review

1. D. Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers
• Adopted pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph (e), Article, II R.A. 7836, otherwise
known as Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act of 1994, and paragraph
(a), section 6, P.D. no. 223 as amended.

2. 1. The Teacher and the State (Article II)
• as a trustee of the cultural and educational
heritage of the nation, the teacher is duty
bound to transmit to learners such heritage
and must exert the best effort possible to
promote obedience to the laws of the state;
• heip carry out the declared policies of the
state;
• demonstrate full commitment and devotion
to duty;

3. • refrain from engaging in the promotion of any
political, religious or other partisan interest;
• exercise his rights of suffrage and all other
constitutional rights;
• refrain from his position or official authority
to influence or coerce the political actions or
behaviors of other persons;
• enjoy academic freedom and be responsible
in taking the privilege of expounding the
product of his researchers and investigations
in the interest of the nation.

4. 2. The Teacher and the Community
(Article III)
• Provide an environment conducive to learning
and youth, development;
• provide leadership and initiative for the
betterment of community;
• refrain from engaging in all sorts of immoral
activities;
• study, understand and promote local customs
and traditions;

5. • keep the community informed about school’s
works, activities and accomplishments;
• attend freely one’s church and worships as
appropriate without using his position to
influence others;

6. 3. The Teacher and the Profession
(Article IV)
• manifest pride in the nobility of the teaching
profession;
• always be at his/her best in the practice of the
profession;
• avoid making improper misrepresentations in the
process if seeking support for the school;
• engage actively and continuously in one’s
professional growth and advancement;
• Live up to the nobility and integrity of the
teaching profession.

7. 4. The Teacher and the Community
(Article V)
• be imbued with the spirit of professional
loyalty, faithfulness and cooperativeness with
others in the teaching profession.
• sincerely acknowledge/recognize assistance
received from colleagues
• organize and turn over records and other data
to his/her successor
• keep information confidential until after it has
been formally relaeased

8. • seek corrective for unprofessional/unethical
conduct of an associate
• submit to proper authorities any justifiable
criticism againts an associate
• Appiy for a vacant position for which s/he is
qualified provided that all qualified candidates
are given opportunity to be considered.

9. 5. The Teacher and the Higher Authoritues
in the Profession (Article VI)
• support the legitimate policies of the school and
administration regardless of personal feeling or
private opinion
• make no any false and anonymous accusations
or charges against superiors
• observe proper protocol in transacting official
business
• consider the welfare and interest of the learners
when seeking redress against all forms of
injustice and in raising grievances to the
administration

10. • recognize the principle that appointments,
promotions and transfer are made only the
basis of merit and are needed in the interest
of service
• live up to his contact, i.e. employment terms
and conditions

11. 8. The School Official, Teachers, and
other Personnel (Article VII)
• show professional courtesy, helpfulness and
sympathy towards teachers and other
personnel
• Consider policy formulation and change
innovations as cooperative responsibility
• Attend to the professional growth of teacher,
i,.e. promotion, recognition, attendance to in-
service training

12. • never dismiss or recommend for dismissal a
teacher or other subordinates except for a just
cause
• ensure the public school teachers are
employed in accordance with pertinent civil
service rules and private school teachers, in
accordance with the contracts.

13. 7. The Teachers and the Learners
(Article VII)
• determine the academic marks and
promotion of the learners in accordance with
generally accepted procedures of
measurement and evaluation
• recognize that the first and foremost concern
of the teacher is the interest and welfare of
the learners
• make no prejudice or discrimination gaints
any learner

14. • avoid accepting favors and gifts from learners,
their parents or others in exchange for
requested concessions
• refrain from accepting any remuneration from
tutorials rendered to their own students
• evaluate the learners work only in merit and
quality of academic performance

15. • in a situation where mutual attraction and
subsequent love develop between teacher and
learner, the teacher shall exercise outmost
professional discretion to avoid scandal, gossip
and preferential treatment of the learner
• desist from inflicting any form of corporal
punishment on offending pupils/students; make
no deductions from the learners scholastic grade
as a punishment for students offense.
• extend needed assistance to ensure maximum
development of learners and prevent or solve
learners problems and dificulties.

