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Initial Professional Education

❑ completing a university program in their chosen
field
❑ Long years of preparation

2. Accreditation
❑ ensure that graduates start their professional life
with competence
Other elements:
3. Licensing
❑ mandatory and administered by PRC

4. Professional Development
❑ ongoing professional education
❑ improves knowledge and skill after one begins
professional practice
Other elements:
5. Professional Societies
❑ put dedication to the public interest and commitment
to moral and ethical values

6. Code of Ethics
❑ ensure that practitioners behave responsibly
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THE CODE OF
ETHICS FOR
PROFESSIONAL
TEACHERS
Article 1: Scope and Limitations
Section 1:
All institution shall offer quality education. This
Code shall apply to all teachers in all schools in
the Philippines.
COVERED: TEACHER
❑ All public teachers ❑ industrial arts
❑ All private teachers ❑ vocational teachers
a. Preschool ❑ all other persons
b. primary, performing
c. Elementary supervisory and/or
d. Secondary administrative
e. whether academic, functions in all
vocational, special, schools whether full-
technical, or non-formal. time or part-time.
Article 2: The Teacher and the State
Section 1:
The schools are the nurseries of the citizens of the
state.
Section 3:
Every teacher shall be physically, mentally, and morally
fit.
Article 2: The Teacher and the State
Section 5:
Every teacher shall NOT engage in the promotion of
any political, religious, or other, solicit, require, collect,
or receive any money, service, other valuable material
from any person or entity for such purpose.
Section 6:
Every teacher shall vote and shall exercise all
other constitutional rights and responsibilities.
Article 2: The Teacher and the State
Section 7:
A teacher shall NOT use his position or official
authority of influence to coerce any other person to
follow any political course of action.
Article 2: The Teacher and the State
Section 8:
Every teacher shall enjoy academic freedom and shall
have the privilege of sharing the product of his
researches and investigations, provided that, if the
results are inimical to the declared policies of the
State, they shall be drawn to the proper authorities for
appropriate remedial action.
Article 3: The Teacher and the Community
Section 1:
A teacher is a facilitator of learning. He shall render
the best services by providing an environment
conducive to such learning and growth.
Article 3: The Teacher and the Community
Section 3:
Every teacher shall behave with honor and dignity at
all times and refrain from such activities as gambling,
smoking, drunkenness and other excess, much less
illicit relations.
Article 3: The Teacher and the Community
Section 4:
Every teacher shall study and understand local
customs and traditions in order to have a sympathetic
attitude therefore refrain from disparaging the
community.
Article 3: The Teacher and the Community
Section 7:
Every teacher shall maintain harmonious and
pleasant personal and official relations with other
professionals, with government officials, and with
people, individually or collectively.
Article 3: The Teacher and the Community
Section 8:
A teacher possesses freedom to attend church and
worship, as appropriate, but shall not use his position
and influence to proselyte others.
Article 4: The Teacher and the Profession
Section 2:
Every teacher shall uphold the highest possible
standards of quality education, shall make the best
preparation for the career of teaching, and shall be at
his best at all times in the practice of his profession.
Article 4: The Teacher and the Profession
Section 3:
Every teacher shall participate in the continuing
professional education program of PRC.
Article 5: The Teacher and the Teaching Community
Section 1:
When the best interest of the learners, the school, or
the profession is at stake in any controversy, teachers
shall support one another.

Section 2:
A teacher is not entitled to claim for not of his own
and shall give due credit for the work of others.
Article 5: The Teacher and the Teaching Community
Section 3:
Before leaving his position, a teacher shall organize
and leave to his successor such records and other data
as are necessary to carry on the work.
Article 5: The Teacher and the Teaching Community
Section 4:
A teacher shall hold inviolate all confidential
information concerning associates of the school, and
shall not divulge to anyone documents which have not
yet been officially released or remove records from the
files without official permission.
Article 5: The Teacher and the Teaching Community
Section 5:
It shall be responsibility of every teacher to seek
correctives for what may appear to be an
unprofessional and unethical conduct of any
associates.
Article 5: The Teacher and the Teaching Community
Section 6:
A teacher may submit to proper authorities any
justifiable criticism against an associate, preferably in
writing, without violating any right of the individual
concerned.
Article 6: The Teacher and Higher Authorities in the Philippines
Section 1:
A teacher shall make it his duty to make an honest
effort to understand and support the legitimate
policies of the school and the administration
regardless of professional feeling or private opinion
and shall faithfully carry them out.
Article 6: The Teacher and Higher Authorities in the Philippines
Section 2:
A teacher shall not make any false accusation or
charges against superiors especially under anonymity.
However, if there are valid charges, he should present
such under oath to competent authority.
Article 6: The Teacher and Higher Authorities in the Philippines
Section 6:
A teacher who accepts a position assumes a
contractual obligation to live up to his contract
assuming full knowledge of the employment terms
and conditions.
Article 7: School Officials, Teachers, and Other Personnel
Section 1:
School officials shall at all times show professional
courtesy, helpfulness, and sympathy towards teachers
and other personnel.
Article 7: School Officials, Teachers, and Other Personnel
Section 2:
School officials, teachers, and other school personnel
shall consider it their cooperative responsibility to
formulate policies or introduce important changes in
the system at all levels.
Article 7: School Officials, Teachers, and Other Personnel
Section 5:
School authorities shall ensure public school teachers
are employed in accordance with pertinent civil service
rules and private schools are issued contracts
specifying the terms and conditions of their work.
Article 8: The Teacher and Learners
Section 1:
A teacher has the right and duty to determine the
academic marks and the promotion of learners in the
subjects they handle.

