Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Teacher Education
Secondary Education Department

Ed 102
The Teaching Profession

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Activity No. 4 - THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

Study the following cases. Guided by your understanding of the Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers, identify the article and the provision that can guide the teacher
to come up with his best action. Present your answer using the following tabulated
format.

Your answer based

Article in the Code Provision on the provision of
Case No. of Ethics Statement the article

Case 1

Mr. Antonio B. Baguio received a complaint from the guardian of one of his students
regarding the grade of his daughter in English. Mr. Baguio listened to the complaint of
the guardian with sympathy and referred it to the teacher concerned for clarification. Is
Mr. Baguio right in his action?

Case 2

During barangay fiesta, Mr. Ben Y. Maya, a public school teacher, was designated as
the fiesta directorate chairman. Because of his talent, he accepted the task willingly
even without any honorarium. He facilitated the culture-based activities that resulted to
a very organized celebration of their barrio fiesta. Is it alright for Mr. Maya not to receive
payment for the services he rendered during the barrio fiesta?
Case 3

Mrs. Jenny San Jose is a new teacher in Malaban National High School. The school is
scheduled to hold its Reading Camp on a Saturday. Relative to this activity, Mrs. Josie
Rivera, the school principal, advised the faculty to attend and help the organizers to
facilitate the event.

Mrs. San Jose who is enrolled in a master’s degree program informed the principal that
she could not make it for she needs to attend her Saturday class.

Is it correct not to render service on a Saturday because of her studies?

Case 4

Mrs. Anna Lee A. Amores does not want her student named Joel to be the highest
honor awardee but she prefers Leonard, another student to get the recognition. In order
to ensure that Leonard will get the highest honor award, she gave Joel low grades in
recitation and in performance tasks. Is it right to give Joel low grades just to make
Leonard the awardee?

Case 5

Mr. Mario B. Reyes has been teaching for the last 15 years. Every time his principal
would ask him to attend training, he would always decline and would ask another
teacher to attend the said training. Is this proper?