Episode 5 – The Global Teacher of the 21st Century

My FS Learning Task Overview

Teaching is a respectable profession the word over. The status of teachers has been
comparable in all parts of the globe, hence each year, a celebration of the WORLD TEACHER’S
DAY!

This alone would tell us, the recognition and honor given to the best profession of all:
TEACHING. A teacher is an extraordinary person in whose hands lie the future of the world. A
teacher regardless of what country he/she comes from should be a GLOBAL TEACHER or the
TEACHER of the WORLD.

Thus, you should have the qualities, skills, knowledge, views, with wider breadth and deeper
sense because you too will be a global teacher.

This Learning Episode focuses on the global teacher of the 21st century.

My Desired Learning Outcomes

 Identify competencies of the global Filipino teacher

 Increase knowledge of other countries teacher’s competencies
 Compare the global Filipino teacher with the other teacher of the world

My Learning Essentials

Let us begin with ourselves, the Filipino teachers. Why are Filipino teachers doing very well in
classrooms and schools outside our country? Are Filipino teachers doing well in our country as
well? Many of them are awarded as exemplar teachers, best teachers and model teachers. They
are honoured by the school, parents and community as well. Would you like to be a global
teacher of the 21st century? As global teachers, you should be the excellent ones.

Read some teaching skills and qualities needed of global teachers in the 21s century.

A GLOBAL TEACHER.

 Thinks and acts both locally and globally.

 Has classroom management skills.
 Makes content relevant and updated.
  Has skills in critical thinking.
 Uses technology in education.
 Has deep understanding of multiculturalism and globalization.
 Has skills to collaborate with teams
 Brings the world into the classroom, school community.
 Continuously grow professional.

A Filipino teacher should have these qualities and skills, too. These competencies are enshrined
in the National Competency – Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS) of the Philippines.

My Learning Map

Here are the steps that you should take in order to reach your desired learning outcome.

1. Request for a short interview of any public school teacher about the teacher’s
competencies in the NCBTS. (Elementary or High School)
2. Request the teacher to answer a short questionnaire on the NBTS teacher’s
competencies.
3. Analyse the data.
1. In which of the seven domains did the teacher rate herself/himself HIGH?
2. Which competencies are practiced by the teacher all the time? Often ? Sometimes ?
Never ?

4. Go to the web, interview, chat, skype or use other means to obtain information about
other teachers in at least two other countries aside from the Philippines.
My Learning Activities

Activity 1 – NCBTS and the Global Filipino Teacher

Name of Teacher ____________________________________________________________

School_____________________________________________________________________

Grade level/Year level_________________________________________________________

Instruction: Based on your NCBTS – TSNA Individual Profile, please check the Domain, where
you rad yourself HIGH. Please give your explanation.

NCBTS DOMAINS

NCBTS – TSNA Domains If HIGH, check Give brief explanation why

you are rated HIGH
Domain 1 - Social Regard for
Learning
Domain 2 – Learning
Environment
Domain 3 – Diversity of
Learners
Domain 4 – Curriculum
Domain 5 – Planning,
Assessing and Reporting
Domain 6 – Community
Linkages
Domain 7 – Personal Growth
and Professional Development

Instruction : Below is a checklist for the teacher you requested to answer.

I am a Global Filipino Teacher. Do I practice/possess these qualities or competencies?

No or Yes Frequency: Never_______ 0

Sometime____ 1

Often________ 2

All the time___ 3

Competencies No/Yes Frequency
Do I…. + - 0 1 2 3 4
1. Demonstrate
values for lifelong
learning?
2. Teach considering
that learning is of
different kinds?
3. Create an
environment that is
safe and conducive
for learning?
4. Communicate
higher learning
expectations to
each learner?
5. Accept learner’s
diverse knowledge
and experiences?
6. Demonstrate
mastery of the
subject matter?
7. Make use of all
allotted
instructional time?
8. Recognize that
each learner is
unique?
9. Demonstrate skills
in the use of
technology?
10. Develop and use a
variety of
instructional plan?
11. Develop and use a
variety of
instructional
support materials?
12. Develop and use a
76 variety of
appropriate
assessment
strategies?
13. Communicate
promptly and
clearly to learners,
parents , and
superiors about
 learner’s progress?
14. Take pride in the
nobility of the
profession?
15. Enhance myself
through continuing
professional
development?

How many competencies are rated as;

A. All the time _______

B. Often _______
C. Sometimes _______
D. Never _______
ACTIVITY 2 GLOBAL TEACHERS THE WORLD OVER

Activity 1 describes the competencies that a Global Filipino Teacher should possess. Now, we
need to know, what competencies are required of other teachers from other countries of the
world.

Since we cannot travel physically to other countries, we can reach these places through the use
of modern technology like surfing, skype, chat, emails through the world wide web, interviews
and use of other sources of information.

Choose at least two countries other than Philippines. Search for the personal and professional
competencies required of the teachers in that particular country. You may also interview the
Filipino teacher who has taught in these countries.

Be guided by the matrix given below:

Name of Country Personal Qualities Professional Requirements to

of Teachers qualities of become
Teachers Professional
Teachers
United States of
America
New Zealand
Thailand
Indonesia
Australia

My Reflection and Insights

1. If the NCBTS is the measure of a global teacher, can the teacher you interviewed be
able to meet the challenges of global education? why? Why not?

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. Are the similarities or differences among teachers in the other countries in terms of the
standard requirements for a professional teacher? Explain your answer.
 3. Are Filipino teachers comparable to their fellow teachers in other countries? Explain your
answer.

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

4. How would you prepare to become a global teacher of the 21st century? How do you see
yourself?

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Integrating Theory and Practice

Chose the correct option.

1. The most challenging components of teaching in another country is ________.

A. Mastery of the subject matter
B. Making instructional materials
C. Adjusting to cultural differences
D. Constructing assessment tool

2. Teaching is a universal vocation. Wherever the teacher is assigned, his or her primary
concern is to __________.
A. Earn a good salary C. be the most important person
B. Make the students learn D. do self-sacrifice

3. In the 21st century, the fastest development or change that the teacher should catch up
with as a teacher is in the ____________.
I. Use of technology
II. Knowledge of globalization
III. Practice of collaboration
A. I C. II and III
 B. B 1 and II D. I, II, and III

4. “ If you are an excellent teacher here in the Philippines, you can very well teach in any
ASEAN country.” This statement ____________.
A. Is false C. an overstatement
B. Is true D. cannot be determined

5. For a Filipino teacher to succeed in teaching in the country and elsewhere in world, he
or she should _______________.

I. Master and practice the competencies of the NCBTS

II. Be multilingual and multicultural
III. Think and act both locally and globally
A. I only C. I and II
B. II only D. I,II, and III

My learning Portfolio

Entries to portfolio may include: (Choose only one)

1. Story or narrative (experiences) of a Filipino Teacher abroad.

2. Story or narrative of an outstanding teacher in community. (School, District, division)
3. Story or narrative of non-Filipino in other countries.