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LESSON 2

TEACHING:
VOCATION & MISSION
MISSION OR VOCATION

1. I am a missionary.
2. I am a CEO of a famous company.
3. I am a state university professor.
4. I am a public school teacher.
5. I am a nurse in the Philippines.
6. I am a member of the Philippine Navy.
7. I am an engineer at the DPWH.
TEACHING: MISSION AND/OR JOB

• If you are doing it only because you are paid for it, it’s a job
• If you are doing it not only for the pay but also for service, it’s a mission.
• If you quit because your boss or colleague criticized you, it’s a job.
• If you keep on teaching out of love, it’s a mission.
• If you teach because it does not interfere with other activities, it’s a job.
• If you are committed to teaching even if it means letting go of other
activities, it’s a mission.
TEACHING: MISSION AND/OR JOB

• If you quit because no one praise or thanks you for what you do ,
it’s a job.
• If you remain teaching even though nobody recognizes your
efforts, it’s a mission.
• It’s hard to get excited about teaching job.
• It’s almost impossible not to get excited about a mission.
• If our concern is success, it’s a job.
TEACHING: MISSION AND/OR JOB

• If ort concern in teaching is success, it’s a job.


• If out concern in in teaching is success plus faithfulness in our
job, teaching is a mission.
• An average school is filled by teachers doing their teaching job.
• A great school is filled with teachers involved in a mission of
teaching.
Adapted from Ministry or Job by Anna Sandberg
TEACHING AS A VOCATION

ETYMOLOGY OF VOCATION Vocations can be:


• Latin word vocare – to call Religious vocation

Caller – God or supreme being Marriage

or a human being Single blessedness

Called – those who respond Teaching, Healing, Serving


BIBLICAL PERSONAGES WHO WERE CALLED
BY GOD

Abraham
The Father of a Great Nation
Moses
Leader of the Chosen People who freed
them from Slavery
Mary
The Mother of the Savior Jesus Christ
TEACHING AS A MISSION

ETYMOLOGY OF MISSION
Teachers
• Latin word mission – to
send are called
• Mission – assigned task
to do an assigned
task
Mission accomplished!
of teaching.
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

Teaching is touching
the hearts of people
and opening the minds
of children.
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

What a teacher is
is more important
than what he teaches.

Darwin D. Martin
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

To the world
you may just be a teacher,
but to your students
you are a hero.
@weareteachers
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

A teacher
affects eternity.
He can never tell
where his influence
stops.
Henry B. Adams
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

A teacher Story of Teddy Stallard

affects eternity.
He can never tell
where his influence
stops.
Henry B. Adams
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

Great teachers
are usually a little
crazy.
Andy Rooney
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

Professional teachers
who consider teaching as their mission
will do everything to arm themselves
for an excellent accomplishment
of their mission.
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

To be true to one’s
vocation and mission
a teacher should
have more, do more in order to be more
to their students and to others to whom they were
sent.
TEACHING AND A LIFE OF MEANING

Once a priest, is always a priest.

Once a Thomasian is always a Thomasian.

Once a teacher is always a ______.


TEACHING AS A MISSION
TEACHING AS A MISSION
TEACHING AS A MISSION

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