Now that the Senior High School selection process has rolled out nationwide, most School Screening Committees will conduct the interview process after the Demonstration Teaching of teacher-applicants. For the record, the DepEd interview process will employ the Behavioral Event Interview (BEI) method.
BEI is a structured assessment wherein applicants are asked how they have performed in specific situations and will be measured on how they will perform when hired in the future. It anchors on the belief that behaviors exhibited in the past are predictors for future performance in the workplace.
Teacher-applicants are highly encouraged to answer using the S.T.A.R approach:
S - Situation. Narrate a particular experience wherein you have exhibited an exceptional and desirable skill. Be sure to cite important details involved in the scenario.
T - Task. Describe the tasks involved in the particular situation.
A - Action. List the action plans that you did to address the situation's task.
R - Result. Enumerate the outcome of your action plan; It's better to speak in terms of quantifiable accomplishments (100% increase in efficiency, etc.).
Example:
1. Situation - During my second year of teaching, I became an adviser of the First Year students.
2. Task - I noticed that there have been a lot or recorded tardiness in our section.
3. Action - I introduced a class program to give incentives to early birds as well as a buddy system wherein responsible students will encourage their struggling classmates come to school early.
4. Result - For the entire year, there was a 90% decrease in student tardiness in our classroom and our school's guidance counselor adapted the program which is now being used for all year levels in our campus.
It is relatively easy to ace the SHS interview process as long as teacher-applicants avoid "generic" answers i.e. preachy, sermon or lecture-type explanations. Applicants should be prepared to narrate concrete experiences that will support the information written in one's Personal Data Sheet (PDS) and surely, this step of the SHS application process would be a breeze.
