, if needs to be, to please the principal and get hired at the end. There’s no such reason for you not to get hired if you are ready and as long as you have the qualities and qualifications of being a teacher you will be hired just wait for your turn and don’t lose hope. Your documents mustbe prepared completely on time, follow the simple rules and requirements given and fill up all the needed information when you passed it to the office remember first impression last sometimes. So, at first meeting show what you already got and be smart enough anytime they need you personally for another examination needed for you to get in the system.

 

        On the part of the principal or whoever is the counterpart in the evaluating process, he or she will definitely choose for the candidate who carries out the objectives of the education system. These qualities include passion, enthusiasm, sensitivity, heart and humor etc.

 

        Applying for a teaching job is not easy today as it used to be. Even this humble profession is steeped in competition that an aspiring teacher is well advised to equip him or herself with all the secrets of the trade to increase his or her chances of being hired.

By: Mrs. Mayrica S. Pineda | Teacher III | Casupanan Elementary School | Hermosa, Bataan