Iv. Session 4: Philippine Professional Standards For Teachers (PPST)

IV.
SESSION 4: PHILIPPINE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

FOR TEACHERS (PPST)
C. Pre-Test
Check whether each statement is true or false.
TRUE FALSE
1. PPST stands for Philippine Professional Standards for
✔
Teachers.
2. There are 37 Domains and 7 strands in PPST. ✔
3. There are 4 career stages from Beginning to Proficient
✔
Teacher.
4. The number of years in service determines the career
✔
stages of teachers.
5. Providing safe learning environment is the sole duty of a
✔
school head,
6. Every teacher is expected to know diversity of learners. ✔
7. Learning outcomes should be aligned with the learning
✔
objectives.
8. Learners and parents should inform the teachers about
✔
the results of the learning assessment.
9. Beginning teachers can only get professional growth
✔
through seminars.
10. All teachers need to have professional goals to improve
✔
teaching practice.
F. Activities and Assessment

A. “Map Me”
In this activity, you are going to make your own career map by answering
the question below. (Note: Please read and understand DepEd Order 42,
s.2017)
Make your own timeline.
Beginning – Proficient - Highly Proficient – Distinguished
Years 1-2 Years 3-4 Years 5-6 Years 7-8 Years 9-10
Years in Teaching Career Stage
Years 1-2 Beginning Teacher
Years 3-4 Proficient
Years 5-6 Highly Proficient
Years 7-8 Highly Proficient
Years 9-10 Distinguished
1. In what career stage are you now as a teacher?

I believe that I am in the Beginning Teacher stage.
2. In what career stage do you situate yourself 10 years from now?
I can see myself 10 years from now as a distinguished teacher.
3. What professional development activities would you engage in to

achieve your desired career stage?
I will involve myself in continuous professional growth and development
through attending various seminars which could help me in improving
my practices as a teacher.
B. Read
Answer the questions that follow.

1. What are the different career stages of teachers?
The career stages of teachers are the following: Beginning, proficient, highly
proficient, and distinguished.
2. How will you go to the next higher career stage?

I can go to the next higher career stage by engaging myself to activities which
could help me develop in my profession.
3. Is it possible for a beginning teacher to stay in 1 career stage for 5–10

years? Why or why not?
Yes, it is possible. One can stay in 1 career stage for 5-10 years if he is being
idle. If one does not engage in developing skills, he/she will not really grow.
C. What I Learned
What are the seven domains of the PPST? Discuss each domain briefly based
on your own understanding.
Domains Brief Discussion
CONTENT One must recognize the importance of content knowledge

KNOWLEDGE AND and its interconnectedness within any across curriculum
PEDAGOGY areas.
LEARNING Provide learning environment which is safe, secure, fair, and

ENVIRONMENT conducive for learning.
CURRICULUM AND Teachers should adhere to the curriculum and plan well various
PLANNING activities which will cater the needs of the students.
Apply a variety of assessment and strategies in monitoring,
ASSESSMENT AND evaluating, documenting, and reporting learners’ needs, progress,
REPORTING and achievement.
COMMUNITY
LINKAGES AND Establish school-community partnerships aimed at enriching
PROFESSIONAL learning environment, as well as community’s engagement in the
ENGAGEMENT educative process.
PERSONAL GROWTH It is important that you continue to learn and develop to keep your
AND PROFESSIONAL skills and knowledge up to date and ensure you continue to work
DEVELOPMENT safely, legally and effectively.
1. What is the difference between domains and strands, and strands

and indicators?
Domains are general in nature. Strands are more specific dimensions
of teacher practice under every domain. And indicators are the
concrete and observable manifestation that the domains and strands
are being achieved.
2. Why do we need to set standards for teachers?

Standards ensure better accountability – holding teachers and schools
responsible for what goes on in the classrooms. The practice of aligning
learning to standards also helps ensure that a higher level of learning is
attained, guides teachers in the process of assessment and helps keep them
on track.
3. As a beginning teacher, which do you consider as the most important
among the seven domains? Justify your stand.
Content knowledge and pedagogy. Because one cannot be considered a
teacher without having a mastery of the subject matter that he is teaching.
D. What I Do
Read thoroughly Domain 1 Content Knowledge and Pedagogy particularly the

three indicators in the beginning and proficient teachers. Answer the questions
that follow.
Which of the indicators can you confidently say you are doing?
1. Which of the indicators are you NOT doing yet?
None.
2. What do you notice about the indicators from beginning to

