What is Teaching?

a process of interacting
 The process of engaging students in
activities that will enable them to acquire
the knowledge, skills, as well as
wothwhile values and attitudes.
Teaching as a profession
In the words “professional manner,” “gawang
propesyunal,” “professional fee for expert services
rendered” the word “professional” implies one
who possesses skill and competence / expertise.

“Highly professional” “unprofessional... to act that

way” imply a code of ethics by which a professional
person abide.
In short, a professional is one who
conforms to the technical or ethical
standards of a profession. So two
elements of a profession are
competence and a Code of Ethics.
Other elements of a profession are:
1. Initial Professional Education
- Professionals generally begin
their professional lives by
completing a university program in
their chosen fields - teacher
education, engineering, nursing,
accountancy.
2. Accreditation
- University programs are
approved by a regulatory body like
Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) in the Philippines to ensure
that graduates from these
recognized programs start their
professional lives with competence.
3. Licensing
- Licensing is mandatory, not
voluntary and is administered by a
government authority.
- Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC)
4. Professional Development
This is an ongoing professional
education that maintains or improves
professionals' knowledge and skills
after they begin professional practice.
Continuing Professional
Development mandated by
RA 10912, otherwse known as the
CPD Act of 2016
5. Professional Societies
Professionals see themselves as
part of a community of like-minded
individuals who put their
professional standards above the
individual self-interest or their
employer's self-interest.
6. Code of Ethics
Each profession has a code of ethics
to ensure that its practitioners behave
responsibly.The code states what
professionals should do.
Professionals can be ejected
from their professional societies
or lose their licenses to practice
for violating the code of ethics.
In other words...

• The term professional is one of the most

exalted in the English Language, denoting
as it does, long and arduous years of
preparation, a striving for excellence, a
dedication to the public interest, and
commitment to moral and ethical values.
Teaching as your profession
If you take teaching as your profession…

• You must be willing to go through a period of

preparation and a continuing professional
development.
• You must strive for excellence, commit
yourself to moral, and ethical and religious
values and dedicate yourself to public service.
 Summary
Teaching is a profession. It requires:
1. long years of initial professional education
2. the atttainment of a college/university degree recognized by a
regulatory body, CHED
3. a licensure examination called the Licensure Examination for
Teachers (LET)

4. Continuing Professional Development and

5. adhere to the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers
 The Historical Development of Teaching as a Pofession in the Philippines

Let's find out how much you know about the history of
teaching in the country. Write TRUE if the statement is
correct and FALSE if it is wrong.
____1. As early as the Spanish period, teaching was
considered a profession.
____2. It was the Americans who elevated teaching in the
Philippines as a profession.
____3. Teaching was elevated to a profession only in 1994
with the passage of RA 7836
____4. There is no other legal document that
professionalized teaching other than The Teaching
Professionalization Act of 1994
 All the True-False items are false.
- The first legal document that professionalized
teaching was Presidential Decree 1006 issued by
then President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
- It was only in 1976 with PD 1006 known as the
Decree of Professionalizing Teaching that
teachers in the Philippines became
professionalized.
- The need to professionalize teaching was felt
“to ensure that in the immediacy and urgency of
teacher recruitment, qualitative requirements
are not overlooked...” and “although teaching
requires a number of years of collegiate study, it
is the only course that is not yet considered a
profession” (PD 1006)
-In 1994, R.A. 7836, otherwise known as
the Philippine Teachers Professionalization
Act of 1994, was passed... “promote
quality education by proper supervision
and regulation of the licensure
examination and professionalization of the
practice of the teaching profession.”
 Pre-Hispanic Period
- there was no established formal
schooling in the country. So there was no
formal preparation for teachers, too.
- the mothers and fathers and tribal
leaders served as teachers at home and in
the community.
 Spanish Period
- by virtue of Educational Decree of 1863 free
public school system was established.
-there was one school for boys and another
school for girls in every municipality.
-Spanish missionaries served as teachers.
- the decree provided for a normal school run
by Jesuits to educate male teachers in
Manila.
Cont.
- Normal schools for women were not established
until 1875. So it was the Spaniards who started
training teachers in normal schools.