16. 8. The Teacher and the Parents
(Article IX)
• Establish and maintain harmonious
relationships with parents and treat them with
outmost respect
• Inform parents of the progress and all sorts of
deficiencies of their children
• be tactful in dealing with parents regarding
their childrens deficiencies
• seek parents cooperation for the proper
guidance and improvement of the learners

17. • discourage the parents from making ill
remarks and unfounded criticisms about the
school as a whole
• hear parents complaints with sympathy and
understanding.

18. 9. The Teacher and Business ( Article X)
• engage in legitimate income generating activities
• maintain a good reputation with respect to
financial matters
• settle prompty all debts and/or make satisfactory
arrangement on his private financial affairs
• avoid acting as agent of any business venture
engaged in furnishing textbooks and other school
commodities, of which, he can possibly exercise
influnce in their purchase or distribution

19. 10. The Teacher as a Person
( Article XI)
• live with dignity at all times wherever he/she
is
• place premium upon self-respected and self-
discipline
• serve as a model worthy of emulation’
• recognize GOD as a guide of his own destiny
and of others.

20. 10. Disciplinary Action ( Article XII)
• revocation of the certificate of registration
and licence as a professional teacher
• suspension from the practice of teaching
profession
• reprimand or cancelation of temporary/
special permit
• Sec. 23, Article III, R.A. 7836 and Rule 31,
Article VIII, Rules and Regulations
Implementing R.A 7836

21. E. Phillipine Teachers Professionalization
Act of 1994 ( R.A. 7836)
• An Act to Strengthen the Regulation and
Supervision of the Practice of Teaching in the
Philippines and Prescribing a Licensure
Examination for Teachers and for Other Purposes.
• a professional licence signed by the Chairman of
Commission and Bearing the registration number
and date of issuance and the moth of expiry or
renewability shall likewise be issued to every
registrant; paid registration fee is good for three
consecutive years.

22. 1. Examination, Registration and Licence
Required ( Article III Section 13)
• all applicants for registration as professional
teachers shall be required to undergo a
written examination
• a valid certificate of registration and a valid
professional licence from the Commision are
required before any person is allowed to
practice as a professional teacher in the
Philippines

23. 2. Scope of Examination
(Article III, Section 14)
• the examination for the teachers in the
elementary level shall consist of two parts:
professional education and general education.
• The examination for the teachers in the
secondary level shall consist of three parts:
professional education, general education and
field of specialization.

24. 3. Revocation of the Certificate of Registration,
Suspension from the Practice of the Teaching
Profession, and Cancellation of Temporary or
Special Permit ( Article III, Section 23)
• conviction of any criminal offense by a court of competent of
jurisdiction
• immoral, unprofessional or dishonourable conduct
• declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction for being
mentally unsound or insane
• malpractice, gross incompetence, gross negligence or serious
ignorance of the practice of the teaching profession

25. • The use of or perpetration of any fraud or deceit
in obtaining a certificate of registration,
professional licence or special/temporary permit
• chronic inebriety or habitual use of drugs
• violation of any of the provisions of this Act, the
rules and regulations and other policies of the
Board and the Commission, and the code of
ethical and professional standards for
professional teachers

26. • unjustified or willful failure to attend
seminars, wrokshops, cinferences and the like
or the continuing education program
prescribed by the Board and the Commision

27. 4. Registration and Exception
( Article III, Section 26)
• upon the approval of the applicant and
payment of the prescribed fees, the certificate
of registration and professional licence as a
professional teacher shall be issued without
examination as a required in this Act to a
qualified applicant, who at time of the
approval of this Act is:

28. • a holder of a certificate of eligibility as a
teacher issued by the Civil Service Commission
and the Department of Education , Culture
and Sports; or
• A registered professional teacher with the
National Board for Teacher under the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports
pursuant to P.D. No. 1009; or

29. • not qualified under paragraphs one and two but
with any of the following qualifications to wit:
• an elementary or secondary teacher for five
years in good standing and a holder off Bachelor
of Science in Education or its equivalent or
• an elementary or secondary teacher for three
years in good standing and a holder of a masters
degree in education or its equivalent

30. 5. Inhibition Againts the Practice of the
Teaching Profession (Aricle IV, Section 26)
• except as otherwise allowed under this Act,
no person shall practice or offer to practice
the teaching profession in the Philippine or be
appointed as teacher to any position calling
for a teaching position without having
previously obtained a valid certificate of
registration and a valid licence from the
Commission.

