Two Elements of Profession

• Competence and Code of Ethics

• Dignity and Reputation

• Technical and Professional Competence

• Personal and Professional

University programs are approved by a regulatory body like the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines to ensure that graduates from these recognized programs start their professional lives with competence.

• Professional Development

• Accreditation

• Initial Professional Education

• Licensing

This is an ongoing professional education that maintains or improves professionals' knowledge and skills after they begin professional practice. In the Philippines this is Continuing Professional Development mandated by RA 10912, otherwise known as the CPD Act of 2016.

• Accreditation

• Initial Professional Education

• Professional Development

• Licensing

mandatory, not voluntary and is administered by a government authority. In the Philippines, this government authority is the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

• Professional Societies

• Initial Professional Education

• Professional Development

• Licensing

Professionals generally begin their professional lives by completing a university program in their chosen fields - teacher education, engineering, nursing, accountancy. This means long and arduous years of preparation. Take note this is just initial, which means only the beginning because a professional is expected to learn endlessly.

• Professional Societies

• Initial Professional education

• Professional Development

• Accreditation

Professionals see themselves as part of a community of like-minded individuals who put their professional standards above the individual self-interest or their employer's self interest.

• Professional Development

• Professional Societies

• Initial professional Education

• Licensing

possesses skill and competence / expertise.

• Profession

• Personal

• Professional

• Teacher

The first legal document that professionalized teaching

• Presidential Decree 1006

• Presidential Decree 106

• Presidential Decree 1096

• Presidential Decree 1076

Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994,

• R.A 8736

• R.A 7863

• R.A 7836

• R.A 8763

the key to student achievement

• Professional Teacher

• Teacher

• Profession

• Professional