The Teaching

Profession
Main Reference: The teaching Profession
by: Bilbao, etal., Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
 Course Description
This course deals with the teacher as a person and
as a professional within the context of national and
global teachers’ standards and philosophies. It
includes an articulation of the rootedness of
education in the philosophical and historical
context, the four pillars of learning, 21st century
skills, professional ethics, core values, professional
rights, privileges, and responsibilities, and the
teacher's role in society as an agent of change. It
will make use of method and strategies of teaching
that enhance the development of learners’ life and
career skills and higher-order-thinking skills.
 Course Outline
• The Teaching Profession
• The Demands of Society from the Teacher as a
Professional and as a Person
• The Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers
• The Rights and Privileges of Teachers in the Philippines
• On Becoming a Global Teacher
• Ensuring Teacher quality through Competency
Framework and Standards
• Continuing Professional Development: The Lifeblood of
the Teaching Profession
• Philosophies of Education
• Teaching, the Noblest of all Profession
• Explain the meaning of teaching as a profession.
• Trace the historical development of teaching as a
profession in the Philippines.
• One night, cell phones were stolen right there from your
home while you were asleep. There was no indication of
forced entry, so you claimed that the manner by which your
cell phone was stolen was highly professional.
• Father tells tile setter whom he asked to work on a newly
constructed bathroom: “Gusto ko ‘yong gawang propesyunal,
malinis at maganda.”
• She is highly professional in her ways. She deals with
everyone including her daughter-employee professionally.
• How unprofessional of her to act that way. Teacher pa man
din.
• Medial doctors, lawyers, education consultants are entitled to
professional fees (PF) for expert services rendered.
• After his oath taking as a professional teacher, he was
congratulated and was told “now you are truly a
professional.”
What does professional mean as used in the
instances give above?
• “professional manner” imply one who
• “gawang propesyunal” posses skill and
• professional fee for expert competence/
expertise
services rendered

• “highly professional” imply a code of

ethics by which
• “unprofessional… to act that a professional
way” person abide.

