Guide to GES Best Teacher Award.

Best Tips for Successful Interview.

Learn the skill of interviewing:

ON THE DAY OF INTERVIEW

👉Be at the venue an hour before time.

👉Know your Interview Room.

👉Sit closer to the Interview Room or at designated place provided by the organisers.

👉Try recalling some basic facts about education, teaching, learning, etc.

👉Don't worry if you are not able to recall. This occurs due to a phenomenon known as "Mental Black Out".

👉Be relaxed. Drink little water depending on the weather. Avoid cold water when the weather is cold. This causes frequent urination.

👉Interview is not an examination where you receive "powers" from others. Don't move to where others have grouped discussing the interview.

👉Look for the registration sheet and register.

👉When it time for the Interview to begin get all your particulars organised, pray and get Going.....


DURING THE INTERVIEW

👉Knock and wait till you hear enter

👉When you enter Greet them politely and wait till you are asked to sit before you sit.

👉Sit gently and thank them.

👉Be relaxed. Humbled. Optimistic. Honest and Confident.

👉Ask for explanation of questions when you do not understand.

👉Answer the question honestly and dispassionately.

👉Where you don't know the answer to a question,  be honest and accept your ignorance. You are not Google to know and keep every information.


AFTER THE INTERVIEW

👉Thank them and leave when you are told to go.

👉Do not engage in post - mortem after the Interview.

👉Go home and thank your creator and pray for success.


Some Questions for GES Best Teacher Award.

Describe yourself.

Describe your professional development.( Professional Portfolio)

Describe your teaching Philosophy.

Describe using specific examples how your teaching Philosophy have helped in solving an educational problem in your Career.

What makes you think you are the best for the Teacher Prize.

Apart from teaching your children, which is mandatory, describe other work (voluntary and Free) that you have carried out to solve a specific problem in your area.

Describe some modern Pedagogies that you know and have applied in you teaching.

Which of these is important: Content or Methodology? Explain.

What do you know about the Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education, NACCA and NIB?

Do you have what it takes to be the next best Teacher?

How do you deal with recalcitrant teacher?

Mention any four Codes in the GES Codes of Conduct and Professional Ethics.

Describe the composition of the PTA or the SMC.

The Ghana Education Service has banned the use of canes in schools. What is your view on this?

List any five classroom management techniques used by teachers.

Describe briefly how you dealt with a child in your class you considered stubborn.