The Teaching Profession and LET Review Materials

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering the teaching profession, ethics, discipline strategies, teacher powers, and legal frameworks like the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers and PQF.

Teaching as a Profession

Requires a college degree and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and is characterized by competence.

Teaching as a Vocation

Defined as a calling to serve.

Teaching as a Mission

Being sent to accomplish an assigned task.

Resolution no. 435

The Code of Ethics For Teachers.

Librarian

A professional role explicitly not included in the definition of the Code of Ethics for Teachers.

Chronic Inebriety

One of the grounds for the revocation of a teacher's license, referring to habitual drunkenness.

Proximity Control

A preventive approach to discipline involving the use of physical space.

Antiseptic Bouncing

A preventive approach to discipline mentioned in the teaching profession drills.

Expert Power

A type of teacher power based on professional expertise and consensus.

Referent Power

A type of teacher power derived from the students' liking or identification with the teacher.

Batas Pambansa Blg. 232

The "Education Act of 1982", approved on September 11, 1982, which deems teachers as persons in authority.

Modelling

A method of directing learning described as "I do, you watch."

Guided Practice

A method of directing learning described as "we do it."

PQF Level 6

The level in the Philippine Qualifications Framework corresponding to a Baccalaureate degree.

PQF Level 7

The level in the Philippine Qualifications Framework corresponding to Post Baccalaureate studies.

PQF Level 8

The level in the Philippine Qualifications Framework corresponding to Doctoral and Post Doctoral studies.

Magna Carta 4670 Section 27

Grants public school teachers the freedom to organize local or national organizations to defend their interests.

Special Hardship Allowances

An allowance for teachers equivalent to at least $25\%$.

Teaching Hours (Magna Carta)

Actual classroom teaching is limited to $6$ hours, with $2$ hours for other duties totalling $18$ hours per week for some categorizations.

Study Leave

Teachers are entitled to this after $7$ years of service, providing $60\%$ of their salary.

Maternity Leave

A leave entitlement consisting of $105$ days fully paid.

Inalienable Right

A right that cannot be taken away from an individual.

Perfect Right

A right based on property or contracts.