This lesson plan discusses teaching as a vocation, vision, and profession. The objectives are for students to understand the meanings and differences between vocation, vision, and profession. It also covers the requirements and qualifications to be a professional teacher. The content discusses calling, giftedness, interests and human need in defining vocation. It distinguishes vocation from vision and profession, with vocation being a calling from God where abilities meet human needs. Being a teacher is discussed as the oldest profession requiring training, education, effective communication and problem solving skills, creativity, and patience. Quotes on values for Christian teachers are provided for student reflection.

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LESSON PLAN IN
EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
PROFESSOR: DR. CORAZON T. CLETO
Wesley Divinity School, Wesleyan University-Philippines
Mabini Ext. Cabanatuan City, Nueva Vizcaya
TOPIC: Teaching as a Vocation, Vision and Profession
REPORTER: Marita Garcia Sanchez
OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:
At the end of the lesson the students are able to:
1. know and distinguish the meaning of vocation, vision and profession
2. comprehend with the keywords of the topics for discussion
3. enumerate some examples of a vocation and a profession
4. explain the biblical concepts about teaching as a vocation, a vision and a profession
5. analyze the requirements and qualifications of “Professional Teacher”
6. recite at least one of the quotes on values and virtues for a Christian Teacher and
reflect on it.
MOTIVATION: A Teacher’s Prayer
CONTENT- KEY QUESTIONS:
1. What is a vocation?
2. Distinguish vocation from a vision and from a profession
3. Give examples of a vocation; profession
4. How do we know that we are called to serve in a teaching vocation?
5. What does it meant to have a vision?
6. Analyze the requirements and qualifications of “Professional Teacher”
7. List the quotes on values and virtues for a Christian Teacher Professional
8. Reflect at least one of the listed quotes for a Christian Teacher Professional.
WHAT IS A VOCATION?
Vocation is a calling to serve others; a teaching beyond knowledge and skills and a
revival of one’s character, values, and attitudes. A Vocation needs Caring and Commitment to
serve in one’s career or profession. It is also displaying kindness and concern for others. It is
beyond life, meaning and purpose.
DISTINGUISH VOCATION FROM A VISION AND FROM A PROFESSION
Vocational calling is usually stable and permanent over a lifetime. Discovering our
vocation is possible because it is based on giftedness, interests, passions, and human need,
which are all easy to identify.(Whelchel,H., 2012)
Frederick Buechner (1993) described vocation by saying, “the place God calls you to is
the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” This means that
vocation is an ordained mission from which a vision to help humanity is the main purpose of
God in giving the gifts to the persons having it/them while a profession is willfully gained by an

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individual who wants to serve for his own life’s existence. The difference lies in one’s volunteer
action to serve. Calling in word "call" means in Latin “voca”) Hence a person may be a
professional is being called in a vocation. Either voluntary or not, idiosyncratic to
different religions, may come from another person, from a divine messenger, or from within
oneself.
A career should be based on the opportunities for service which are presented to a
believer enabling him or her to fulfill their vocation. Finding the right occupation at any one time
is a matter of God’s specific leadership, guidance, and provision. Solomon wrote, “A man can
do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his work. This too, I see, is
from the hand of God, for without Him, who can eat or find enjoyment?” (Ecclesiastes 2:24-25).
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE IN A TEACHING VOCATION?
Vocational calling stays the same as we move in and out of different jobs and careers.
Our vocation is directly related to the discovery of our God-given talents. Over time we develop
and hone them into useful competencies for the glory of God and the service of others, often in
various jobs and occupations.
WHAT DOES IT MEANT TO HAVE A VISION?
Vision came from the Latin word “vidēre” which means “to see”. We use our eyes in
inferring meanings. The creative mind has the ability interpret meanings and life through the use
of the senses but the primary one is the eyesight. One can experience seeing someone or
something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition. That is a kind of wisdom from
God, a gift that a person should “give away” for others in order to glorify God.
Example of quote: “the place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness
and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth
that he may strongly support those whose hearts are completely
His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will
surely have wars.(2 chronicles 16: 9
TEACHING PROFESSION
Profession is the specialized application of skills knowledge, and attributes designed to
provide unique service to meet educational needs of the individual and of society. It is a career,
an occupation or a job. A business or line of work where there is payoff. Teaching profession
is the oldest profession in the world. Jesus was a great teacher. The term is derived from the
Latin word “profiteor” which means to profess. The connotation here is that a professional is a
person who possesses knowledge of something and has a commitment to a particular set of
values both of which are generally well accepted characteristics of professions.
Examples of Professions: Medical Doctors, Engineers, Pilots, Architects,
Registered Nurses, Medical Technologists, Pharmacists, Physical Therapists,
Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Guidance Counselors, Teachers, Certified Public
Accountants, Realtors, Professional Drivers, Pathologists, Gynecologists, Cardiologists,

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QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHER
Teaching is one of the few jobs that you can draw only if you went to college; took and
passed your licensure examination for teachers. You are not called a Professional Teacher
unless you passed this rigid examination that ideal teachers should possess. Suggesting the
job of a professional Teacher also requires some amount of proper training and higher
education.
REQUIREMENTS OF A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER
1. A teacher must not only be a master of the material but also an effective communicator, quick
problem solver, constant innovator, social organizer, occasional therapist, and much more
besides.
2. It takes energy, ingenuity, insight, knowledge, and most of all, patience to lead a classroom
full of kids.
3. You must decide if you want 80 percent of your students to understand the 100 percent of the
material, or 100 percent to understand 80 percent. This indicates the teacher’s expertise in
mathematical computation and evaluation.
4. Sometimes you end up with zero percent understanding zero percent and you must go back
to the blackboard and start all over again which needs patience and perseverance.
5. Teaching has been described as one part preparation and five parts improvisation, and the
preparation alone will take hours which indicates creativity and flexibility.
LIST OF QUOTES FOR REFLECTION
1. “they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads”.
2. “The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.”
3. “It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.”
4. “Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.”
5. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
6. “The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just
EVALUATION: Essay: Reflect in at least two paragraphs using the quotes on values and
virtues for a Christian Teacher Professional. Use a half sheet of yellow paper.
1. “they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads”.
2. “the place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep
hunger meet.”
3. “The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.”
4. “It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.”
5. “Teachers, who love teaching, teach children to love learning.”
6. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
7. “The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just

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Robertson, Jan. (2015)New Zealand:Educational
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Sheck ,Wilbert R. (1995). Christian Mission and Modern
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Seymor, Jack L., Margaret Ann Crain and Joseph V.
Crockett(1993). Educating Christians. The Intersection of
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Prepared by:
MARITA G. SANCHEZ, Ed.D.
MA in Christian Education Student