DAGDAGAN, Ric Angelo M. Special Topic Course (STC)BEEd 4A Dr. Elsa Encabo

“Journeying the Teacher Profession: Myself and My Career”

INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW:

What do you see on the picture? Where do we usually use it?

Most of us love to travel or a road trip or to go any of places we want even in the mall, market or park. There are too many possibilities of what you may experience while travelling, the road may have not good condition like being bumpy or muddy or your car is out of gasoline so you need to refill it. If this will happen to you, are you still decided to continue on the place you are planning to go to?

This the concept of having a career in teaching or any professions. There are too many factors we may consider why an individual experience obstacles on the race or road he/she is taking to. We may say, because of his/her bad decision-making or she/he was taken by the flow of his/her environment resulting on the career he/she don’t want to go to. Going through on the career you want to go is a decision-making that affects your own life-long career path. That’s why we need to think of the possibilities of undergoing on that career.

In this path you where you are now, it’s up to you if you will continue or begin to travel on the other path or racetrack. That’s why wise decisions take long because we plan every detail – it’s a CAREER PLANNING.

French word “carriere” which means a road or

race course

Latin word “cararia” which refers to track for

wheeled vehicles.

PRESENTATION/ CONTENT:

The career planning is also something to do with the decision-making.

The idea of career can be traced back in the beginning of the 20 th century. Prior to this, early practice of most individuals was to automatically adopt the occupations of their parents. Below is a tabular presentation of the history of career planning;

1950s to

1960s

In the Philippines, parents wanted their children to earn a degreeBeing a teacher was highly regarded in the community.

1970s

The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) was introduced in order to distinguish those who were eligible to take a degree course from those who should take a vocational-technical course.

1990s

During the early 1990s, education, nursing and secretarial courses were associated with women.New courses like computer science, computer technology, management information system and web-designing.The parents obliged their children to take up courses that would provide them jobs.

Perspective of Career Planning

CAREER

Significant definitions in the career field

There words used by individuals connected to career and something significant to its definition.

Career- Time devoted for working for out of a purposeful life pattern through the work undertaken by an individual.

Work- The activity that produces something of value for oneself or others.

Vocation- The work that an individual does because of a calling.

Profession- A career that requires specialized training and academic preparation.

Occupation- A group of similar positions found in different industries or organizations.

Position- A group of tasks performed by an individual in an organization

Job- A paid position held by one or more individuals requiring some related attributes in a specific.

What is Career Planning?

A careful planning is needed when it comes to how you would earn a living. If planning is not implemented it will culminate in not only a financial problem but it might even turn into a physical, psychological and emotional problems.

choosing life’s important paths

lifelong process which includes

choosing

establishing career objectives

determining appropriate

educational and developmental

program

it is a life-long process

The Career planning process is comprised of four steps;

1. Knowing yourself (self)Gather information about yourself (self-assessment)a. Where am I at now?b. Where do I want to be?c. What do I want out of a job or career?d. What do I like to do?e. What are my strength?f. What is important to me?

2. Exploring your options (options)Explore the occupations in which you are interesteda. How do my skills and interests match

up with these occupations?b. Where are the gaps?c. What options do I have to gain these

skills or qualify for these occupations?d. What skills do I need?e. Where is the work?

3. Making decisions (match)During this phase of the process, you will identify possible occupationsa. What are my best work/training options?b. How do they match with my skills, interests and values?c. How do they fit with the current labor market?d. How do they fit with the current situation and responsibilities?e. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each option?

4. Taking options (action)You will develop the steps you need to take in order to reach your goal, for example;a. Investigating sources of additional training and education, if neededb. Developing a job search strategyc. Writing your resumed. Preparing for job interview

knowing yourself

exploring your

options

making decisions

taking action

Remember to set your goals the SMART way …

Specific(well-defined)

Measurable(can evaluate progress)

Attainable(within reach)

Realistic(practical)

Time-bound(within a time frame)

The Career Ladder of a Teacher

The Department of Education has initiated the implementation of a Teacher Education and Development Program (TEDP) that seeks to conceptualize the career path of a teacher.

National Competency-Based Teachers Standards

Bilbao in her module for the Teacher Induction Program of the Department of Education, used the following terminologies to describe the different stages of the career ladder or path of a teacher: cadet(for the beginner), rookie(a degree holder, LET Passer), young professional(at least 2-3 years of teaching experience), full-pledged professional(achieved competence in the career- a master’s degree holder),mentor(at least 5 years in educational level) and artist(at least 10 years in teaching profession and earned the highest degree possible which is doctorate degree).

cadet

rookie

Young Professional

Full-pledged Professional

MentorArtist

Retirement

Growing in Teaching

Growing in Teaching Salandanan (2007), emphasized that true teacher always search to learn more in order to further develop their abilities to teach. She cited various ways on how to grow professionally and personally and eventually last in the teaching career.

PERSONAL GROWTH PROFESSIONAL GROWTH Emulate virtues, traits and qualities of

model teachers. Attend local and national assemblies. Read biographies and autobiographies

of esteemed educators. Internalize the Code of Ethics and

moral standards mandated by the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers.

Attend courses/sessions that focus on further development of physical feature, social graces, poise and composure, bearing and the total personality

Update oneself through enrolling in graduate courses.

Visit national learning centers. Travel scientific, historic and cultural

places to gather rich content materials. Do extended reading and surf the

internet. Undertake individual or group

researches. Attend in-service trainings. Conduct dialogues with model

teachers. Exchange best practices through

interschool visits. Write formal papers and articles for

teacher publications. Operate technological equipment in

presenting lessons.

PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS/ INSIGHTS:

Career planning is very important not only because of wise decision on choosing profession but it is a life-long process, it will affect your lifetime profession. I can use career planning for me to decide carefully and wisely to be able to know what path is suitable on my experience. Also career planning may help me to decide if it is the right time to make another step towards developing our abilities and skills in my profession, considering the span of time I teach.

On my insights, it is very important that we must set goals. Career planning is also decision-making that’s why we must set goals depending on what we want -- interest, skills that may suit on the career we want to go and if it suits to my strength.

On my teaching profession, this is the career I want to go to, teach and to touch lives. On the other hands, after I graduate it doesn’t mean that there will be the same goals similar to the process on receiving my degree. I must remember to set goals the SMART way. A teacher must develop more for the betterment of his/her teaching profession. For me, I want to set my goals on

receiving the highest degree and given that I want to be a skillfull teacher and also share new techniques and share them with others in professional fora. But this goal can be possible if plan it very well, the same thing you must do for us to reach the top of success and future endeavor.