Impact of Accountability on our Continuous Professional Development

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Accountability means an accounting of one's performance with respect to the responsibility given to an individual. Accountability is thus- measurement of the assigned responsibility actually performed by a person or a group. The term 'accountability' is concerned with the total outcome of the task given. Every employee is directly accountable to his superiors and organization.
Good teachers help create good students. Great teachers help create great Leaders. Continuing professional development and faculty development provide ongoing opportunities for teachers to provide relevant content to renew their knowledge and skills, and practice of social accountability. Teaching is a profession like any other profession but the roles and responsibilities of a teacher are more significant than in many other professions as he is regarded as an important source or generator and transmitter of knowledge, a creator of values and a self-sacrificing nation builder. Accountability has two aspects- moral and legal. Moral accountability is based on upon a sense of responsibility, a feeling that one is responsible to one's clients (students and parents) to colleagues and to oneself. Legal accountability is being responsible to one's employer only in terms of fulfillment of terms of employment. The following criteria may be considered to ensure teacher accountability to their students, their parents, their community and their profession:
1. Regularity and punctuality of the teachers in performing their jobs.
2. Innovative methods of teaching evolved and or adopted for effective teaching, leading to generating interest and motivation and independent thinking on the part of students.
3. The number of level of courses taught and developed, number and quality of research papers published and research projects undertaken.
4. Co-ordination and co-operation extended to colleagues and authorities.
5. Contribution to the construction of curriculum, design of evaluation methods, preparation of learning/reading materials and role played in student counseling and remedial teaching.
 6. Seminars conferences and symposia organized at university level, and international level.
 7. Contribution in resolving the social issues, international issues and issues related to national concern and priorities.
8. Contribution to environment preservation, co-curricular activities and extension services.
 9. Implementation of comprehensive objective evaluation system in overall evaluation process of the institution.
10. Role played in enrichment of campus life, student welfare and ensuring quality education
Without a doubt, Accountability accelerates our Professional Development.

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