Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

1. Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

2. The teacher is a facilitator of learning.

3. In order for teachers to facilitate student learning several things need to occur. The processes that the teacher as facilitator needs to undertake are as follows: • assess the students; • plan the learning; • implement the plan; and Evaluate the process

4. Recognize the talents of potentialities of each learner.

5. Teachers are expected not just for the intellectual growth of the learners but also for the development of their talents and skills that are recognized through Multiple Intelligences.

6. Provide leadership and initiative to actively participate in community movements for moral, social, educational, economic and civic betterment.

7. Directly or implied that teachers are considered as leaders in the community and as such, teachers should provide technical support to the community, leadership and liaise for the school to further the partnership between the school and the community.

8. Maintains harmonious and pleasant personal and relations not just with the learners but also with peers and others people around the community.

9. a teacher maintains a cordial and professional relationship with peer and also the students. Though promoting openness and free interaction, the teacher must maintain the line between the relationships between them in a professional manner.

10. Promote close co-operation between teachers and parents in the interests of pupils

11. Teachers are not just responsible for the learning and intellectual development of the students, they are also responsible to the parents who have entrusted their children to them. And as such, teachers must maintain a healthy and professional relationship with the parents to enhance the learner’s support system and morale

12. Develop the skills of the learners into becoming persons of intellect and character.

13. Schools are not just expected to become the source of the intellectual development of the learners, but also their characters, what they become in the future is the product of how they are raised and part of it is in the school. Teachers must ensure that learners develop a sense of personhood and good manners in relation to others.

14. Recognizing that the status of their profession depends to a considerable extent upon teachers themselves, all teachers should seek to achieve the highest possible standards in all their professional work.

15. Excellence is not just being taught, it is being practiced. And as such, teachers who are also preachers of lifelong learning must demonstrate excellence in all their work. Not just for aesthetics but also academically. Highest standards are achieved through writing, whether an article, essay, research or a book. Teachers must demonstrate first and foremost that excellence is not just a motto but a way of life.

16. Teacher shall help the school keep the people in the community informed about the school’s work and accomplishments as well as its needs and problems

18. It is the responsibility of the teacher to pursue continuing professional education not just for professional growth but also for intellectual and social improvement

19. Teachers are preachers of lifelong learning, and as such they must be able to practice what they preach. That teacher should be able to pursue continuing professional education for the improvement of their intellectual and professional growth

20. The teacher is a public servant, and as such it is expected that teachers would adhere to the code of conduct as stipulated.

21. teachers are not just community leaders, mentors, and intellectual advisers of the local leaders. With such heavy responsibility coupled with the lives of the learners, the teacher must maintain the highest quality of a public servant. Teachers must at all times maintain professionalism not just in school and in the community.

22. The teachers would ensure that the learners are provided with safe and adequate learning environment that is conducive for the students to learn.

23. It is the responsibility of the teachers to ensure a learning environment that is conducive for learning is provided to the learners. A place that would enable and encourage the learners to think and improve themselves not just their intellectual development but also character. A learning environment that is free from hazards and provided with learning tools for the learners to use.

24. The teachers must able to provide moral advice not just to the learners but also to the parents when they are in need.