Code of Ethics for Professional Teacher
CODE
OF ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS
Pursuant
to the provision of paragraph (e), Article 11, of R. A., No. 7836, otherwise
known as the Philippine Professionalism Act of 1994 and Paragraph (a), section
6, P. D. No. 223, as amended, the Board of Professional Teachers hereby adopt
the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers.
PREAMBLE
Teachers are duly licensed
professional who possesses dignity and reputation with high moral values as
well as technical and professional competence in the practice of their noble
profession, they strictly adhere to, observe, and practice this set of ethical
and moral principles, standards, and values.
ARTICLE I
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
Section 1. The Philippine
Constitution provides that all educational institution shall offer quality
education for all competent teachers committed of its full realization. The
provision of this Code shall apply, therefore, to all teachers in schools in
the Philippines.
Section 2. This Code covers all
public and private school teachers in all educational institutions at the preschool,
primary, elementary, and secondary levels whether academic, vocational,
special, technical, or non-formal. The term “teacher” shall include industrial
arts or vocational teachers and all other persons performing supervisory and/
or administrative functions in all school at the aforesaid levels, whether on
full time or part-time basis.
ARTICLE II
THE TEACHER AND THE STATE
Section
1. The schools are the nurserles of the future citizens of the state; each
teacher is a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the nation and
is under obligation to transmit to learners such heritage as well as to elevate
national morality, promote national pride, cultivate love of country, instil
allegiance to the constitution and for all duly constituted authorities, and
promote obedience to the laws of the state.
Section 2. Every teacher or school
official shall actively help carryout the declared policies of the state, and
shall take an oath to this effect.
Section 3. In the interest of the
State and of the Filipino people as much as of his own, every teacher shall be
physically, mentally and morally fit.
Section 4. Every teacher shall
possess and actualize a full commitment and devotion to duty.
Section 5. A teacher shall not
engage in the promotion of any political, religious, or other partisan
interest, and shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, require, collect, or
receive any money or service or other valuable material from any person or
entity for such purposes.
Section 6. Every teacher shall vote
and shall exercise all other constitutional right and responsibility.
Section 7. A teacher shall not use
his position or facial authority or influence to coerce any other person to
follow any political course of action.
Section 8. Every teacher shall enjoy
academic freedom and shall have privilege of expounding the product of his
researches and investigations; provided that, if the results are inimical to
the declared policies of the State, they shall be brought to the proper authorities for appropriate remedial
action.
ARTICLE III
THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY
Section 1. A teacher is a
facilitator of learning and of the development of the youth; he shall
therefore, render the best service by providing an environment conducive to
such learning and growth.
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
reasonable social recognition for which purpose he shall behave with honor and
dignity at all times and refrain for such activities as gambling, smoking,
drunkenness, and other excesses, much less illicit relations.
Section 4. Every teacher shall live
for and with the community and shall, therefore, study and understand local
customs and traditions in order to have sympathetic attitude, therefore,
refrain from disparaging the community.
Section 5. Every teacher shall help
the school keep the people in the community informed about the school’s work
and accomplishments as well as its needs and problems.
Section 6. Every teacher is
intellectual leader in the community, especially in the barangay, and shall
welcome the opportunity to provide such leadership when needed, to
extend
counselling services, as appropriate, and to actively be involved in matters
affecting the welfare of the people.
Section 7. Every teacher shall
maintain harmonious and pleasant personal and official relations with other
professional, with government official, and with the people, individually or
collectively.
Section 8. A teacher posses freedom
to attend church and worships as appropriate, but shall not use his positions
and influence to proselyte others.
ARTICLE IV
A TEACHER AND THE PROFESSION
Section 1. Every teacher shall
actively insure that teaching is the noblest profession, and shall manifest
genuine enthusiasm and pride in teaching as a noble calling.
Section 2. Every teacher shall
uphold the higest possible standards of quality education, shall make the best
preparations for the career of teaching, and shall be at his at all times and
in the practice of his profession.
Section 3. Every teacher shall participate
in the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program of the Professional
Regulation Commission, and shall pursue such other studies as will improve his
efficiency, enhance the prestige of the profession, and strengthen his
competence, virtues, and productivity in order to be nationally and
internationally competitive.
Section 4. Every teacher shall help,
if duly authorized, to seek support from the school, but shall not make
improper misrepresentations through personal advertisements and other
questionable means.
Section 5. Every teacher shall use
the teaching profession in a manner that makes it dignified means for earning a
descent living.
ARTICLE V
THE TEACHERS AND THE PROFESSION
Section 1. Teacher shall, at all
times, be imbued with the spirit of professional loyalty, mutual confidence,
and faith in one another, self sacrifice for the common good, and full
cooperation with colleagues. When the best interest of the learners, the
school, or the profession is at stake in any controversy, teacher shall support
one another.
Section 2. A teacher is not entitled
to claim credit or work not of his own, and shall give due credit to the work
of others which he may use.
Section 3. Before leaving his
position, a teacher shall organize for whoever assumes the position such
records and other data as are necessary to carry on the work.
Section 4. A teacher shall hold
inviolate all confidential information concerning associates and the school,
and shall not divulge to anyone documents which has not been officially
released, or remove records form the files without permission.
Section 5. It shall be the
responsibility of every teacher to seek correctives for what he may appear to
be an unprofessional and unethical conduct of any associates. However, this may
be done only if there is inconvertible evidence for such conduct.
Section 6. A teacher may submit to
the proper authorities any justifiable criticism against an associate,
preferably in writing, without violating the right of the individual concerned.
