The Professional Teaching Certification
Program (PTC)
The Professional Teaching Certification Program (PTC) will provide non-education graduates, who intend to teach, with 18 units of professional education courses. The education courses will be on educational psychology, principles and techniques of teaching, principles of education, measurement and evaluation, practicum, and special education or organization and management of educational institutions.
GOALS
The Professional Teaching Certification (PTC) program, in line with the provisions of RA 7836*, aims to provide non-education degree holders with:
- An understanding of the cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical characteristics of children/adolescents and how they develop and learn;
- Knowledge of subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students;
- Skills for managing and monitoring student learning;
- A reflective attitude about their practice, and an openness to adapt their teaching to new findings, ideas, and theories;
- Commitment as members of a learning community, contributing to the effectiveness of the school by working collaboratively with other professionals on instructional policy, curriculum development, and staff development.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Arts/Science degree from a recognized institution
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
| CLUSTER 1 | Educational Psychology/ Foundations of Education |
| EDR 201 | The Psychology of Reading |
| SCED 250 | Learning Theories & their Applications to Mathematics and Science Teaching |
| EDFD 221 | Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education |
| CLUSTER 2 | Principles & Techniques of Teaching |
| EDL 205 | Language Acquisition Theories, Principles & Research |
| EDL 221 | Second Language Teaching |
| EDR 210 | Trends in Reading Instruction |
| EDR 211 | Reading in the Content Areas |
| EDSSE 231 | Instructional Planning and Procedures in Social Studies |
| EDUC B | Science Teaching and Testing |
| CLUSTER 3 | Principles of Education |
| EDUC 101 | Philippine Educational System |
| EDUC 103 | Principles and Processes in Curriculum Development |
| CLUSTER 4 | Measurement, Evaluation, & Research |
| EDRE 201 | Methods in Educational Research |
| EDRE 231 | Statistical Methods Applied to Education |
| CLUSTER 5 | Other Courses, including Practicum |
| EDR 235 | Development of Instructional & Assessment Materials in Reading & Language |
| EDSSE 242 | Production of Instructional & Assessment Materials in Social Studies |
| EDUC 280 | Practicum in Teaching |
| EDUC 105 | Introduction to Special Education |
| EDUC 106 | Basic Guidance |
one course from clusters 1-4 and 2 courses from cluster 5 |
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*Republic Act 7863
The Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994 requires all persons engaged in teaching, supervision, and administration of all elementary and secondary schools in the country to pass the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET).
Qualified to take the examinations are graduates of education degrees, such as Bachelor of Elementary Education, Bachelor of Secondary Education, and Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, and their respective equivalents.
Non-education graduates are allowed to take the LET with these conditions:
1) For teachers in the secondary grades, a bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences, with at least eighteen (18) units of professional education;
2) For teachers of vocational and two-year technical courses, a bachelor’s degree in the field of specialization or its equivalent with at least eighteen (18) units in professional education.
revised: June 1, 2009
