PHILIPPINE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS (PPST)

 defines teacher quality in the Philippines.

 The standards describe the expectations of teachers’ increasing levels of knowledge, practice and
professional engagement.

DOMAIN 1: Content Knowledge DOMAIN 2: Learning DOMAIN 3: Diversity of

and Pedagogy Environment Learners
 Content knowledge and its  Learner safety and security  Learners’ gender, needs,
application within and across  Fair learning environment strengths, interests and
curriculum areas  Management of classroom experiences
 Research-based knowledge structure and activities  Learners’ linguistic, cultural,
and principles of teaching and  Support for learner socio-economic and
learning participation religious backgrounds
 Positive use of ICT  Promotion of purposive  Learners with disabilities,
 Strategies for promoting learning giftedness and talents
literacy and numeracy  Management of learner  Learners in difficult
 Strategies for developing behavior circumstances
critical and creative thinking,  Learners from indigenous
as well as other higher-order groups
thinking skills
 Mother Tongue, Filipino and
English in teaching and
learning
 Classroom communication
strategies

DOMAIN 4: Curriculum and DOMAIN 5: Assessment and DOMAIN 6: Community

Planning Reporting Linkages and Professional
Engagement
 Planning and management of  Design, selection,  Establishment of learning
teaching and learning process organization and utilization environments that are
 Learning outcomes aligned of assessment strategies responsive to community
with learning competencies  Monitoring and evaluation of contexts
 Relevance and learner progress and  Engagement of parents and
responsiveness of learning achievement the wider school community
programs  Feedback to improve in the educative process
 Professional collaboration to learning  Professional ethics
enrich teaching practice  Communication of learner  School policies and
 Teaching and learning needs, progress and procedures
resources including ICT achievement to key
stakeholders
 Use of assessment data to
enhance teaching and
learning practices and
programs

DOMAIN 7: Personal Growth and Professional Development

 Philosophy of teaching
 Dignity of teaching as a profession
 Professional links with colleagues
 Professional reflection and learning to improve practice
 Professional development goals