Orientation on DepEd

Order No. 005, s. 2024,

Rationalization of Teachers’
Workload in Public Schools and
Payment of Teaching Overload
J u n e 4 , 2024 | Pavilion, DepEd
8:00AM to 5:00 PM Ecotech
Center
Objectives

1 To equip Schools Division Offices (SDOs) with a thorough

understanding of DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024 regarding teacher
workload and overload pay;
To disseminate clear guidelines on fair and equitable distribution of teaching
2 assignments, streamlined set of teacher ancillary tasks, and process for
claiming teaching overload pay and accumulating Vacation Service Credits
(VSC); and

3 To provide direction on the implementation strategies, particularly

on the duties and responsibilities of the Schools Division Offices.
Discussion Flow
1 Our Context
• Teacher working hours and workload
• The reality of a public school teacher
2 Our Hope
• The MATATAG Agenda
• Policy Directions on Teacher Workload
3 Our Response

• Salient Features of DO 5, s. 2024

4 Ways Forward

Open Forum after all

Our
Context
 LEGAL
BASES

1 2 3

RA 4670 CSC Reso DM 291,

Magna Carta for
Public School
No. 080096 s. 2008
Teachers

provides the prescribed clarifies that teachers operationalizes RA 4670

working hours of are not exempted from and CSC Reso No.
teachers an 8-hour workday 080096
Teacher Working Hours
And Workload (DM 291, s. 2008)
Teacher Working Hours

8 HOURS
6 HOURS 2
shall be devoted to actual classroom
teaching, advisorship, and/or special
assignments HOURS
Shall be devoted to
lesson pla n Instructiona
teaching-related duties
l materials
actual classroom
Checking of
teaching exercises
Action plan Workshop
Seminar Research
Advisorship Maintenance of equipment
Home Recording of
visits academic performance
Special Coordination activities
Assignments
Maintenance of
Coaching
school
fa cilities
Reality of a
Public School
Teacher
 The workload of a teacher is not
only limited to teaching but also
includes non-teaching tasks

 Actual teaching is increasingly

being sidelined

 Teachers w ant to spend more time

with students

( PIDS, 2018)
50 Most Common Ancillary
Tasks
Based on the 2018 Teacher Workload Study
Our
Hope
 We will give support to teachers to
teach better.

We will remove the non-teaching tasks and

provide administrative officers in Schools. We
will provide adequate m a n power
complement in Schools, m a n a g e teacher’s
workload, and compensate for unique school
challenges.

Sara Z. Duterte- Carpio

Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines
Secretary of the Department of Education

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THE GOAL OF THE
MATATAG AGENDA

We aim for Teacher Quality and

Teacher Welfare as we firmly
believe that the core of quality
basic education is a vibrant and
quality teaching workforce.

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Teacher at the Forefront
of the MATATAG
Agenda
Teachers will be given more time for teaching

Administrative tasks will be removed from teachers’ workload

Teachers will be compensated in actual classroom teaching

rendered more than 6 hours

Teachers will be compensated in teaching-related assignments

designated to them
Our
Response
Salient Features
of
D.O. 005, s.
2024
OUR
ASPIRATION

MATATAG na Kaguruan,
Lakas ng Kagawaran
Cultivating a more conducive work environment that upholds
teacher welfare through rationalizing teacher workload.
 CONTEX
T
What problem does the How does the policy address
policy the
solve? problem?
1.Teachers are overworked. It protects Teacher Work Hours.
The Department has been receiving numerous The policies enable teachers to devote their time
concerns surrounding the workload of teachers and to teaching.
that they are increasingly burdened because of non-
teaching tasks.

