THE COMPETENT TEACHER

Professional Development
Reflection and Selfdevelopment
Initiates his/her own continuing professional development

Mentoring
Mentoring and facilitating learning of another teacher.

Professional Development
In-service workshops and graduate studies
Designed for specific purpose such as new teaching skills, update in content, and introduce new teaching materials or programs.

Participation in professional organization

Joining local, national and international organizations

Professional Development
Communication with other teachers
Visiting teachers in other schools, attending inservice workshops, graduate seminars and programs, and participating teachers study group.

Summer and off-teaching work experience

Government sponsored programs fro teachers.

Professional Behaviors of Teachers

1. Reflect on their teaching 2. Maintain accurate records 3. Communication with families 4. Contribute to school 5. Grow as professionals 6. Show professionalism

Professional Teachers are Clear Teachers

1. The lesson is planned and implemented in organized manner,

2. Students are informed of the lesson objectives in advance 3. The lesson is conducted step by step

Professional Teachers are Clear Teachers

4. The teacher draws the students attention to new or important points by writing this points on the board, repeating them at appropriate points in the lesson, and incorporating deliberate pauses, thereby allowing time for processing reflection,

Professional Teachers are Clear Teachers

5. The teacher presents and work on examples that explain and support the concept or ideas being taught, 6. The teacher explains unfamiliar words before using them in the lesson and points out similarities and differences between ideas.

Professional Teachers are Clear Teachers

7. The teacher asks the students lots of questions and gives application exercises to find out if they able to understand the lesson. 8. The teacher carefully monitors the students work to gauge comprehension,

Professional Teachers are Clear Teachers

9. The teacher encourages and allows time for the students to ask questions,

10. When the students do not understand the lesson, the teacher repeats main points, presents additional examples or explanations, or elaborates until the students achieve clarity of the lesson.

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

1. The teacher is knowledgeable of the subject matter, 2. The teacher is an educational broker, he/ she knows how to discover information about the information content, 3. The teacher is an active member of a professional organization,

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

4. The teacher understands the processes of learning. He/she ensures that students understand the lesson objectives and classroom procedures,

5. The teacher uses effective modeling behavior. He/she behavior should be consistent with what is expected by his/ her students.

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

6. The teacher is open for change. He/she is willing to take risks and be held accountable for his/her actions.

7. The teacher is not prejudicial towards sexual orientation, ethnicity, and religion,

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

8. The teacher organizes the classroom and plans lessons carefully,

9. The teacher is capable communicator. He/she selects words carefully,, plans questions, and has expressive voice inflections.

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

10. The teacher functions effectively as a decision maker, 11. The teacher is perpetually learning to further develop a repertoire of teaching strategies 12. The teacher demonstrates concern for the safety and health of his/her students,

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

13. The teacher demonstrates optimism for the learning of every student, 14. The teacher demonstrates confidence in each students ability to learn,
15. The teacher is skillful and fair in the implementation of strategies for the assessment of student learning,

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

16. The teacher is skillful in working with parents, guardians, colleagues, and administrators, 17. The teacher demonstrates a continuing interest in professional responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities,

Characteristics of Competent Teachers

18. The teacher exhibits a wide range of interests, 19. The teacher shares a healthy sense of humor,
20. The teacher is competent. He/she can be relied on in fulfilling professional responsibilities and commitments.

Insights of good Teachers

1. Good teachers are in charge of their classrooms. 2. Good teachers create a conducive environment for learning. 3. Good teachers manage human relations effectively 4. Good teachers engage students in the process of learning by their own.

Insights of good Teachers

5. Good teachers teach up 6. Good teachers are good learners 7. Good teachers develop instructional objectives with learners. 8. Good teachers are able to find out why a plan is not working. 9. Good teachers strive to make teaching interesting.

Insights of good Teachers

10. Good teachers give learners access to information and opportunities for application.. 11. Good teachers teach for the kinds of knowledge, knowledge content, and knowledge on how to learn.

Guidelines in Developing Teachers Competencies

1. Make decisions 2. Use learning theory 3. Use a variety of instructional strategies 4. Build bridges to other subjects 5. Build relationships between facts and concepts 6. Teach for transfer

Guidelines in Developing Teachers Competencies

7. Emphasize hands-on experiences 8. Keep the focus on people 9. Gather materials 10.Teach content 11.Teach concepts 12.Teach skills

Guidelines in Developing Teachers Competencies

13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Teach values Give students freedom Differentiate instruction Create a sense of place Promote success Reward excellence

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS

1. Teachers are committed to students in their learning. 2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach 3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring students learning 4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience. 5. Teachers are members of learning communities.