Summary

The Philippine code of ethics for teachers is a great resource for teachers. The code of ethics is
important for teachers because it holds them accountable for their actions and how they teach. It
gives insight to the proper teaching environment that doesn't include bias, discouragement, or
lack of help.

Potential teachers cannot make false statements on their applications for teaching jobs,
according to the National Education Association Code of Ethics.
he Teaching Council published a new Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers on 20 June 2012. The Code will
guide teachers professional judgement and practice.
The Code sets out the standards of professional knowledge, skill, competence and conduct which are expected of
registered teachers. In all, there are 33 such standards which reflect the complexity and variety of teaching and cover
areas such as communication and relationships, equality and inclusion, compliance with national and school policies,
professional development and pupil/student welfare. The standards are underpinned by four core values - respect,
care, integrity and trust.
The new Code of Conduct replaces the existing Code which was published in 2007. It has been developed following
a process of consultation with teachers and other stakeholders in education and takes account of a number of
developments in the intervening years.
The Code also takes account of the broader context in which teaching takes place and the myriad factors beyond
teachers control which have a bearing on their work, including: the engagement of parents and the wider community;
opportunities for teachers professional development; and the accelerated degree of educational change.
The publication of the new Code is an important and positive development for all those with an interest in the quality
of teaching in our classrooms. Since the education system reaches into virtually every home in the country, and
affects so many so deeply, it is crucial that the teaching profession's value system and professional standards are
clear, readily understandable and easily accessible. The adoption of this Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers
will enhance and deepen the confidence and trust that society places in teachers.
As part of the registration process, each teacher is issued with a copy of the Code. The new Code will be sent to all
teachers as part of a comprehensive communications campaign. While the Council is always keen to minimise its
printing and distribution costs, it has decided that hard copy circulation is a necessary step in this case due to the
legal standing of the Code.
The Code will be disseminated to all 73,000 registered teachers and relevant stakeholders at the start of the next
school year.
CODE OF ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (e), Article 11, of R.A. No. 7836, otherwise known
as the Philippine Teachers 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, and they strictly adhere to, observe, and practice this set of ethical and moral
principles, standards, and values.

Related legal basis

Recommendation
The professional teacher has a lifetime commitment
The school expects a teacher to be faithful in service. Oftentimes some teachers suddenly resign to seek
greener pastures without sufficient notice to the school administration. To avoid this predicament,
OBMC sends out Year-end Questionnaire about each teachers short term and long range plan,
specifically for coming school year their willingness to continue to teach or plan not to pursue their
teaching in the school. The result of this survey will serve as the basis of the school in its recruitment
program for the coming school year. An affirmative answer to the questionnaire includes a Letter of
Request to Teach for the coming school year.
After a thorough deliberation, all teachers accepted to teach for the coming year shall be given a Letter of
Acceptance wherein their commitment to teach for another school year is acknowledged officially.


