THE TEACHER

AND THE COMMUNITY:

TEACHER’S ETHICAL
AND PROFESSIONAL
BEHAVIOR
ACTIVITY 1
1.Think of your favorite teacher. Why was
he/she your favorite? What qualities did
he/she possess? Is he/she your ideal teacher?
What influence did he/she have in your life?
Did she act in accordance to the expectations
of the community?
2. Group yourselves by 5. Share your answers to
# 1 with the group. Take note of qualities
common among your favorite teachers.
 Article III: The Teacher and the
Community
Teacher as Facilitator of Learning
Section 1. A teacher is a facilitator of
learning and of the development of the
youth; he shall, therefore, render the best
service by providing an environment
conducive to such learning and growth.
 Teacher Leadership and Initiative
for Community Participation
Section 2. Every teacher shall
provide leadership and initiative
to actively participate in
community movements for moral,
social, educational, economic and
civic betterment.
 Professional Teacher with Honor
and Dignity
Section 3. Every teacher shall merit
reasonable social recognition for
which purpose he shall behave with
honor and dignity at all times and
refrain from such activities as
gambling, smoking, drunkenness, and
other excesses, much less illicit
relations.
 Teacher's Attitude Toward Local
Customs and Traditions
Section 4. Every teacher shall live for
and with the community and shall,
therefore, study and understand local
customs and traditions in order to
have sympathetic attitude, therefore,
refrain from disparaging the
community.
The Professional Teacher and
Information Update Section 5.
Every teacher shall help the
school keep the people in the
community informed about the
schools work and
accomplishments as well as its
needs and problems.
 The School Governing Council
Section 6. Every teacher is intellectual
leader in the community, especially in the
barangay, and shall welcome the
opportunity to provide such leadership
when needed, to extend counseling
services, as appropriate, and to actively be
involved in matters affecting the welfare
of the people.
 The Professional Teacher and
Government Officials and Other
Professionals
Section 7. Every teacher shall maintain
harmonious and pleasant personal and
official relations with other
professionals, with government
officials, and with the people,
individually or collectively.
The Professional Teacher Does Not
Use Position to Proselyte
Section 8. A teacher possess
freedom to attend church and
worships as appropriate,but shall
not use his positions and influence
to proselyte others.
Here is what one Dean of a College of Education told her
freshmen teacher education students in her Welcome Address
on Orientation Day: Believing that you don't learn
everything in the classroom, the College of Education, which
will be your home for four years has prepared a menu of
annual co-curricular activities for you. All of these' are meant
to help you become the true professional teacher that this
College and University have envisioned you to become...
a) What message do you get from the Dean's Welcome
Address?
b) In the context of this Welcome Address, what does this
statement... do more, learn more, and have more... (Pope
Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, 1967) What message do
you get in relation to your pre-service education?
 The Bible says: "You are the salt of the earth. Bus if the
salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It
is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out
and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A
town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people
light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it
on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that
they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in
heaven. (Matthew 5:13- 16)
Based on this Chapter on the teacher as a community
leader, how do these biblical passages apply to the
professional teacher?
 "I don't hear what you are
saying because who you are
speaks louder than what you
say". How does this quote
apply to the professional
teacher as a community leader?
Discuss
 A teacher is fully convinced that
her religion is the only true
religion, the only way to salvation.
As a result, she proselytes. Can her
good intention of salvation for all
justify her proselyting? Why or
Why not?
 Your mayor has a teacher
candidate for a teaching position.
Your ranking is over. Your mayor's
candidate was not part of the
ranking and is not a licensed
teacher. As a professional teacher,
what would you do?
Cite at least 3 specific ethical
behaviors of a professional
teacher based on Article III of
the Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers. Come
up with a presentation or a skit.
REFLECTION
1. Teacher Vivian’s mother was once a public-school teacher. When she was
in her preschool age her mother taught in the remote barrios of the town
and so where her mother was assigned the family went along. She vividly
remembers how her mother was dearly loved by the community. She was
teacher, counselor and consultant to everyone who came. She was indeed
a missionary. Her transfer to another school was always an emotional one,
a mother crying, too. To top it all, one of the most touching situations that
etched in her memory was one of the community leaders who had a big
rooster. So many wanted to buy that rooster but refused to sell that. On the
eve of their departure, he butchered it for that last evening meal with
them. Teacher Vivian will never forget such act of generosity. In their
poverty, these people can give all.
a) If given the opportunity, would you welcome teaching in the far-flung
schools? Why or Why not?
b) If you say yes to the call to teach in a far-flung school what should be
doing more in your pre-service education?
Thank you!!!