2.Teachers play numerous roles It defines Teacher Workload.

outside their core mandate. The policies clearly define the responsibilities of School
Heads, teachers, and non-teaching personnel. Specifically
Studies have shown that the workload of teachers is
for teachers, the policies provide the following:
not only limited to teaching but also to many other
non-tea ching tasks.
What should be: Tasks mandated to be performed by teachers

What should not be: Tasks that should not be performed by

teachers

What can be: Tasks that can be performed by teachers, but

are not mandatory

It provides guidelines and

3. Teachers are not
processes for the payment of
properly compensated for excess
teaching overload and grant of VSC
workload
There are no existing policies that guide the teachers in for excess workload.
processing their benefits for work rendered beyond the The policy establishes the procedures, roles of
eight-hour workday. Offices, and documentary requirements for the 18
payment of teaching overload and grant of VSC.
SALIENT
FEATURES
1. Protects teacher work hours

2. Defines teacher workload

3. Establishes standards and processes for

additional compensation of teachers

4. Provides the roles and responsibilities per

Governance Level
 SALIENT FEATURES
1 Protects Teacher Work Hours
Teachers are required to render
8 hours of work per day.

In completing the 8 hours:

Actual Classroom Teacher Ancillary
Teaching Tasks
6 hours (at most) 2 hours 2
HOURS
Teacher
Teacher Ancillary tasks ca n be Ancillary
performed within or outside school Tasks
premises. It will depend on the decision
of the teacher.

No MOV shall be required from teachers

if done outside school premises.

6
HOURS
Actual
Classroom
Teaching
 SALIENT FEATURES
2 Defines Teacher
Workload

C. Teaching-
B. Teacher
A. Teaching Load Related
Ancillary Task
Assignments
 actual classroom  work incidental to the  tasks related to teaching
teachers’ normal and academic learning
teaching hours or
teaching duties such as: which support
minutes rendered by a learner development.
preparation of
teacher.
lesson plans, checking of
exercises and summative
tests, etc.
A. Teaching Load
Teaching Load refers to the actual
classroom teaching hours or
minutes rendered by a teacher.

What are considered part of

teaching load?

 Actual classroom teaching

rendered per learning area
2
 Class Advising duty - equivalent to
HOURS
5 Teacher
Hours per week. Ancillary
Tasks

 Rem edial or enhancement classes

6
HOURS
Actual
Classroom
 B. Teacher Ancillary
Tasks

2
HOURS
Teacher

Ancillary
Tasks
Teacher Ancillary
Tasks refer to work
6
incidental to
HOURS teachers’ normal
Actual
teaching duties.
Classroom
Teaching
B. Teacher Ancillary
Tasks
PARAMETERS
 These tasks support the teaching and learning process

 Considered as tasks “true to all” or applicable to all teachers

 Ancillary Tasks can be done within and outside school premises. It shall be the
teachers’ decision. No teacher shall be required to submit any
documents/MOV when ancillary tasks are performed outside school premises.

WORK HOURS
Ancillary Tasks must be performed within the 2 HOURS that complete their 8-Hour
Workday

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
ONLY Home Visitation and Coaching/Mentoring duties of Master Teachers
performed outside the regular work hours shall be compensated through VSC.
B. Teacher Ancillary
Tasks
i. Curriculum Planning
• Preparation of lesson plans/daily lesson logs
• Action research
• Attendance to Learning Action Cells (LAC) Sessions

ii. Curriculu m Delivery and Pedagogy

• Preparation of instructional aids and materials
• Checking and recording learners’ attendance and participation
• Classroom management

iii. Assessment of Learner’s Progress

• Checking of exercises and summative test
• Recording of academic performance result
• Grading learners’ performance or achievement

iv. Homeroom Guidance and Management

• Class advising duties
• Periodic reporting of attendance
• Preparation and submission of report card and other school
forms
• Conference with parents and home visits when necessary
Coaching and mentoring duties of Master Teachers are considered as ancillary
task.
C. Teaching- Related
Assignments
PARAMETERS
 Teaching-related assignments refer to tasks related to teaching and
academic learning which support learner development. These tasks
are performed by teachers in consideration of their professional
expertise and experience.

 Teaching-related assignment is a designation.

