LAC

SESSION
Code of Ethics for
PROFESSIONAL
TEACHERS
REGISTRATIO
N
PRE-TEST
FORTUNATO A. SABIDO,
JR.
MA. JENNET C. CELESTIAL

AND GRADE 4 TEACHERS

PRAYER
NATIONALITIC SONG
 OPENING REMARKS

SHERLY ANN D.
HERNANDEZ
School Principal
INTRODUCTION
PREAMBLE
ARTICLE 1
FEVY B. PARAISO
Master Teacher I
 INTRODUCTION
The Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers serves as guide for teachers
specifically to new teachers for them to
exhibit proper behavior to the learning
community at all times. It is imperative
that one observe and practice this set
of ethical and moral principles,
standards, and values.
INTRODUCTION
As mandated in the
Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers:

- Responsible to interact positively with

parents, community members, and other
stakeholders of the school.
- Recognize that education is a public service
and strive to keep the public informed of the
programs, projects and activities.
INTRODUCTION
As mandated in the
Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers:
- Consider co-teachers and other
personnel in achieving the goals of
education.
- Punctual in the submission of office
reports and other tasks to facilitate
the completion of the work by the
Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
(e). Article 11, of R. A.. No. 7836.
otherwise known as the Philippines
Professionalization Act of 1994 and
Paragraph (a), section 6. P.D. No. 223. as
amended, the Board for Professional
Teachers hereby adopt the Code of
Ethics for Professional Teachers.
PREAMBLE
Teachers are duly licensed professionals
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 1 – SCOPE AND
LIMITATIONS
Section 1. The Philippine Constitution
provides that all educational institution shall
offer quality education for all competent
teachers committed of it’s full realization The
provision of this Code shall apply, therefore, to
all teachers in schools in the Philippines.
 ARTICLE 1 – SCOPE AND
LIMITATIONS
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 2
The Teacher and The State
Article 3
The Teacher and The Community

MARILYN T. CORTEZ
Master Teacher II
ARTICLE 2: THE TEACHERS AND THE
STATE
Section 1. The schools are the nurseries 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, instill allegiance to the
constitution and for all duly constituted
authorities, and promote obedience to the laws
of the state.
ARTICLE 2: THE TEACHERS AND 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.
 ARTICLE 2: THE TEACHERS AND THE
STATE
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
 ARTICLE 2: THE TEACHERS AND THE
STATE
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
ARTICLE 2: THE TEACHERS AND THE
STATE

Section 6. Every teacher shall vote and shall

exercise all other constitutional rights 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.
ARTICLE 2: THE TEACHERS AND THE
STATE
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 3: THE TEACHERS 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.
 ARTICLE 3: THE TEACHERS AND THE
COMMUNITY
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.
 ARTICLE 3: THE TEACHERS AND 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 counseling services, as appropriate, and to actively
be involved in matters affecting the welfare of the people.
 ARTICLE 3: THE TEACHERS AND THE
Section 7. Every COMMUNITY
teacher shall maintain
harmonious and pleasant personal and official
relations with other professionals, with
government officials, 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 4
The Teacher and A Profession
Article 5
The Teacher and The Profession

JEMELEE M. LUCENADA
Master Teacher I
 ARTICLE 4
The Teacher and A 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 highest

possible standards of quality education, shall make
the best preparations for the career of teaching, and
shall be at his best at all times and in the practice of
his profession.
 ARTICLE 4
The Teacher and A 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
 ARTICLE 4
The Teacher and A Profession

Section 5. Every teacher shall use the

teaching profession in a manner that makes
it dignified means for earning a descent
living.
 Article 5
The Teacher 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 for
the work of others which he may use.
 Article 5
The Teacher and The Profession

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 from the files without permission.
 Article 5
The Teacher and The Profession

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 incontrovertible 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.
 Article 5
The Teacher and The Profession

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
 ARTICLE 6
THE TEACHER AND HIGHER
AUTHORITIES IN THE
PROFESSIONS
Article 7
SCHOOL OFFICIALS TEACHERS
AND OTHER PERSONNEL
FORTUNATO A. SABIDO,
JR.
Master Teacher I
 ARTICLE 6
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 any false

accusations or charges against superiors, especially
under anonymity. However, if there are valid
charges, he should present such under oath to
 ARTICLE 6
THE TEACHER AND HIGHER
AUTHORITIES IN THE PROFESSIONS
Section 3. A teacher shall transact all official business through
channels except when special conditions 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.
 ARTICLE 6
THE TEACHER AND HIGHER
AUTHORITIES IN THE PROFESSIONS
Section 5. Every teacher has a right to invoke the
principle that appointments, 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 7
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
important changes in the system at all levels.
 Article 7
SCHOOL OFFICIALS TEACHERS AND
OTHER PERSONNEL
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 or other
 Article 7
SCHOOL OFFICIALS TEACHERS AND
OTHER PERSONNEL

