REPUBLIC ACT NO.
10627 and question create a hostile
-an act requiring all elementary and secondary
school to adopt policies to prevent and address
the acts of bullying in their institutions
SECTION 1.
Short Title.
Bullying” -shall refer to any severe or repeated
use by one or more students of a written,
verbal or electronic expression, or a
physical act or gesture, or any combination
thereof, directed at another student that
has the effect of actually causing or placing
the latter in reasonable fear of physical or
emotional harm or damage to his property;
-this act shall be known as the “Anti-
Bullying Act of 2013”.
SECTION 2
Acts of Bullying.
a. Any unwanted physical contact between
the bully and the victim like punching,
pushing, shoving, kicking, slapping,
tickling, headlocks, inflicting school
pranks, teasing, fighting in the use of
available objects as a weapons;
b. Any act that causes damage to a
victim’s psyche and/or emotional well-
being;
c. Any slanderous statement or accusation
that causes the victim undue emotional
distress like directing foul language or
profanity at the target, name-calling,
tormenting and commenting negatively
on victim’s looks, clothes in body;
d. Cyber–bullying or any bullying than
through the use of technology or any
electronics means.
SECTION 3.
Adoption of Anti–Bullying Policies.
All elementary and secondary schools are
hereby directed to adopt policies to address the
existence of bullying in their respective
institutions. Such policies shall be regularly
updated and, at a minimum, shall include
provisions which:
a. Prohibit the following acts:
1. Bullying on school grounds;
property immediately adjacent to
school grounds; at a school-
sponsored or school–related
activities, functions or programs
whether on or of the school
grounds; at school bus stop; on
school buses or other vehicles
owned, leased or use by a school;
or through the use of technology or
an electronic device owned, leased
or used by a school;
2. Bullying at a location, activity,
function or program that is not
school–related and through the use
of technology or an electronic
device that is not owned, leased or
use by a school if the act or acts
environment at school for the victim,
and infringe on the rights of the
victim at school, or materially and
substantially disrupt the education
process or the orderly operation of a
school;
3. Retaliation against a person who
reports bullying, who provides
information during an investigation
of bullying, or who is a witness to or
has reliable information about
bullying;
4. Identify the range of disciplinary
administrative actions that may be
taken against a perpetrator for
bullying or retaliation which shall be
commensurate with the nature and
gravity of the offense; That, in
addition to the disciplinary sanction
imposed upon a perpetrator of
bullying or retaliation, he/she shall
also be required to undergo a
rehabilitation program which shall
be administered by the institution to
join the rehabilitation program.
b. Identify the range of disciplinary
administrative actions that may be taken
against a perpetrator for bullying or
retaliation which shall be commensurate
with the nature and gravity of the
offense; That, in addition to the
disciplinary sanction imposed upon a
perpetrator of bullying or retaliation,
he/she shall also be required to undergo
a rehabilitation program which shall be
administered by the institution to join the
rehabilitation program.
c. Establish clear procedures and
strategies
1. Reporting acts of bullying or retaliation;
2. Responding promptly to and investigation
reports of bullying or retaliation;
3. Restoring a sense of safety for a victim
and assessing the student’s need for
protection;
4.Protecting from bullying or retaliation of a
person who reports acts of bullying, provides
information during an investigation of
bullying, or is witness to or has reliable
information about an act of bullying; and
5. Providing counseling or referral to
appropriate services for perpetrators, victims
and appropriate family members of said
students;
d. Enable student to anonymously report
bullying or retaliation: Provided, however,
that no disciplinary administrative action
shall be taken against a perpetrator solely
on the basis of an anonymous report;
e. Subject a student who knowingly makes a
false accusation of bullying to disciplinary
administrative action;
f. Educate students on the dynamics of
bullying, the anti – bullying policies of the
school as well as the mechanism of such
school for the anonymous reporting of acts
of bullying or retaliation;
g. Educate parents and guardians about the
dynamics of bullying, the anti – bullying
policies of the school and how parents and
guardians can provide support and reinforce
such policies and home;
h. Maintain a public record of relevant
information and statistics on acts of bullying
or retaliation in school: Provided, That the
names of students who committed acts of
bullying or retaliation shall be strictly
confidential and only made available to the
school administration, teachers directly
responsible for the said students and
parents or guardians of students who are or
have been victims of acts of bullying or
retaliation.
SECTION 4.
Mechanism to Address Bullying.
-The school principal or any person who
holds a comparable role shall be responsible
for the implementation and oversight of
policies intended to address bullying.
If it is determined that bullying or
retaliation has occurred, the school
principal or the designated school officer
or person shall:
a. Notify the parents or guardians of the
victim regarding the action taken to prevent
any further acts of bullying or retaliation.
b. Take appropriate disciplinary
administrative action;
c. Notify the parents or guardians of the
perpetrator;
d. Notify the parents or guardians of the
victim regarding the action taken to prevent
any further acts of bullying or retaliation.
If it is determined that bullying or
retaliation has occurred, the school
principal or the designated school officer
or person shall:
a. Notify the parents or guardians of the
