CHAPTER 6

Ensuring Teacher
Quality Through
Competency
Framework and
Standards

TCP 1
 QUALITY TEACHERS AND
TEACHER QUALITY
• Quality teachers are
• Teacher quality is
defined by their attributes
defined by the
and characteristics.
standards set for the
Quality Teachers are
profession and
competent teachers.
validated by the
Teachers with global
students learning
competence are able to
outcomes.
demonstrate knowledge,
skills values and
dispositions.
 Planning and
Preparation

Core
Professional Elements Classroom
responsibilities of Teacher Environment
Quality

Instruction
 Competency Framework for
Teachers in Southeast Asia
(CFT SEA)
• Thailand’s Teacher Education Council,
SEAMEO Secretariat (SEAMES) and the
SEAMEO Regional Center for Educational
Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH)
• To revitalize teacher education and to
promote teaching as a profession of first
choice, by professionalizing teachers’
pre-service and in service development.
 Four Essential Competencies
for teaching in Southeast Asia
1.Knowing and Understanding what to teach
2.Helping students to learn.
3.Engaging the community.
4. Becoming a better Teacher everyday
 Philippine Qualifications
Framework (PQF)
• It is a national policy describing the
levels of educational qualifications and
sets the standards for qualification
outcomes.
• Encourages lifelong learning allowing
the person to start at the level that suits
him and then build-up his qualifications
as his needs and interests develop and
change over time.
 Philippine Professional
Standards for Teachers(PPST)
• Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers
are also in support of the Philippine
Qualifications Framework which determines of
any baccalaureate degree holder. The Career
Path stage 1 Beginning teacher is the focus of
this lesson because, the pre-service teacher
education graduate should master the
competencies that are stated in the 32 strands
of the seven domains of the standard for Filipino
teachers.
‘’If the competencies included in
the standards are mastered by
any future teacher, then quality
teachers will be produced and
teacher quality will be achieved.’’
Thank for Listening