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    Teaching meets the criteria to be considered a profession. It requires specialized knowledge gained through extended training, such as a bachelor's degree in a subject area and a postgraduate teaching certificate from institutions like Mico University College. Teachers provide the essential social service of educating citizens and guiding their moral development. They must participate in continuous professional development through workshops and courses to improve and adapt their practice. A code of ethics and standards of practice established by school boards regulates teachers' conduct. While teachers have less autonomy than some professionals, those who work independently as tutors set their own schedules and pay.

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    Teaching meets the criteria to be considered a profession. It requires specialized knowledge gained through extended training, such as a bachelor's degree in a subject area and a postgraduate teaching certificate from institutions like Mico University College. Teachers provide the essential social service of educating citizens and guiding their moral development. They must participate in continuous professional development through workshops and courses to improve and adapt their practice. A code of ethics and standards of practice established by school boards regulates teachers' conduct. While teachers have less autonomy than some professionals, those who work independently as tutors set their own schedules and pay.

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    Teaching meets the criteria to be considered a profession. It requires specialized knowledge gained through extended training, such as a bachelor's degree in a subject area and a postgraduate teaching certificate from institutions like Mico University College. Teachers provide the essential social service of educating citizens and guiding their moral development. They must participate in continuous professional development through workshops and courses to improve and adapt their practice. A code of ethics and standards of practice established by school boards regulates teachers' conduct. While teachers have less autonomy than some professionals, those who work independently as tutors set their own schedules and pay.

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    Turks and Caicos Islands Community College

    SOC 2222
    Ms L Grant
    Gabrielle Williams
    March 25th 2015
    In Partial Fulfilment for the Associate Degree in General Studies

    Question: Discuss the view that teaching is not a profession

    Who has the ability to inspire a passion for learning? Who is responsible for
    producing this world with creative and critical thinkers? The answer to these
    questions lies with teachers. More than any other profession, teaching has the
    power to create a healthy, fair and peaceful world. It seeds our society with
    informed, caring and educated citizens. I do believe that teaching is a profession,
    one overlooked and underpaid for too long.
    What exactly is defined as a profession and who is a professional? Webster
    (1889) defines a profession as a vocation requiring advanced training and usually
    involving mental rather than manual work. A professional is a person formally
    certified by a body, having completed a required course of study or practise and
    whose competence can usually be measured against an established set of standards.
    There are several criteria used to define a profession that I will use to
    explain why I believe that teaching is one. The first criteria is a profession
    demands possession of a body of specialised knowledge and extended practical
    training. Teachers are required to be education experts all of which involves
    specialized knowledge and long preparation. There are universities just for training
    teachers for example the Mico University College in Jamaica. This college offers
    certificate, diploma and degree programmes in education administration, early
    childhood, primary, secondary and special education. In this institution students
    first have to complete their bachelors degree in a desired area which is usually a

    three year programme and for one year complete a training course where they are
    put in classroom settings for practice in order to get a teaching license. This
    institution has a board of directors who control the certification, practice and
    competence standards to determine who enters into the profession. If you
    successfully complete the programme the board will award you with a degree and a
    teaching certificate.
    Another criteria is that a profession renders an essential social service.
    Teaching is a unique service designed to meet the educational needs of persons and
    of society. A teacher's role involves more than standing in front of a classroom and
    lecturing. Even though a teacher spends the majority of the day in the classroom,
    the teaching component is only part of the job. An effective teacher understands
    that teaching involves wearing multiple hats to ensure that the school day runs
    smoothly and all students receive a quality education. Teachers are also agents in
    the socialization of their students. They must be leaders in the school and set a
    positive example. They must be disciplinarians and at the same time show care and
    concern for students. They guide their students and instill the acceptable values and
    morals of society.
    A profession demands continuous in service training of its members.
    Teaching is no different than any job in that it must be perfected through practice.
    Teachers are also learners who have to become updated with the ever-changing

    educational system. They learn and develop different skills on how to teach
    effectively in the classroom through workshops, seminars and enrolling in
    advanced teaching courses.
    A profession must have a code of ethics and standards for practise.
    Members of the school board set out a code of ethics and standards of practise that
    teachers must abide and exhibit. Teachers must uphold public trust, care, integrity,
    commitment to students and the profession.
    Members of a profession have autonomy in decision-making and practice.
    Persons argue that teaching falls short of being a profession because teachers have
    no power over their work and workplaces. Doctors and lawyers choose the hours
    they work and who they work for. They have strong, respected representative
    bodies while teachers are forced to defend themselves against heads of authority
    and the government through trade unions. However, teachers who work
    independently as tutors can set their own pay as well as their hours and terms of
    work.
    To conclude, a profession is an occupation based on intellectual study and
    training with the purpose of supplying skilled services with ethical components.
    There are a lot of misconceptions about teachers. A common one being that
    teaching is an easy job with a lot of holidays and short working hours. I am not a

    teacher but I do know that it is no easy task. A teacher has to be a master of the
    subject and familiar with the material they present on a day to day basis. They must
    be effective communicators, quick problem solvers, be able to work and adjust in
    different environments and even become occasional counsellors. This profession
    takes energy, knowledge, research, training and most of all patience. The
    preparation of lesson plans alone take hours and presenting the material so that the
    students understand is very important because if no one understands they must go
    back to the drawing board and develop new methods. With that being said,
    teaching should be considered as a profession.

    References
    Define Professionalism www.designprofessionalism.com
    Nature of teaching and teaching as a profession www.teachers.ab.ca
    Some Notes on the Sociology of Professions, Peter Morrell
    www.homeoint.org
    Teaching is a profession, not a job, Brendan Gillet
    www.tsl.pomona.edu

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