The teacher and the community

1. CHAPTER 7
The Teacher and the
Community:
Teacher’s Ethical and
Professional Behavior

2. Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this Chapter, students should be able to:
• elaborate on community’s expectations from teachers and on
teachers’ expectation from communities
• describe teacher’s ethical and professional behavior in the
community by giving concrete examples

3. Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers,
Article III
• The very title of this Unit indicates that teachers are expected to be part
of the community. To be part of community definitely means to
participate in the life of the community. What is that community referred
to here?
• The 8 Sections of Article III of the Code of Ethics refers to the
community within the school and the community outside the school.

4. Teachers as Facilitator of Learning
• Article III, Section 1 states that teacher is a facilitator of learning
and the development of youth… therefore shall render the best
service by providing an environment conductive for such learning
and growth.
• Facilitator comes from the word “facilitate’’which means to make
something easy or easier. You as, the professional teachers,
facilitate learning or make learning easier when you make dry
lesson interesting, exciting and enjoyable.

5. To facilitate learning, a conductive learning environment is
necessary. It has been proven that learners learn best in a pleasant
environment. A pleasant environment is where 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 conductive
learning environment.

6. Teacher Leadership and Initiative for
Community Participation
• Section 2 refers to the “ leadership and initiative of the professional
teacher to participate in community movement for moral, social,
economic and civic betterment of the community.”
• The words in Section 2 of Article III are “provides leadership and
initiative…” This implies that as professional teacher you have not to
wait for community to ask for help. You do not just welcome for the
opportunity to lead. Section 2, states that you, the professional teacher
ought to take initiative to offer help for the improvement of the
community.

7. Professional Teachers with Honor and Dignity
• Section 3 states: “Every teachers shall merit reasonable social
recognition for which purpose he/she shall behave with honor and
dignity at all times and refrain from such activities as gambling,
smoking, drunkenness, and other exercesses much less illicit relations”
• Society expect so much of teachers that when they fail to the live up to
the challenge to behave or model good behavior, they are answer the
call to teach. The quotation states “The influence of a good teacher
can never be erased’’ but the influence of a dishonorable teacher is as
lasting.’’

8. Teacher’s attitude Toward Local Customs and
Traditions
• Section 4 expects every to live for and with the community and shall,
therefore study and understand local customs and tradition in order to
have a symphatetic attitude, therefore refrain from disparaging the
community.”
• The professional teacher is neither ethnocentric nor xenocentric.
He/she is not ethnocentric and does not look down on community’s
culture because of the thought that his/her culture is superior to
culture of community netheir xenocentric and so look at their culture
as an inferior in other.

9. The Professional Teacher and Information
Update
• Section 5 states that the teacher “ shall help the school inform the
community about the school’s work, accomplishment, needs and
problem. Community here refers to internal as well as external
stakeholders.

10. • Internal stakeholders – includes the students, parents of the
students and the teachers.
• External stakeholders – are the other parents in the community
without children enrolled in school. This includes barangay
officials and other government officials, non-government
organizations, alumni and retirees.

11. The Parents-Teachers Association
• We have Parents’ and Teachers’ Associations(PTA) in place in
every schools. Some private school call it Home School
Association or Family Advisory Council. This is for internal
stakesholder only. It is for a forum for discussions on school
problems and how they can be solved.

12. The Scool Governing Council
• Other than PTA is the School Governing Council. The SOC has
different membership and function. A School Governing Council
as a policy-making body has the school head as Chief Executive
Officer, Manager and Chief Operation Officer.
• It determines general policies on students welfare, discipline, well-
being; It is concerned with the development and implementations,
monitoring and evaluation.

13. The Professional Teacher and Government
Officials and Other Professionals
• Section 7 states: “Every teacher shall maintain harmonious an pleasant
personal and official relation with other professionals.
• As a professional teacher, you cannot afford not to be in pleasant
relations with others especially those whom you work to with like other
professional teachers.
• “As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all
persons, speaks your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, Vern
the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.”

14. The Professional Teacher Does not Use
Position to Proselyte
• Finally, Section 8, says “A teacher possesses freedom to attend church
and worship as appropriate, but shall not use his/her position and
influence to proselyte others.”
• Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the 1989 Philippine Constitution.
“No law shall made respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
• The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship,
without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed.”

15. “ I think therefore I am”
- Rene Descartes
• THANKYOU.