Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Speak out: Teachers should grow professionally By Marilou A. Godinez Teacher III, Bogo Central School II
IT has been claimed that one of the qualities a teacher must have is intelligence. This is the mark of a properly qualified teacher.
Intelligence gives teachers a strong base upon which spring not only the deep value of their calling but also the means of passing their hour of teaching, their approach to the children, and their life with the teaching staff.
First of all, intelligence gives the teacher real authority.
In this regard, there is a need to have broad general education that includes experience in fields of knowledge relating to major human activities.
Their general education should not only include a thorough knowledge of the subject matter of their teaching fields but also understanding and appreciation of its relationship to related fields of teaching.
Though public school teachers and officials enjoy special benefits, teachers are also required to grow professionally while in service, and to assume and maintain a professional attitude to their work and in dealing with their associates in the profession.
It should be their self-imposed duty to constantly develop themselves professionally while in service.
In other words, teachers who achieve the most growth on the job are those who engage in continuous self-evaluation.
So then, when provided with sufficient background in the subject that they will teach, they can give an adequate reservoir of information, undertaking, planning and management of students’ learning activities.
