CODE OF ETHICS

FOR
PROFESSIONAL
TEACHERS,
ARTICLE III
Teacher as Facilitator of Learning
Article III, Section 1 states that the teacher is a
facilitator of learning ad the development of the
youth… therefore shall render the best service by
providing an environment conducive for such learning
and growth.

Facilitator comes from the word “facilitate” which

means to make something easy or easier. You, as the
professional teacher, facilitate learning easier.
Learning is a difficult task and is made easier when
you make dry lesson interesting, exciting and
enjoyable. As a professional teacher, you make
learning easier when you simplify the complex and
concretize the abstract. This is what ethical for every
professional teacher like you ought to do. This you can
do after four years of academic preparation.
 To facilitate learning, a conducive learning
environment is necessary. It has been proven
that learners learn best in a pleasant
environment. A pleasant environment is when the
learners can be themselves because teachers are
caring. No need to put best self forward because
teachers and classmates truly care and take you
for who you are. All forms of bullying has no
place in a conducive learning environment. A
conducive learning environment makes learners
believe they can do the work and they feel
accepted. A favorable learning climate is not
competitive where everyone is tense.
Teacher Leadership and Initiative for Community
Participation
Section 2 refers to the “leadership and initiative of the
professional teacher to participate in community
movements for moral, social, economic and civic
betterment of the community.” As professional teachers
you do not live in an ivory tower, meaning you are not
supposed to be removed nor aloof from community life.
Schools are at the heart of communities and you as
professional teachers are expected to be in the world and
be in the world with others and for others (borrowing
words of Heidegger).

The words in Section 2 of Article III are “provide

leadership and initiative…” This implies as professional
teacher you have not to wait for community to ask for
help.
 Section 6 further explicitates how you can show
your professional leadership to wit: “Every teacher is
an 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 be
actively involved in matters affecting the welfare of
people.” You do not just welcome the opportunity to
lead. Section 2, states that you, the professional
teacher ought to take the initiative to offer your help
for the improvement of the community. Many a time,
you can be a guidance counselor, a prayer leader,
commentator or reader in religious celebrations,
fiesta coordinator, judge or coach for a contest,
financial adviser, a nurse, a doctor, commentator,
prayer rolled into one
Professional Teacher with Honor and
Dignity
Section 3 states: “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.”
Obviously, if as a professional teacher, you are an
inveterate gambler, chain smoker and alcoholic or if it is
a common knowledge that you are engaged in an elicit
relationship, how can you have moral authority? Who
will listen to you when you advise your class not to
smoke, not to drink alcoholic drinks, not to gamble, etc.?

The quotation states “The influence of a good teacher

can never be erased” but the influence of a dishonorable
teacher is as lasting.”