9. Professional Ethics
The professional :
• renders service and shows concern
for people.
• does not require close supervision
or direction.
• does not work by the hour or expect
to be paid by the hour.
• assumes responsibility for personal
behaviour.
10. • maintains good physical, emotional,
and mental health.
• continually seeks to improve.
• is loyal to colleagues.
• does not attempt to advance at the
expense of others.
• possesses good communication and
public relation skills.
11. • gives others credit for their ideas
and work.
• meets commitments and obligations
fully and on time.
• is proud of the teaching profession.
12. Going beyond...
“It has been said that teachers who
have been teaching for twenty years
may be divided into two categories:
those with twenty years’ experience
and those with one year’s experience
repeated twenty times.”
13. In other words
• Sheer time on the job does not ensure
experience
• Successful teachers are those who
continue to develop throughout their
professional lives – the completion of
an initial qualification is just a
beginning
(Ur, 1996)
• It is difficult to mantain a sense of
engagement when using the same old
14. lesson routines or reading texts time
after time
• If we do not take steps towards
development,
it is difficult to mantain the initial
enthusiasm
(Harmer, 2007)
15. ‘You can train me, you can
educate me, but you can’t develop
me – I develop’
(Piai 2005:21, in Harmer, 2007)
16. Professional Development
Strategies
• Attending Conferences
• Taking courses
• Getting a certificate, diploma or
degree
• Peer observations/formal
observations
• Lesson planning and reflection
• Reading
• Writing
• Getting online