Good afternoon,

everyone!
 1st discussant
EDUC 9
Navarra, Angel M.
BEEd 3-B
angel.navarra@cbsua.edu.ph
Objectives:
1.1. Define teaching competencies
2.2. Identify professional and personal
competencies of a teacher
3.3. Discuss the importance of professional
and personal competencies of a teacher

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Teaching Competencies
Competencies are the requirements of a “competency-
based” teacher education and include the knowledge,
skills and values of a teacher trainee must demonstrate for
successful completion of a teacher education programme.
(Houstan, 1987 cited in 1).

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According to Penn Human
Resources
Competencies are
observable and
measurable.
Professional Competencies
￮ According to (Lavermann and Konig, 2016) Teachers’
professional competence-their professional knowledge, skills,
beliefs, and motivation is a critical predictor of teachers’
professional wellbeing and success.

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 Professional
Competencies of a
Teacher
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(Professional competencies of a teacher according
to Nessipbayevva, 2012).

Teachers demonstrate leadership

- Teachers lead in the classroom.
- Teachers demonstrate leadership in the school.
- Teacher lead the teaching profession .

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Teachers established a respectful environment for a diverse
population of students
- Teachers provide an environment.
- Teachers embrace diversity.
- Teachers work collaboratively.

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Teachers know the content they teach
-Teachers develop and apply lesson based on an effective course
of study.
-Teachers honor the content appropriate to their teaching
specialty.
-Teacher show they recognize the interconnectedness of content
areas.
-Teachers make their instructions relevant to students.

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Teachers facilitate learning for their students
-Teachers show their acumen and versatility.
-Teachers help students to work in teams and develop leadership.
- Teachers reach their students.
-Teachers best assess what students have learned.

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Teachers reflect on their practice
-Teachers analyze student learning
-Teachers link professional growth to their professional goals.

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(Professional competencies of a teacher according
to Nessipbayevva, 2012).
 Teachers demonstrate leadership.
 Teachers established a respectful environment for a
diverse population of students.
 Teachers know the content they teach.
 Teachers facilitate learning for their students.
 Teachers reflect on their practice.

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 Personal Competencies (soft skills)
￮ States, J., Detrich, R. & Keyworth, R. (2018). Personal
competencies basic to teaching include high expectations,
love of learning, active listening, ability to adapt to novel
situations, empathy, cultural sensitivity, positive regard for
students, and good time management.

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 Personal
Competencies of a
Teacher
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 Establishing high but achievable expectations.
 Encouraging love for learning.
 Listening to others.
 Being flexible and capable of adjusting to novel situations.
 Showing empathy.
 Being culturally sensitive.
 Having a positive regard for students.

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Importance of Professional and Personal Competencies
 All factors under the control of a school, teachers are the most
powerful influence on student success (Babu and Mendro, 2003;
Sanders and Rivers, 1996).
 Teachers’ competency is important for the process of student ‘well
development’ in ensuring quality learning especially for students in
vocational colleges.
 Teachers’ competency will give positive effects on students’ skills,
and help teachers to improve their teaching techniques.

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CONCLUSION:
Ideally, teachers should demonstrate the following competencies:
1. Effective classroom management
Maximizing efficiency, maintaining discipline and morale, promoting
teamwork, planning, communicating, focusing on result, evaluating progress, and
making constant adjustments. Arrange of strategies should be employed to promote
positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning. Organizing, assigning,
managing time, space, and activities should ensure the active and equitable
engagement of students in productive tasks.

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CONCLUSION:
Ideally, teachers should demonstrate the following competencies:
2. Effective teaching practices
Representing differing view points, theories, “ ways of knowing” and
methods of inquiry in the teaching of subject matter concepts. Multiple teaching
and learning strategies should help engage students in active learning opportunities
that promote the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and
performance capabilities while helping them assume responsibility for identifying
and using learning resources.

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CONCLUSION:
Ideally, teachers should demonstrate the following competencies:
1. Effective assessment
Incorporating formal tests, responses to quizzes, evaluation of classroom
assignments, student performance and projects and standardized achievement tests
to understand what students have learned. Assessments strategies should be
developed that involve learners in self-assessment activities to help them become
aware of their strengths and needs and encourage them to set personal goals for
learning.

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CONCLUSION:
Ideally, teachers should demonstrate the following competencies:
4. Technology skills
Knowing when and how to use current educational technology, as well as
the most appropriate type and level of technology to maximize student learning.

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 Therefore, teachers’ professional and personal competencies
are important for the process of students well development in
ensuring quality learning. Thus, it will give positive effects on
students’ academic development skills, and help teachers to improve
their teaching techniques.

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References:
Nassipbayva, O. (2012). The Competencies of the modern teacher. Almaty, Kazakhstan. Docent at
Suleyman Demirel University. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED567059.pdf
(Lauermann and Konig, 2016). Teachers’ professional competence and wellbeing: Understanding the
links between general pedagogical knowledge, self-efficacy and burnout. University of Bonn,
Department of Psychology and Bonn Center for Teacher Education, BZL R 1.004, Poppelsdorfer Allee
15, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959475216300639#:~:text=Teachers'%20profes
sional%20competence%E2%80%94their%20professional,teachers'%20professional%20wellbeing
%20and%20success.

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Thank you!

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