FEd offers Professional Teaching Certification Program (PTC)
Starting June 2006, the UPOU Faculty of Education will offer the Professional Teaching Certification (PTC) program, which aims to provide 18 units of professional education courses to non-education graduates who intend to teach in Philippine public schools.
The education courses in the PTC are clustered into six major divisions: educational psychology, principles and techniques of teaching, principles of education, measurement and evaluation, practicum, and special education or organization and management of educational institutions.
The PTC will satisfy the requirements of RA 7836 as it states that all persons engaged in teaching, supervision, and administration of all elementary and secondary schools in the country must pass the Licensure Examination for Teachers. Graduates of education degrees or its equivalent and non-education graduates with at least 18 units of professional education are qualified to take the licensure examination.
Dean Nemah Hermosa of the Faculty of Education explained that the PTC program, which will be delivered through distance education, aims to provide non-education degree holders with: a) an understanding of the cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical characteristics of children/adolescents and how they develop and learn; b) knowledge of the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects; c) skills for managing and monitoring student learning; d) reflective attitude about their practice, and an openness to adapt their teaching to new findings, ideas, and theories; and e) commitment as members of the learning community.
Those interested in enrolling in PTC may contact the Office of the University Registrar, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, telephone numbers 049 536 6001 to 6005, or send email to registrar@upou.edu.ph or visit our website at www.upou.edu.ph. (Luisa A. Gelisan, OC)
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