R.A. 7836Philippine Teachers

Professionalization Act of 1994

Code of Ethics forProfessional Teachers

Article 1: Scope and Limitations

Article II. The Teacher and the State

Article III: The Teacher and the Community Article IV – The Teacher and the

Profession Article V - The Teacher and

Higher Authorities in the Profession

Article VISchool Officials, Teachers and other PersonnelArticle VIIThe Teachers and LearnersArticle VIIIThe Teachers and ParentsArticle IX The Teacher and Business Article X The Teacher as a Person

Article XI Disciplinary Actions

Article 1: Scope and Limitations

Section 1 . The Philippine Constitution provides that all educational institutions shall offer quality education for all competent teachers in all schools in the

Philippines.

Section 2. The code covers all public and

private schools in all levels whether on full time or part-time basis.

Article II. The Teacher and the State

Section 1.

Each teacher is a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the nation and must transmit this heritage to the learners, elevate

national morality, promote national pride, cultivate love of country, instill

allegiance to the constitution and promote

obedience to the laws of the state.

Article II - Section 2. Every teacher or school officialshall actively help carry out the

declared policies of the state, and shall take an oath to this effect.

Section 3. Every teacher shall be physically,

mentally and morally fit.

Article II - Section 4.Every teacher should be

fully committed and devoted to duty.

Section 5. A teacher should not engage in the

promotion of any political, religious or other partisan interest and shall not

solicit, require, collect or receive any money

or other valuable material from any person or entity for such purposes.

Article II - Section 6.Every teacher shall vote and

exercise all other constitutional rights and responsibility.

Section 7.A teacher shall not use his

position, authority or influence to coerce any

other person to follow any political course of action.

Article III: The Teacher and the Community

Section 1.A teacher is a facilitator of learning

and the development of youth and must provide an environment which is conducive to learning and

growth.

Article III - Section 2. Every teacher shall provide leadership

and initiative to actively participate in community movements for moral,

social, educational, economic and civic

betterment.

Section 3.Every teacher shall merit social

recognitionfor which purpose he shall behave with honor and dignity and refrain

from such activities as gambling, smoking,

drunkenness and other excesses much less illicit relations.

Article III – Section 4Every teacher should live for and with

thecommunity and shall study and

understandlocal customs and traditions and must

have a sympathetic attitude andrefrain from disparaging the

community.

Section 5Every teacher shall help the school

keep thecommunity informed about the

scholasticworks and accomplishments aswell as its needs and problems.

Article III - Section 6Every teacher is an intellectual leaderin the community and when needed

shall extend counseling servicesand be actively involved in mattersaffecting the welfare of the people.

Section 7Every teacher shall maintain

harmoniousand pleasant personal and official

relationswith other professionals, government

officialsand with the people, individually or

collectively.

Article III – Section 8A teacher has the freedom to attend

churchand worships as appropriate, but shall

notuse his position and influence to

proselyte others.

Article IV – The Teacher and the Profession

Section 1 . Every teacher shall insurethat teaching is the noblest professionand shall manifest genuine enthusiasm

and pride on teaching as a noble calling.

Article IV - Section 2Every teacher shall uphold the highest possiblestandards of quality education, shall make the best preparations for the career of teaching

and shall be at his best in the practice of his

profession.

Section 3Every teacher shall participate in the ContinuingProfessional Education program of the PRC and

shallpursue other studies to improve his efficiency,

enhance the prestige of teaching, and strengthen his

competence, virtues and productivity in order to be

nationally and internationally competitive.

Article IV – Section 4Every teacher shall help, if duly

authorized,to seek support for the school, but

shall not make improper misrepresentations through

personal advertisements and other questionable means.

Section 5Every teacher shall use the teachingprofession in a manner that makes ita dignified means of earning a decent

living.

Article V- The Teacher and Higher Authorities in the Profession

Section 1. Every 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 personal feeling or private opinion

and shall faithfully carry them out.

Article V – Section 2. A Teacher shall not make any false

accusations or charges against superiors, specially under anonymity. However , if there

are valid charges, he should present such under oath to competent authority.

Section 3. A teacher shall transact all official business through channels except

whenspecial conditions warrant a different

proceduresuch as when the conditions advocated are opposed by immediate superiors, in which case, the teacher shall appeal directly to the

appropriate higher authority.

Article V– Section 4

Every teacher, individually or as a group,

has aright to seek redress against injustice

to the administration and to extent possible,

shall raise grievances within acceptable democratic processes. In

doing so, they shall avoid jeopardizing the

interest and the welfare of the learners

whose right to learn must be respected.

Article V- Section 5Every teacher has a right to invokethe principle that appointments,

promotions,and transfer of teachers are made

only on the basis of merit and needed

in the interest of service.

Section 6A teacher who accepts a position

assumesa contractual obligation to live up to

his contract, assuming full knowledgeof employment terms and

conditions.

Article VISchool Officials, Teachers

and other Personnel

Section 1

All school officials shall at all times show

professional courtesy, helpfulness and sympathy

towards teachers and other personnel, such

practices being standards of effectiveschool administration, responsible

leadershipand enlightened directions.

Article VI - 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 VI - Section 3

School officials shall encourage and attend the professional growth of all

teachers under them such as recommending them for promotion,

giving them due recognition for meritorious

performance, and allowing them toparticipate in conferences and

training programs.

Article VI – Section 4No school officials shall dismiss or

recommend for dismissal a teacher or other subordinates except for cause

Section 5Public school teachers should be

employed in accordance with civil service rules and

private school teachers should be issued

contracts specifying the terms and conditions

of their work in accordance withexisting laws.

Article VIIThe Teachers and Learners

1. The teacher has the right and duty to determine the academic marks and

the promotion of learners in accordance with generally accepted

procedures of evaluation and measurement.

2-3. Teachers should prioritize the welfare and

interest of the learners and shall exercise fairness in dealing with them.

.

5. Teachers should not accept any

remunerations from tutorials other than what is authorized for such

service

4. Teachers should not accept favors or gifts from learners,

their parents or others in their behalf in exchange for requested concessions.

Article VII

Section 6. Teachers should base theevaluation of learners’ work only on

meritand quality of academic performance.

Section 7. In case of mutual attractionbetween teacher and student, the

teachershould exercise utmost discretion to

avoidscandal, gossip and preferential

treatmentof the learner.

Article VII– Section 8Teachers are not allowed to inflict

corporal punishment nor make deductions from

their scholastic ratings as punishments for acts which are clearly not

manifestation of poor scholarship.

Section 9Teachers should ensure conditions that

contribute to the maximum development

of learners and shall extend needed assistance

in preventing learners’ problems & difficulties.

Article VIIIThe Teachers and Parents

Teachers should strive to maintain cordial relations with parents,

inform the parentsof the student’s progress and hear

parentalcomplaints with sympathy and

understanding.

Article IX: The Teacher and Business

A teacher may engage in legitimate

income generation provided that it does not relate or

affect his work as a teacher.

Article X. The Teacher as a Person

A teacher should maintain a dignified personality which could serve as a

model worthy of emulation by learners, peers and others.

A teacher should exercise self-discipline in dealing with others in

various situationsand should always recognize the

Almighty God as guide of his own destiny.

Article XIDisciplinary Actions

Any violation of the provisions of the

code shall be sufficient ground for the revocation of the

teacher’s license or a suspension from the practice of the teaching

profession.

“If your plan is for one year plant RICE, If your plan is for ten years plant TREE, but if

your plan is for eternity EDUCATE CHILDREN”