The Teacher and the Community

Flashcards about the teacher and the community: Teacher's ethical and professional behavior.

Ethics

Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

Article III of the Code of Ethics

Refers to the community within the school and the community outside the school.

Facilitator

Comes from the word 'facilitate' which means to make something easy or easier.

Article III, Section 1

The teacher is a facilitator of learning and the development of the youth and should render the best service by providing an environment conducive for learning and growth.

Section 2 of Article III

Refers to the leadership and initiative of the professional teacher to participate in community movements for moral, social, economic and civic betterment of the community.

Section 3

Every teacher shall merit reasonable social recognition for which purpose he shall behave with honor and dignity at all times and refrain for such activities as gambling, smoking, drunkenness, and other excesses, much less illicit relations.

Section 4

Every teacher to live for and with the community and shall, therefore study and understand local customs and traditions in order to have a sympathetic attitude , therefore refrain from disparaging community.

Ethnocentric

Characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior.

Xenocentric

Oriented toward or preferring a culture other than one's own.

Section 5

Every teacher shall help the school keep the people in the community informed about the school's work and accomplishments as well as its needs and problems.

Community

Refers to internal as well as external stakeholders. Internal Stakeholders include the students, the parents of the students and the teachers.

External Stakeholders

Include other parents in the community without children in school, barangay officials, and other government officials, non-government organizations, government organizations alumni or alumnae and retirees.

PTA

An association of teachers and parents with children who are enrolled in a school. It is a forum for discussions on school problems and how they can be solved.

School Governing Council

A policy making body that has the school head as Chief Executive Officer, Manager and Chief Operations Officer. It determines general policies on student welfare, discipline and well-being.

Section 7

Every teachers shall maintain harmonious and pleasant personal and official relations with other professionals, with government officials and the other individually or collectively.

Section 8

A teacher possesses freedom to attend church and worship as appropriate, but shall not use his positions and influence to proselyte others.