Recently, the new set of Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers was circulated for use as lens in measuring the performance of teachers along domains of content knowledge and pedagogy, learning environment, diversity of learners, curriculum planning, assessment and reporting, community linkages and professional engagement, and personal growth and professional development. Future educators? concern is their preparedness to fulfil their responsibilities in the future as professionals considering the herculean tasks implied in the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers. To address this concern, this study is going to get into the perspectives of the future teachers on their readiness to take the realities of the teaching profession through a conduct of a phenomenological study, employing interview and focus group discussion with Thematic Analysis to interpret data. The gathered perspectives on the teaching profession can serve as inputs in providing reinforcement and enrichment activities to provide for the needs of future teachers.

Phenomenology

Teaching Profession

Future Educators

Phenomenology

Collaizzi Method