Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)
CPD is a holistic approach
towards the enhancement of
personal skills and profi-
ciency throughout a profes-
sional's career.
Introduction
Every professional teacher is
expected to continue develo-
ping after obtaining his/her
professional license. The
Code of Professional
Conduct for Public School
Teachers cited in Section 7 of
RA 4670 states:
“Responsibility is something
expected of a professional
teacher. The work of the
teacher in the development
and guidance of the young is
a tremen-dous responsibility
for which he is accountable
to God, to his country, and to
posterity. It is a trust of
which every teacher should
strive to be worthy.” With the
enactment of RA 10912, the
CPD Law of 2016, CPD for
all the professions regulated
by PRC is now mandatory. It
is a necessity. Continuing
professional development for
professional teachers shar-
pens the professional tea-
chers’ competitive edge in a
highly competitive global
world.
The Philosophical Basis of
CPD
“Growth is an evidence of
life.”
This implies that anything
that is alive grows or any-
thing that grows is alive. So a
teacher who is alive grows
physically, psychologically,
mentally, socially, emo-
tionally, spiritually.
“Man/woman is an
unfinished project.”
For a professional teacher,
he/she is always in the
process of becoming better
and better as a person and as
a professional teacher.
“No person has “arrived.”
This implies that no profes-
sional has arrived at a perfect
state. This implies that every
professional is expected to
continue developing.
The Historical and Legal
Bases of Continuing
Professional Development
in the Philippines
CPD was already alluded in
the 1987 Philippine
Constitution. No less than the
fundamental law of the land,
Section 5, Paragraph 4 states
“ The State shall enhance the
right of teachers to pro-
fessional advancement.”
Other laws also cited
continuing professional
development, as follows:
Batas Pambansa 232, The
Education Act of 1982,
Chapter 3, Duties and
Obligations, Section 16, (4)
To assume the responsibi lity
to maintain and sustain his
professional growth and
advancement”
RA 9155
• Framework of Governance
for Basic Education
• Establishing Authority and
Accountability
• renaming the Department of
Education, Culture, and
Sports as the Department of
Education and for other
purposes
- enacted on August 11, 2001
SECTION 7 A
In addition to his/her powers
under existing laws, the
Secretary of Education shall
have authority, accountability
and responsibility among
other things for:
• employment status
• professional competence
• welfare
• working conditions
SECTION 7, E
Consistent with the national
educationa policies, plans and
standard, the school heads
shall have
• authority
• accountability
• responsibility for encou-
raging staff development
RA 7836 – The Teacher’s
Professionalization Act
• encourage professional
growth and development
• to provide additional
basis for merit promotion
• oral and written
examination at least once
in five (5) years
* Unjustified or willfull
failure to attend seminars,
workshops, conferences or
continuing education pro-
gram prescribed by the Board
and the Commission:
→ Revocation of the
Certificate of Registration
→ Suspension from the
Practice of the Teaching
Profession
→ Cancellation of Tempo-
rary or Special Permit
Resolution No. 435, s. 177
- to adopt the Code of Ethics
for Professional Teachers
→ ”Every teacher shall
participate in the Con-
tinuing Professional Edu-
cation (CPE) program of
the PRC
→ Shall pursue such other
studies as will improve his
efficiency, enhance the
prestige of his profession,
and strengthen his compe-
tence, virtues, and produc-
tivity in order to be nation-
ally and internationally
competitive (section 3,
article IV)”
Executive Order No. 266
- Institutionalization of the
Continuing Professional
Education (CPE) Program of
the Professional Regulatory
Board (PRB) Under the
supervision of Professional
Regulatory Commission
(PRC)
- signed and issued by the
office of the former Presi-
dent Fidel V. Ramos on
July 25, 1995.
The Executive Order was
premised on the following:
• The various professions
play a crucial role in nation
building;
• It is imperative to impose
upon registered
professionals the completion
of the Continuing
Professional Education
(CPE) programs adopted by
the concerned Board as
prerequisite for the renewal
of their licenses;
• upgrade or improve their
technical knowledge and
skills
• to keep them abreast with
modern trends and tech-
nology in their respective
professions
• assuring the rendition of
highly qualitative
professional service/s
• be globally competitive
under the General
Agreement on Trades in
Services (GATS)
• securing the safety and
protection of the public.
• the confidence and
patronage of the public in a
professional depend upon
his competence and the
quality of service rendered
resulting from his acqui-
sition of updated technical
knowledge and skills;
RA 10912, Continuing
Professioal Development
Act of 2016
CPD for all forty-three (43)
professions regulated by PRC
including the teaching profes-
sion has become mandatory.
The Salient Provisions of
RA 10912, The Continuing
Professional Development
Act of 2016
* RA 10912, Article 1
Declaration of Policy
→ The State shall institute
measures that will continu-
ously improve the compe-
tence of the professionals…
→ Ensure their contribution
in uplifting the general wel-
fare, economic growth and
development of the nation.
Number of CPD Units
Required
Article III, Section 10 of the
same CPD act states: “The
CPD is…made as a
mandatory requirement in
the renewal of the
Professional Identification
Card (PICs) of all registered
and licensed professionals…
Professional Regulatory
Board for Professional Tea-
chers Resolution No. 11,
series of 2017, the following
credit units are required:
Period No. of Credits
Required
December 2017 15 Credit units
January-December 30 Credit units
2018
January 2019 45 Credit units
onwards
Characteristics of Effective
CPD
1. Continuous
2. Collaborative
3. Focused on a specific
teacher need
4. Job-embedded
5. Given enough time
6. Funded