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 8
THE TEACHERS AND
LEARNERS
Article 9
THE TEACHERS AND
PARENTS
MONA P. DELA CRUZ
Master Teacher II
Section 1. A teacher has a right and duty to ARTICLE 8
determine the academic marks and the THE
promotions of learners in the subject or
grades he handles, such determination shall TEACHERS
be in accordance with generally accepted AND
procedures of evaluation and measurement.
In case of any complaint, teachers concerned LEARNERS
shall immediately take appropriate actions, 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.
 ARTICLE 8
Section 3. Under no
circumstance shall a teacher be THE
prejudiced nor discriminated TEACHERS
against by the learner. AND
LEARNERS
Section 4. A teacher shall not
accept favors or gifts from
learners, their parents or others in
their behalf in exchange for
requested concessions, especially
if undeserved.
 ARTICLE 8
Section 7. In a situation where mutual
attraction and subsequent love develop THE
between teacher and learner, the teacher TEACHERS
shall exercise utmost professional
discretion to avoid scandal, gossip and AND
preferential treatment of the learner. LEARNERS
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.
 ARTICLE 8
Section 9. A teacher shall THE
ensure that conditions TEACHERS
contribute to the maximum AND
development of learners are LEARNERS
adequate, and shall extend
needed assistance in
preventing or solving
learner’s problems and
difficulties.
Section 1. Every teacher shall establish and Article 9
maintain cordial relations with parents, and shall
conduct himself to merit their confidence and
respect. THE
TEACHERS
Section 2. Every teacher shall inform parents,
through proper authorities, of the progress and AND
deficiencies of learner under him. exercising PARENTS
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,
 ARTICLE 10
THE TEACHER AND
BUSINESS
Article 11
THE TEACHER AS A PERSON
WILFREDO A. SANTOS, JR.
Master Teacher I
ARTICLE 10
THE
Section 1. A teacher has the right to engage, directly or
TEACHER indirectly, in legitimate income generation: provided that it
AND does not relate to or adversely affect his work as a teacher.
BUSINESS
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 satisfactorily 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, except 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
ARTICLE 11
THE
TEACHER Section 1. A teacher is, above all. a
AS A
PERSON
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 behavior
in all relationships with others and in all
situations.
ARTICLE 11
THE
TEACHER
AS A Section 3. A teacher shall maintain at
PERSON 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 12
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
Article 13
EFFECTIVITY

MARILOU T. VINARAO
Master Teacher I
 Section 1. Any violation of any
ARTICLE 12
provisions of this code shall be sufficient
DISCIPLIN ground for the imposition against the
ARY erring teacher of the disciplinary action
consisting of revocation of his
ACTIONS Certification of Registration and License
as a Professional Teacher, suspension
from the practice of teaching profession,
reprimand or cancellation of his
temporary/special permit under causes
specified in Sec. 23. Article HI or R.A. No.
7836. and under Rule 31. Article VIII. of
the Rules and Regulations Implementing
 Section 1. Any violation of any
ARTICLE 12
provisions of this code shall be sufficient
DISCIPLIN ground for the imposition against the
ARY erring teacher of the disciplinary action
consisting of revocation of his
ACTIONS Certification of Registration and License
as a Professional Teacher, suspension
from the practice of teaching profession,
reprimand or cancellation of his
temporary/special permit under causes
specified in Sec. 23. Article HI or R.A. No.
7836. and under Rule 31. Article VIII. of
the Rules and Regulations Implementing
 Section 1. Any violation of any
ARTICLE 12
provisions of this code shall be sufficient
DISCIPLIN ground for the imposition against the
ARY erring teacher of the disciplinary action
consisting of revocation of his
ACTIONS Certification of Registration and License
as a Professional Teacher, suspension
from the practice of teaching profession,
reprimand or cancellation of his
temporary/special permit under causes
specified in Sec. 23. Article HI or R.A. No.
7836. and under Rule 31. Article VIII. of
the Rules and Regulations Implementing
The Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers
Reflection

RPMS/IPCRF MOVs
SHERLY ANN D.
HERNANDEZ
School Principal
IPCRF MOVs – Teacher I-
III
Panunumpa ng Kawani ng
Gobyerno
PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT
 Accepting the
Challenge

WILFREDO A. SANTOS, JR.

Master Teacher I
 EVALUATION
POST-TEST
FEVY B. PARAISO
RUTHCHEL CABATBAT
AND GRADE 2 TEACHERS
 AWARDING OF
CERTTIFICATES

MARILOU VINARAO
MARSHA BARRETO
AND KINDER TEACHERS
 CLOSING REMARKS

JEMELEE M. LUCENADA
Master Teacher I