Section 2:
A teacher shall recognize that the interest and welfare
of the learners are his first and foremost concern.
Article 8: The Teacher and Learners
Section 3:
Under no circumstances shall a teacher be prejudiced
nor discriminator against any learner.

Section 4:
A teacher shall not accept any favor or gifts from
learners, their parents or others in their behalf in
exchange of requested concession.
Article 8: The Teacher and Learners
Section 5:
A teacher shall not accept any remuneration from
tutorials other than what is authorized for such
service.

Section 6:
A teacher shall base the evaluation of the learners’
work and quality of academic performance.
Article 8: The Teacher and Learners
Section 7:
In situation where mutual attraction and subsequent
love develop between the teacher and the learner, the
teacher shall exercise utmost professional discretion to
avoid scandal, gossip, and preferential treatment of
the learner.
Article 8: The Teacher and Learners
Section 8:
A teacher shall not inflict corporal punishment nor
make deductions from their scholastic rating as a
punishment.
Article 8: The Teacher and Learners
Section 9:
A teacher shall insure that conditions contributive to
the maximum development of learners are adequate
and shall extend needed assistance in preventing or
solving learner’s problems and difficulties.
Article 9: The Teacher and the Parents
Section 1:
A teacher shall establish and maintain cordial relations
with parents.
Article 9: The Teacher and the Parents
Section 2:
A teacher shall inform parents of the progress or
deficiencies of learners under him, exercising utmost
candor and tact in pointing out learners’ deficiencies
and in seeking parent’s cooperation for the proper
guidance and improvement of the learners.
Article 9: The Teacher and the Parents
Section 3:
A teacher shall hear parent’s complains with sympathy
and understanding and shall discourage unfair
criticism.
Article 10: The Teacher and Business
Section 1:
A teacher has right to engage, directly or indirectly, in
legitimate income generation provided that it does not
relate to or adversely affect his work.
Article 10: The Teacher and Business
Section 2:
A teacher shall maintain a good reputation with
respect to financial matters such as in the settlement
of his just debts, loans, and other financial affairs.
Article 11: The Teacher as a Person
Section 3:
A teacher shall maintain dignified personality which
could serve as model worthy or emulation by learners,
peers, and others.

Section 4:
A teacher shall always recognize the Almighty God or Being
as guide of his own destiny and of the destinies of men and
nation.
Republic Act 4670
The Magna Carta for
Public School
Teachers
❑ Applicable to all public school teachers EXCEPT those in
professorial staff of state colleges and universities
Teacher DO NOT INCLUDE
❑ All persons engaged in ❑ School nurses
classroom teaching (full time or ❑ School physicians
part-time) ❑ School dentists
❑ Guidance counsellors
❑ Other school
❑ School librarians
employees
❑ Industrial arts or vocational
instructors
❑ Persons performing
supervisory and/or
administrative functions
Section 8: Safeguards in Disciplinary Procedure

❑ The right to be informed in writing of the charges

❑ The right to full access to the evidence of the case
❑ The right to defend himself and to be defended by a
representative of his choice
❑ The right to appeal to clearly designated authorities
Section 11: Married Teachers
Whenever possible, the proper authorities shall take all
steps to enable married couples, both of whom are public
school teachers, to be deployed in the same locality.

