The Great Plebeian College

Alaminos City, Pangasinan

College of Education

Name: VIRGINIA S. BERNABE
Course & Year: BEED-IV
Subject: ST3-ADDRESSING LEARNING GAPS
Professor: DR. MIGUEL G. GELLADO JR.

Home Task:
Write and present a position paper on THE TEACHER OF THE NEW MILLENIUM.



THE TEACHER OF THE NEW MILLENIUM

Predominantly speaking, teachers are said to be the prime mover of the wheel in the
teaching and learning process. They are the fountain of knowledge and model among the
learners, among the other teachers and the community. In connection with this, the
Department of Education in relation to the Teacher Education and Development Program
(TEDP) developed the National Competency-Based Teacher Standards that spells out what are
expected of the teacher. It stated specifically in the 7
th
domain, Personal Growth and
Professional Development, that this emphasizes the ideal that teachers value having a high
personal regard for the teaching profession, concern for professional development, and
continuous improvement as teachers.
Today there is a fast pace of changing technologies around us blog, facebook, twitter,
youtube, touch screen phones and the like. And we cant deny that students themselves are
greatly influenced by these. If teachers would not go to the flow of being savvy teacher, it
would be hard for them to catch up with the students. Nevertheless, I believe that there is
a teacher of the new millennium. I say so because there are seminars held to equip every
teacher in responding the needs of the 21
st
century learners. An example is the DepEd Advisory
No. 498, s.2012, in compliance with DepEd Order No. 39, s.2009, is a National Seminar-
Workshop on the 21
st
Century Teaching and Assessment. This seminar-workshop aims to
discuss the relevant issues and concerns of the 21
st
century classroom; equip the educators
with teaching and assessment strategies that respond to the needs of the 21st century learners;
and empower them to make their classrooms relevant for the 21st century learning.

Too, the DepEd Advisory No. 186, s.2014, in compliance with DepEd Order No. 8,
s.2013, is a Teaching with Technology Roadshow Seminar. The seminar aims to help the
teacher-participants explore the tools and technologies available to support the 21st century
teaching practice; enhance their productivity, efficiency, and effectivity in teaching; and
demonstrate to them how technology can be used to inspire students and improve educational
outcomes. The seminar consists of the following topics: Productivity Training on How to
Maximize the Features of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, One Note) and Windows
Multipoint Server (WMS) for Teaching; Change and Perception Management on Teaching with
Technology using Neuro-Linguistic Programming, an approach addressing communication,
personal development, and behavioral patterns to achieve specific goals; and Online
Assessment to validate what they have learned. The target participants are K to 12 public
school teachers nationwide with low middle skills on the use of ICT for teaching.

The most recent act implemented to cope with global education is the Republic Act No.
10533, entitled An Act Enhancing the Philippine Basic Education System by Strengthening Its
Curriculum and Increasing the Number of Years for Basic Education, Appropriating Funds
Therefore and for Other Purposes, otherwise known as the Enhanced Basic Education Act of
2013,. In this law it is stated in the section 7,Teacher Education and Training, that, To ensure
that the enhanced basic education program meets the demand for quality teachers and school
leaders, the DepED and the CHED, in collaboration with relevant partners in government,
academe, industry, and nongovernmental organizations, shall conduct teacher education and
training programs.

The two DepEd Orders mentioned, along with the Republic Act, are only but a few ways
intended in globalizing the teachers to the 21
st
century. This only means that the DepED and
CHED never stop in developing the professionalism of every teacher. With this, it only helps
teachers to be more intellectually, professionally and humanistically adapt to this fast changing
world. For the reason that this seminars enhance the communication skills, learning and
innovation skills, information, media and technology skills and life and career skills which are
the 21
st
century skills of the teachers must possess to contribute to the development of the 21
st

century learners.

In conclusion, as we enter the 21
st
century, technologies undreamed of even 10 years
ago will seize the factual, mechanical information delivery systems exemplified by the lecture,
making the talking head teacher obsolete. However, machines will never be able to replace
what makes up the heart of the education experience: the development of seasoned, critical
reasoning and thinking skills, obtained through face-to-face interaction and deliberation.



The greatest sign of a success for a teacher is to be able to say, The children are now
working as if I did not exist.
- Maria Montessori