What is a teacher?

A teacher is a person
A teacher is a professional
A teacher is a citizen
What does a teacher do?
• An agent of cultural transmission
and socialization
• An agent of social change
• A transmitter of learner
• A facilitator of desirable
learning
• A counsellor of learner
A researcher
 An evaluator
 A custodian
 An arbiter

 An educator
A lifelong partner
A professional
A parent
What characteristics should be
manifested by a teacher?
 Possess genuine love for
teaching
 Shows willingness to work hard

 Possesscertain personal
traits/qualities
What are the values of
teaching?
 Occupational values
 Intellectual values
 Physical
and personal values
 Adjustment values
The Professionalization of Teachers
Laws on Professionalization of
Teachers
PD 1006 or the Teachers
Professionalization Decree of
1976
Republic Act No. 7838 also known
as Teacher Professionalization
Act of 1994
The Licensure Examination for
Teachers
Requirements for LET
application
 A citizen of the Philippines or an alien whose
country has reciprocity with the Philippines in
the practice of the teaching profession
 At least eighteen (18) years of age
 In good health and of good reputation with
high moral values
 Has not been convicted by final judgement by
a court for an offense involving moral
turpitude
 A graduate of a school, college or university
recognized by the government and possesses
the minimum of educational qualification as:

1. For teachers for preschool, a

bachelor’s degree in early childhood
education (BECED) or its equivalent
2. For teachers in elementary grades, a
bachelor’s degree in elementary education
(BEED) or its equivalent

3. For teachers in the secondary levels, a

bachelor’s degree in education (BSED) or
its equivalent with major, or bachelor’s
degree in arts and sciences with at least
ten (10) units in professional education
4. For teachers of vocational and two-
year technical courses, a bachelor’s
degree in the field of specialization or its
equivalent, with at least eighteen (18)
units in professional education
Coverage of the LET
Examinations for the elementary
and secondary school teachers
shall be separated

a. Professional Education
b. General Education
c. Field of Specialization
• An examinee must obtain at
least 75% rating in order to pass
the examination
• Report of the examination
1. The board shall, within one
hundred twenty (120) days after
the examination report the
results obtained by each
candidate to the PRC approval
and appropriate action
2. A certificate is issued to the LET
registrant as a professional
teacher and shall remain in full
force and can practice the
profession with all rights and
privileges appertaining there to.
Issuance of Professional
Liscence
 A professional license signed by the chairman
of the commission with register number and
date of issuance/expiry/renewability shall be
issued to every registrant who has paid the
annual registration fees for 3 consecutive
years.
SALIENT POINTS ABOUT THE DOCUMENT
 Created by Republic Act No. 4670; passed on
June 18, 1966
 Promotes well-being and safeguards the
rights of the public school teachers
 Its policy declared the promotion and
improvement of the public school teachers.
Social and Economic
status

Living and working

Terms and Employment

Career prospect
 It makes teaching favorably
comparative with other
professions.
 It attracts and retains the best
people in the teaching profession.
 It strengthens the stability of the
teaching profession in the public
school system.
 The right against transfer from one
station to another without the teachers
consent (except for cause)
 The right for a married couple, both of
whom are school teachers, to be
employed in the same locality whenever
possible
 The right to enjoy academic freedom
 The right to additional compensation for
services in excess of six hours of actual
work
 The right to enjoy free physical
examination and free medical
treatment
 The right to one year study leave
with pay equivalent to 60% of
salary after seven years of
service. (Section 24)
 The right to enjoy one range
salary raise upon retirement.
Preamble
Art. I- Scope and Limitation
Art. II- the Teacher and the
State
Art. III- the Teacher and the
Community
Art. IV- the Teacher and the
Profession
Art. V-The teacher and the
Teaching Community
Art. VI- the Teacher and the
Higher Authorities
Art. VII- School officials,
Teachers and Other
Personnel
Art. VIII-The teacher and
the Learners
Art. IX- the Teacher and the
Parents
Art.X - Teachers and
Business
Art. XI-The teacher as a
Person

Art. XII- Disciplinary Action