In one blog spot on how to apply as a public school teacher, demonstration teaching
performance is twenty per cent (20%) in the criteria to decide which applicant to hire. A well written lesson plan, excellent classroom management, engrossed learners, and attainment of 100% mastery level are evaluated. (LorenMurcia, 2012). The teacher applicant's capability in this should have been honed during their practice teaching, on or off campus. While in college, this is one area that preservice teachers must accord serious attention to.
Performance Rating from one's previous teaching employment is notably influential as well. Having more information about each applicant, apart from the other factors used to decide who to hire, is always a wise move.
The Interview subtly reveals relevant information about the teacher applicant which are not written in the resume and application letter. Exuded during the interview are self-confidence, poise, inner strength - or the lack thereof. The applicant's judgment sense and potential are measured. How to prepare for the job interview is one topic in career planning that should be given priority.
The teacher applicant's Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) rating was evaluated as "extremely important" only by respondents from the public secondary schools. Half of the respondents from the public elementary likewise thought so, and the other half perceived the LET rating only as "quite important". Majority of the respondents from the private schools deemed the LET rating only as "quite important". It is not enough that one passes the LET. Education graduates are better off aiming for a desirable rating which can boost their job qualification.
As to seminars, training, workshops attended, majority of the respondents from the public elementary schools believed these are "extremely important". The same was perceived by the respondents from the public secondary and private schools as only "quite important". These activities enrich the applicant's personal and professional status and propel career development.
Membership in professional organizations was the least important component among the professional attributes.
D. SUPPORTING PAPERS
Majority of the respondents from all types of school respondents considered the NBI / Police
Clearance as extremely important. The Baranggay Clearance was seen as "quite important" by the respondents from the public secondary and private schools, but the same was "extremely important" for the public elementary school respondents.
Recommendation Letters were determined to be "extremely important" by the private school respondents, "quite important" by the public elementary school respondents, and "not important at all / not relevant" by the respondents from the public secondary schools.