Teacher Education

  Teacher Competencies as ldentified by NCTE   The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has identified ten core competencies essential for teachers to become professionally competent. These competencies are outlined below: 1. Contextual Competencies: One of the primary responsibilities of a teacher is to ensure that the parents and community appreciate the value of their work. Teachers need the  ability to understand various contexts, including historical, socio-economic, cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds of students' families and the community profile.  For example, teachers should be able to identify causes of low enrollment, poor performance, and other issues like dropout and stagnation that hinder educational progress. 2. Conceptual Competencies: Teachers should possess clarity of thought, a deep understanding of educational theories, and thorough knowledge of various educational trends, pedagogical methods, and techniques. They should unde...

  CODE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN EDUCATI O N   It is universally felt that like all other professions, the teaching profession should also have its own Code of Professional Ethics which is a pre-requisite to ensure its dignity and integrity. It is also significant that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2009 entrusts teachers with professional responsibilities to be internalised by them i n the performance of their duties. So it is considered necessary that the Code of  Professional Ethics be evolved and adopted by the teaching community. Increased awareness of the ethical principles governing the teaching profession is essential to ensure professionalism among teachers. The national Council for teacher education has developed a Code of Professional Ethics for school teachers on the recommendations of a Committee constituted for the purpose under the Chairmanship of  Prof. A.K. Sharma, former director, NCERT. The Code provides a framewo...

  Stages of Professional Development “Good teaching is not an accident.  While some teachers are naturally more gifted than others, all effective teaching is a result of  study, reflection, practice and hard work. A teacher can never know enough about how a student learns, and how the teacher's instruction can increase the student's learning. Professional development is the only means for teachers to gain such knowledge. Whether students are high, low or average achievers, they will learn more if their teachers regularly engage in high-quality professional development.” - Hayes Mizell The effectiveness of professional development depends on how carefully educators conceive, plan and implement it. The Professional Development Plan (stages):   The purpose of professional learning is to help teachers develop the knowledge and skills necessary to help all students learn at high levels.  Planning effective professional learning begins with the examination of student ...

  Duties and Responsibilities of a Teacher The duties and responsibilities of a Teacher shall include the following:  Overall Functions   • To teach and educate students according to guidelines provided by the National Curriculum Framework • To teach and educate students according to the educational needs, abilities and attainment potential of individual students.  Main Responsibilities   • Planning, preparing and delivering lessons to all students in the class;   • Teaching according to the educational needs, abilities and achievement of the individual students and groups of students; • Adopting and working towards the implementation of the school development plan of the particular school they are giving service in; • Assigning work, correcting and marking work carried out by his/her students; • Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress, attainment and behaviour of one’s students; • Providing or contributing to oral and written assess...