31. 6. Penal Provisions ( Article IV, Section 28)
• the following shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than five thiusand pesos (5000) nor
more than twenty thousand pesos (20000) or
imprisonment of not less than six months nor
more than five years, or both at the dicretion
of the court:

32. • any person who practices the teaching
profession in the Philippines without being
certified in accordance with the provisions of
this Act;
• any person who represents or attempts to use
as his own certificate of registration that of
another

33. • any person who gives any false, or fraudulent
evidence of any kind to the board or any
member thereof in obtaining a certificate of
registrations as teacher
• Any person who impersonates any registrant
of the same or different name
• Any person who uses a revoked or suspended
certificate of registration

34. • any person who, in connection with his name,
otherwise assumes, uses of advertises any
title or description tending to convey or
conveys the impression that he is a teacher
without a holding od valid certificate and
• any person who violates or abets the violation
of any of the provisions of this act.

35. F. R.A. 9293 An Act Amending Certain Sections
Of Republic Act Numbered Seventy-Eight
Hundred and Thirty-Six ( R. A. No. 7836),
otherwise known as the Philippine Teachers
Professionalization of 1994
1. Section 2. Registration and Exception
- No person shall engage in teaching and/or act as a
professional teacher as defined in this act whether in
the preschool, elementary or secondary level, unless
the person is duly registered professional teacher, and a
holder of a valid Certification of registration and a valid
professional licence or a holder of a valid
special/temporary permit.

36. 2. Section 4
- Refernces to the term “Department of
Education, Culture and Sports”, in Section 4 (a)
and Section 25, and the term “DECS” in Section
20, of the same Act, are hereby amended to
read as “Department of Education “DedED”,
repectively

37. G. R.A. 6713 Code of Conduct and Ethical
Standards For Public Officials and Employees
1. Definitions of Terms (Section 3)
a. Government – includes the national
government, local government and all other
instrumentalities, agencies, or branches of the
Republic of the Philippines including
government – owned and controlled
corporations, and their subsidiaries.

38. b. Public officials – includes elective and appointive
officials and employees, permanent, or temporary
whether in the career or non-career service,
including military and police personnel.
c. Gift – refers to a thing or a right disposed of
gratuitously, or any act of liberality, in favor of
another who accepts it, and shall include a
simulated sale or an ostensibly oneruous
disposition thereof.

39. d. Receiving gift – includes the act of accepting,
directly a gift from a person other than a
member of his family or relatives as defined in
this act.
e. Loan- covers both simple and commodatum
as well as guarantees, financing arrangements or
accommodations intended to ensure the
approval.

40. f. Substantial Stockholder – means any person
who owns directly or indirectly, shares of stock
sufficient to elect a director or a corporation.
g. Family of public officials or employees -
means that their spouses and unmarried
children under 18 years of age.
h. Person – includes a natural and juridical
persons unless the context indicates otherwise,

41. i. Conflict of interest – arises when a public
official or employee is a member of a board,
an officer, or a substantial stockholder of
private corporation or owner or has a
substantial interests in the business and the
interest of such corporations or business or
his rights or duties therein, may be opposed
to or affected by the faithful performance of
officially duty.

42. j. Divestment – is the transfer od title or
disposal of interest in property by voluntary
k. Relatives – refers to any or all persons related
to the public official or employee within the
fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity,
including bilas, inso and balae.

43. 2. Norms of Conduct Of Public
Officials and Employees (Section 4)
a. Commitment to public interest- upholding
the public interest over and above personal
interest.
b. Professionalism- performing or discharging
ones duties with the highest degree of
excellence, professionalism, intelligence and
skill.

44. c. Justice and Sincerity- remaining true to the
people at all times and not discriminating
against anyone.
d. Political Neutrality- providing service to
everyone without unfair discrimination or
regardless of party affiliation or preference.
e. Responsiveness to the public- extending
prompt, courteous and adequate service to the
public.