 Should be anchored in the School Improvement Plan (SIP).
 Should
WORK HOURSbe enabled by a designation order duly signed by the SDS.
As a general rule, performed on top of the teacher ancillary tasks.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
Shall be compensated through VSC when performed outside the regular
work hours
 C. Teaching- Related
Assignments

A. SCHOOL COORDINATOR B. TRAINER/ADVISER C. CHAIRMANSHIP

i. Reading/Literacy and i. School Paper i. Grade level

Numeracy ii. Sports Development ii. Learning Area
ii. Research Programs
iii. Special Needs Education iii. Supreme Elementary
(SNED) Learner Government
iv. Information, (SELG)/Supreme Secondary
Communication, and Learner Government (SSLG)
Technology
v. Guidance and
Advocacy
vi. Inclusive Education (as
may be applicable)
 Teaching Overload

2
HOURS
Teacher

Ancilla ry
Tasks

MAX OF
2
HOURS Hours rendered as actual
Teaching classroom teaching in
6 excess of the prescribed
HOURS Overload
Actual six ( 6 ) hours in a day
shall be counted as
Classroom
Teaching teaching overload and
shall be paid by teaching
overload pay.
Teaching Overload
PARAMETERS
 Should be in excess of the prescribed six (6) hours of
actual
classroom teaching in a day

 Maximum of 2 hours of teaching overload per day

 Only actual classroom teaching, class advising duty,

and
remediation/enhancement classes are paid by teaching overload

 As a general rule, schools with shortage are eligible for teaching

overload pay. However, tasks requiring actual classroom teaching
duties whether in-person, distance, or blended, including relieving
duties for other teachers, which are beyond the normal teaching
 SALIENT FEATURES
3 Establishes Standards and
Processes
for Additional Compensation
Forms of Additional Compensation
Vacation
Teaching Service
Overload Pay B. Credits
A.
• Granted ONLY for teaching load • Granted for ancillary tasks
in excess of the prescribed six (home visitations and coaching
(6) hours per day & mentoring) and teaching-
related assignments performed
beyond the regular work hours
A. Teaching Overload Pay

1 2 3
Parameters Formula Process Flow
Provides important notes on the payment of Provides the details on how to compute for Provides the general and detailed processes
teaching overload teaching overload and sample computation in the payment of teaching overload
A. Teaching Overload Pay

Parameters:
 Shall be at least twenty-five percent (25%) of a teacher’s regular
remuneration
 Payment of teaching overload shall be made on a quarterly
basis
 In the event of insufficiency of funds, teaching overload hours
shall
be converted to earned VSC
A. Teaching Overload Pay

In computing for the payment of Teaching Overload, the formula below

shall be used:

Total
Teaching
Teaching PHTR
Overload = Overload x Prime Hourly Teaching
Pay Rate
Hours

To determine the Total Teaching Overload Hour/s for the Month, the
teaching overload hour/s per week shall be added. See example below:

22.75
7 + 10 + 5 + 0.75 = Teaching
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Overload
Hours
A. Teaching Overload Pay

To determine the PHTR, the formula below shall be applied:

AR
PHTR = W T

X
AR
= 1.25

1600
Where,

AR = Annual salary rate of each

= teacher proposed to be X
0.000781 paid
ARoverload
W = Total teaching hours (This is computed at 40 hours/week multiplied by 40 weeks or 1,600 hours.)

T = 1.25 or 125% of the teacher’s remuneration for services in excess of 6 hours actual teaching per
day but not more than 2 hours.
A. Teaching Overload Pay

The AR of the teacher shall first be computed as follows:

Monthly Basic
AR = x 12 months
Salary
= Php 27,000 x 12 months
Php 324,000.00

The PHTR shall be computed as follows:

PHTR = 0.000781 x AR
= 0.000781 x Php 324 000.00
Php 253.04
A. Teaching Overload Pay

Finally, for the amount that shall be paid to the teacher, the
formula shall be applied:

Total Teaching
Teaching
Overload
Overload = x PHTR
Hours/s for the
Month
Payment
= 22.75 hours x Php 253.044
Php 5,756.75

The total teaching overload pay of a public school teacher shall

not exceed 50% of his/her basic salary for the year.
A. Teaching Overload Pay

Process
Flow PROCESSING OF
BUDGET UTILIZATION
REQUIREMENTS REPORTING
SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT
SDO- SDO- SDO- RO-
SCHOOL Personnel Finance Personnel Personnel
Unit Unit Unit Unit
Every quarter after Upon receipt of
3 - 5 Days 3 - 5 Days 3 - 5 Days disbursement of Teaching
overload pay reports from RO