Section 7. A teacher may apply for a
vacant position for which he is qualified; provided that he respects the system
of selection on the basis of merit and competence; provided, further, that all qualified
candidates are given the opportunity to be considered.
ARTICLE VI
THE TEACHER AND HIGHER AUTHORITIES IN THE
PROFESSIONS
Section 1. Every teacher shall make
it his duties 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.
Section 2. A teacher shall not make
false accusations or charges against superiors, especially 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 when special condition warrant a
different procedure, such as when special conditions are advocated but are
opposed by immediate superiors, in which case, the teacher shall appeal directly
to the appropriate higher authority.
Section 4. Every teacher,
individually or as part of a group, has a right to seek redress against
injustice to the administration and to extent possible, shall raise grievances
within acceptable democratic possesses. In doing so, they shall avoid
jeopardizing the interest and the welfare of learners whose right to learn must
be respected.
Section 5. Every teacher has a right
to invoke the principle that appointements, promotions, and transfer of
teachers are made only on the basis of merit and needed in the interest of the
service.
Section 6. A teacher who accepts a position assumes a
contractual obligation to live up to his contract, assuming full knowledge of
employment terms and conditions.
ARTICLE VII
SCHOOL 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 effective
school supervision, dignified administration, responsible leadership and
enlighten directions.
Section 2. School officials,
teachers, and other school personnel shall consider it their cooperative
responsibility to formulate policies or introduce importane changes in the system
at all levels.
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 to participate in conferences in training
programs.
Section 4. No school officials shall
dismiss or recommend for dismissal a teacher of other subordinates except for
cause.
Section 5. School authorities
concern shall ensure that public school teachers are employed in accordance
with pertinent civil service rules, and private school teachers are issued
contracts specifying the terms and conditions of their work; provided that they
are given, if qualified, subsequent permanent tenure, in accordance with
existing laws.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TEACHERS AND LEARNERS
Section 1. A teacher has a right and
duty to determine the academic marks and the promotions of learners in the
subject or grades he handles, such determination shall be in accordance with
generally accepted procedures of evaluation and measurement. In case of any complaint,
teachers concerned shall immediately take appropriate action, of serving due
process.
Section 2. A teacher shall recognize
that the interest and welfare of learners are of first and foremost concerns,
and shall deal justifiably and impartially with each of them.
Section3. Under no circumstance
shall a teacher be prejudiced nor discriminated against by the learner.
Section 4. A teacher shall not
accept favour or gifts from learners, their parents or others in their behalf
in exchange for requested concessions, especially if undeserved.
Section 5. A teacher shall not
accept, directly or indirectly, any remuneration from tutorials other what is
authorized for such service.
Section 6. A teacher shall base the
evaluation of the learner’s work only in merit and quality of academic
performance.
Section 7. In a situation where
mutual attraction and subsequent love develop between teacher and learner, the
teacher shall exercise utmost professional discretion to avoid scandal, gossip
and preferential treatment of the learner.
Section 8. A teacher shall not
inflict corporal punishment on offending learners nor make deductions from
their scholastic ratings as a punishment for acts which are clearly not
manifestation of poor scholarship.
Section 9. A teacher shall ensure
that conditions contribute to the maximum development of learners are adequate,
and shall extend needed assistance in preventing or solving learner’s problems
and difficulties.
ARTICLE IX
THE TEACHER AND PARENTS
Section 1. Every teacher shall
establish and maintain cordial relations with parents, and shall conduct
himself to merit their confidence and respect.
Section 2. Every teacher shall
inform parents, through proper authorities, of the progress and deficiencies of
learner 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.
Section 3. A teacher shall hear
parent’s complaints with sympathy and understanding, and shall discourage
unfair criticism.
ARTICLE X
THE TEACHERAND BUSINESS
Section 1. A teacher has the right
to engage, directly or indirectly, in legitimate income generation; provided
that it does not relate to or adversely affect his work as a teacher.
Section 2. A teacher shall maintain
a good reputation with respect to the financial matters such as in the
settlement of his debts and loans in arranging satistacftory his private
financial affairs.
Section 3. No teacher shall act,
directly or indirectly, as agent of, or be financially interested in, any
commercial venture which furnish textbooks and other school commodities in the
purchase and disposal of which he can exercise official influence, expect only
when his assignment is inherently, related to such purchase and disposal;
provided they shall be in accordance with the existing regulations; provided ,
further, that members of duly recognized teachers cooperatives may participate
in the distribution and sale of such commodities.
ARTICLE XI
THE TEACHER AS A PERSON
Section 1. A teacher is, above all,
a human being endowed with life for which it is the highest obligation to live
with dignity at all times whether in school, in the home, or elsewhere.
Section 2. A teacher shall place
premium upon self-discipline as the primary principles of personal behaviour in
all relationships with others and in all situations.
Section 3. A teacher shall maintain
at all times a dignified personality which could serve as a model worthy of
emulation by learners, peers and all others.
Section 4. A teacher shall always
recognize the almighty God as guide of his own destiny and of the destinies of
men and nations.
ARTICLE XII
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
Section 1. Any violation of any
provisions of this code shall be sufficient ground for the imposition against
the erring teacher of the disciplinary action consisting of revocation of his
Certification of Registration and License as a Professional Teacher, suspension
from the practice of teaching profession, reprimand or cnacellation of his
temporary/ special permit under causes specified in Sec. 23, Article III or
R.A. No. 7836, and under Rule 31, Article VIII, of the Rules and Regulations
Implementing R.A. 7836.
ARTICLE XIII
EFFECTIVITY
Section 1. This code shall take
effect upon approval by the Professional Regulation Commission and after sixty
(60) days following its publication in the official Gazette or any newspaper of
general circulation, whichever is earlier.
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