45. f. Nationalism and Patriotism- being loyal at all
times to the republic and the Filipino people.
g. Commitment to the Democracy- committing
to the democratic way of life and values.
h. Simple living – leadind modest lives
appropriate to their positions and income.

46. 3. Duties of Public Officials and
Employees (Article 5)
a. Act promptly on letters and requests within
15 working days from receipt thereof.
b. Submit annual performance reports within 45
working days from ;the end of the year.
c. Process documents and papers expeditiously
with no more than three signatories.
d. act immediately on the publics personal
transactions.
e. Make documents accessible to the public.

47. 4. Prohibited Acts and Transactions
(Section 7 )
a. finacial and material interest in any transactions
requiring the approval of their office.
b. outside employment and other activities related
thereto: owning, controlling managing or
accepting employment as officer.
c. disclosure and/or misuse of confidential
information
d. Solicitation and acceptance of gifts

48. VII. Other Related Laws
• R.A. 9155: Governance of Basis Education Act
of 2001
• R.A. 6728: Government Assistance to
Students and Teachers of Private Education
• R.A. 7722: An Act Creating the Commission
on Higher Education
• R.A. 7784: An Act Strenghtening Teacher
Education in the Philippines by creating
Centers of Excellence (COE)

49. • R.A. 7796: An Act Creating the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA)
• Educational Assistance Act of 1976: Study Now
Pay Later Plan
• P.D. 176: Ownership, Control and Administrations
of Educational Institutions
• Commonwealth Act 578: Confers the Status of
person in authority upon teachers, principals and
professors.

50. • R.A 6655 and DECS Order #44 s. 1988: An Act
Establishing and Providing for a Free Public
Secondary Education and For Other Purposes;
otherwise known as “Free Public Secondary
Act of 1988”
• R.A. 4090: Provides for the state scholarships
in Science, Arts and Letters for the Poor but
Deserving students.

51. • R.A. 5447: Creation of a Special Education
Fund Act enacted in 1968.
• R.A. 6139: regulated the sectarian
school/private schools in charging higher
tuition fees.
• R.A. 7687: An Act instituting/establishing
scholarship program for courses that will
encourage the students to pursue careers in
science and technology.

52. • R.A. 7743: Establishment od city and municipal
libraries
• R.A. 8292: Higher Education Modernization Act of
1997; establish and maintain and support a complete,
adequate and integrated system of education relevant
to the needs of the people and of the society.
• R.A. 6850: An Act to Grant Civil Service Eligibility
Under Certain Conditions To Government Employees
Appointed Under Provisional Or Temporary Status Who
Have Rendered A Total Of 7 Years Of Efficient Service

53. • R.A. 8545: amending R.A. 6728 an act providing
government assistance to students and teachers
of private education. “Expanded Government
Assistance to Students and teachers in Private
Education Act
• R.A. 8525: 1998 Act Establishing “Adopt – A-
School Program”, allowing private schools,
sompanies to assist/support public schools in
upgrading and modernization of public schools
particularly those in poverty-stricken provinces

54. • R.A. 8491: Prescribing the Code of the
National flag, anthem motto, cote of arms and
other heraldic items and devices of the
Philippines (Flag and Heraldic Code of the
Philippines)
• R.A. 7707: An Act to Lengthen the School
Calendar from Two Hundred Days To Not
More Than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class
Days

55. • R.A. 8190: An Act of Granting Priority to
Residence of the Barangay, Municipality or City
Where The School is Located in the Appointment
or assignment of Classroom Public School
Teachers
• R.A. 6972: An Act Establishing A Day Care Center
In Every Barangay, Instituting Therein A Total
Development And Protection Of Children
Program, Appropriating Funds Therefor, And For
Other Purpose

56. • R.A. 7624: An Act Integrating Drug Prevention
And Control In The Intermediate And Secondary
Curricula As Well As In The Non-formal, Informal
And Indigenous Learning Systems And For The
Other Purposes Appropriating Therefor, And For
Other Purpose.
• R.A. 7743: An Act Providing For The
Establishment Of Congressional City, And
Municipal Libraries And Barangay Reading
Centers Throughout The Philippines

57. • R.A. 7877: Anti –Sexual Harassment Act Of
1995
• R.A. 9163: National Service Training Program
(NSTP) of 2001
• R.A.6139: An Act To Regulate Tuition And
Other School Fees Of Private Educational
Institution