Child protection policy
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
DepEd Order No. 40 Series of 2012
I. Basis of the Policy
A. Article XV, Section 3 (2), 1987 Constitution
B. Article XIV, Section 3 (2), 1987 Constitution
C. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
II. Specific Areas of Concern
A. Peer Abuse refers to willful aggressive behavior that is
directed towards a particular victim, who may be
outnumbered, younger, weak, with disability, less
confident, or otherwise vulnerable
B. Child Abuse refers to the maltreatment, whether
habitual or not, of the child which includes any of the
following:
(1) Psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual abuse
and emotional maltreatment;
(2) Any act by deeds or words which debases, degrades or demeans
the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human being;
(3) Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for survival, such
as food and shelter; or
(4) Failure to immediately give medical treatment to an injured
child resulting in serious impairment of his growth and
development or in his permanent incapacity or death. [Section 3
(b), RA No. 7610]
C. Discrimination Against Children refers to an act of
exclusion, distinction, restriction, or preference which is
based on any ground such as age, ethnicity, sex, sexual
orientation and gender identity, language, religion, political
and other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth,
being infected or affected by AIDS, being pregnant, being a
child in conflict with the law, being a child with a disability
or other status or condition, and which has the purpose
and effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise by all persons, on an equal footing, of
all rights and freedoms
D. Child Exploitation refers to the use of children for
someone elses advantage, gratification or profit, often
resulting in an unjust, harmful or cruel treatment of the
child; these activities disrupt the childs normal physical or
mental health, education, moral or social emotional
development; it covers situations of manipulation, misuse,
abuse, victimization, oppression or ill-treatment
E. Violence Against Children refers to a single act or series of
acts committed by school administrators, academic or nonacademic
personnel, against a child, which result in, or is
likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or
suffering, or other abuses or threats of such acts, battery,
assault, coercion, harassment, or arbitrary deprivation of
liberty
F. Corporal Punishment refers to a kind of punishment or
penalty imposed for an alleged or actual offense, which is
carried out or inflicted for the purpose of discipline,
training or control, by a teacher, school administrator, an
adult, or any other child who has been given or has
assumed authority or responsibility for punishment and
discipline
G. Similar Acts
III. Implementation
A. Establishment of Child Protection Committees
B. Adoption of Preventive and Remedial Measures
LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
I. Nature of Administrative Issuances
II. Presidential Decree No. 603 Child and Youth Welfare Code
TITLE III, Chapter II The Home and the School
Article 76. Role of the Home. - The home shall fully support the school in
the implementation of the total school program - curricular and cocurricular
- toward the proper physical, social, intellectual and moral
development of the child.
Article 77. Parent-Teacher Associations. - Every elementary and
secondary school shall organize a parent-teacher association for the
purpose of providing a forum for the discussion of problems and their
solutions, relating to the total school program, and for insuring the full
cooperation of parents in the efficient implementation of such program.
All parents who have children enrolled in a school are encouraged to be
active members of its PTA, and to comply with whatever obligations and
responsibilities such membership entails.
Parent-Teacher Association all over the country shall aid the municipal
and other local authorities and school officials in the enforcement of
juvenile delinquency control measures, and in the implementation of
programs and activities to promote child welfare.
TITLE IV Child and Youth Welfare and the Church
Article 79. Rights of the Church. - The State shall respect the rights of the
Church in matters affecting the religious and moral upbringing of the
child.
Article 80. Establishment of Schools. - All churches and religious orders,
congregations or groups may, conformably to law, establish schools for
the purpose of educating children in accordance with the tenets of their
religion.
Article 81. Religious Instruction. - The religious education of children in
all public and private schools is a legitimate concern of the Church to
which the students belong. All churches may offer religious instruction
in public and private elementary and secondary schools, subject to the
requirements of the Constitution and existing laws.
Article 82. Assistance to Churches. - Insofar as may be allowed by the
Constitution, the government shall extend to all churches, without
discrimination or preference, every opportunity to exercise their influence
and disseminate their teachings.
Article 83. Parents. - Parents shall admonish their children to heed the
teachings of their Church and to perform their religious duties. Whenever
possible, parents shall accompany their children to the regular devotion
of their Church and other religious ceremonies.
III. Republic Act No. 7610 Special Protection of Children Against
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
Section 3. Definition of Terms.
(b) "Child abuse" refers to the maltreatment, whether habitual or not, of
the child which includes any of the following:
(1) Psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual abuse
and emotional maltreatment;
(2) Any act by deeds or words which debases, degrades or demeans
the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human being;
(3) Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for survival, such
as food and shelter; or
(4) Failure to immediately give medical treatment to an injured
child resulting in serious impairment of his growth and
development or in his permanent incapacity or death.
Section 10. Other Acts of Neglect, Abuse, Cruelty or Exploitation and
Other Conditions Prejudicial to the Child's Development.
(a) Any person who shall commit any other acts of child abuse,
cruelty or exploitation or to be responsible for other conditions
prejudicial to the child's development including those covered by
Article 59 of Presidential Decree No. 603, as amended, but not
covered by the Revised Penal Code, as amended, shall suffer the
penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period.
IV. Supreme Court Decisions
A. George Bongalon v. People of the Philippines
G.R. No. 169533, March 20, 2013
Not every instance of the laying of hands on a child constitutes the
crime of child abuse under Section 10 (a) of Republic Act No.
7610.1 Only when the laying of hands is shown beyond reasonable
doubt to be intended by the accused to debase, degrade or demean
the intrinsic worth and dignity of the child as a human being
should it be punished as child abuse. Otherwise, it is punished
under the Revised Penal Code.
B. Marcela Bagajo v. Hon. Geronimo Marave
G.R. No. L-33345, November 20, 1978 [EN BANC]
In this respect, it is Our considered opinion, and so We Hold that
as a matter of law, petitioner did not incur any criminal liability for
her act of whipping her pupil, Wilma, with the bamboo-stickpointer,
in the circumstances proven in the record. Independently
of any civil or administrative responsibility for such act she might
be found to have incurred by the proper authorities, We are
persuaded that she did not do what she had done with criminal
intent. That she meant to punish Wilma and somehow make her
feel such punishment may be true, but We are convinced that the
means she actually used was moderate and that she was not
motivated by ill-will, hatred or any malevolent intent. The nature of
the injuries actually suffered by Wilma, a few linear bruises (at
most 4 inches long and cm. wide) and the fact that petitioner
whipped her only behind the legs and thigh, show, to Our mind,
that indeed she intended merely to discipline her. And it cannot be
said, that Wilma did not deserve to be discipline. In other words, it
was farthest from the thought of petitioner to commit any criminal
offense. Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.