THE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (CFT SEA)

  In collaboration with the Thailand's Teacher Education Council, SEAMEO Secretariat (SEAMES) and the SEAMBO Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) initiated the Competency Framework for Teachers in Southeast Asia which was developed in 2017. The purpose was to revitalize teacher education and to promote teaching as a profession of first choice by professionalizing teachers' pre-service and in-service development using this Regional Competency Framework as a guide,

As described earlier, teacher competencies make up quality teachers, Competencies as defined in the framework are a combination of skills, knowledge, behavior and attributes that enable effective or superior job performance. This Competency Framework for Teachers is a guide to improve teachers' performance across the region.

There are four (4) essential competencies and 12 general competencies in the framework. There are 31 enabling competencies and 136 success descriptors. The enabling competencies are a set of performance criteria with success descriptors that describe observable behaviors expected for teachers to perform in a high level. When used, this guide will promote common standards of performance among teachers across Southeast Asia.

FOUR ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES

1. Knowing and understanding what to teach - It is the ability of teachers to deepen and broaden their knowledge on what to teach, understand education trends, policies and curricula and be updated on local, national, regional and global developments.

2. Helping students to learn - It is the ability to know students, use the most effective teaching and learning  strategies, assess and give feedback on how students earn.

3. Engaging the community - It is the ability to partner with parents and caregivers, involve the community to help students learn, and encourage respect and diversity.

4. Becoming a better teacher everyday - This is the ability to know oneself and others, practice human goodness and then master the teaching practice.