A SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

Professional Education
ProfEd 121A
The Teacher and The Community

I. Objectives:
At the end of this Chapter, you should be able to:

A. explain the meaning, advantages, disadvantages and demands of SBM;

B. state practices aligned to SBM; and
C. explain the roles, functions and competencies of school heads in SBM.
II. Subject Matter:
Topic: The Teacher and The Community
Sub Topic: Teacher’s Ethical and Professional Behavior
Reference/s: The Teacher and the Community School Culture and Organization Leadership pp. 72
- 79.
Materials: Laptop, Power point Presentation, Projector
III. Procedure:
A. Preparatory Activities
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Attendance
 Review
 The instructor will ask the following question below to review the student about
their last topic:
a. What can you remember from the last topic?
b. What have you learned since our last meeting?

 Motivation
The instructor will begin the class by motivating the learners to share their ideas about
Traits/Qualities of a teacher. The student will answer the following question below to
better engage the learners in the next topic:
1. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she your favorite? What qualities did
he/ she possess? Is he/she your ideal teacher? What influence did he/she have in
your life? Did she act in accordance to the expectation of the communication
2. Group yourselves by 10. share your answer from #1 with the group take note of
qualities common among your favorite teachers
3. Are the traits shared in your small groups the same traits that schools and the
larger community expect of professional teachers?
4. Based on your observation, do all teachers embody the traits expected of
professional teachers?

A. Presentation/Discussion

Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers, Article III

The very title of this Unit indicates that teachers are expected to be part of the community. To be part of
the community definitely means to participate in the life of that community. What is that community
referred to here? The 8 Sections of Article III of the Code of Ethics refers to the community within the
school and the community outside the school. How can teachers be a part of the community? The various
Sections of Article III give more details.

Teacher as Facilitator of Learning

Article III, Section1 states that the teacher is a facilitator of learning and the development of the youth…
therefore shall render the best service by providing an environment conducive for such learning. And
growth.
Facilitator comes from the word “facilitate” which means to make something easy or easier. You as, the
professional teacher, facilitate learning or make learning easier. Learning is a difficult task and is made
easier when you make dry lesson interesting, exciting and enjoyable. As a professional teacher, you make
learning easier when you simplify the complex and concretize the abstract. This is what is ethical for
every professional teacher like you ought to do. This you can do after four long years of academic
preparation.

What happens sometimes, however, is teachers complicate the simple and teaches only at the abstract
level.

To facilitate learning, a conducive learning environment is necessary. It has been proven that learners
learn best in a pleasant environment. A pleasant environment is where the learners can be themselves
because teachers are caring. No need to put best self forward because teachers and classmates truly care
and take you for who you are. All forms of bullying has no place in a conducive learning environment. A
conducive learning environment makes learners believe they can do the work and they feel accepted. A
favorable learning climate is not competitive where everyone is tense

The teacher who believes that “Every child deserves a champion. An adult who will never give up on
them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be like
Teacher Rita Pierson in TED Talk is a facilitator of learning.

Teacher Leadership and Initiative for Community Participation

Section 2 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. As professional teachers
you do not live in an ivory tower, meaning you are not supposed to be removed nor aloof from
community life. Schools are at the heart of communities and you as professional teachers are expected to
be be-in-the-world and to be-in-the-world- with-others and for others (borrowing the words of
Heidegger).

The words In Section 2 of Article III are “provide leadership and initiative…” This implies that as a
professional teacher you have not to wait for community to ask for help. Section 6 further explicitates
how you can show your professional leadership, to wit: “Every teacher is an intellectual leader in the
community, especially in the barangay, and shall welcome the opportunity to provide such leadership
when needed, to extend counseling services, as appropriate, and to be actively involved in matters
affecting the welfare of people.”

You do not just welcome the opportunity to lead. Section 2, states that you, the professional teacher ought
to take the initiative to offer your help for the improvement of the community. Many a time, you can be a
guidance counselor, a prayer leader, commentator or reader in religious celebrations, fiesta coordinator,
judge in or coach for a contest, financial adviser, a nurse, a doctor, commentator, prayer rolled into one.

Providing leadership and initiative also means working with the community. This means getting the
parents and other members of the community participate in school activities.

Teachers, as they participate in community affairs prove that they “are the most responsible and most
important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.”

Professional Teacher with Honor and Dignity

Section 3 states: “Every teacher shall merit reasonable social recognition for which purpose he shall
behave with honor and dignity at all times and refrain from such activities as amoking, drunkenness, and
other excesses much less illicit relations. Obviously, if as a professional teacher, you are an inveterate
gambler, chain smoker and alcoholic or if it is common knowledge that you are engaged in an illicit
relationship, how can you have moral authority? Who will listen to you when you advise your class not to
smoke, not to drink alcoholic drinks, not to gamble, etc? Your audience will say "Look, who is talking!"
It is a matter of "do what I say not what I do,"
Society expects so much of teachers that when they fail to to live up to the challenge to behave or model
good behavior, they are “condemned without trial!” It is no wonder why many are afraid answer the call
to teach. Society seems to expect much more from professional teachers than from any other professional
and so look at teachers with scrutinizing eyes.

The quotation states "The influence of a good teacher can never be erased” but the influence of a
dishonorable teacher is as lasting.”

Teacher’s Attitude Toward Local Customs and Traditions

Section 4 expects 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 the community.” The professional teacher is neither ethnocentric nor xenocentric. He/she is
not ethnocentric and so does not look down on community’s culture because of the thought that his/her
culture is superior to the culture of the community. Neither is he/she xenocentric and so looks at his/her
culture as inferior in to other community’s culture.

