TTP FINALS

• The Teaching Profession 


  Mission, Vocation, and Profession
• Teaching as a Mission "MISSIO"


  Task assigned

  To teach
• Teaching as a Vocation "VOCARE"


  Passion

  Dedication
• Teacher Mark is treated as a teacher for teaching his students the lessons every day. He teaches everything he knows, showing off his mastery of the subject, but not even considering the feelings of his students towards difficult topics.
• On the other hand, a volunteer named Joy is addressed as a teacher for teaching and serving the children of a far rural community. She travels almost 20 kilometers everyday for the sake of her students learning and development.
• Difference between the teaching practices of Teacher Mark and Joy

  The main difference lies in their dedication to the service
• When someone practices teaching as a vocation, they teach with dedication.
• Initial Professional Education


  • Long and arduous years of preparation. This is just the beginning as a professional is expected to learn endlessly.
• Accreditation


  • University programs are approved by a regulatory body like the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines to ensure that graduates from these recognized programs start their professional lives with competence.
• Licensing


  • Mandatory, not voluntary, and is administered by a government authority like the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the Philippines.
• Professional Development


  • Ongoing professional education that maintains or improves professionals' knowledge and skills after they begin professional practice. In the Philippines, this is Continuing Professional Development mandated by RA 10912, otherwise known as the CPD Act of 2016.
• Professional Societies


  • Define certification criteria, manage certification programs, establish accreditation standards and define a code of ethics and disciplinary action for violations of that code.
• Code of Ethics


  • Each profession has a code of ethics to ensure that its practitioners behave responsibly. The code states what professionals should do. Professionals can be ejected from their professional societies or lose their licenses to practice for violating the code of ethics.
• Teachers are duly licensed professionals who possess dignity and reputation with high moral values as well as technical and professional competence. In the practice of their noble profession, they strictly adhere to, observe, and practice this set of ethical and moral principles, standards, and values.
• History of teacher education in the Philippines

  1. During the pre-Hispanic period, mothers, fathers and tribal leaders served as teachers

  2. During the Spanish period, Spanish missionaries served as teachers and normal schools were established

  3. During the American regime, American soldiers served as the first teachers and the Philippine Commission created the Department of Public Instruction and the Philippine Normal School

  4. In 1949, the Philippine Normal School became the Philippine Normal College offering the four-year Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
• Presidential Decree 1006 signed

  September 22, 1976
• Presidential Decree 1006 provides for the professionalization of teachers and regulates their practice in the Philippines
• The Constitution provides that all educational institutions shall be under the supervision of, and subject to regulation by, the State, and requires the State to establish and maintain a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the goals of national development
• The Department of Education and Culture has adopted ways and means of overseeing all the educational institutions in the country
• The supervisory function of the DEC has been primarily aimed at ensuring that the educational institutions inculcate in the studentry love of the country, teach the duties of citizenship, and develop moral character, personal discipline, and scientific, technological and vocational efficiency
• The teaching population comprises more than 300,000 teachers deployed all over the country in the civil service sector alone
• Teaching requires a number of years of collegiate study, but it is the only course that is not yet considered a profession
• In recognition of the vital role of teachers in nation-building and as an incentive to raise the morale of teachers, it is imperative that they be considered as professionals and teaching be recognized as a profession
• Teaching


  The profession primarily concerned with classroom instruction at the elementary and secondary levels, in accordance with the curriculum prescribed by the National Board of Education, whether on part-time or full-time basis in the public or private schools
• Teachers


  All persons engaged in teaching at the elementary and secondary levels, whether on a full-time or part-time basis, including guidance counselors, school librarians, industrial arts or vocational teachers and all other persons performing supervisory and/or administrative functions in all schools in the aforesaid levels and legally qualified to practice teaching under this Decree
• Board


  The National Board for Teachers duly constituted under this Decree
• Powers and duties of the National Board for Teachers

  1. Appoint examiners

  2. Determine and fix examination places and dates

  3. Look into conditions affecting the teaching profession

  4. Issue, suspend, revoke, replace or reissue Professional Teachers Certificates

  5. Appoint officials and employees

  6. Prescribe and collect examination and other fees

  7. Promulgate rules and regulations
• Composition of the National Board for Teachers

  • Secretary of Education and Culture (Co-Chairman)
  • Chairman, Civil Service Commission
  • Commissioner, Professional Regulations Commission
  • Two members representing the private sector appointed by the President
• Qualification requirements for examination applicants

  • Be a citizen of the Philippines (except those with 5+ years teaching experience)
  • Be of good moral character
  • Be free from any physical and/or mental defect
  • Possess minimum educational qualifications (Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, Bachelor's degree in Education or equivalent, or Bachelor's degree in field of specialization with 18+ units in professional education)
• All applications shall be filed with an office or offices designated by the Board, preferably the offices of the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Education and Culture, which shall screen and approve such applications and issue the corresponding permits to take the examination
• The examiners appointed by the Board shall each receive compensation of not less than P5.00 for each examinee, but in no case shall each examiner receive more than P18,000 per examination
• The examination shall consist of written tests, the scope of which shall be determined by the Board, taking into consideration the teaching plan of the schools legally constituted in the Philippines
• Passing the examination


  Obtaining a general average of at least 70 percent in all subjects, with no rating below 50 percent in any subject
• Teachers who have passed examinations given by the Civil Service Commission or jointly by the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Education and Culture shall be considered as having passed the board examinations for teachers
• The Civil Service Commission shall register holders of Professional Teacher Certificates, which registration shall evidence that the registrant is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a Professional Teacher until and unless the certificate is suspended or canceled by the Board for just cause
• Three years after the effectivity of this Decree, no person shall engage in teaching and/or act as a teacher unless they hold a valid Professional Teacher Certificate
• Violations of the Decree shall be penalized by a fine of not less than One Thousand Pesos nor more than Five Thousand Pesos with subsidiary imprisonment or imprisonment of not less than six months nor more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment