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5 GUIDELINES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHING WORKLOAD AND PAYMENT
6 OF TEACHING OVERLOAD
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8 To: Undersecretaries
9 Assistant Secretaries
10 Bureau and Service Directors
11 Regional Directors
12 Schools Division Superintendents
13 Heads of Centers and Units
14 Heads, Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
15 All Others Concerned
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17 1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the
18 Distribution of Teaching Workload and Payment of Teaching Overload. This
19 Order provides for the parameters for the distribution of workload among
20 teachers and a standardized procedure on the payment of teaching overload.
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22 2. The processes and procedures constituting the implementation of this Order
23 shall guide all public elementary and secondary schools, community learning
24 centers (CLCs), Schools Division Offices (SDOs), Regional Offices (ROs), and the
25 Central Office (CO) in ensuring that all public school teachers in the K to 12
26 system are given equitable and fair workloads, and provided with appropriate
27 compensation in the event of overload.
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29 3. Sections found in the following Orders and Memorandum are hereby repealed:
30 a. Sections 6.c., 7.b.3., and 7.b.4. of the DepEd Order No. 39, s. 1990 –
31 Deployment and Assignment of Public School Teachers
32 b. Sections 1.c., 2.b., 2.d., and 3 of the DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s.
33 2008 - Guidelines for the Implementation of CSC Resolution No.
34 080096 on Working Hours for Public School Teachers
35 c. Sections 2.a., 2.c., 3, and 4 of the DepEd Order No. 16, s. 2009 -
36 Addendum to DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s. 2008 (Guidelines for the
37 Implementation of CSC Resolution No. 080096 on Working Hours for
38 Public School Teachers)
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40 All other DepEd Orders, Memoranda, and related issuances, rules and
41 regulations, and provisions which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby
42 repealed, rescinded, or modified accordingly.
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44 4. This order shall take effect starting S.Y. 2023-2024 and shall be registered with
45 the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR) at the University of
46 the Philippines (UP) Law Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
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48 5. For more information, please contact the Bureau of Human Resource and
49 Organizational Development – School Effectiveness Division (BHROD-
50 SED), 4th Floor, Mabini Building, Department of Education Central Office,
51 DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, through email at
52 bhrod.sed@deped.gov.ph or telephone number at (02) 8633-5397.
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54 6. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.
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57 SARA Z. DUTERTE
58 Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines
59 Secretary of the Department of Education
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103 GUIDELINES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHING WORKLOAD AND PAYMENT
104 OF TEACHING OVERLOAD
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107 I. RATIONALE
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109 The Department of Education endeavors to give support to teachers to teach better
110 by adhering to the provisions of the Republic Act No. 4670 or the Magna Carta for
111 Public School Teachers. In line with this, the Department upholds to safeguard
112 the working environment where the teaching and learning processes take place.
113 While earlier issuances such as DepEd Order No. 39, s. 19901, DepEd
114 Memorandum No. 291, s. 20082, and DepEd No. 16, s. 20093 have provided
115 guidelines on the workload of teachers, the Department further acknowledges the
116 need to continuously improve mechanisms on workforce management. The
117 improvement of these mechanisms shall guarantee that evolving concerns on
118 workload and working hours are effectively and efficiently addressed.
119 To ensure fairness and equity in the distribution of workload among teachers, the
120 DepEd recognizes the urgency of clarifying the provisions of existing policies on
121 teacher workload. Consequently, this Policy provides an appropriate and
122 standardized process of claiming payment for teaching overload.
123 Due to the changes that occur in the delivery of teaching and learning in the
124 country, this Policy expounds on the definition of classroom to accommodate the
125 different learning modalities which are being implemented across the country.
126 This Policy also provides clarity as to the number of hours that public school
127 teachers must render in relation to the learning modality being implemented in
128 their respective schools.
129 Finally, this Policy shall ensure that public school teachers shall be provided
130 adequate support mechanisms in their respective schools so that they are able to
131 focus and become effective at what truly matters – teaching and learning.
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135 This Policy provides guidelines on teacher workload as well as the payment for
136 teaching overload, where the exigencies of the service so require. This Policy
137 covers all teachers in the K to 12 system engaged in classroom teaching, on
138 a full-time basis, under permanent, provisional, or substitute status in all
139 public elementary and secondary schools and community learning centers (CLCs).
140 It shall not cover teachers holding contractual positions or those funded by the
141 Local School Board (LSB).
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186 G. Special Teaching-Related Assignments shall only refer to class advisorship
187 and remediation handled by teachers and are considered as teaching loads of
188 public school teachers.
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190 H. Teacher refers to all persons directly engaged in classroom teaching, in any
191 level of instruction, on full-time basis, under permanent, provisional, or
192 substitute status in all public elementary and secondary schools and
193 community learning centers (CLCs).
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195 I. Teaching Load refers to actual classroom teaching or actual classroom
196 teaching with special-teaching related assignments performed by a public
197 school teacher.
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199 J. Teaching-Related Activities refer to preparation of lesson plans, evaluation
200 tools/rubrics, and other instructional materials; checking of exercises/exams
201 and Item Analysis; conduct of Individual Learning Assessment and recording of
202 academic performance results; and other teaching-related activities incidental
203 to actual classroom teaching.
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205 K. Teacher Shortage refers to the deficiency in the number of teachers in a school.
206 This is based on the formula found in Annex G, using the enhanced planning
207 parameters. Teacher shortage is derived from the latest enrollment data and
208 teacher inventory data from the Basic Education Information System (BEIS). In
209 case of shortage of teachers in the schools, and in the exigency of service,
210 teachers may be required to render additional teaching load.
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212 L. Teaching Overload refers to the actual classroom teaching and/or special
213 teaching-related assignments in excess of the regular teaching load. Teaching
214 overload shall not exceed two (2) hours a day or ten (10) hours a week.
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216 M. Teaching Overload Pay refers to the additional compensation of public school
217 teachers who render actual classroom teaching and/or special teaching-related
218 assignments beyond the required thirty (30) hours a week. The compensation
219 shall be at least twenty-five per cent (25%) of a teacher’s regular remuneration.
220 In the event of insufficiency of funds, teaching overload pay shall be converted
221 to earned service credits provided under existing DepEd Policy.
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225 IV. POLICY STATEMENT
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227 The Department of Education pursues to safeguard the teaching hours of public
228 school teachers and compensate them with additional remuneration in excess of
229 the required actual classroom teaching a day by providing the guidelines on
230 teacher workload and payment of teaching overload.
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232 This Policy is consistent with the DepEd’s intention of enabling the teachers to
233 focus on their role as learning facilitators. When teachers are engaged in actual
234 teaching and their teaching hours are protected, quality teaching is realized,
235 resulting in quality learning. Consequently, the teaching-learning process shall
236 contribute to the nurturing of Filipino learners who are equipped with 21st century
237 skills.
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239 Furthermore, as the Department embarks on rallying for every Filipino learner
240 benefitting from an improved learning environment, this Policy also strives to
241 support teachers to enable them to teach better.
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244 V. GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
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246 A. TEACHING WORKLOAD
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248 1. Pursuant to Section 13 of RA No. 4670 on teaching hours, “Any teacher
249 engaged in actual classroom instruction shall not be required to render
250 more than six hours of actual classroom teaching a day, which shall be
251 so scheduled as to give him time for the preparation and correction of
252 exercises and other work incidental to his normal teaching duties: Provided,
253 however, That where the exigencies of the service so require, any
254 teacher may be required to render more than six hours but not
255 exceeding eight hours of actual classroom teaching a day upon
256 payment of additional compensation at the same rate as his regular
257 remuneration plus at least twenty-five per cent of his basic pay,” and subject
258 to the provision of the applicable General Appropriations Act (GAA).
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260 Therefore, a public school teacher shall be required to render eight (8) hours
261 of service per day, of which six (6) hours shall be devoted to actual
262 classroom teaching or actual classroom teaching with special teaching-
263 related assignments5. In a week, a teacher must be able to render thirty (30)
264 hours of actual classroom teaching.
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266 The unique context of schools and Community Learning Centers (CLCs) may
267 be used as a consideration for school heads to exercise authority to distribute
268 the thirty (30) hours of actual classroom teaching load throughout the week.
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270 2. The remaining two (2) hours shall be allotted to teaching-related activities
271 incidental to the teacher’s normal teaching duties such as:
272 a. preparation of lesson plans, evaluation tools/rubrics and other
273 instructional materials;
274 b. checking of exercises/exams and Item analysis;
275 c. conduct Individual Learning Assessment and recording of academic
276 performance results; and
5 The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has resolved with finality the issue on the working hours of public school
teachers which is found in CSC Resolution No. 080096, dated 28 January 2008
277 d. other teaching-related activities incidental to actual classroom
278 teaching
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280 3. As per the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Resolution No. 080096, “… the
281 two (2) hours for non-teaching duties may be spent within or outside the
282 school premises, provided there is a mechanism to account for the teachers’
283 required output for two (2) hours as well as a mechanism to evaluate the
284 overall performance of teachers.”
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286 4. The time interval between actual teaching loads, except lunch breaks and
287 recess periods, shall also be counted as part of the two (2) hours allotted to
288 other teaching-related activities incidental to the teacher’s normal teaching
289 duties.
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291 5. Alternative Learning System (ALS) and Special Needs Education Teachers
292 shall not be exempt from the prescribed working hours for teachers. However,
293 considering their flexible contact hours, ALS and Special Needs Education
294 teachers may be allowed to distribute the thirty (30) hours of actual teaching
295 load throughout the week, provided that the appropriate daily logs are
296 recorded using the prescribed Daily Time Record (DTR) and other attendance
297 and performance monitoring tools (e.g., IDLAR, Certificate of Appearance,
298 etc.).
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300 6. For purposes of completing the regular six (6) hours per day or thirty (30)
301 hours per week devoted to actual classroom teaching or actual classroom
302 teaching with special teaching-related assignments, any of the following
303 parameters shall be observed:
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305 a. Class Advisorship
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307 a.1. It is equivalent to one teaching load and with allotted time of one
308 (1) hour per day or five (5) hours a week.
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310 a.2. For the specific guidelines on the conduct of class advisorship, a
311 separate DepEd issuance shall be released.
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313 b. Remediation Class
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315 b.1. The remediation found in this Policy should not be confused with
316 the remedial classes found in DepEd Order 14, s. 20236. The latter
317 is conducted during summer and is not part of the computation and
318 compensation of teaching overload.
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320 b.2. For the specific guidelines on the conduct of remediation classes,
321 separate DepEd issuances shall be released.
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6Implementing Guidelines on the Conduct of Remedial and Advancement Classes During Summer for the K to 12
Basic Education Program
323 b.3. The conduct of remediation shall be subjected to the approval of
324 the School Head upon submission of remediation plan.
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326 The provisions found in this policy regarding the conduct of
327 remediation shall be observed until such time a separate DepEd
328 issuance shall be released.
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330 c. In line with the evolved function of Master Teachers as defined in the
331 Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST), Master
332 Teachers shall be given thirty (30) hours per week, of which twenty-
333 five (25) hours shall be dedicated to actual classroom teaching or
334 actual classroom teaching with special teaching-related assignments
335 and the five (5) hours shall be devoted to coaching, mentoring, and
336 provision of technical assistance to colleagues, more specifically as a
337 result of performance assessment, to ensure improved delivery of
338 quality learning outcomes.
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340 The remaining two (2) hours per day or ten (10) hours a week shall
341 be allotted to teaching-related activities incidental to the teacher’s
342 normal teaching duties.
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344 As inherent tasks of Master Teachers, provision of technical
345 assistance include, but not limited to, the following:
346 • LAC Coordinator
347 • Research Coordinator
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349 d. Head Teachers in the secondary level, Master Teachers, and Teachers
350 duly designated as Department Heads shall be given fifteen (15)
351 hours of teaching load per week, and five (5) hours shall be allotted
352 to other teaching-related activities incidental to the teacher’s normal
353 teaching duties. The remaining twenty (20) hours shall be devoted to
354 the performance of the administrative and technical functions
355 attached to their designation as Department Head, to include
356 coaching, mentoring, and provision of technical assistance to
357 colleagues, as a result of performance assessment, to ensure
358 improved delivery of quality learning outcomes.
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360 7. Additional teaching load, in excess of the teaching load per day or per week,
361 as prescribed in Item 6, shall be considered teaching overload.
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363 8. Teachers who are designated as Teacher-in-Charge (TIC) shall assume the
364 role of a School Head, as may be stipulated in an official Designation Order
365 duly signed by the Schools Division Superintendent. In the exigency of
366 service, TICs are allowed to handle overload on the condition that all teachers
367 in the school have been assigned the maximum teaching overload of two (2)
368 hours.
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370 9. Teachers holding contractual positions funded by the Local School Board
371 (LSB) are not covered by the guidelines and the corresponding provision of
372 the teaching overload pay. However, the protection of their statutory rights
373 shall be properly observed through this Policy by ensuring that they are
374 subjected to a fair and equitable distribution of teaching workload.
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376 10. The table in Annex A provides a summary of teaching workload per type of
377 teacher.
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380 B. PARAMETERS FOR THE GRANT OF TEACHING OVERLOAD PAY
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382 1. The following parameters shall be observed:
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384 a. Schools with teacher shortage based on the enhanced planning
385 parameters shall be eligible for teaching overload pay.
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387 b. Only schools implementing ALS SHS listed in Annex F or the most
388 recent list from the Bureau of Alternative Education (BAE) are eligible for
389 the payment of teaching overload. Furthermore, this Policy reiterates
390 that the regular teachers must have full load before they can have an
391 overload of ALS classes.
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393 c. School heads shall equitably and fairly distribute teaching loads and
394 shall consider the specialization of the teacher/s who shall handle the
395 teaching overload. All teachers shall satisfy the regular teaching hours
396 before any of them can be assigned a teaching overload. As for the
397 teachers who conduct ALS SHS, the same condition shall apply.
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399 d. The minimum hour for teaching overload is one (1) hour a week. As
400 provided for under Section 13 of the Magna Carta for Public School
401 Teachers and DBM Manual on Position Classification and
402 Compensation, it shall not exceed two (2) hours a day or ten (10) hours
403 a week.
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406 Teachers with teaching overload shall be compensated with teaching overload
407 pay quarterly. In the event of insufficiency of funds, teaching overload pay shall
408 be converted to earned service credits, subject to existing rules, regulations,
409 and guidelines on the grant of service credits.
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412 D. DOCUMENTARY AND REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS OF TEACHING
413 OVERLOAD
414 1. The SDOs, using the formula of teacher shortage, identify the schools with
415 teacher shortage supported by the number of teachers (in relation to
416 specialization) and enrollment. As for ALS SHS, the SDO shall refer to the
417 official list of schools in Annex F.
418 2. The School Heads of identified and qualified schools shall consolidate and
419 submit the master list of teachers entitled to teaching overload pay, with the
420 required documents, to the SDO:
421 For Regular teachers, Formal School Teachers Teaching ALS SHS Classes, and
422 Special Needs Education Teachers, (See Annex B, for the process flow):
423 a. Certification duly signed by the SDS identifying schools having shortage
424 of teachers using the enhanced planning parameters or the school is
425 implementing ALS SHS; (See Annex C)
426 b. Certification with the list of teachers who have teaching overload signed
427 by the School Head; (See Annex D)
428 c. School Form 7 (SF7) as basis for the teachers’ loading; and
429 d. Daily Time Records (DTRs) of teachers with teaching overload. For
430 Special Needs Education teachers, their DTRs, if applicable, must
431 include the Teaching Service Log signed by the principal and LWD’s
432 parent/guardian/hospital or health supervisor/community-center
433 Person with Disability coordinator.
434 3. The documents shall be endorsed to the Personnel Unit of the Administrative
435 Section under the Office of the SDS for checking and validation of the
436 completeness of the submitted documents and preparation of payroll and the
437 Finance Unit for recomputing and validation of payroll. The Personnel Unit then
438 submits the documents to the SDS for approval.
439 4. Once approved, the Office of the SDS submits the documents to the Finance
440 Unit for processing of payment of teaching overload pay. In the event of
441 insufficiency of funds, teaching overload pay shall be converted to earned
442 service credits provided under existing DepEd Policy.
443 5. The Finance Unit processes and disburses the payment of teaching overload
444 to teachers.
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447 The computation for teacher shortage capitalizes on the idea that the
448 enrollment, teacher needs, and classroom needs are directly proportional to
449 each other. It means that as enrollment increases, the need for teachers and
450 classrooms should increase as well. Furthermore, the formula for the
451 computation of teacher shortage focuses on finding a balance between the
452 enrollment and teacher, and between enrollment and classroom, in order to
453 properly address excess and/or shortage of resources.
454 A more detailed and technical discussion of this formula is shown in Annex G
455 together with a sample computation for the guidance of schools in determining
456 the shortage of teachers in schools.
457 F. TEACHING OVERLOAD PAY FORMULA
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459 In the computation of the teaching overload pay due a public school teacher
460 with teaching overload, the following formula, which shall hereon be referred to
461 as the TEACHING OVERLOAD PAY formula, shall be used:
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Teaching Overload Pay = Total Teaching Overload Hour/s for the Month x Prime
Hourly Teaching Rate
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464 Where:
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466 1) The Total Teaching Overload Hour/s for the Month is determined by
467 adding the teaching overload hour/s per week.
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469 2) The Prime Hourly Teaching Rate (PHTR), provided in Chapter 6.4.1 of the
470 DBM Position Classification Compensation Manual, is derived in accordance
471 with the following formula:
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473 Where:
0.75
Week 4 45 minutes
hours
477 1) To determine the Total Teaching Overload Hour/s for the Month, the teaching
478 overload hour/s per week shall be added:
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7 + 10 + 5 + 0.75 = 22.75 hours
480 2) To determine the PHTR, the AR of the teacher shall first be computed as follows:
= Php 324,000.00
PHTR = 0.000781 x AR
= Php 253.044
482 3) Finally, for the amount that shall be paid to the teacher, the OH formula shall be
483 applied:
Teaching = Total Teaching Overload x PHTR
Overload Hour/s for the Month
Payment
= Php 5,756.75
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485 4) The total teaching overload pay of a public school teacher shall not exceed 50% of
486 his/her basic salary for the year.
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489 VI. SOURCE OF FUNDS
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491 Teaching overload pay shall be sourced from the available Personnel Services (PS)
492 allotment released directly to respective SDOs under the line item Operations of
493 Schools – Elementary (Kinder to Grade 6), Operations of Schools – Junior High
494 School (Grade 7 to Grade 10), and Operations of Schools – Senior High School
495 (Grade 11 to Grade 12) specifically provided for this purpose in the annual General
496 Appropriations Act (GAA).
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499 VII. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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501 Anchored on the principles of decentralization and shared governance, the Central
502 Office aims to empower the field offices in terms of monitoring and evaluating policy
503 implementation and providing technical assistance.
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505 The Personnel Section of the Administrative Division at the Regional Office shall
506 require the submission of budget utilization report, list of beneficiaries, and
507 qualitative feedback on the implementation of the Policy from the SDOs within their
508 jurisdiction for assessment, consolidation, and onward submission to the
509 Department of Education, Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational
510 Development - School Effectiveness Division (BHROD-SED). The collection and
511 submission of the report shall happen semiannually. The template to be used
512 for the budget utilization report shall be issued in a separate memorandum.
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514 At the school level, the automated School Form 7 (SF7) shall be used to monitor
515 the teaching load of teachers.
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517 To further address the problem of overload, schools with recurring teaching
518 overload shall be given priority for review by the School Governance and
519 Operations Division (SGOD) for possible intervention or redeployment and/or
520 reassignment of teachers.
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522 For continuous improvement of the DepEd’s HROD systems, the BHROD-SED
523 shall periodically assess and review this Policy based on gathered reports (See
524 Annex E).
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527 VIII. GRIEVANCE MECHANISM
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529 Whenever disagreements arise from the implementation of this Policy, the
530 concerned parties shall refer to DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2004, Revision of the
531 Grievance Machineries of the Department of Education, and other existing DepEd
532 policies on the proper handling and settlement of dispute.
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535 IX. PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
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537 Issues and other concerns which may arise during the implementation of the
538 Policy are encouraged to be resolved following the Department’s reporting
539 mechanism:
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541 1. Schools report to SDOs
542 − SDOs shall address the queries and clarifications raised by the school
543 heads and teachers under their jurisdiction. They are also expected to
544 give the appropriate technical assistance to further guide and assist
545 school personnel in implementing the policy.
546 2. SDOs report to ROs
547 − ROs are expected to provide the appropriate action and response to the
548 queries and clarifications that they shall receive from the SDOs which
549 are under their authority. They are also responsible for providing
550 technical assistance to their SDOs.
551 3. ROs report to the Central Office
552 − The Central Office shall likewise capacitate the ROs through orientations
553 regarding policy implementation and give technical assistance whenever
554 necessary to ensure adherence to the policy guidelines. The Central
555 Office is also expected to clarify concerns raised by the ROs on various
556 platforms.
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559 X. ANNEXES/ENCLOSURES
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561 Annex A: Summary of the Teaching Workload
562 Annex B: Process Flow of Submission of Documents for Teaching Overload Pay
563 (Regular Teachers, Formal Schol Teachers Teaching ALS SHS, and Special Needs
564 Education Teachers)
565 Annex C: Certification Template for Schools with Teacher Shortage
566 Annex D: Certification Template for Teaching Overload Pay
567 Annex E: Process Flow of Monitoring and Evaluation and Teaching Overload Report
568 Template
569 Annex F: List of Schools Implementing ALS SHS
570 Annex G: Computation of Teacher Shortage
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573 XI. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
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575 If any section or provision of this Order is declared inconsistent with other policies,
576 the remaining sections or provisions thereof shall not be affected by such declaration.
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579 XII. EFFECTIVITY
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581 This order shall be applicable starting S.Y. 2023-2024 and shall be registered with the
582 Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR) at the University of the
583 Philippines (UP) Law Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
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585 Sections found in the following Orders and Memorandum are hereby repealed:
586 a. Sections 6.c., 7.b.3., and 7.b.4. of the DepEd Order No. 39, s. 1990 –
587 Deployment and Assignment of Public School Teachers
588 b. Sections 1.c., 2.b., 2.d., and 3 of the DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s. 2008 -
589 Guidelines for the Implementation of CSC Resolution No. 080096 on Working
590 Hours for Public School Teachers
591 c. Sections 2.a., 2.c., 3, and 4 of the DepEd Order No. 16, s. 2009 - Addendum to
592 DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s. 2008 (Guidelines for the Implementation of
593 CSC Resolution No. 080096 on Working Hours for Public School Teachers)
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595 All other DepEd Orders, Memoranda, and related issuances, rules and regulations,
596 and provisions which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, rescinded,
597 or modified accordingly.
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600 XI. REFERENCES
601
602 1. Adoption of Teachers’ Ancillary Workload Balancing Guidelines
603
604 2. Department of Education. (2009). DepEd Order No. 16, s. 2009 - Addendum
605 to DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s. 2008 (Guidelines for the Implementation
606 of CSC Resolution No. 080096 on Working Hours for Public School Teachers)
607
608 3. Department of Education. (2021). DM-PHROD-2021-0286 - Advance
609 Information on the Allocation and Appointment of New Teaching Positions for
610 Kindergarten to Grade 12 for School Year (SY) 2021-2022
611
612 4. Department of Education. (2013). DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2013 -
613 Clarifications on the Policy Guidelines on the Implementation of the Language
614 Learning Areas and Their Time Allotment in Grades 1 and 2 of the K-12 Basic
615 Education Program
616
617 5. Department of Education. (2004). DepEd Order No. 34, s. 2004 –
618 Corrigendum to DepEd Order No. 37, s. 2003 (Revised Implementing
619 Guidelines of the 2002 Secondary Education Curriculum Effective School
620 Year 2003-2004)
621
622 6. Department of Education. (1990). DepEd Order No. 39, s. 1990 - Deployment
623 and Assignment of Public-School Teachers
624
625 7. Department of Education. (2008). DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s. 2008 –
626 Guidelines for the Implementation of CSC Resolution No. 080096 on Working
627 Hours for Public School Teachers
628
629 8. Department of Education. (2016). DepEd Order No. 19, s. 2016 - Guidelines
630 on the Organizational Structures and Staffing Patterns of Stand-alone and
631 Integrated Public Senior High Schools (SHS)
632
633 9. Department of Education. (2018). DepEd Order No. 13, s. 2018 -
634 Implementing Guidelines on the Conduct of Remedial and Advancement
635 Classes During Summer for the K to 12 Basic Education Program
636
637 10. Department of Education. (2005). DepEd Order No. 9, s. 2005 – Instituting
638 Measures to Increase Engaged Time-on-Task and Ensuring Compliance
639 Therewith
640
641 11. Department of Education. (2017). DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2017 - National
642 Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for
643 Teachers
644
645 12. Department of Education. (2012). DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2012 - Policy
646 Guidelines on the Implementation of Grades 1-10 of the K-12 Basic Education
647 Curriculum (BEC) Effective School Year 2012-2013
648
649 13. Department of Education. (2019). DepEd Order No. 21, s. 2019 – Policy
650 Guidelines on the K to 12 Basic Education Program
651
652 14. Department of Education. (2010). DepEd Order No. 76, s. 2010 – Policy
653 Guidelines on the Implementation of the 2010 Secondary Education
654 Curriculum (SEC)
655
656 15. Department of Education. (2021). DM-OUCI-2021-346 – Revised
657 Implementation of Homeroom Guidance (HG) during Crisis Situation for S.Y.
658 2021-2022
659
660 16. Department of Education. (2003). DepEd Order No. 37, s. 2003 – Revised
661 Implementing Guidelines of the 2002 Secondary Education Curriculum
662 Effective School Year 2003-2004
663
664 17. Department of Education. (2004). DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2004 – Revision of
665 the Grievance Machineries of the Department of Education
666
667 18. Department of Education. (2002). DepEd Order No. 43, s. 2002 – The 2003
668 Basic Education Curriculum
669
670 19. Official Gazette of the Philippines. (1966). Republic Act No. 4670 - The Magna
671 Carta for Public School Teachers
672
673
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675 Annex A
676 Summary of the Teaching Workload
677
Personnel Teaching Load per Remarks
Day
Teachers a. six (6) hours a day a. The special teaching-related
or thirty (30) hours a assignments shall only include the
SPED Teachers week of actual following:
classroom teaching or • Class Advisorship
Formal School actual classroom • Remediation
Teachers teaching with special
teaching ALS teaching-related b. The teaching-related activities
SHS
assignments incidental to the teacher’s normal
teaching duties include the following:
b. two (2) hours a day • preparation of lesson plans,
or ten (10) hours a evaluation tools/rubrics and other
week allotted to
instructional materials;
teaching-related
activities incidental to • checking of exercises/exams and Item
the teacher’s normal analysis;
teaching duties • conduct Individual Learning
Assessment and recording of
academic performance results; and
• other teaching-related activities
incidental to actual classroom
teaching.
Master a. five (5) hours a day a. The provision of technical assistance
Teachers or 25 hours a week of includes, but not limited to, the
actual classroom following:
teaching and/or • LAC Coordinator
special teaching- • Research Coordinator
related assignments
b. The special teaching-related
b. one (1) hour a day assignments shall only include the
or five (5) hours a following:
week of coaching and • Class Advisorship
mentoring and • Remediation
provision of technical
assistance to c. The teaching-related activities
colleagues incidental to the teacher’s normal
teaching duties include the following:
c. two (2) hours a day • preparation of lesson plans,
or ten (10) hours a evaluation tools/rubrics and other
week shall be allotted instructional materials;
to teaching-related • checking of exercises/exams and Item
activities incidental to analysis;
the teacher’s normal • conduct Individual Learning
teaching duties Assessment and recording of
academic performance results; and
• other teaching-related activities
incidental to actual classroom
teaching.
Head Teachers a. three (3) hours a a. The special teaching-related
in the day or fifteen (15) assignments shall only include the
secondary level, hours a week of following:
Master actual classroom • Class Advisorship
Teachers, and teaching and/or • Remediation
Teachers duly special teaching-
designated as related assignments b. The teaching-related activities
Department incidental to the teacher’s normal
Heads b. one (1) hour a day teaching duties include the following:
or five (5) hours a
• preparation of lesson plans,
week allotted to
teaching-related evaluation tools/rubrics and other
activities incidental to instructional materials;
the teacher’s normal • checking of exercises/exams and Item
teaching duties analysis;
• conduct Individual Learning
c. four (4) hours a
Assessment and recording of
day or twenty (20)
academic performance results; and
hours a week devoted
• other teaching-related activities
to the performance of
incidental to actual classroom
the administrative and
teaching.
technical functions, to
include coaching,
mentoring, and
provision of technical
assistance to
colleagues
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703 Process Flow of Submission of Documents for Teaching Overload Pay (Regular
704 teachers, Formal School Teachers Teaching ALS SHS Classes, and Special Needs
705 Education Teachers)
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▪ SDOs using ▪ School ▪ Personnel ▪ SDS ▪ Finance
the formula Heads Section approves the Unit Teacher
of teacher validates and payroll processes receives
consolidate
shortage, checks the and
and submit completeness
teaching
disburses
identify the the master overload
of the the payment
schools with list of submitted of teaching pay
teacher documents overload.
teachers
shortage and prepares
entitled to
supported by the payroll.
number of teaching
teachers (in overload ▪ Finance Unit
relation to pay with validates and
specialization the recomputes
and required the prepared
payroll.
enrollment) documents
Note: In the event of insufficiency of funds of
including the to the SDO: teaching overload pay and savings , teaching
schools overload pay shall be converted to earned
implementing vacation service credits provided under existing
ALS SHS ▪ Certification DepEd policy.
indicated in on Teaching ▪ Personnel ▪ SDS ▪ Records
Annex F Overload Section shall approves Division
(qualified compute the the releases the
teachers) Total
▪ Certification on ▪ SF7
certification certification Teacher
Teaching
Teaching ▪ DTRs on the on the receives
Overload
Overload equivalent equivalent
Hours and certification
(schools with number of number of
covert them to
teacher
service credits. earned earned of the
shortage) equivalent
The Personnel service service
Section shall credits credits. number of
prepare
certification as
earned
to the number service
of earned credits
service credits
equivalent to
the Total
Teaching
Overload
Hours
rendered by
the teacher.
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721 Certification Template for Schools with Teacher Shortage
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876 Annex F
877 List of Schools Implementing ALS SHS as of April 2023
878 Source: Consolidated report submitted by the ALS Regional Focal Person
879 Note: Numbers with asterisk (*) need to be verified
880
Region Division School School ID
If Enrollment G1&G2 or 1 1
G3&G4 or G5&G6 is at
most 25
Enrollment is greater than
0 and is less than or equal 1 1
to the minimum class size
Round down enrollment
Round down enrollment divided by the maximum
divided by the maximum class size plus one (1)
class size plus one (1) class if the modulo
class if the modulo (remainder) of
(remainder) of enrollment divided by the
enrollment divided by the maximum class size is
minimum class size is greater than 10
Enrollment is greater than greater than 0
the minimum class size Example for
and is less than or equal Example for Kindergarten with 61
to 100 Kindergarten with 61 learners:
learners: The number of classes
The number of classes should be equal to
should be equal to rounding down 61
rounding down 61 divided by 30 plus 0
divided by 30 plus 1 since the modulo
since the modulo (remainder) is 1 which is
(remainder) is greater less than 10, hence, a
than 0, hence, a total of total of 2 classes.
Enrollment is greater than 3 classes. Round down enrollment
100 divided by the maximum
class size plus one (1)
class if the modulo
(remainder) of
enrollment divided by the
maximum class size is
greater than the
rounded half of
maximum class size
Example for
Kindergarten with 110
learners:
The number of classes
should be equal to
rounding down 110
divided by 30 plus 1
since the modulo
(remainder) is greater
than 15, hence, a total of
4 classes.
Roundup NG enrollment Roundup NG enrollment
divided by 15 which is divided by 15 which is
both the minimum and both the minimum and
maximum class size maximum class size
Non-graded
For example, if a school For example, if a school
has 40 non-graded has 40 non-graded
learners, then a school learners, then a school
should organize 3 should organize 3
classes. classes.
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979 ii. Teacher Requirement
980
981 1. Kindergarten
982 Kindergarten classes run 3 hours (180 mins) per day. A kindergarten teacher
983 should handle 2 classes in a day to complete the 6 hours teaching load.
984
985 𝑇𝑟(𝐾) = 0.5𝐶𝑡(𝐾)
986 where:
987 𝑇𝑟(𝐾) is the total teacher requirement
988 𝐶𝑡(𝐾) is the total number of classes organized (based on parameters and
989 other constraints)
990
991 For example, if a school has organized three (3) kindergarten classes, 𝐶𝑡(𝐾) =
992 3, the required number of teachers is 𝑇𝑟(𝐾) = 0.5(3) = 2.
993
994 This teacher requirement formula for Kinder is just the same with the current
995 planning formula.
996
997 2. Grade 1-2
998 Grades 1 and 2 are self-contained classes. The Grade 1 curriculum requires
999 240 minutes in the first semester and a maximum of 270 minutes in the
1000 second semester. Considering the nature of learners, 1:1 may be observed
1001 with provision on remediation/enhancement to complete 360 minutes or do
1002 team teaching either in Kinder or Grade 2. On the other hand, Grade 2
1003 curriculum is designed at 310 minutes per day short of 50 minutes to achieve
1004 6 hours actual teaching but the advisorship can complement the required
1005 number of hours. Hence, the teacher requirement formula for Grades 1-2 is:
1006
1007 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.0𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿)
1008 where:
1009 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) is the total teacher requirement
1010 𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) is the total number of classes organized (based on parameters and
1011 other constraints)
1012
1013 For example, if a school has organized five (5) Grade 1 classes, 𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) = 5, the
1014 required number of Grade 1 teachers is 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.0(5) = 5. Similarly, if a
1015 school has organized four (4) Grade 2 classes, 𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) = 4, the required number
1016 of Grade 2 teachers is 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.0(4) = 4.
1017
1018 This teacher requirement formula for Grades 1-2 are just the same with the
1019 current planning formula.
1020
1021 3. Grade 3-4 and 5-6
1022 Grades 3 and 4 curriculum is designed at 360 minutes per day. Assigning
1023 one teacher to each grade 3 or 4 class would mean teaching overload because
1024 of advisorship. This means that the 1:1 ratio cannot be applied. Moreover,
1025 Grade 3 is defined as one of the end key stages in basic education and,
1026 Grades 3-4 are considered self-contained classes
1027
1028 Hence, the Teacher Requirement formula, 𝑇𝑟 , for Grades 3-4 and 5-6 is:
1029
1030 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.2𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿)
1031 where:
1032 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) is the total teacher requirement in the grade level
1033 𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) is the total number of classes organized (based on parameters and
1034 other constraints)
1035
1036 This teacher requirement formula for Grades 3-4 and Grades 5-6, changes
1037 the current planning formula particularly on the specialization factor from
1038 1.0 to 1.2 and 1.67 to 1.2, respectively.
1039
1040 Now, for example, assuming that there are 6 classes organized for Grade 3.
1041 Hence, there should also be 6 teacher advisers but since advisorship and/or
1042 special assignments for the entire school combined is considered as one
1043 teaching load, equivalent to 60 minutes, the total remaining number of hours
1044 of the teacher adviser for the actual classroom instruction is now 300
1045 minutes. Thus, there should be an additional 1 non-adviser teacher to de-
1046 load the teacher adviser with the excess hour. Please see the illustration
1047 below.
1048
1049
1050
1051 Using the formula, if the school has organized (6) classes for Grade 3, 𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) =
1052 6, the required number of Grade 3 teachers is 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.2(6) = 7. Same goes
1053 with Grades 4-6.
1054
1055 Thus, combining the formula for K-6, the Teacher Requirement formula, 𝑇𝑟 , for
1056 elementary schools is as follows:
1057
1058
1059
1060 4. Junior High School (Grade 7-10)
1061 In JHS, there are different subjects with different time allotments per grade
1062 level. For English, Filipino, Math, Science, TLE, and MAPEH, these subjects
1063 should be taught 60 minutes per day for 4 days. On the other hand, Araling
1064 Panlipunan should be taught 60 minutes per day for 3 days while
1065 Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao should be taught 60 minutes per day for 2
1066 days.
1067
1068 Now, incorporating the required hours per subject group and summing
1069 them up, the formula would be as follows:
1070
1071 𝑇 4𝑑 +𝑇 3𝑑 +𝑇 2𝑑 = 1.2 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) + 0.16 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) + 0.12 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10)
𝑟( ) 𝑟( ) 𝑟( )
𝑤 𝑤 𝑤
1072
1073 Hence, the Teacher Requirement formula, 𝑇𝑟 , for junior high schools is:
1074
1075 𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10)
1076
1077 where:
1078 𝑇𝑟 is the total teacher requirement of the school
1079 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) is the total number of classes organized in Grade 7-10
1080
1081 Please refer to Annex A no. 2 for the detailed derivation of the formula. To
1082 illustrate, refer to the table below:
1083
1084 Table 2. Illustration for Teacher Requirement for Junior High Schools
Total Total Number
Number of
Number of of Teachers
Teachers Formula
Classes for Subject
Required for
Organized Group
English, Filipino,
Math, Science, 𝑇 4𝑑 = 1.2 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) 12 14.4
𝑟( )
𝑤
TLE, MAPEH
Araling 𝑇 3𝑑 = 0.16 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10)
𝑟( ) 12 1.92
Panlipunan 𝑤
𝑇 4𝑑 + 𝑇 3𝑑 + 𝑇 2𝑑 12 17.76 ≈ 18
𝑟( ) 𝑟( ) 𝑟( )
𝑤 𝑤 𝑤
𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) 12 18
1085
1086 This teacher requirement formula for JHS changes the current planning
1087 formula from 1.67 to 1.5 as the specialization factor.
1088
1089 5. Senior High School (Grade 11-12)
1090 The Teacher Requirement formula, 𝑇𝑟 , follows the current planning formula
1091 with specialization factor equal to 1.5 which is also the same with that of
1092 JHS.
1093
1094 𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺11−12)
1095
1096 To summarize the difference between the current planning formula and the new
1097 Teacher Shortage formula on teacher requirement, please refer to Table 3 below.
1098 The two formulas differ only on Grades 3-4, 5-6 and 7-10 while the other Grade
1099 levels are just the same. The new Teacher Shortage formula changes the
1100 formula from 1.0 to 1.2 for Grades 3-4, from 1.67 to 1.2 for Grades 5-6 and
1101 1.67 to 1.5 for Grades 7-10 as the teacher specialization factor.
1102
1103 Table 3. Comparison Between the Current Planning Formula
1104 Versus the New Teacher Shortage Formula in Terms of Teacher
1105 Requirement
Current Planning New Teacher Shortage
Grade Level
Formula Formula
𝑇𝑟(𝐾) = 0.5𝐶𝑡(𝐾) 𝑇𝑟(𝐾) = 0.5𝐶𝑡(𝐾)
Kindergarten
1 Teacher per 2 sessions 1 Teacher per 2 sessions
𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.0𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.0𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿)
Grades 1-2
1 Teacher per class 1 Teacher per class
𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.2𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿)
𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.0𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿)
Grade 3-4
7 Teachers for every 6
1 Teacher per class
classes
𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.67𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿) 𝑇𝑟(𝐺𝐿) = 1.2𝐶𝑡(𝐺𝐿)
Grades 5-6
5 Teachers for every 3 7 Teachers for every 6
classes classes
𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.67 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10) 𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺7−10)
Grades 7-10
5 Teachers for every 3 9 Teachers for every 6
classes classes
𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺11−12) 𝑇𝑟 ≈ 1.5 𝐶𝑡(𝐺11−12)
Grades 11-12
9 Teachers for every 6 9 Teachers for every 6
classes classes
1106
1107 Now, to summarize the formula for class organization and teacher requirement
1108 from K to 12, the table below gives the parameters and considerations.
1109
1110 Table 4. New Teacher Shortage Formula Reference Table
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1112
1113 The Class Organization parameters in the table above, particularly the set
1114 minimum and maximum class size for each level adopts the most recent standard
1115 planning parameters set by DepEd Central Office as stipulated in DM-PHROD-
1116 2021-0286 on the “Advance Information on the Allocation and Appointment of New
1117 Teaching Positions for Kindergarten to Grade 12 for School Year (SY) 2021-2022”
1118 dated April 13, 2021.
1119
1120 In the New Teacher Shortage Formula on Class Organization and Teacher
1121 Requirement Analysis, the first part of the formula computes for the rounded
1122 down quotient of enrollment data divided by the maximum class size. The initial
1123 quotient will give us the whole number of required class/es in per grade level.
1124 Given that the quotient is in its rounded down form, the second part of the
1125 formula solely computes for the modulo (remainder) of enrollment divided by the
1126 maximum class size. If the enrollment data is less than or equal to 100, the
1127 computed modulo shall reach greater than 10 before additional one (1) class is
1128 organized. Whereas, if the enrollment data is greater than 100, the modulo shall
1129 reach or exceed the rounded half of the maximum class size before adding another
1130 (1) class organized. The same logical computation shall apply to all grade levels.
1131
1132 For LSENs or Non-Graded, the same logical computation shall be applied using
1133 the given parameters above.
1134
1135 For the Multigrade, the total enrollment data of the following consecutive grade
1136 levels: a) Grades 1 & 2; b) Grades 3 & 4; c) Grades 5 & 6 shall be equal or less
1137 than 25 for them to be categorized as multigrade classes. One (1) class organized
1138 shall be computed for the levels which will reach this parameter.