The teaching

Profession
 Teaching can be regarded in 3 ways:

 Teaching as a
profession.

 Teaching as a mission.

 Teaching as a vocation.
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Teaching as a profession!

“Teaching is a noble profession.”

When we say profession it

refers to ‘work’, ‘job’,
‘career’,‘occupation’.

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If you consider teaching as a profession then:

 You must be willing to go through a long period

of preparation.
 You must be willing to go through continuing
education.
(continuous development of potentials)
 You have to strive for excellence.
 You commit yourself to moral, ethical, and
religious values and dedicate yourself to service.

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Teaching as a mission!

If teaching is your mission then it means:

It is a “task” entrusted to you in this world.

IF it is your assigned task, thus, you have to

prepare for it.

It calls for a continuing professional education.

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Teaching as a mission!

Teaching is indeed your mission if you:

- are doing it not only for the pay but also for
service
- keep on teaching out of love
-are committed to teaching even if it means letting
go of other activities
-you remain teaching even though nobody
recognizes your efforts
-it makes you get excited
-your concern is success6 plus faithfulness.
Teaching as a mission!
Teaching may not be a lucrative position. It cannot
guarantee financial security. It even means
investing your personal life, energy, and resources.
Sometimes it means disappointments, heartaches
and pains. But touching the hearts of people and
opening the minds of children can give you joy and
contentment which money could not buy. These
are the moments I teach for. These are the
moments I live for.
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Teaching as a
vocation!
If teaching is your vocation then it means:

-You said YES to your call to teach!

-You commit yourself in the total
transformation of the learners.
-You consider teaching as a lifetime
commitment thus aim through the
years towards quality teaching.
>“Teaching may not
guarantee financial
security but love of
teaching has served as a
motivating factor to many
teachers through the
years”. Teaching has
remained inspiring &
fulfilling.

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Teaching as … Vocation
Mission
Latin word “misio”- to Latin word- “Vocare” –
send to call

Task assigned -WCD

A call to teach

Profession
A profession is a
disciplined group of
individuals who
adhere to technical
and ethical
standards

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>Read this letter given by a private
school principal to her teachers on
the first day of a new school year. It
may make your humanizing mission
in teaching crystal clear

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>Dear Teacher:

I am a survivor of a concentration camp.

My eyes saw what no man should witness:
- Gas chambers built by learned engineers.
- Children poisoned by educated physicians.
- Infants killed by trained nurses.
- Women and babies shot and burned by high school
and college graduates.

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So I am suspicious of education.
My request is: Help your students become human.
Your efforts must never produce learned monsters,
skilled psychopaths, and *Eichmanns.

Reading, writing, arithmetic are important only if

they serve to make our children more human.

*Eichmann An Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the
concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered(1906-1962)

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> The Nature
> of Teaching In its broadest sense, teaching
is a process that facilitates
learning.
Teaching is the specialized
application of knowledge, skills
and attributes designed to
provide unique service to meet
the educational needs of the
individual and of society.
The choice of learning
activities whereby the goals of
education are realized in the
school is the responsibility of
the teaching profession.
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>In addition to providing students with
learning opportunities to meet curriculum
outcomes, teaching emphasizes the development
of values and guides students in their social
relationships.
>Teachers employ practices that develop
positive self-concept in students.
>Although the work of teachers typically takes
place in a classroom setting, the direct
interaction between teacher and student is the
single most important element in teaching.

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