Is teaching a profession? There is no clear agreement about whether teaching meets the criteria of a profession, and no clear mandate that it should. Below you will find some sites that approach teaching as a profession from different perspectives.

It is also enlightening to simply type in "teaching" and "profession" or "is teaching a profession?" on the search engine of your choice and see what comes up. There are a number of list serves and teacher chat rooms, and there is a lot of discussion about teaching as a profession. Whether you simply read what others have to say or join the discussion, you're bound to have your thinking challenged about the varied perceptions of teaching that exist.

• The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession
  ( http://www.cstp-wa.org/ )



• University of Illinois: Teaching as a Profession
  ( http://www.library.uiuc.edu/schoolreform/teaching.htm )



• Teaching Profession – An Oxymoron
  ( http://www.wakingbear.com/teaching-&-teachers/teaching-profession-an-oxymoron.html )