BBTE PROGRAM: A ROAD TO SUCCESS

By: Brien L. Naco

FOCUS OF EDUCATION

BUSINESS

TEACHER

BACHELOR IN BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION achelor in Business Teacher Education (BBTE) is a fouryear course under the Department of Business Teacher Education, College of Education, Polytechnic University of the Philippines. This program has two specializations, namely; Bachelor in Business Teacher Education major in Business Technology (BBTE-BT) which was changed to Bachelor in Business Teacher Education major in Business Technology and Livelihood Education (BBTE-BTLE), and Bachelor in Business Teacher Education major in Information Technology Education (BBTE-ITE). Both specializations prepare students to teach effectively across the learning areas of elementary, secondary, college, and vocational/technical schools, prior to graduation. In BBTE-BTLE, there are two fields of specializations, first, in office and in the business technology like Entrepreneurship, Office Procedure, Keyboarding, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Business Mathematics, Merchandising, and Computer Education. Second, is the Technology and Livelihood Education like Home Technology, Food and Nutrition, Cosmetology, Basic Drafting, Basic Electricity, Basic Electronics, Plumbing, and Carpentry and Masonry. In BBTE-ITE, only basic and advance computer applications.

Business Teacher Education represents a broad diverse discipline that is included in all types of educational delivery systemselementary and secondary schools, college and technical/vocational schools. Business Teacher Education can begin at any level; it can be interrupted for varying periods of time and in can be continued throughout the life span of the individual. Business Teacher Education includes education for office occupation, distribution and marketing occupation, business teaching, business administration and economic understanding. PURPOSES OF BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION Provide occupational competence which enables an individual to produce a job for which he/she qualify and to formulate and implement a career development plan which is responsive to personal and technological changes. Develop interpersonal changes a and positive technological

Develop economic competence to enable the individual to be productive citizen and wise consumer of resources, goods, and services.

OBJECTIVES OF BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION 1. To provide students with a General Education 2. To provide students with Professional Education 3. To prepare students for careers in business BUSINESS TEACHER COMPETENCIES 1. Professionalism Ethical standards related to appropriate personal and professional interactions and decision-making in the classroom and the workplace. 2. Accounting Preparation, interpretation, and analysis of financial statements for various forms of business ownership. 3.Business Communication Preparing business documents using appropriate format and style, including graphics. 4. Keyboarding Touch keyboarding skills for entering and manipulating text and data. 5. Marketing Acquire an understanding of marketings role and function in business (including sales techniques, advertising, display, buying, wholesale/retail, distribution, service occupations, market analysis, warehousing, inventory control) to facilitate economic exchanges with customers. EDUCATION

6. Development and Implementation of the Business Education Curriculum Developing and evaluating career student performance objectives in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. Integrating academics in Career Education Business Education competencies JOB TARGETS OF TEACHER EDUCATION BUSINESS

After finishing the first year, the students would be given a Certificate in Office Administration, which they can use to find work as; Front Desk Specialist, Customer Service Representative, Clerical Specialist, Sales Counselor, Data Entry Operator. In Second year, the students would be given an Associate in Office Administration, which they can use to find work as; Stenographer, Bookkeeper, Collection Agent, Computer Secretary, and Call Center Agent. In Third year, the students would be given a Certificate in Business Teacher Education, which they can use to find work as; Trainer/Tutor in the Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Levels, and Inventory and Merchandising Personnel. After graduating in Fourth year, the students take the Baccalaureate Degree Bachelor in Business Teacher Education major in Business Technology and Livelihood Education (BBTE-BTLE) and Bachelor in Business Teacher Education major in Information Technology Education (BBTEITE).