Section 12: Academic Freedom

Teachers shall enjoy academic freedom in the discharge
of their professional duties, particularly with regards to
teaching and classroom methods.
Section 13: Teaching Hours
▪ Engaged in classroom instruction – NOT MORE THAN 6
hours
That where the exigencies of the service require, any
teacher may be required to render more than 6 hours but
not exceeding 8 hours of actual classroom teaching a day
upon payment of additional compensation at the same
rate as his regular remuneration plus at least 25% of his
basic pay.
Section 16: Salary Scales
Salary scale of teachers shall provide for a gradual
progression from minimum to a maximum salary by
means of regular increments, granted automatically after
three years.
Section 19: Special Hardship Allowance
In areas in which teachers are exposed to hardship such
as difficulty in commuting to the place of work or other
hazards peculiar to the place of employment, as
determined by the Secretary of Education, they shall be
compensated by special hardship allowances equivalent
to at least 25% of their monthly salary.
Section 22: Medical Examination and Treatment
Compulsory medical examination shall be provided free
of charge for all teachers and shall be repeated bit not
less than once a year.
Section 24: Study Leave
❑ Teachers shall be entitled to study leave not exceeding
one school year after seven years of service.
❑ Teachers shall be entitled at least 60% of their monthly
salary
❑ No teacher shall be allowed to accumulate more than
one year study leave unless he needs additional
semester to finish his thesis for a graduate study
Section 24: Study Leave
❑ The compensation allowed for one study leave
provided shall be subject to the condition that the
teacher takes regular study load and passes at least
75% of his courses.
❑ Study leave for more than one year may be permitted
by the Secretary of Education but without
compensation.
Section 25: Indefinite Leave
An indefinite sick leave of absence shall be granted to
teachers when the nature of the illness demands a long
treatment that will exceed one year at the least.
Republic Act 7836
Philippine Teachers
Professionalization
Act of 1994
Section 13: Examination, Registration, and Licensed Required
All applicants for registration as professional
teachers shall be required to undergo a written
examination which shall be given at least once a
year

Section 14: Scope of the examination

❑ For BEED: general and professional education
❑ For BSED: general education, professional
education, and field of specialization
Section 15: Qualification Requirements of Applicants
❑ A citizen of the Philippines or an alien whose country has
reciprocity with the Philippines in the practice of the
teaching profession;
❑ At least eighteen (18) years of age;
❑ In good health and of good reputation with high moral
values;
❑ Has not been convicted by final judgment by a court for an
offense involving moral turpitude;
❑ A graduate of a school, college or university recognized by
the government and possesses the minimum educational
qualifications
Section 16: Report of the Results of the Examination
The Board shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the examination, report the ratings obtained by each
candidate to the Professional Regulation Commission for
approval and appropriate action.

Section 18: Oath before Practice

Every registrant shall be required to take his
professional oath before practicing as a professional
teacher.
Section 16: Report of the Results of the Examination
The Board shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the examination, report the ratings obtained by each
candidate to the Professional Regulation Commission for
approval and appropriate action.

Section 18: Oath before Practice

Every registrant shall be required to take his
professional oath before practicing as a professional
teacher.
Republic Act
9293
Section 15: Qualification Requirements for Applicants
❑ For teachers in preschool, a bachelor’s degree in early
childhood education or its equivalent
❑ For teachers in elementary grades, a bachelor’s degree in
elementary education or its equivalent
❑ For teachers in secondary grades, a bachelor’s degree in
education or its equivalent with a major and minor OR a
bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences with at least 18 units
in professional education
❑ For teachers of vocational and two-year technical courses, a
bachelor’s degree with at least 18 units in professional
education
❑Professional teachers who have not practiced their
profession for the past 5 years shall take at least 12
units of education courses. (6 units in pedagogy and
6 units in content courses)
❑Those who failed the examination with rating of not
lower than five percentage from the passing general
average rating, shall be eligible as para-teachers.
❑Para-teachers shall be assigned to areas with
teachers’ shortage
❑A special permit may also be issued to a person who
has excelled and gained international recognition
and is widely acknowledged expert in his or her
respective field of specialization.
Other
Republic
Acts
REPUBLIC ACT 10533
✓ Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
✓ Basic Education: Kindergarten, elementary, secondary,
ALS, and special needs

REPUBLIC ACT 9155

✓ Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001
✓ Renaming of DECS to DepEd
REPUBLIC ACT 10157
✓ Kindergarten Education Act
✓ Mother tongue of the learner is the primary medium
of instruction EXCEPT:
a. Pupils have different mother tongue or some of them
speak another mother tongue
b. Teacher does not speak the mother tongue
c. Resources are not available
d. Teachers are not yet trained how to use MTB-MLE
program
REPUBLIC ACT 10627
✓ Anti-Bullying Act of 2013

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10931

✓ Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10912

✓ Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016