The Educational What Grade Levels Can How are they

Professional Qualifications They Teach recruited

Teacher in
U.S.A. With a teaching degree, The United States' Following the
you can focus on a educational standards successful completion
particular subject, are comparable to those of the application
demographic, or of other nations, such as process, the
educational context. the Philippines. superintendent
While each state has its  Pre- primary accepts the candidate
own standards for Education and then sends the
education and kindergarten, local school board a
certification, the nursery schools, recommendation to
majority of them preschool employ. Unless they
stipulate that programs, day are found guilty of a
instructors must hold care centers. crime, fail to exhibit
at least a bachelor's  Primary teaching proficiency,
degree and have Education or engage in
experience working Elementary egregious
under the supervision school professional behavior,
of another educator.  Middle School a teacher's contract to
Education Grade work is legally
4-6, 5-7, or 6-8. enforceable once they
 Secondary sign it. He or she is
Education required to finish
Highschool teaching for the
Grades 7-12or 8- duration of his or her
12. contract, with the
 Junior High exception of
School Grades 7- pregnancies, medical
8, 7- 9, or 8 leaves, and
 Senior High unforeseeable
School – Grades situations.
9-12, or 10-12.
Duration of
compulsory
education is from
entry of 6 years
old to exit of 18
years old
The ASEAN Qualifications The ASEAN: ONE VISION, Most teachers are
Reference Framework ONE IDENTITY, ONE licensed as
(AQRF) is a common COMMUNNITY Page 5 professionals or are
reference framework Basic education levels in certified to teach by
 that enables most ASEAN countries the country's
comparisons of have 12 years of formal appropriate agencies.
education qualifications schooling, divided into This is done by the
across participating primary, lower Ministry of Education
ASEAN Member States secondary and upper or the teacher
(AMS). The objectives secondary levels. education colleges or
of AQRF include universities.
Support recognition of Basic education levels in
qualifications. most ASEAN countries
have 12 years formal
Educational schooling, divided into
Qualifications Four primary, lower
important components secondary and upper
of teacher academic secondary level. All
preparations common primary education levels
to ASEAN countries. are compulsory, while in
1. General knowledge some countries the
and Understanding secondary level is
2. Pedagogy voluntary except the
3.Teaching Philippines.
Practicum/Experiential
Learning
4.Specialized
knowledge/major
courses
Japan In Japan, becoming a In Japan, higher Teaching is a popular
public-school teacher education starts upon and well-remunerated
requires graduating the completion of 12 profession in Japan
from a Ministry- years of education: the and the system has an
approved university Elementary education (6 oversupply of
teacher education years of elementary qualified candidates.
program and then school) and secondary An individual can
obtaining a teaching education (3 years of become certified as a
certificate for a lower secondary school teacher after
particular school level and 3 years of upper graduating from one
(primary, lower secondary school). There of many teacher
secondary, or upper are 5 types of higher education programs
secondary) and for a education institutions in Japan. These
particular subject. that international programs are based in
However, a teaching students can be either junior colleges
certificate for primary admitted to, which are: or universities;
school is not divided 1.) Colleges of teachers who
into subjects. During technology. graduate with an
teacher education 2.) Vocational schools associate degree from
programs, university (postsecondary course of a junior college
students must earn a specialized training receive a Class II
required number of colleges). certificate, while
course credits and 3.) Junior colleges. those who graduate
conduct a pre- 4.) Universities with a bachelor’s
practicum in a school (undergraduate) and, degree from a
for several weeks, 5.) Graduate schools. university earn a
supervised by a Depending on the higher-level Class I
schoolteacher. The founding bodies, these certificate. Class II is
board of education for higher education temporary, valid for
each prefecture or institutions are 15 years. The highest,
metropolitan district categorized into three or “advanced level,”
confers teaching types: national, local certification is
certificates. Teachers public and private. available to teacher
are required to pass a candidates who hold
teacher employment master’s degrees.
examination Most Japanese
administered by the teachers hold a Class I
local board of certificate. In addition
education and then to the three levels of
complete a one-year certification, there are
conditional three types of
employment period. certificates available
During this period, new at each level, a
teachers receive a general, or non-
broad spectrum of subject specific
training conducted by certificate; a subject-
the local board. specific certificate;
and a special subject
certificate for non-
academic fields such
as music or the arts.