Shall prepare the Shall check and Shall process the Shall prepare the Shall consolidate
list of teachers validate the disbursement of budget utilization the budget
eligible for submitted teaching report for utilization report
teaching overload documents and overload pay to submission to RO for submission to
pay prepare the teachers CO
Documentary Requirements:
DTR, Endorsement Memo, payroll
List of Teachers with
Teaching Overload Pay
A. Teaching Overload Pay

1. Submission of
Requirements SCHOOL HEAD/ NON-
TEACHING
PERSONNEL
Immediately after
3-4 SCHOOL
days HEAD 1 day
end TEACHERS
of the quarter
• Submit the DTR • Identify Teachers with teaching overload • Submit all
to the Office of pay based on parameters: documentary
the School Head  In excess of the required 6 hours of requirements to
teaching the SDO-
load Personnel Unit
 Maximum of 2 hours per day
IMPORTANT: Schools must
 Should be either actual classroom teaching, ensure completeness and
accuracy of documents before
class advising, remediation, or submission to SDO to avoid
enhancement classes delays in the processing of
payment

• Prepare the list of teachers with teaching

overload pay and other documentary
requirements
A. Teaching Overload Pay

2. Processing of
Payment SDO- FINANCE
UNIT
3-5 days
SDO- PERSONNEL UNIT 3 - 5 days
• Receive documents from the Schools • Check completeness of documentary
requirements such as:
• Check completeness of documentary  Payroll
requirements  Disbursement Voucher
 Endorsement Letter
 List of Eligible Teachers with • Recompute accuracy of the payroll
Teaching Overload Pay
 DTR of teachers • Process the payroll and disburse payment to
teachers in accordance with processes in
• Validate accuracy of submitted documents the SDO
 Based on parameters for
teaching overload

• Prepare consolidated payroll of teachers

A. Teaching Overload Pay

3. Budget Utilization Reporting

SDO- PERSONNEL UNIT RO-
PERSONNEL UNIT
Every quarter after disbursement of Teaching
Upon receipt of documents from the SDO
overload pay
• Prepare the budget utilization report for • Consolidate the budget utilization
submission to the RO. Report must include: reports submitted by the SDOs
 Total Teaching Overload Hours
 Estimated Amount to be paid • Check completeness and accuracy of the
 Actual Teaching Overload Pay received report
by teachers
• Secure approval of the report from the
 VSC granted in case of insufficient funds
RD
• Secure approval of the report from the SDS
• Submit to CO-OUHROD/BHROD
• Submit to RO-Personnel Unit
B. Vacation Service Credits

Process Flow
AUTHORITY TO RENDER WORK
GRANT OF
BEYOND REGULAR WORK
VSC
HOURS
SCHOOL SDO-PERSONNEL UNIT
As the need arises Upon submission of documents
Shall ensure that teachers have authority Shall facilitate grant of VSC to
to render work beyond regular work eligible teachers
hours
B. Vacation Service Credits

1. AUTHORITY TO RENDER WORK BEYOND REGULAR WORK

HOURS

As TEACHERS
the need arises Upon request of the Teacher
•
SCHOOL HEAD
Submit an accomplished form requesting • Validate the request of the teachers based on
for authority to render work beyond regular  Necessity
work hours, specifying the following:  Urgency
 Date and Time  Workload of Teachers
 Purpose
 Justification • Approves the request of the teachers
B. Vacation Service Credits

2. GRANT OF VACTION SERVICE CREDIT

(VSC)
SDO-PERSONNEL
TEACHERS
Upon receipt of request
SCHOOLofHEAD
Upon completion Tasks Upon submission of Teachers
from Schools
• Submit an Individual • Approves the Individual • Receive documents from the
Accomplishment Report Accomplishment Report of Schools
providing the following: Teachers • Check completeness of
 Date • Submit the documentary documentary requirements
 Hours Rendered requirements: • Validate accuracy of
 Accomplishments/  Designation Order of submitted documents
Output Teachers • Compute for the equivalent
 Authority to Render VSC
Work Beyond  8 hours of services =
Regular Work Hours 1.25 VSC
 Individual • Prepare a Special Order
Accomplishment Report with list of teachers and the
number of earned VSC
 SALIENT FEATURES
4 Roles and
Responsibilities
CENTRAL OFFICE
• Organize activities to ensure effective and efficient implementation of
the policy
• Monitor and Evaluate complia nce of offices with the policy
• Provide technical assistance to field offices
• Provide supplementary tools to enhance implementation of the policy
• Continuously streamline teachers’ tasks a n d duties