58. Department Orders
Memoranda/Circulars
• DECS Order #5, s. 1974: Bilingual Education
Policy
• DECS Order #52, s. 1987: mandates the use of
the regional languages as auxiliary meduim of
instruction
• DedEd Order No. 4, s. 2002: Basic education
Curriculum, DedEd Order No. 25 s. 2002, Basic
Education Curriculum shall be implemented in
all public schools during year 2002-2003

59. • CMO #30, s.2004 – Revised Policies and
Standards for Undergraduate Teacher
Education Curriculum
• DepEd Order #9, s. 2004: Guidelines in the
Selection of honor Pupils/ Students in Public
Shool
• DepEd Order #10, s. 2004: Implementation of
the Enhanced 8-week Early Childhood
Experiences (ECE) for Grade 1

60. • DepEd Order #37,s. 2003: Revised Implementing
Guidelines of the 2002 Secondary Education
Curriculum Effective School Year 2003-2004
• DepEd Order #65, s. 2007: Guidelines in the
Utilization of the additional Subsidy for the
Regional Science High Schools for CY 2007
• DepEd Order #79, s 2003: Assessment And
Evaluation Of Learning And Reporting Of Students
Progress In Public Elementary And Secondary
Schools

61. • DepEd Order #70, s. 2003: Revised Grading
System for elementary and Secondary School
• DepEd Order #33, s. 2007: Reiterating The
Revitalized Of The Girl Scouting Movement In
Schools And Regulating The Collection Of
Voluntary Contributions Of Public Elementary
And Secondary Schools
• DepEd Order #39, s. 2008: Private School
Textbooks with Errors

62. • DepEd Order #45, s. 2008: Students Uniforms
Not Required In Public Elementary And
Secondary Schools
• DepEd Order #30, s. 2008: Requiring All The
Regional Offices To Submit List Of Names And
Addresses Of Private School With Permit To
Operate Or Recognition Or Accreditation

63. • DepEd Order #19, s. 2008: Implementation of No
collection Policy in all Public Elementary and
Secondary Schools
• DepEd Order #7, s. 2008: Turning around Low
Performance in English: A Priority Program for
2007
• DepEd Order #19, s. 2009: 2009 President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo Outstanding Achievements
and academic Excellence Awards

64. • DepEd Order #4, s. 2004: Additional
Guidelines on the New Performance-Based
Grdaing System
• DepEd Order #5, s. 2004: Eligibility of
Remedial Instruction Classes for Grant of
Vacation Service Credits
• DepEd Memo #490, s. 2007: Refined
Secondary Education Curriculum (RSEC Year III
and IV)

65. • DepEd Memo #9, s. 2009: Training Workshop
for teachers of additional Secondary School
Offering Special Education Program
• DepEd Memo #62, s. 2008: Eraly Registration
for Incoming First year high School Students
for SY 2009-2010
• DepEd Memo #7, s. 2009: Random Drug
Testing

66. VIII. Four Pillars of Learning
• 1. Learning to know – focuses on combining
broad general knowledge of basic education with
the opportunity to work on a small number of
subjects in the light of rapid changes brought
about by scientific progress and new forms of
economic and social activity.
• learning how to learn and discover
• developing the faculties of memory
• understanding about ones environment
• Communicating with others

67. • 2. learning to do – emphasizes on the learning of skills
necessary practice a profession or trade.
• applying in practice what has been learned developing
vocational/occupational and technical skills
• developing social skills in building meaningful
interpersonal relations
• developing competence, social behavior, aptitude for
teamwork
• enhancing the ability to communicate and work with
others
• Managing and resolving conflicts

68. • 3. Learning to be – prioritize the development
of the human potential to the fullest
• tapping the talents hidden with each
individual
• develop personal commitment and
responsibility for the common good

69. • 4. Learning to live Together – emphasizes
understanding of others, their history, traditions and
cultures, and also, living and ,interacting peacefully
together
• appreciating the diversity of human race
• being receptive to others and encounter others
through dialogue and debate
• caring about others
• working toward common objectives in cooperative
undertakings
• managing and resolving conflicts.