1. The Teaching
Profession
Main Reference: The Teaching Profession
by: Bilbao, etal., Lorimar Publishing, Inc.

2. Course Description
This course deals with the teacher as a person and
as a professional within the context of national and
global teachers’ standards and philosophies. It
includes an articulation of the rootedness of
education in the philosophical and historical
context, the four pillars of learning, 21st century
skills, professional ethics, core values, professional
rights, privileges, and responsibilities, and the
teacher's role in society as an agent of change. It
will make use of method and strategies of teaching
that enhance the development of learners’ life and
career skills and higher-order-thinking skills.

3. Course Outline
• The Teaching Profession
• The Demands of Society from the Teacher as a
Professional and as a Person
• The Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers
• The Rights and Privileges of Teachers in the Philippines
• On Becoming a Global Teacher
• Ensuring Teacher quality through Competency
Framework and Standards
• Continuing Professional Development: The Lifeblood of
the Teaching Profession
• Philosophies of Education
• Teaching, the Noblest of all Profession

5. • Explain the meaning of teaching as a profession.
• Trace the historical development of teaching as a
profession in the Philippines.

7. • One night, cell phones were stolen right there from your
home while you were asleep. There was no indication of
forced entry, so you claimed that the manner by which your
cell phone was stolen was highly professional.
• Father tells tile setter whom he asked to work on a newly
constructed bathroom: “Gusto ko ‘yong gawang propesyunal,
malinis at maganda.”
• She is highly professional in her ways. She deals with
everyone including her daughter-employee professionally.
• How unprofessional of her to act that way. Teacher pa man
din.
• Medical doctors, lawyers, education consultants are entitled
to professional fees (PF) for expert services rendered.
• After his oath taking as a professional teacher, he was
congratulated and was told “now you are truly a
professional.”

8. What does professional mean as used in the
instances given above?

10. • “professional manner”
• “gawang propesyunal”
• professional fee for expert
services rendered
• “highly professional”
• “unprofessional… to act that
way”
imply one who
posses skill and
competence/
expertise
imply a code of
ethics by which
a professional
person abide.
A Professional is one who conforms to the technical
or ethical standards of a profession (competence and
code of ethics)

11. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics

12. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
– completing a university program in their chosen fields –
teacher education, engineering, nursing, accountancy,
etc.
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics

13. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
– approved by a regulatory body like the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED).
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics

14. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
– the government authority in the Philippines is the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics

15. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
– this is the Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
mandated by RA 10912 or the CDP Act of 2016.
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics

16. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
– they define certification criteria, manage certification
programs, establish accreditation standards, and define a
code of ethics and disciplinary action for violations of that
code.
• Code of Ethics

17. Other Elements of a Profession
• Initial Professional Education
• Accreditation
• Licensing
• Professional Development
• Professional Societies
• Code of Ethics
– states what professionals should do. They can be ejected
from their professional societies or lose their licenses to
practice for violating the code of ethics. (Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers).

20. By way of an acrostic, explain the elements of a profession.
P –
R –
O –
F –
F –
E –
S –
I –
O –
N –

22. 1. Based on the elements of a profession given in this
Lesson, can a taxi driver be considered a professional?
a. No, because driving is not a college/university degree.
b. Yes, because there is such a term as professional driver.
c. It depends on the technical and ethical competence of the
taxi driver.
d. Yes, if the driver is competent and honest.
2. Which are elements of a profession like teaching?
I. Long years of professional education.
II. Passing the competency-based examination to obtain a
diploma from TESDA.
III. Continuing professional development.
IV. Adherence to a Code of ethics for the professional group.
a. I, II, and III c. I, III, and IV
b. II, III, and IV d. I, II, and IV

23. 3. Is professionalization synonymous to
professionalism? Explain.