RO AND SDO
• Synergize efforts to support schools in implementing
the directions, standards, and processes in the policies

SCHOOLS
• Rationalize workload and functions of
school personnel to adopt directions,
standards, and procedures of the policies
 Implementation Strategy

Organize Synergize Rationalize

May-June May – June June-July
Key Player: Key Player: Key Player:
Central Office ROs and SDOs Schools

o Prepare the different o Develop Implementation o Plan with key school

governance levels by Plan aligned to the stakeholders in
providing the general directions of the implementing the policy
following: policy o Integrate in the eSF7 the
• Orientation o Led by CO, RO and SDO changes in the
• Strand Memorandum work hand in hand in workload distribution
• Policy Toolkit implementing the Teacher
• Frequently Asked Workload Policy by
Questions conducting orientation
and providing technical
assistance to schools
 Organize
1 Key Pla yer: Centra l
. Office

No Strategy Goal Timeline

1. Release of Strand • To support all concerned offices in the May 20-24
Memo implementation of the policy by providing the
procedures, tools, and templates to be used. It
shall also consolidate all gathered concerns and
2. Release of Toolkit • provide responses
To support the school heads in implementing the May 20-24
policy

3. Release of FAQs • The FAQs provides answers to common May 20-24

concerns, issues, and inquiries regarding the
policy
4. Meeting with RDs • To orient the Regional Directors on the key May 20
provisions of the DepEd Order.

5. Online Orientation • To orient the RO-FTAD and HRMOs on the May 21

for RO-FTAD and key provisions and processes of the DepEd
HRMOs Order

F2F Orientation for • To orient PSDS on the key provisions, processes of June 17-21
PSDS the DepEd Order
 Synergize
2. Key Pla yer: RO a nd
No SDOStrategy Goal Timeline Responsible
1. Prepare Regional • To develop May 27-31 RO
Implementation Plan implementation plan to
properly capacitate and
guide the SDOs in the
implementation of the
policies.
2. RO to conduct • To orient the SDOs on the June 3-7 RO
orientation activities for key provisions of the
SDO DepEd Order.
3. SDO to conduct • To orient the PSDS and June 10-14 SDO
orientation activities for School Heads on the
PSDS and School Heads basic information about
the policies and the
implementing
arrangements.
4. Provide technical • To develop Technical June 4, 2024 SDO
assistance or support Assistance (TA) Plan in the
implementation of the
policies.
• To assist the schools to
 Rationalize
3. Key Pla yer:
Schools

No. Strategy Goal Timeline Responsible

1. Know the Policy • To ensure that the 3rd Week of June –
school personnel are 2nd Week of July
SCHOOL HEAD
informed of the
policies

2. Plan with School • To conduct special 1st Week of July to

Stakeholders meetings with school 2nd Week of July
SCHOOL HEAD
stakeholders to
discuss the salient
features of the policy
3. Finalize Teacher • To ensure strict 1st Week of July to
Loading in eSF7 compliance with 2nd Week of July
the prescribed
workload
of teachers through
input of data in eSF7
tool.
 Ways Forward

SDO SDO SDO RO & SDO RO & CO

1 2 3 4 5
MOBILIZE PREPARE SUBMIT CONDUCT MONITORING
SDO Team Division Division of Kumustahan
Implementation/ Implementation Implementation Sessions
TA Plan TA Plan to RO TA Activities
TEMPLATE: Technical Assistance Plan

50
TA Plan
Agreements
 Agreements

Prepare a Technical Assistance Plan and submit to FTAD on or

1 before June 7, 2024 via email at

[email protected]

[email protected]
Consolidated Questions & Answers
(based on the Open Forum session)
MATATAG na Kaguruan,
Lakas ng Kagawaran
Cultivating a more conducive work environment that
upholds teacher welfare through rationalizing teacher
workload.

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