National Competency Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS)

Social Regard for Learning Diversity of Curriculum Planning, Community Personal Growth
Learning Environment Learners Assessing and Linkages and Professional
Reporting Development
Refers to all elements of
It focuses on It emphasizes the ideal the teaching-learning It focuses on the ideal
This domain focuses importance of providing that teachers can process that work in that school activities are
on the ideal that facilitate the learning convergence to help It focuses on the use It emphasizes the
for a social and physical meaningfully linked to the
teachers serve as process in diverse types students attain high of assessment data to ideal that teachers
environment within experiences and
positive and powerful of learners, by first standards of learning plan & revise teaching- value having a high
which all students, aspirations of the
role models of the recognizing and and understanding of learning plans, as well personal regard,
regardless of their students in their homes
value in the pursuit respecting individual the curricular goals and as the integration of concern for
individual differences in and communities and
objectives. These formative assessment professional
of different efforts to learning, can engage differences, then using focuses on teachers’
learn. The teachers knowledge about elements include the procedures in the plan development, and
the different learning efforts directed at
show action, students’ differences to teacher’s knowledge of and implementation of continuous
activities and work strengthening the links
statements, and design diverse sets of subject matter, teaching- teaching-learning improvement as
towards attaining high between school and
different types of learning activities to learning approaches activities. community activities as teachers.
standards of learning.
social interactions ensure that all students and activities, these help in the
with students can attain appropriate instructional materials attainment of the
exemplify this ideal. learning goals. and learning resources curricular objectives.
“Do I create a physical “Do I assess my “Do my actions and
including ICT.
and social environment students’ learning and statements indicate a
in class that allows my knowledge using “Are the goals and high regard for the
“Can my students students to attain “Can I help my students appropriate educational characteristics of the teaching profession and
maximum learning?” learn whatever their “Can my students assessment procedures for my continuous
appreciate and model teaching-learning
capabilities, learning understand and attain Do I use the information development as a
the value of learning activities I implement
styles, cultural heritage, the goals of the from these assessment professional teacher?”
relevant to the
through my curriculum through the procedures in planning
socio-economic experiences, values and
interactions with various learning my teaching-learning
backgrounds, and other aspirations in my
them?” resources and activities for the
differences are?” students’ communities?”
activities I prepared? students?”
Have I made use of
ICT appropriately”