Five Dimensions to

Professionalism

Five Dimensions to Professionalism

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Specialized Knowledge
Skills
Standards
Spirit
Supportive Environment

A. Specialized Knowledge
Know What and know How when a
person does his job well. He is the person
who can best do the job.

B. Skills
Knowledge is translated in the quality of
our work in the way we put specialized
knowledge into practice.

a. Technical Skills
Accuracy in routine office work
Speed in routine office work
Planning work in advance
Neat and orderly results
Knowing general office methods
Learning about new methods

b. Social Skills
Appropriate personal appearance
Suitable use of language
Keeping business secret
CO operating with other workers

Personal Qualities
Getting to work on time
Getting to work done before deadlines
Using suitable initiative
Accepting appropriate responsibility
Accepting suggestions and criticisms.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Time management
Resource/s management
Space management
Faculty

1. Starting on the Dot

Make Filipino time synonymous with
Punctuality
Be prompt
2. Making good use of Time
Time is opportunity, time is gold,
time is glory.

C. Standards
They are the yardstick of our work; they measure the quality of our
work.
a. internal
b. external
Mediocrity vs. Excellence
Complacency vs. Dynamism
Reactive vs. Proactive
Self Interest vs. Principle

D. Spirit
It refers to the esprit d corps.
Elements
Acceptance
Understanding
collaboration

E. Supportive Environment

Code of Ethics
of
Professional Teachers
Dr. Nicolas T. Capulong, Ph. D.
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Teachers are duly licensed professionals

who posses dignity and reputation with
high moral values as well as technical and
professional
competence.

1. The Teacher and the State

A Trustee of the cultural and educational

heritage of the nation.
Elevate national morality, promote national
pride, cultivate love of country.
Actively help carry out the declared policies of
the state.
Physically, mentally and morally fit.

Posses and actualize full commitment and

devotion to duty.

Shall not engage in the promotion of any

political, religious, or other partisan interest.
Shall vote and shall exercise all other
constitutional rights and responsibilities.
Shall enjoy academic freedom.

2. The Teacher and the Community

Shall render the best services
Provide leadership and initiative to actively
participate in community movements.
Behave with honor and dignity at all times
and refrain from gambling, smoking,
drunkenness and illicit relations.

Study and understand local customs and

traditions.
Inform the community about the schools
work, accomplishments, its needs and
problems.
Provide leadership in community when
needed; extend counseling services.
Posses freedom to attend church and
worship.

3. The Teacher and the Profession

Ensure that teaching is the noblest profession.
Uphold the highest possible standards of quality
education.
Participate in the continuing Professional
Education program.
Help if duly authorized to seek support for the
school
Use teaching profession in a manner that makes
it a dignified means for earning a decent living.

4. The Teacher and the Teaching

Community
Be imbued with the spirit of professional loyalty,
mutual confidence and faith in one another, selfsacrifice for the common good and full
cooperation with colleagues.
Not to claim for work not of his own and give due
credit for the work of others which he may use.
Organize and leave to his successor such
records and other data as are necessary to carry
on the work.
Hold inviolate all confidential information
concerning associates and the school.

May seek correctives for what may appear to be

on unprofessional and unethical conduct of any
associate.
May submit to the proper authorities any
justifiable criticism against an associate
preferably in writing, without violating any right of
the individual concerned.
May apply for a vacant position for which he is
qualified, provided that he respects the system
of selection on the basis of merit and
competence.

5. The Teacher and Higher Authorities

in the Philippines
Make an honest effort to understand and
support the legitimate policies of the
school and the administration.
Make no false accusation or charges
against superiors, especially under
anonymity.
Transact all official business through
channels.

Seek redress against injustice and

discrimination and raise his grievances
within democratic processes.
Invoke the Principle that appointments,
promotions, and transfer of teachers are
made only on the basis of merit and need
in the interest of the service.

Live up to his contractual obligation

assuming
full
knowledge
of
the
employment terms and conditions.

6. School Officials, Teachers and Other

Personnel
School
officials
show
professional
courtesy, helpfulness and sympathy
towards teachers and other personnel.

Formulate policies or introduce important

changes in system at all levels.
Encourage and attend to the professional
growth of all teachers.

Shall not dismiss or recommend for

dismissal a teacher or other subordinates
except for a cause.
Ensure that public school teachers are
employed in accordance with pertinent
civil service rules.

7. The Teacher and Learners

Has the right and duty to determine the
academic marks and promotion of learners in
the subjects they handle.
Recognize that the interest and welfare of
learners are his first and foremost concern, and
handle each learner justly and impartially.
Shall not be prejudiced nor discriminate any
learner.
Shall not accept favors or gifts from learners,
parents and others in exchange for requested
concessions.

Shall not accept, directly or indirectly, any

remuneration from tutorials.
Base evaluation of the learners work on merit
and quality of academic performance.
Exercise utmost discretion to avoid scandal,
gossip and preferential treatment of the learner.
Shall not inflict corporal punishment on offending
learners nor make deductions from their
scholastic ratings.
Insure that conditions contributive to the
maximum development of learners are
adequate.

8. The Teacher and Parents

Establish and maintain cordial relations
with parents.
Inform parents, through proper authorities
of the progress or deficiencies of learners
under him.
Hear parents complaint with sympathy
and understanding.

9. The Teacher and Business

Has a right to engage, directly or indirectly,
in legitimate income generation.
Maintain a good reputation with respect to
financial matters.
Not to act, directly or indirectly, as agent of
or be financially interested in any
commercial venture.

10. The Teacher as a Person

Live with dignity in all places at all times.
Place premium upon self-respect and selfdiscipline.
Maintain at all times a dignified
personality.
Recognize the Almighty God or Being as
guide of his own destiny and of the
destinies of men and nations.