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Both individual members of the profession and the professional group enjoy a considerable degree of autonomy and decision-making authority.

For these reasons, some educators call teaching a “semi-profession," a label we reject as pejorative and demeaning.

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• The teaching profession Is still evolving, and much depends on its capacity to maintain the public's trust.
• various levels of professionalism exist, and the National Board for Professional Teaching standards and its standards for certification are having a substantial effect on teachers.

To help you see this point, we would like you to Indulge In a set of daydreams for a few moments. we will offer you a few brief scenarios, and after reading each one, you should reflect on how you might react..

Unlike other professions, teachers do not formally evaluate other teachers; instead, administrators do so.

Rarely do they bother with hypothetical issues beyond yond? the scope of the classroom. this narrow focus Is both natural and appropriate because the teacher's success or failure depends on his or her effectiveness with students.

A profession has a code of ethics that sets out the acceptable standards of conduct for its members.

In certain ways, teaching clearly Is eligible for professional status; in other ways, It deviates sharply from accepted canons of professionalism.