Note:
-At the end of Spanish rule, schools during the
Spanish era, were closed for a time by Aguinaldo's
government. So there was no teacher preparation
that took place.
 American Regime
- American soldiers served as the first
teachers.
- In 1901, the Philippine Commission
enacted law Act 74 which created the
Department of Public Instruction, laid the
foundations of the public school system
and offered free primary education for
Filipinos.
Cont.
- There was a shortage of teachers. The
Philippine Commission authorized the
Secretary of Public Instruction to bring to
the Phils. 600 teachers from USA. They
were Thomasites.
Cont.
- Act 74 of 1901 also provided for the
establishment of Philippine Normal School
(PNS) in Manila and it was opened in
September 1901, as an institution for the
training teachers.
- For more than two decades, PNS offered a
two-year general secondary education
program.
Cont.
- In 1928, it became a junior college offering a
two-year program to graduates of secondary
schools.
- In 1949, the Philippine Normal School became
Philippine Normal College, offered the four-year
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.
-Teacher preparation became frour years only in
1949 and thereafter.
 Summary
Teaching became a profession in 1976 with PD 1006.
The requirement of a licensure examination for teachers
that puts teaching at par with the other professions was
enacted only in 1994 with the passing of RA. 7836,
otherwise known as The Teachers' Professionalization Act.
There was no formal preparation for teachers during
the pre-Hispanic times. The formal training of teachers
began during the Spanish period when men were trained
as maestros by the Jesuits. A few years later maestras
were also trained.
Cont.
In 1901, a two-year preparation for teachers
was given by Philippine Normal School. Then the
two years became four years since the two-year
academic preparation was seen inadequate. To
ensure quality teachers and to make teaching at
par with other professions, in addition to a four-
year teacher education course, passing a
licensure examination wa smade mandatory by
RA. 7836
Teaching as a Vocation
and Mission
 Teaching: Mission and /or Job?
If you are doing it only because you are paid for
it, it's a job;
If you are doing it not only for the pay but also
for service, it's a mission.
If you quit because your boss or colleague
criticized you, it's a job;
If you keep on teaching out of love, it's a
mission.
If you teach because it does not interfere with your
other activities, it's a job;
If you are committed to teaching even if it means
letting go of other activities, it's a mission.
If you quit because no one praises or thanks you for
what you do, it's a job;
If you remain teaching even though nobody
recognizes your efforts, it's a mission.
It's hard to get excited about a teaching job;
It's almost impossible not to get excited about a
mission.
If our concern is success, it's a job;
If our concern in teaching is success plus
faithfulness in our job, teaching is a mission.
An average school is filled by teachers doing
their teaching job;
A great school is filled with teachers involved in
a mission of teaching.

Adopted from Ministry or Job by

Anna Sandberg
Etymology of the word “Vocation”
• Comes from the Latin word “vocare” which
means to call.
• if there is a call, there must be a caller and
someone who is called.
• Christians – the caller is God Himself
• Muslims – the caller is Allah
Teaching as your vocation
• It was God who called you here for you to
teach, just as God called Abraham,
Moses, and Mary, of the bible.
– These biblical figures did not also
understand the events surrounding their
call. But in their great faith, they
answered YES.
Mary said: “Behold the handmaid of the
Lord. Be it done to me according to your
word.”
• If teaching is your vocation then it means:
1. You said YES to your call to teach!
2. You commit yourself in the total
transformation of the learner
3. You consider teaching as a lifetime
commitment thus, aim through the years
towards quality teaching.
Etymology of the word “mission”
• Comes from the Latin word “misio” which
means “to send”.
• The Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary
defines mission as “task assigned”.
• You are called to be a teacher and you are sent
into the world to accomplish a mission.
Teaching as your mission
 means the task entrusted to you
“once a teacher, forever a student”
You are expected to contribute to the
betterment of this world in your own
unique way.
To teach is to influence every child
entrusted in your care to become better
and happier.
To teach is to help the child become more
human
 The “pwede na” mentality vs.
excellence
• If we stick to this complacent mentality,
excellence eludes us.
• In this world, only the best and the brightest
make it.
• We have no choice but to take the endless and
“less traveled road” to excellence.
 Teaching and a life of meaning
“Teaching may not be a lucrative position. It cannot
guarantee financial security. It even means
investing your personal time, 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.”
--Dr Josette T. Biyo
Thank
you!
 Assignment
Interview LET passers now in teaching who did not go
through the 4-year teacher education course. They are
graduates of other four-year courses but not teacher
education.
Ask them the following questions:
1.What difficulties are they experiencing in teaching?
2. Do they agree that a four-year teacher education course is
better preparation for teaching profession?