victim regarding the action taken to prevent
any further acts of bullying or retaliation.
b. Take appropriate disciplinary
administrative action;
c. Notify the parents or guardians of the
perpetrator;
d. Notify the parents or guardians of the
victim regarding the action taken to prevent
any further acts of bullying or retaliation.
SECTION 5.
Reporting Requirements.
All schools shall inform their respective
schools division superintendents in writing
about the anti–bullying policies formulated
within six (6) months from the effectivity of
this Act. Such notification shall likewise be
an administrative requirement prior to the
operation of new school.
Beginning with the school year after the
effectivity of this Act, and every first week of
the start of the school year thereafter,
schools shall submit a report to their
respective school’s division superintendents
all relevant information and statistics on acts
of bullying or retaliation. The school’s
division superintendents shall compile these
data and report the same to the Secretary of
the DepED who shall likewise formally
transmit a comprehensive report to the
Committee on Basic Education of both the
House of Representatives and the Senate.
SECTION 6.
Sanction for Non-compliance.
In the rules and regulations to be
implemented pursuant to this Act, the
Secretary of the DepEd shall prescribe the
appropriate administrative sanctions on
school administrators who shall fail to
comply with the requirements under this Act.
In addition, thereto, erring private schools
shall likewise suffer the penalty of
suspension of their permits to operate.
SECTION 7.
Implementing Rules and Regulations.
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of
this Act, the DepEd shall promulgate the
necessary rules and regulation to implement
the provision of this Act.
SECTION 8.
Separability Clause.
If for any reason, any provision of this Act is
declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the
other sections or provisions hereof which
are not effected thereby shall continue to be
in full force or effect.
SECTION 9.
Repealing Clause.
All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are
inconsistent with or contrary to the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.
 Personal Characteristics of a Teacher
1. Intelligence
- A teacher has to be intelligent because
he is dealing with verbal materials and
individuals with varying levels of
intelligence.
- Teacher must possess a higher level of
intelligence because he is dealing with
more difficult subject matter and with
individuals in their stage of higher
intellectual development.
2. Punctuality and Enthusiasm
- An effective teacher is always punctual and
enthusiastic in his teaching. He goes to his class
on time and dismisses it as scheduled.
3. Good Physical and Mental Health
- A teacher must be at the peak of his health
physically and mentally so that he can go about
his business of teaching unhampered by any
ailment. He must have emotional stability and
self-control so that he can teach without
tantrums, crankiness or eccentricity.
4. Loyalty and Commitment
- A teacher is more cooperative, works harder
and does any assignment given to him with
gladness and finesse if he loves his profession
and the institution he serves.
5. Respect for the Dignity of the Individual
-The teacher must respect the dignity of any
person he comes in contact with especially his
superiors, peers, and students.
- A teacher must not cast aspersions, indignities
or insults upon his students when they are not
doing well in class.
6. Fair Level of Tolerance, Firmness and
Impartiality
- A teacher must maintain a fair level of
tolerance for him to be able to endure the ordeal
and the stress. He must remember that he
cannot make robots out of the children, which
should not be done anyway, but they should be
developed into well disciplined, intelligent, law
abiding, and productive citizens of the country.
7. Adaptability
- A teacher should be adaptable, that is, he can
adjust himself to any teaching situation. If he can
handle a bright class, he can also handle a dull
class.
8. Alertness, Resourcefulness, Creativity
- A teacher must be alert, resourceful, and
creative in dealing with critical teaching
situations. He must be resourceful and creative
in locating modern learning materials.
- Teacher can vary his technique, vary his audio-
visual materials, inject a clean sense of humor,
or whatever to make his class alive and active.
9. Appropriate Grooming
- Teacher must have a pleasing personal
appearance.
- Pupils are imitators and so the teacher
must provide a good model for the
pupils to emulate.
10. Christian outlook, Missionary spirit
- There is not much money in teaching
compared with the more lucrative occupations.
But it is very rich in service. That is why the
teacher must develop a Christian outlook or
missionary spirit to make him happy in his job.
The teacher is most happy in rendering selfless
service when he has a missionary spirit. He is
willing to make sacrifices, always helpful to his
students and pupils, always approachable, kind
and friendly.
11. Clean Sense of Humor
- A teacher must have a store of clean humorous
tales and anecdotes to awaken his students
when they become sleepy and inattentive. Clean
humor is often a good means of maintaining the
interest, attention, cheerfulness and enthusiasm
of students.
12. Good Professional and Human Relations
- A teacher must have relations with his
students. He must be kind to them, smiles at
them, jokes with them occasionally, or plays with
them. But he must let them understand that he is
their teacher, they obey his legitimate orders,
and maintain their respect for him. He must
avoid receiving too many favors or gifts from
them except on appropriate occasions. He must
let them understand that they will receive the
school marks that they deserve depending upon
their achievements and not upon their
relationship with him.
13. Desire to grow professionally
- A teacher must grow professionally while in
service. Change is constantly taking place and
