E. Demonstrates a record of professional integrity and the respect of colleagues and administrators and students. At the heart of educational reform ties the absolute necessity for professional practice based on an accepted knowledge base coupled with state of the art pedagogy. Only then can we move toward a common vision, and the process identify quality practice, ensuring that unprepared people are either counseled out of teaching or provided with remediation. Armed with these working definitions, a review of current literature provides numerous insights into the major components of professional practice. This traditional view describes only the competencies of teaching, and falls short of defining the true nature of the professional responsibilities entrusted to teachers.
Society demands more than skilled labor from the recognized professional.
His vision of these components are the basis for this review, for it is through recognition of these virtues that teaching comes alive for teachers and students. Professional teachers must be committed to practicing in an exemplary way, to movement toward valued social ends, to the ethic of caring, and to the meeting the needs of the professional community, rather than one's own needs. A commitment to practice in an exemplary way means staying abreast of the latest research in practice, examining one's own teaching, experimenting with new approaches, and sharing one's insights. In other words, becoming a reflective practitioner. By working with numerous variables and their interaction, teachers develop increasing skills in decision-making.