THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY.pptx

1. THE TEACHER AND THE
COMMUNITY:TEACHER’S
ETHICAL AND
PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR

2. ACTIVITY: THINK-PAIR-SHARE
• Think of your favorite teacher. Why
was he/she your favorite? What
qualities did he/she possess? Is
he/she your ideal teacher? What
influence did he/she have in your life?
Did he/she act in accordance to the
expectations of the community?

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 the
community definitely means to participate in the life of
that community. What is that community referred to
here? The 8 sections sections of Article III of the Code
of ethics refers to the community within the school and
the community outside the school. How can teachers be
part of the community? The various Sections of Artcile
III give more details.

4. TEACHER AS A FACILITATOR OF
LEARNING
• Article III, Section 1 states that the teacher is a
facilitator of learning and 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 “facilitates”
which means to make something easy or easier.

5. • The teacher who believes that “Every
child deserves a champion, an adult
who will never give up on them, who
understands the power of connection
and insists they become the best they
can possibly be.”

6. 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”
• The words in Section 2 of Article III are
“provide leadership and initiative”.

7. • 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 counselling services, as
appropriate, and to be actively involved in matters
affecting the welfare of people”
• Teachers, as they participate in community affairs
prove that they “are the most responsible and most
important members of society because their
professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.”

8. PROFESSIONAL TEACHER WITH
HONOR AND DIGNITY
• Section 3 states that: Every teacher shall merit
the 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.
• The quotation states , “The influence of a good
teacher can never be erased” but the influence
of a dishonorable teacher is as lasting.”

9. TEACHER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD
LOCAL CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
• Section 4 expects every teacher to live for
and with the community and shall,
therefore study and understand local
customs and traditions in order to have a
sympathetic attitude, therefore, refrain
from disparaging the comunity.

10. • “ The professional teacher is neither
ethnocentric nor xenocentric. He/she is
not ethnocentric and so does not look
down on community’s culture because of
the thought that his/her culture is
superior to the culture of the community.
Neither is he/she xenocentric and so looks
at his/her culture as inferior in to other
community’s culture.”

11. THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER AND
INFORMATION UPDATE
• Section 5 states that the teacher
“shall” help the school inform the
community about the school’s work,
accomplishments, needs and problems.
Community here refers to internal as
well as external stakeholders.

12. • Internal stakeholders include the students,
the parents of the students and the
teachers. The external stakeholders are the
other parents in the community without
children enrolled in school, barangay
officials and other government officials,
non-government organizations,
government organizations,
alumni/alumnae and retirees.

13. THE PARENTS-TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION
• We have Parents’ and Teachers’ Association
(PTA) in place an every school. Some private
schools call it Home School Association or
Family Advisory Council. This is for internal
stakeholders only. A PTA is an association of
teachers and parents with childrenwho are
enrolled in a school. It is a forum for discussions
on school problems and how they can be solved.

14. THE SCHOOL GOVERNING COUNCIL
• Other than the PTA is the School Government
Council. The SGC has different membership and
functions. A School Governing Council as a
policy-making body has the school head as Chief
Executive Officer, Manager and Chief Operations
Officer. Th eformations of SGC in every school is
a proof of school head sharing his/her leadership
with members of the community.

15. • It determines general policies on student
welfare, discipline, well-being; it is
concerned with the development and
implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of the School Improvement Plan
(SIP), and reporting of the progress of the
SIP Implementation to the Schools
Division Superintendent and the
community.

16. THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER AND
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHER
PROFESSIONALS
• Section 7 states: “ Every teacher shall maintain
harmonious and pleasant personal and official
relations with other professionals, with government
and with the people individually or collectively.” As
a professional teacher, you cannot afford not to be
in pleasant relations with others especially those
with whom you work with like other professional
teachers. It is always best to be in good terms with
everyone else in the community.

17. • Desiderata gives this advice: “As far as
possible, without surrender, be on good
terms with all persons. Speak your truth
quietly and clearly; and listen to others,
ven the dull and the ignorant, they too
have their story.”

18. THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER DOES
NOT USE POSITION TO PROSALYTE
• Finally, Section 8, says “A teacher
possesses freedom to attend church and
worship as appropriate, but shall not use
his position and influence to proselyte
others. “To be in a position means to have
power or influence for a purpose, i, e. for
you to use use that position to perform
your job as a professional tacher.

19. • It is highly unprofessional for a teacher like you
to use your position of influence to proselyte.
Besides freedom of religion is guaranteed by the
1987 Philippine Constitution. “No law shall be
made respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free
free exercise and enjoyment of religious
profession and worship, without discrimination
or preference, shall forever be allowed.” (Article
II, Section 6).