1) Teachers have tremendous responsibilities as professionals, including teaching students effectively, establishing a respectful learning environment, assessing student progress, demonstrating leadership, and engaging in professional development. 2) Research shows that an effective teacher can have long-lasting positive impacts on student achievement and future outcomes, while ineffective teachers can negatively impact student learning for multiple years. 3) As professionals, teachers are expected to master their content knowledge, plan and deliver engaging instruction, facilitate learning, interact with curriculum standards, apply various assessments, and partner with communities.

1. THE DEMANDS OF
SOCIETY FROM THE
TEACHER AS A
PROFESSIONAL
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2. At the end of this module, you
should be able to:
● discuss the meaning of the teacher as a
professional;
● explain what society demands from the teacher
as a professional; and
● explain the professional competencies that a
teacher should possess.

3. Teachers spend at least 6 hours a day, 5
days a week in 10 months of the school
year with the students.
The Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers cites the “state, community,
the teaching community, school
officials, non-teaching personnel, and
learners as groups of people with and
for whom teacher works.
From his/her very little
“teacher,” to teach well is
what society primarily
demands of teachers.
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power to influence students.
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4. Research Findings shared by Dallas Public Schools’ Accountability System
1. Learning gains realized by students during a year in the classroom of an effective
teacher were sustained over later years and were compounded by additional
years with effective teachers.
2. Conversely, depressed achievement results resisted improvement even after a
student was placed with an effective teacher, and the negative impact was
discernible statistically for approximately three subsequent years.
3. The negative effects of poor-performing teachers on student achievement persist
through three years of high-performing teachers.
4. The good news is that if students have a high-performing teacher for one year,
they will enjoy the advantage of that good teaching in future years.
5. Conversely, if students have a low-performing teacher, they simply will not
outgrow the negative effects of lost learning opportunities for years to come.
6. Having a better teacher not only has a substantial impact on students’ test scores
at the end of the school year but also increases their chances of attending college
and their earnings as adults.” (Hammond, 2000.)

5. Clearly, a teacher’s impact on
learners last. The teacher is
the key to student
achievement.

6. What does society expect of teachers as professionals?
Answer the question by beginning with any of the letters of
the word.

7. THE DEMANDS FROM
THE TEACHER AS A
PROFESSIONAL
The word “teacher” suggests that
the main responsibility of
professional teachers is to teach.
The teacher’s primary customer
is the learner.

8. COMPARISON OF THE 4 MODELS ON TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
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1. Planning and
Preparation
Instructional Planning
Assessment of/for Learning
Teachers facilitate learning for
their students.
Planning and Preparing
2. Instruction Professional Knowledge
Instructional Delivery
Communication
Teachers know the content they
teach.
Teachers facilitate learning for
their students.
Classroom Strategies and
Behaviors
3. The
Classroom
Environment
The Learning Environment
Student Progress
Teachers establish a respectful
environment for a diverse
population of students.
Teachers facilitate learning
for their students.
4. Professional
Responsibilities
Professionalism Teachers demonstrate
leadership.
Collegiality and
Professionalism
Teachers reflect on their
practices.

9. Teaching Competence is spelled
out in the PPST and in the four
models effective teaching!
1) prepare and plan very well for instruction
2) execute or deliver that instruction plan very well because
he/she has professional knowledge (mastery of the subject
matter)
3) create a conducive and considerable learning environment for
diverse groups of learners
4) assess and report learner’s progress
5) demonstrate professionalism as he/she deals with superiors,
colleagues, students, and parents.

10. The Philippine
Professional Standards
for Teachers (PPST)

11. ● recognize the importance of mastery of content
knowledge and its interconnectedness within and across
curricula areas, coupled with a sound and critical
understanding of the application of theories and principles
of teaching and learning.
01.

12. ● provide learning environments that are safe, secure,
fair, and supportive in order to promote learner
responsibility and achievement.
02.

13. ● establish learning environments that
are responsive to learner diversity.
03.

14. ● interact with the national and
local curriculum requirements.
04.

15. ● apply a variety of assessment tools and
strategies in monitoring, evaluating,
documenting, and reporting learners’
needs, progress and achievement.
05.

16. ● establish school-community partnerships
aimed at enriching the learning
environment, as well as the community’s
engagement in the educative process.
06.

17. ● value personal growth and professional
development and exhibit high personal regard
for the profession by maintaining qualities that
uphold the dignity of teaching such as a caring
attitude, respect, and integrity.
07.

18. Professionalism: The Hallmark of a Professional
It behooves every teacher to assume and maintain a professional attitude to
his work and in dealing with his associates in the profession. It should be his
self-imposed duty to constantly improve himself professionally.
Criticism, when necessary, should clearly reflect friendly motivation and a
sincere desire to uphold the standard and dignity of the profession. In dealing
with his pupils or students, the teacher should ever strive to be professionally
correct, friendly, and sympathetic.

19. “Professionalism: It’s
not the JOB that you
DO, it’s HOW you DO
the JOB.” - Anonymous