Sample Application Letter for Teacher Without Experience

This is a sample application letter for a newly licensed teacher who has no teaching experience yet, apart from a practice-teaching internship. In the sample, an English major who passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) applies to a school principal for an English teaching post. You can use it as a model for your own first application.

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What the sample letter shows

The letter answers the questions a principal is likely to ask about an applicant with no work history. In order, it covers:

1. Greeting and purpose. The applicant states her intent to join the school and how she learned of the opening: a friend told her the school needs English teachers for school year 2019-2020.
2. License. She passed the LET in September 2017, soon after graduating in March.
3. Degree. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education, major in English.
4. Continuing study. She enrolled in graduate school in November 2018, taking a Master of Arts in Educational Management, major in English.
5. Experience she does have. Her only teaching experience is her internship at a public high school. She explains what she gained from it and points to the lectures and seminars from college as proof she is ready.
6. Why this school. She says colleagues told her the school supports teachers’ professional growth through workshops and training, and that her own research showed it is among the best schools in the city.
7. Closing. She asks for a chance at her first teaching job, thanks the principal, and signs off.

The main lesson for applicants without experience: lead with your license, degree, further studies, and internship, and show that you know something specific about the school.

Sample application letter

Ms. Marione Rose S. Cruz, MaIS
Principal
St. Monica’s College

Dear Ma’am:

A day full of peace to you!

I am writing this letter to let you know of my intent to be a part of your established institution. A good friend of mine informed me that you are looking for English teachers for the opening of the school year 2019-2020. Given my credentials, I profoundly believe that I am a potential teacher at your school.

I passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers in September 2017, right after graduating from college in March. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education major in English from La Consolacion College Manila.

To continue my professional growth, I enrolled in a graduate degree in November 2018 at the Graduate School of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. My degree is Master of Arts in Educational Management major in English.

My only experience in teaching was my internship at Jose P. Laurel National High School in Quezon City. I was able to gain more knowledge and broaden my teaching skills at that institution. Though I do not have years of teaching experience yet, I believe that I am ready to take on the responsibilities of a teacher because we were extensively trained in college through the series of lectures and seminars I attended.

I decided to send my application to your school after some colleagues told me that you give many opportunities to your teachers and that you are very supportive of their professional endeavors by providing professional development workshops and training in and out of the school. I also did a little research about the schools here in Marikina, and your school appears to be the best in most aspects. I believe choosing what is best can bring out the best in people like me who want to improve continuously.

I am hoping that you will give me an opportunity to have my first teaching experience in your reputed school.

Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to your positive response.

Sincerely,

Hazel Mae S. Parungao
Applicant

How to adapt this letter

• Replace the names, school, subject area, and dates with your own details.
• Keep the same order: purpose, license, degree, further studies, internship, reasons for choosing the school, and closing.
• If you have no graduate studies yet, skip that paragraph rather than inventing one.
• Name something real about the school you are applying to, as the sample does with its training programs.

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