China China being the most The political and Chinese Teachers
populous country has ideological orientation of Enjoy Unquestionable
over 200 teacher education is "to Authority The general
million students cultivate cultured assumption in the
attending public persons as teachers with Chinese society is that
schools taught by over lofty ideals, high the teacher tells the
9 million teachers in morality, strong single and absolute
the elementary, junior discipline, and a sense of truth, and the job of
and senior mission as educators, the students is to
high schools. Teachers engineers of the human absorb the knowledge
in China form the soul, and gardeners of conveyed by the
largest teaching the nation's flowers" teacher without
force in the world. (Leung and Hui, 2000). question. While some
(Wang, 1996; There are two main subjects like English
Nanjundiah, 1996) The categories of teachers in or Mathematics
education system is China, based on the provide opportunities
highly centralized such source and structure of to practice, the
that court’ their salary. The first structure of the
syllabi are written by category is the gongban lesson, their pace, and
scientists and (state-paid) teachers the nature of
professors hired by who earn salaries questioning is
the National comparable with other determined by the
Educational state employees in state- teacher. It is a
Commission. The owned enterprises. The common experience
subject mat second category is the of students to
and instructional minban (community- complete a 45 minute
contents are uniform paid) teachers, who are class period without
for all. The a paid by the local having talked once, or
six years of school community depending called individually or
make up the primary on the community's was able to raise a
grades which income. State-paid question. Students
are devoted to the teachers are categorized are guided by the
development of into grades according to following tenets: •
cognitive skills. This is their years of service and Important knowledge
followed by another six their standard comes from teachers
years of high school. performance. The five- and textbooks.
Class size ranges from 4 grade system flows as Learning involves
ranges from 40 to 60 follows: Super-grade listening, thinking and
students and the teachers are the highest silent practice. •
students et level and occupy the Knowledge espoused
cover all topics in order upper level of 5% of the by the teacher and
to pass the national teaching force. Senior- the textbook is not to
examinations grade teachers occupied be challenged.
6% of the teaching force Because of the
In China, the political in 1990, where most of cultural uniqueness in
and ideological the primary-level delivering the lessons
orientation of teacher teachers belong. • Third- by the teachers, China
education is to cultivate grade teachers • Second- Ranked 1 in the
cultured persons as grade teachers include Global Teacher Status
teachers with lofty most of the secondary Index, where teaching
ideals, high morality, teachers. First-grade profession is regarded
strong discipline, a teachers—some of the equal to the doctor.
sense of mission as newly hired primary This will further be
educators, engineers of teachers. explained in the next
the human soul and the section of the lesson.
gardeners of the In China, the
nation's flowers" examinations are
standardized for the
Students wishing to secondary teachers by
attend university must the central government,
pass one of the two while examination for
versions of the National the elementary teachers
University Entrance are the responsibility of
Examination. The each province. The
quality and reputation Teaching Profession
of the school will China's Teacher
depend on the number Licensing The
of students passing the examinations are
examination (Changbin, standardized for the
1995; Kwang, 2000). secondary teachers by
Education, one of the the central government,
fundamental Chinese while examination for
traditions, entered a the elementary teachers
new era of deep is the responsibility of
transformation after each province. Generally,
1949. Education was primary teachers should
used as a vital tool for have at least graduated
the centralization and from secondary normal
unification of the schools or senior
country. The new secondary schools while
educational system the junior secondary
includes six years of teachers should at least
primary education. have a teaching diploma
three years of junior from junior teacher
middle school, three colleges. Senior
years of senior middle secondary teachers shall
school, and six years of graduate from a normal
university varieties of university or teacher
technical and colleges and holders of
vocational schools. degrees from tertiary
institutions.