what the teacher had learned in school a few
years ago may be obsolete now. Hence, he
must attend educational conferences, seminars,
and workshop. He must read modern books and
journals in education and further his studies by
taking graduate studies. It is also good if he can
join educational associations.
14. Good Moral and Ethical Character
- One thing that a teacher should always try to
keep high is his moral and ethical character. He
must keep those social and spiritual values that
are acceptable not only in his school but in his
community as well. A teacher is usually
considered and expected to be a model in
character and he must maintain that impression.
He should avoid committing acts that would
tarnish his reputation because his efficiency as a
teacher is adversely affected by a bad
reputation. He must be a person of honesty,
integrity, fairness, impartiality and
trustworthiness.
15. Leadership and Followership
- If a teacher has bright ideas and can sway
people to his side of thinking, he may assume
the position of leadership among his peers. If he
performs the role of a follower, he must be
cooperative and must follow legitimate orders
from his superiors.
16. Love for Children
- If a teacher has a genuine love for children he
will be happy in his job and he becomes efficient
otherwise he becomes unhappy and he
becomes insufficient. A teacher should treat his
pupils as a good parent treats his children.
17. Observe the Code of Professional Ethics
The teaching professions has a code of ethics
which explains the relationships of a teacher to
the state, to his superiors, to his peers, to his
students and to the people of the community.
- A teacher should know how to relate himself to
the different people who have some involvement
in his profession.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF A TEACHER
1. INSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTION
– This is imparting to the students all the necessary
subject matter that they ought to learn from a
course. A teacher must enable his to acquire the
cognitive knowledge, the affective or appreciation of
what is right, noble and beautiful, and the
psychomotor skills they need to make their lives
worthy. The teacher should equip his students with
knowledge, attitudes, and skills that will make them
good, useful and productive citizens.
INSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTION is the main function of
the teacher.
2. EVALUATIVE FUNCTION
This is constructing and administering the
appropriate measuring instruments to determine the
following:
a). The amount of the students have gained from the
teaching to determine how much help they need.
b). The effectiveness of the teaching techniques to
determine what remedial measures may be
instituted; and
c). The grades or rating to be given to the students
for purposes of promotion or retention.
3. PRESERVATION OF KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION
-This refers to the knowledge contained in the books
accumulated by the teacher in his private library.
The teacher is preserving knowledge if he has his
own collection of books and other printed materials
which his heirs will inherit and make use of.
4. EXTENSION OF KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION
- This function is performed when the
teacher conducts researches to discover new
knowledge to be added to the existing fund of
knowledge. This is also performed when the teacher
writes books and articles about new things or about
new ways of doing things which benefit much those
who read and make use of them.
5. GUIDANCE FUNCTION
- This is an innate part of the function of a
teacher. He needs to guide and counsel his students
whenever they meet problems especially in
connection with their studies. He must train them
how to make independent and wise decisions for
themselves. This is especially necessary when the
teacher assumes the position of in loco parents for
the students or pupils in school. The teacher is
responsible for the character and citizenship
formation and the development of his wards in
school. The teacher should be able to exert a great
influence upon his students so that they will be
motivated to work harder and develop ambitions of
goals for their lives. As mentioned above and to
repeat, the teacher must contribute to the task of
making the students good, useful and productive
citizens.
6. AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
- The school has to perform many educational
activities in order to succeed in its mission of
adequately educating the youth. The teacher is duty
bound to help or participate in this activities. Thus, a
teacher may be appointed as a member of a
committee or chairman of the committee to perform
many other multifarious auxiliary duties and
functions.
Problems for teacher that limit their overall
Effectiveness
1. Balancing a wide range of students’ need.
2. Lack of parental support.
3. Lack of proper funding.
4. Over emphasis on standardized test.
5. Poor public perception
6. Educational trends
4 C’s in Parenting
1. Choices
2. Consequences
3. Consistency
4. Care
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF A TEACHER

1. INSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTION

2. EVALUATIVE FUNCTION

3. PRESERVATION OF KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION

4. EXTENSION OF KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION

5. GUIDANCE FUNCTION

6. AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS

Personal Characteristics of a Teacher

1. Intelligence
2. Punctuality and Enthusiasm
3. Good Physical and Mental Health
4. Loyalty and Commitment
5. Respect for the Dignity of the
Individual
6. Fair Level of Tolerance, Firmness and
Impartiality
7. Adaptability
8. Alertness, Resourcefulness,
Creativity
9. Appropriate Grooming
10. Christian outlook, Missionary spirit
11. Clean Sense of Humor
12. Good Professional and Human
Relations
13. Desire to grow professionally
14. Good Moral and Ethical Character
15. Leadership and Followership
16. Love for Children
17. Observe the Code of Professional
Ethics