proficient teacher?
Before you can reach the next stage in your career, one must
be knowledgeable and has the mastery of the subject matter
that he is teaching.
D. Read the following teaching practices. With all honesty,

choose your answer by ticking (/) the box that corresponds to
your answer.
A- Always S- Sometimes N- Never
How often do you do the following in your teaching practice?
Indicators A S N
1.Demonstrates content knowledge and its application within and /or ✔

across curriculum teaching areas
2.Shows skill in the positive use of ICT to facilitate the Teaching –Learning
Process ✔
3.Demonstrates knowledge of strategies that promote reading and
numeracy skills ✔
4.Applies teaching strategies that develop critical and creative thinking
and/or other higher order thinking skills ✔

5. Demonstrates an understanding of the range of verbal and nonverbal
classroom communication strategies that support learner understanding, ✔

participation, engagement, and achievement.
6.Uses Mother Tongue, Filipino, and English to facilitate teaching and
Learning ✔
7.Demonstrates understanding of research based knowledge and principle ✔

of teaching and learning
E. What I Realize
E. What I Realize
Read thoroughly Domain 3 Diversity of Learners particularly the three
indicators in the beginning and proficient teachers. Answer the questions
that follow.
1. What teaching practices do you think are responsive to the call of the
indicators in Domain 3 to address diversity of learners?
Teaching practices under 3.1.1 until 3.3.2 because these talks about
the strategies needed to accommodate the different needs of the
learners.
2. To address learner diversity, what teaching practices would you employ to

enable you to move from beginning to the proficient career stage?
I will use differentiated and appropriate teaching strategies to cater the

various needs of my students. I will also design. Plan, and implement my
own materials to personalize it for all my learners.
Reflection
As a teacher, what are the indicators under beginning stage that you can do? Is
it possible that you can move to the higher career stage? Knowing where you are,
what professional development goals could you prepare based on your strength and
areas for improvement?
I strongly believe that I can do all the indicators under the beginning stage
which fall under the content knowledge and pedagogy. As a teacher, I know that I
can move to the higher career stage for I am doing everything that I could to
improve myself and my practices as a teacher. I will set high expectations for
student achievement and use the most-recent educational technology.
H. POST – TEST
Check whether each statement is true or false.
TRUE FALSE
I. Learning outcomes should be aligned with the
✔
learning objectives.
II. Providing safe learning environment is the sole
✔
duty of a school head
III. There are 4 career stages from Beginning to
✔
Proficient Teacher.
IV. The number of years in service determines the career
✔
stages of teachers.
V. There are 37 Domains and Strands in PPST. ✔
VI. PPST stands for Philippine Professional Standards for

✔
Teachers
VII. Every teacher is expected to know diversity of
✔
learners.
VIII. Learners and parents should inform the teachers
✔
about results of learning assessment.
IX. Beginning teachers can only get professional growth
✔
through seminars.
X. All teachers need to have professional goals to
✔
improve teaching practice.
Prepared by:
JAZZELE C. LONGNO
Teacher I
Noted by:
EMELIE C. BALLESTEROS, Ph. D.

School Head

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IV.

SESSION 4: PHILIPPINE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

F. Activities and Assessment

Beginning – Proficient - Highly Proficient – Distinguished

1. In what career stage are you now as a teacher?

3. What professional development activities would you engage in to

Answer the questions that follow.

2. How will you go to the next higher career stage?

3. Is it possible for a beginning teacher to stay in 1 career stage for 5–10

Domains Brief Discussion

CONTENT One must recognize the importance of content knowledge

LEARNING Provide learning environment which is safe, secure, fair, and

1. What is the difference between domains and strands, and strands

2. Why do we need to set standards for teachers?

Read thoroughly Domain 1 Content Knowledge and Pedagogy particularly the

2. What do you notice about the indicators from beginning to

D. Read the following teaching practices. With all honesty,

1.Demonstrates content knowledge and its application within and /or ✔

and/or other higher order thinking skills ✔

classroom communication strategies that support learner understanding, ✔

6.Uses Mother Tongue, Filipino, and English to facilitate teaching and

7.Demonstrates understanding of research based knowledge and principle ✔

2. To address learner diversity, what teaching practices would you employ to

I will use differentiated and appropriate teaching strategies to cater the

V. There are 37 Domains and Strands in PPST. ✔

VI. PPST stands for Philippine Professional Standards for

EMELIE C. BALLESTEROS, Ph. D.

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