CHAPTER FIVE

Becoming a Professional Teacher

“What is a teacher: I’ll tell you; it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the students to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.” – Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

            Ethics is concerned with distinguishing between good and evil in the world, between right and wrong human actions and between virtuous and non-virtuous characteristic of the people.

     “Ethic is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” – Potter Stewart

               The Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers states the principles governing the behavior and  guide for the right conduct of the teachers to possess. Each teacher should be careful on his actions and words for which they are the role models of the right conduct of all the people. Teachers must keep in mind all their limitations and maintain the right conduct and good moral values wherever they are.

                  “Teacher affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops.”  – Henry Brooks Adams

Teaching is a noble profession because it is a call from God, written on human hearts. Teacher is the source of knowledge, learning and guidance for human beings; enlightening and broadens the dark sides of learner’s heart and mind. Teachers leads the learners to the road of progress and success in life. Teaching is the profession which shows the learners the path which lead them to a great future.

“Teaching is a noble profession that shapes the character, caliber and future of an individual. If the people remember you as a good teacher, that will be your the biggest honor” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

             Teachers have a lots of duties and responsibilities not only for students but also to the school, parents, community, state, their profession and other personnel of the school.

Here are some of the duties and responsibilities of the teachers:

Teacher is under obligation to transmit to learners such heritage as well as to elevate national morality, promote national pride, cultivate love of country, instill allegiance to the Constitution, respect all duly constituted authorities and promote obedience in the law of the state.

Teacher provide leadership and initiative to actively participate in community movements for moral, social, educational, economic and civic betterment.

Teacher actively help insure that teaching is the noblest profession and manifest genuine enthusiasm and pride in teaching as a noble teaching.

A teacher recognize the interest and welfare of the learners are his first and foremost concern, and handle each learner justly and impartially.

A teacher hear parent’s complain with sympathy and understanding and discourage unfair criticism.

 “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” – Albert Einstein

              Teachers have the very important role and responsibility of shaping the lives of every learners. They are the one who molds the mind of every student to think creatively and critically.  Teaching as a profession enabled students to take their desired profession to be a doctor, nurse, engineer, scientist, agriculturist, lawyer and others.

                   “Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.” – Author Unknown

CHAPTER FOUR

The Professionalization of Teaching

 

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

Education leads individuals to the best direction of their journey in life. It is a powerful weapon that can make one’s life meaningful, that no one can take it away. It is more important more than anything else even than expensive cars, houses jewelries and others. It cannot be stolen by anyone. The better education, the more opportunities will enjoy in life.

“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students” – Solomon Ortiz

Education is a key for a successful professional life. It is the answer to achieve the goal of education which is to give the students the best learning they needed to prepare them in the future.

 

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

Teachers inspire, motivate, facilitate, innovate, and enlighten the world of every student. Teacher – is a tireless, sacrificing and dedicated professionals among all the professions. Teaching as a professional is not easy but rather a difficult responsibility to do because it encompasses many roles to be done well. It is a life long learning, willingness to invest hard works and efforts without any interest and unending patient, love, encouragement and care for the students to learn.

 

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own bridge.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

“Teachers are truly the reason why other profession exist”

            Teaching is a noblest profession. A calling from God for you to accomplish a given task. Then it’s your mission to spread out the learning that you have. Teachers teach not for the salary they receive but their whole-kindheartedly dedication for teaching the students. Students’ success is a great achievement for the teacher.

            “Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey. But you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.” – Usher

Professional educators, like other professionals need to be aware on the current and educational practices and have the passion and knowledge for their career. Teachers are the role models of a good moral and social values, they are responsible fot the better life changing future of the youth today. Also, they are responsible for molding the next generation into a unique and well-prepared professionals someday.

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe” – Gail Devers

CHAPTER THREE

On Becoming A Global Teacher

 

     “Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning.” – Wendy Kopp

“TECHNOLOGY”…….By using this, specific task may accomplish in a very easiest and fastest way. As the world keeps on changing and developing, technology also emerging from time to time. People should know and learn how to engage and embrace the new emerging technologies for it is the best way to respond to the modern world.

“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” – Steve Ballmer

                  Teachers should be knowledgeable about the modern world using technologies, to prepare the students to become globally competitive. Teachers should be technology literate that are recent and evolving. Teaching with the knowledge of new technology tools make the students focused to learn. Teacher should keep in mind that student has the ability to learn, think critically and create on their own in a creative ways. The students must be aware to the rapidly changing technology, so that they are not left behind for the progress of learning. As students mind will be open for what is appropriate and necessary for their future to explore new things on their own way by the guidance of the teacher.

                     “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

                Learning is a journey to the student’s comfort zone. Every students must feel that they belong to learn and explore new things with each other. They are willing and interested to learn when they feel that they are involve on it. Nowadays, learning is effective through the use of technologies, as it add a twist for a better outcomes of learning and to achieve the goal of education.

           Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

                     A classroom consist of different students with dissimilar race, religion, ethnic groups socio-economic background, language and others. Teachers must have the ability to handle and accomodate with these differences of the students. Different beliefs and practices should respect by everyone, to have a good relationship and better understanding for each other. The said differences is not important, as long as it does not affect the reputation and dignity of each individual.

                          A Global Teacher should adapt their way of teaching inside and outside the classroom. They should have the ability to communicate with different people not only locally but also internationally. Globally competitive teachers need to have skills to create a wide learning environment that will make the learners think creatively and critically. Learning environment should encourage and motivate them to learn and explore for more information.

“Today’s educators have the daunting task of preparing students for a future in the global 21^st century. As we begin to lag behind other countries in the ares of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, we need to educate ourselves and pass this information to our students stat. STEM education is necessary in all grades in all schools in order to remain competitive in this now global society. The first challenge for teachers is to attract our students toward STEM education, and the second is to keep them interested. An emphasis on science should be equally important as reading and math. We, as nation, are already falling behind other world nations. Today’s students are our future, and our future depends on their success.” –Bonnie Bahr

There are several programs for teachers exchange to other countries. Some are given the opportunity to expand their experiences on teaching in other countries. These programs may help to broaden the teaching perspective of a global teacher.

                It is interesting to note that these programs gave teachers the opportunity to live their personal and professional lives in another context, in another setting, thus strengthen their skills in understanding diversity and multiculturalism.

 “The major goal of multicultural education is to transform the school so that the male and female students, exceptional learners, as well as students coming from diverse cultural, social-class, racial and ethnic groups will experience an equal opportunity to learn in school.”
– James Banks

                  Teachers need to explore what the future holds and visualize a creative ways to prepare the students for their future.

“The 21^st century educator must be a fluid thinker, ready to look at situations with freehand creative eyes. He/She must go beyond the obvious to see the underlying patterns and core issues of a given circumstance. And – most importantly – an understanding of chaos theory is essential.” – Donn K. Harris

The National Competency Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS)

CHAPTER TWO

The Teacher in the Classroom and Community

              Students develop their knowledge, skills and abilities in the school by the help of the teachers. Teachers facilitate, initiate and motivate learning by establishing a good relationship with the students and by organizing the learning resources and classroom learning environment.

              The teacher should have to consider not only the teaching community inside the school but also the community outside the school. The responsibilities of the teacher is to have an open communication to the families of their students and to all the members of the community by conducting and coordinating to some activities that the community is involved.

“I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities, you can change the world.” – Erin Gruwell

Lesson One:

          To function effectively in the classroom and in the community the teacher must possess the NCBTS which is the set of competencies (behavior, attitudes and skills). The NCBTS has 7 domains that represent the desired features of the teaching and learning process and these domains incorporate  series of 21 strands of desired teaching performance statement which can be identified as 80 performance indicators of the quality of teacher’s performance.

       “The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements” – George W. S. Trow

Lesson Two:

                The 21^st Century Teacher

          The 21^st century skills of the teachers refers to the broad set of knowledge that is critically significant to success in today’s world. It can be applied in all academic subject areas throughout a student’s life. It has four category, namely: Communication Skills; Learning and Innovation Skills; Information, Media and Technology Skill; Life and Career Skills. The said Skills are needed for practicality and usefulness to the learning of the students.

          The 21^st century teacher is one who is adequately cooperative and collaborative in any activities and task assigned to them, accountable for a great result and technology literate.

“Education is equipping our children to walk through doors of opportunity” – L. B. Johnson

Lesson Three:

                  School and Community Relations

          A great relationship between the school and the community will create an appropriate and conducive learning environment in the school and respectful citizen of the community. The duties and responsibilities of the teacher is to serve the academic needs and willingness of community members while the community provide the materials and learning resources needed in school.schools and community work closely to meet their mutual or same goals.

                  “Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” – Rollo May

Lesson Four:

             Linkages and Networking with Organizations

          Teachers are linked for the widespread of learning in school and community by being involve to an organizations with local, national and international association. Organizing a community has an important component which is networking. Teaching using internet is one of the best example of networking. Teachers can teach the students through the internet wherever they are. They can be able to hear and see each other even though they are far from each other. That is one of the advantage of technology in today’s world. Not only the teacher and the students can communicate with each other but also the other people.

                          “Social Media is not about exploitation of technology but service to community” – Simon Mainwaring

Teaching Profession

CHAPTER ONE:

You, The Teacher, as a Person in Society.

                           

“Teachers are the most responsible and important members of the society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth” – Helen Caldicott

           

                Teachers play an important role in our society. They are responsible to educate the youth of our society who in turn become the professionals of the next generation of people. Teachers mold the mind of every students into a responsible citizens of our country. Teachers strongly influence the students by their good moral character, competence, compassion and love.

 

Lesson 1: Your Philosophical Heritage 

                        We have a lot of philosophical heritage, but only seven philosophies were discussed here and those are essentialism, progressivism, perennialism, existentialism, behaviorism, linguistic philosophy and constructivism. The said philosophies differs in their concepts of the teaching and learning process, in why we teach (objectives), what should be taught (curriculum), and how should the curriculum be taught (teaching strategies).