A Professional is one who conforms to the technical

or ethical standards of a profession (competence and
code of ethics)
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
– completing a university program in their chosen fields –
teacher education, engineering, nursing, accountancy,
etc.
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
– approved by a regulatory body like the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED).
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
– the government authority in the Philippines is the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
– this is the Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
mandated by RA 10912 or the CDP Act of 2016.
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
– they define certification criteria, manage certification
programs, establish accreditation standards, and define a
code of ethics and disciplinary action for violations of that
code.
• Code of Ethics
 Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
– states what professionals should do. They can be ejected
from their professional societies or lose their licenses to
practice for violating the code of ethics. (Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers).
By way of an acrostic, explain the elements of a profession.
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1. Based on the elements of a profession given in this
Lesson, can a taxi driver be considered a professional?
a. No, because driving is not a college/university degree.
b. Yes, because there is such a term as professional driver.
c. It depends on the technical and ethical competence of the
taxi driver.
d. Yes, if the driver is competent and honest.
2. Which are elements of a profession like teaching?
I. Long years of professional education.
II. Passing the competency-based examination to obtain a
diploma from TESDA.
III. Continuing professional development.
IV. Adherence to a Code of ethics for the professional group.
a. I, II, and III c. I, III, and IV
b. II, III, and IV d. I, II, and IV
3. Is professionalization synonymous to
professionalism? Explain.
 The Historical
Development of Teaching
as a Profession 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 Teachers’
Professionalization Act of 1994.
• PD 1006 of 1976 (Decree Professionalizing Teachers)
– the first legal document that professionalized teaching. This
was “to ensure that in the immediacy and urgency of
teachers recruitment, qualitative requirements are not
overlooked…” Furthermore… “in recognition of the vital role
of teachers in nation-building and as an incentive to raise the
morale of teachers, it is imperative that they be considered
as professionals and teaching be recognized as a profession.”
• RA 7836 of 1994 (Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act)
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• Pre-Hispanic Period
• Spanish Period
• American Regime
• Act 74 of 1901
• PD 1006 of 1976 (Decree Professionalizing Teachers)
• RA 7836 of 1994 (Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act)
– was passed to … “promote quality education by proper
supervision and regulation of the licensure examination
and professionalization of the practice of the teaching
profession.”
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• Pre-Hispanic Period
• Spanish Period
• American Regime
• Act 74 of 1901
• PD 1006 of 1976 (Decree Professionalizing Teachers)
• RA 7836 of 1994 (Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act)
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• Pre-Hispanic Period
– there was no established formal schooling on the
country so there was no formal preparation for teacher,
too.
• Spanish Period
• American Regime
• Act 74 of 1901
• PD 1006 of 1976 (Decree Professionalizing Teachers)
• RA 7836 of 1994 (Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act)
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• Pre-Hispanic Period
• Spanish Period (Education Decree of 1863)
– free public school system was established, one school for boys and
another school for girls in every municipality. Spanish missionaries
served as teachers.
– the same decree provided for a normal school run by the Jesuits
to educate male teachers in Manila. Normal schools for women
were not established until 1875.
– August 4, 1765 –> King Charles of Spain issued a Royal Decree
requiring each village to have a “maestro.”
– November 28, 1772 –> another Royal Decree specified the
qualifications of teachers.
– 1863 –> there was a specific attempt to systematize and update
the education of Filipino teachers.
• American Regime
• Act 74 of 1901
• PD 1006 of 1976 (Decree Professionalizing Teachers)
• RA 7836 of 1994 (Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act)
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• Pre-Hispanic Period
• Spanish Period (Education Decree of 1863)
• American Regime
– American soldiers served as the first teachers.
– 1901 –> Philippine Commission enacted into law Act 74
which created the Department of Public Instruction.
– 600 teachers from USA were brought to the Philippines due
to shortage of teachers (Thomasites).
– bright young Filipino students were given opportunity to take
up higher education in American colleges and universities
financed by the Philippine government (pensionados).
• Act 74 of 1901
• PD 1006 of 1976 (Decree Professionalizing Teachers)
• RA 7836 of 1994 (Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act)
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• Pre-Hispanic Period
• Spanish Period (Education Decree of 1863)
• American Regime
• Act 74 of 1901
– provided for the establishment of Philippine Normal School
which opened in September 1901 as an institution for the
training of teachers.
– 1928 –> it became a junior college offering a 2-year program
to graduates of secondary schools.
– 1949 –> PNS was renamed Philippine Normal College,
offered the 4-year Bachelor of Science in Elementary
Education. Other 4-year teacher education courses followed.
 Present the historical development of teacher
preparation and professionalization in the Philippines
from pre-Hispanic Philippines to 1994 by way of a
graphic organizer.
1. In the Philippines there was no teacher
preparation since the Spanish regime. Is the
statement CORRECT?
a. No c. There was but informal
b. Yes d. There was and for men only
2. Which is the first legal document that
professionalized teaching in the Philippines?
a. RA 7836 c. RA 9192
b. PD 1006 d. RA 8981
3. Did teacher preparation in the Philippines begin
with 4 years?
a. Yes c. No
b. Yes, 4 years but informal d. No, it began with 1 year
4. Interview LET passers now teaching who did not go through
the 4-year teacher education course. They are graduates of
other 4-year courses but not teacher education.
a. What difficulties are they experiencing in teaching?
b. Do they agree that a 4-year teacher education course is a better
preparation for the teaching profession?
c. In 1991, the Congressional Commission to Review and Assess
Philippine Education (EDCOM) came out with the finding that the
“quality of Philippine education is declining” and that the
teachers are “at the heart of the problem.” The EDCOM
discussed further that:
- teachers were poorly trained
- there is low quality of students enrolled in teacher training
- teaching is perceived as a poorly esteemed profession so it does not attract
the best as mandated in he Philippine constitution that “teaching will
attract and retain” its rightful share of the best available talents through
adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfilment
(Art. XIV, Sec 5)
* What actions did the Philippine government do after the EDCOM report?