Między misją a profesjonalizmem – wybrane konteksty odpowiedzialności współczesnego nauczyciela
Between Mission and Professionalism: Selected Contexts of Contemporary Teacher’s Responsibility

Summary/Abstract: The article presents selected contexts of responsibility of the teach-er’s professional work in contemporary socio-educational reality. The teacher’s profile is discussed within the frame of the context of constant changes in the school and social space as well as expecta-tions towards teachers, their competences and development. Based on selected theoretical approaches, author describes the teacher as a social leader, makes analysis of the teacher profession and its de-velopment over the years, the ethical dimension of the teacher’s work and the connection between his personality and values and the ed-ucational impact in the school space. The goal of the text is to show the multiplicity and diversity of social roles that the teacher takes upon in educational and upbringing practice. The article presents a cross-section of various theories showing the multidimensionality of the pedagogue’s profile in educational, as well as social and cultural dimensions. The pedagogical activities carried out in the world of fast economic, socio-cultural and technological changes require continuous expansion of the scope of their professional work. Being a teacher is not only a profession, but a lifelong mission, which carries a lot of responsibility for the pupils and educational impact, taken intention-ally as well as being a derivative of the personality of the teacher.

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