PPST and 21st Century Filipino Teacher

by Jonah Navarro

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"The quality of school system rests on the quality of teachers." - McKinsey & Company

Many learners can become teachers but only a few can become effective teachers.

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Becoming an effective teacher involves mastering numerous competencies, tasks, and roles.

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It starts from having good communication skills, deep content knowledge, and sound classroom management skills that allow organized instructions and relevant and fair evaluations.

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An effective teacher is duty-bound to create a healthy classroom atmosphere that encourages enthusiasm, motivation, and a meaningful teacher-learner relationship.

At the end of this chapter, each learner will be able to:

1. ​discuss the factors that ushered the shift from NCBTS to PPST;

2. explain fully the seven domains of the PPST and give specific strands and indicators to realize each domain;

3. ​determine the implications of the 21st-century skills in successfully living and working in the 21st-century environment;

4. ​cite specific teaching approaches that help learners develop their 21st-century skills; and

5. ​apply the seven domains of PPST through a role play.

​Learning Objectives:

​The Paradigm Shift: NCBTS to PPST

CHED Memo No. 52, s. 2007 - NCBTS

DEpEd Order No. 42, s. 2017 - PPST​

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What makes the shift eight years later?

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Concept Check

​List down five components of a great and effective teacher and tell your reasons. Mention the means to develop them and identify the subjects that allow a teacher education graduate to cultivate such competencies.

Temember that a competency is an an attribute of trait rather it is how well one does a certain thing.

​The Paradigm Shift: NCBTS to PPST

Quality teaching results in quality learning.

​Four main reasons why NCBTS was changed to PPST:

• ​K to 12 Education Reform Program (R.A. No. 10533)

• ​ASEAN Integration

• ​Globalization

• ​Diverse Nature of Learning of 21st Century Learners

Aims of PPST

PPST is based on the principle of lifelong learning of teachers which is part of their continuing personal development and advancements.

Aims of PPST

1. set out clear expectations of teachers along well-defined career stages of professional development from beginning to distinguished practice

2. ​engage teachers to actually embrace a continuing effort in attaining proficiency; and

3. ​apply a uniform measure to assess teacher per