            Among the seven philosophies, I have determined my educational philosophy which is the Progressivism, from the root word ‘progress’ meaning movement toward a goal. As a future teacher, I should be globally competitive in engaging on the fast changing world because of technology.

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach” – Aristotle

 

Lesson 2: Formulating Your Philosophy of Education

            Philosophy of Education is the teachers view to the world of teaching. It must consider teachers interactions with the students, parents, colleagues and administrators. The sources of educational philosophy of a teacher are their life experiences, the environment in which they live, their values and interaction with other people.

            Based on my experienced as a student, I witnessed different philosophy applied by my teachers. They have different ways on how they will manage, influence and encourage the student to learn. 

“One’s Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Lesson 3: The Foundational Principles of Morality and You

            Teachers are the role models of the students in providing good moral character in doing their duties and responsibilities. A person of good moral character described as being fully human, a loving person, a virtuous person, and a morally mature person. Also, a good example of a well-mannered person who must be seen respectful in the eye of the people that surrounds them. Morality is really important for teacher in which they considered what is right or wrong.

      “Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but of how we make ourselves worthy of happiness.” – Immanuel Kant

 

 

Lesson 4: Values Formation and You

            Values defined by two groups of people (the idealist and the relativist) with their opposite beliefs. As idealist group believes that there are unchanging and universal values. On the other hand, relativist group assert that values are dependent on time and place. Values are both caught and taught. It is caught through the person around us and also taught by someone who has a good moral character.

            Based on Max Scheler’s hierarchy of values, the highest values are those that directly pertain to the Supreme Being while the lowest values are those that pertain to the sensual pleasures.

“We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values” – Jerry Springer

 

 

Lesson 5: Teaching as Your Vocation, Mission and Profession

            Being a teacher is not just only what your parents want for you or what your friends chose to take that you’ll follow, it’s your desire to respond to the call of being a teacher that is vocation. As you respond to the call, you are entrusted to accomplish a task given to you that is the mission. When you accept the long and arduous years of preparation and a striving for excellence, that’s profession.

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own”.– Nikos Kazantzakis

Teaching Profession

CHAPTER ONE:

You, The Teacher, as a Person in Society.

                           

“Teachers are the most responsible and important members of the society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth” – Helen Caldicott

           

                Teachers play an important role in our society. They are responsible to educate the youth of our society who in turn become the professionals of the next generation of people. Teachers mold the mind of every students into a responsible citizens of our country. Teachers strongly influence the students by their good moral character, competence, compassion and love.

 

Lesson 1: Your Philosophical Heritage 

                        We have a lot of philosophical heritage, but only seven philosophies were discussed here and those are essentialism, progressivism, perennialism, existentialism, behaviorism, linguistic philosophy and constructivism. The said philosophies differs in their concepts of the teaching and learning process, in why we teach (objectives), what should be taught (curriculum), and how should the curriculum be taught (teaching strategies).

            Among the seven philosophies, I have determined my educational philosophy which is the Progressivism, from the root word ‘progress’ meaning movement toward a goal. As a future teacher, I should be globally competitive in engaging on the fast changing world because of technology.

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach” – Aristotle

 

Lesson 2: Formulating Your Philosophy of Education

            Philosophy of Education is the teachers view to the world of teaching. It must consider teachers interactions with the students, parents, colleagues and administrators. The sources of educational philosophy of a teacher are their life experiences, the environment in which they live, their values and interaction with other people.

            Based on my experienced as a student, I witnessed different philosophy applied by my teachers. They have different ways on how they will manage, influence and encourage the student to learn. 

“One’s Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Lesson 3: The Foundational Principles of Morality and You

            Teachers are the role models of the students in providing good moral character in doing their duties and responsibilities. A person of good moral character described as being fully human, a loving person, a virtuous person, and a morally mature person. Also, a good example of a well-mannered person who must be seen respectful in the eye of the people that surrounds them. Morality is really important for teacher in which they considered what is right or wrong.

      “Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but of how we make ourselves worthy of happiness.” – Immanuel Kant

 

 

Lesson 4: Values Formation and You

            Values defined by two groups of people (the idealist and the relativist) with their opposite beliefs. As idealist group believes that there are unchanging and universal values. On the other hand, relativist group assert that values are dependent on time and place. Values are both caught and taught. It is caught through the person around us and also taught by someone who has a good moral character.

            Based on Max Scheler’s hierarchy of values, the highest values are those that directly pertain to the Supreme Being while the lowest values are those that pertain to the sensual pleasures.

“We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values” – Jerry Springer

 

 

Lesson 5: Teaching as Your Vocation, Mission and Profession

            Being a teacher is not just only what your parents want for you or what your friends chose to take that you’ll follow, it’s your desire to respond to the call of being a teacher that is vocation. As you respond to the call, you are entrusted to accomplish a task given to you that is the mission. When you accept the long and arduous years of preparation and a striving for excellence, that’s profession.

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own”.– Nikos Kazantzakis

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