MODULE: PROFED01- THE TEACHING PROFESSION

At the end of this module, learners will be able to:

1. Reflect on Effective Teaching and Good Standards in

Teaching Practices
2. Recognize the significance of career planning in the teaching
professions;
3. Understand what it means to be a professional teacher.

Professional educators believe their work is a vocation and calling

rather than an occupation where one merely occupies space.
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What is a Professional Educator?

 Professional educators
are value-driven,
guided by principles,
passion, and a
purpose bigger than
themselves.
 Professional educators
are need analysts –
competent to diagnose
and prescribe options
for educational success and significance.
 Professional educators believe their work is a vocation and calling rather
than an occupation where one merely occupies space.
 Professional educators recognize that change is the norm. They are
growth-oriented and consider themselves life-long learners and
contributors.
 Professional educators are climate creators, recognizing that the
conditions that surround learning contribute to learning.
 Professional educators are catalysts in promoting calculated risks that
advance their profession and enable everyone access to success.
 Professional educators promote cohesiveness, collaboration, and team-
building. They promote a “we are better together” philosophy.
 Professional educators create a climate of ownership by ensuring that
everyone involved in the educational process is invited to participate.
 Professional educators are accountable to their clients, community,
parents and students, providing a quality educational program for all
children.
 Professional educators belong to an organization that promotes their
profession above personal gain.

By Gene Bedley, 1986 PTA National Educator of the Year and 1994 Milken
Foundation National Educator
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THE TEACHER AS A PROFESSION

The teacher as a person cannot be detached from a teacher as a professional.

Other than the skills of an effective teacher, the teacher as an individual
person must possesses certain psychologically/personal characteristics, such
as:

A. Personality Characteristics
a.1 achievement/Intelligence
a.2 directness
a.3 flexibility
a.4 emotional stability
a.5 self- motivation and drive
a.6 dominance and self confidence
a.7attractiveness and pleasantness
a.8 refinement

B. Attitude
b.1 Motivation to teach
b.2 empathy toward learners
b.3 commitment
b.4 objectiveness
b.5 buoyancy
b.6 resourcefulness
b.7 cooperativeness
b.8 reliability and dependability

C. Experience
c.1years of teaching
c.2 experience in subjects taught
c.3 experience with particular grade/year level

A. Aptitude/achievement
d.1 scores in ability test
d.2 college grade/point average
d.4 student teaching evaluations
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Please click the link below for the Course Overview:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHFl2xVXqo
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1AZ1r9yDg8
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAkvpQmkgBQ

 https://www.astapro.org/index.php/about-us/the-professional-
educator#:~:text=Professional%20educators%20are%20need%20analyst
s,where%20one%20merely%20occupies%20space.
 https://www.slideshare.net/jyotikathju/the-teacher-as-a-
professional