What is a professional standard?

A professional standard is what is expected in a person's role in their career.

Satisfying the standards allows for an enriching and positive carrer choice as a teacher. High professional standards ensures a respectful, supportive, trusting, motivational, and interpersonal relationships with the teacher and students.

Professional Standards for Teachers

Dress Code Positive Values and Attitudes Professional Responsibilities/Cultural Factors

Planning and Preparation

Professional Standards for Teachers

Nicholas Garcia, Kalani Hobayan, Brad Stanfield, Krista Stinson, and Courtney Wysocki

Positive Values and Attitudes

Teachers must distinguish the difference between values and attitudes. What are Positive Values?
a set of beliefs/morals that provide a foundation within the classromm environement. Teachers rely on their personal idelas/values in order to make the best possible decision for the classroom setting.

What are Positive Attitudes?

based on the teachers disposition or opinion. can alter/change depending on the classroom setting.

Dress Code
Teachers should dress appropriately regardless of age of student. Wearing appropriate clothes allows for students to have less distractions in the classroom. It provides a mature setting and respectful relationship with the teacher and student. Setting an example is important for a students growth, and dressing appropriately will show more maturity.

Professional Responsibilites/Cultural Factors

Addressing your responsibilities with your students and parents is important. Maintaining accuarate records of students information (i.e., grades, emergency contacts, participation, attendance, disciplinary actions, parent participation. Communicating with families and allowing them to contribute to their child's school is important in growing a strong relationship with the teacher and child. Reflecting on cultural factors (i.e., religion, race, socio-economic factors, etc.) is important in developing a professional, effective teacher.

Planning and Preparation

Decision making by well-trained professionals allows individual clients needs to be met more precisely andpromotes continual refinement and improvement in overall practice (Darling-Hammond, 1988, p. 59)

Planning with new and creative techniques rather than spending time studying the material, a teacher can deliever the subject matter well and with originality. Preparation for the diversity of the classroom and the difficulites that can arise from them will help a teacher to better understand the type of classroom management needed.