Fortunate and happy is the community that has teachers who live with them, exert effort to understand
their local customs and traditions and consequently appreciate the same. This author sees no culture as
perfect. Every culture including hers has its positive and negative aspects. What we need to pass on are
the positive aspects of the culture. We need to purify, however, the negative aspects with teacher pointing
them out tactfully and sincerely.

The Professional Teacher and Information Update

Section 5 states that the teacher “shall help the school inform the community about the school’s work,
accomplishments, needs and problems. Community here refers to internal as well as external
stakeholders. Internal stakeholders include the students, the parents of the students and the teachers. The
external stakeholders are the other parents in the community without children enrolled in school,
barangay officials and other government officials, non-government organizations, government
organizations, alumni /alumnae and

Retirees. Why do these stakeholders have to be informed? The school is there for the community and so
the community has the right to be Informed about its activities, accomplishments, needs and problems.
Informing them about the school’s projects, needs and problems give them a sense of ownership. Having
a sense of ownership, these stakeholders will participate more actively in the resolution of school’s
problems and needs.

The Parents-Teachers Association

We have Parents’ and Teachers’ Associations (PTA) in place in every school. Some private schools call it
Home School Association or Family Advisory Council. This is for internal stakeholders only. A PTA is
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.

The School Governing Council

Other than the PTA is the School Governing Council. The SGC has different membership and functions.
A School Governing Council alla policy-making body has the school head as Chief Executive Officer,
Manager and Chief Operations Officer. The formation of SGC in every school is a proof of school head
sharing his/her leadership with members of the community.

It determines general policies on student welfare, discipline, well- being; it is concerned with the
development and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan (SIP), and
reporting of the progress of the SIP implementation to the Schools Division Superintendent and the
community.
In addition to PTAs are the School Governing Council in every public school. This School Governing
Council shares in the management of the school with School Head as Chair. This School Council is
another opportunity for communities to participate in school activities.

The Professional Teacher and Government Officials and Other Professionals

Section 7 states: “Every teacher shall maintain harmonious an pleasant personal and official relations with
other professionals, with government officials and with the people individually or collectively.” As a
professional teacher, you cannot afford not to be in pleasant relations with others especially those with
whom you work with like other professional teachers. It is always best to be in good terms with everyone
else in the community Desiderata gives this advice: “As far as possible, without surrender, be on good
terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, ven the dull and the
ignorant; they too have their story."

The Professional Teacher Does not Use Position to Proselyte

Finally, Section 8, says: “A teacher possesses freedom to attend church and worship as appropriate, but
shall not use his position and influence to proselyte others. To be in a position means to have power or
influence for a purpose, i.c. for you to use that position to perform your job as a professional teacher. It is
highly unprofessional for a teacher like you to use your position of influence to proselyte. Besides
freedom of religion is guaranteed by the 1987 Philippine Constitution. “No law shall be made respecting
an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of
religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed.” (Article
II, Section 6).

C. Application:

Direction: You have to Demonstrate how a teacher should act in community, according to the
article that discuss earlier You will be given a 15 minutes time to accomplish your task. Your
output will be graded using the criteria below.
Rubrics Excellent Very Good Good Need Score
(5) (4) (3) Improvement
(2)
Voice Clearly Clear and Somewhat Unclear or
audible and audible clear and nearly
plays to the audible inaudible
venue
Focus Very Focused on Sometimes Not focused
focused; not the act most focused on on the act
distracted of the time the act;
from act at often
all distracted
Expression/Emotions Extreme Most actions A number of Little effort
clear and were clear actions were was exerted;
believable; and unclear;little no emotion
very believable; emotions at all
heartfelt heartfelt
Staging/Blocking Excellent Very good Satisfactory Ineffective
use of stage, use of stage, use of stage, use of space
space; space; space; some
action action work needed
always usually blocking
directed to directed to
intended intended
 audience audience
Content Content Content Content Unclear
correspond correspond Somewhat choice of
with the with the correspond content
topic topic but has with the
unnecessary topic
topic
Total Score

D. Generalization:

What are the Benefits of knowing Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers?

E. Evaluation:
Direction: Read each statement or question below carefully and fill in the blank(s) with the
correct answer.

1.________ A teacher is a facilitator of learning and of the development of the youth; he

shall, therefore, render the best service by providing an environment conducive to such learning and
growth.What section is this?
2._______ Every teacher shall provide leadership and initiative to actively participate in
community movements for moral, social, educational, economic and civic betterment.
3._______ Every teacher shall merit reasonable social recognition for which purpose he
shall behave with honour and dignity at all times and refrain from such activities as
gambling, smoking, drunkenness, and other excesses, much less illicit relations.
4.________ Every teacher shall live for and with the community and shall, therefore,
study and understand local customs and traditions in order to have sympathetic attitude,
therefore, refrain from disparaging the community.
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.

Answer Keys:
1. Section 1
2. Section 2
3. Section 3
4. Section 4
5. Section 5

IV. Assignment/Agreement:

Answer this question. "I don't hear what you are saying because who you are speaks louder than
what you say". How does this quote apply to the professional teacher as a community leader?
Discuss.
Prepared by:

MARNIELLE BOB BAGUIO

JELVY DIAMONON
FROILAND RAY LINESES
ALBERT PAUL PACSCUAL
BTTE Electrical Technology 4A