Alberto olarte sr.

national high
school
ON BECOMING A
MASTER
TEACHER JESSEMAR J. WAO, MT -I
 JESSEMAR J. WAO,
Master Teacher I
Alberto Olarte Sr. National High School

General Guidelines for

Master Teacher
z Promotion
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General Guidelines for Master Teacher Promotion

 Only those who are actually teaching shall be considered for

Master teacher position. This includes teachers who besides
assuming special assignments have regular teaching loads.

 Positions for Master Teacher (MT) shall be allotted proportionally

on the basis of number of teachers. The number for the division
shall likewise be distributed proportionally among all districts.
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 An allotment of one (1) MT position per subject area for at

least 5-7 teachers should be the basis in the secondary
level (DECS Order No. 70, s. 1998)
 If there are not enough qualified teachers in the district to
fill the number of MT position allotted to it, the positions
may be filled by a qualified teacher from other districts;
provided, however, that such teacher shall serve in the
district where the MT position have been allotted.
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Basic Qualifications for Master Teacher I

 Permanent teacher (with Teacher Eligibility)

 Bachelor’s degree for teacher or Bachelor’s degree

with 18 professional units in Education, and 18 units
for MA in Education or its equivalent
 At least Very Satisfactory (VS) Performance rating for
the last three (3) rating periods.
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Basic Qualifications for Master Teacher I

 At least three (3) years’ experience as Teacher III.

 Have at least 25 points in leadership, potential and

Accomplishments OR has been demonstration
teacher in the District level plus 15 points earned
under Leadership, Potential and Accomplishment
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Basic Qualification for Master Teacher II
 Master Teacher I for at least one (1) year.

 Bachelor’s Degree for teachers or Bachelor’s degree with 18

professional units in Education; 24 units for Master’s Degree in
Education or its equivalent.
 Very Satisfactory (VS) performance rating as Master Teacher I
and/or aggregate VS rating for the last three (3) rating periods.
 Have at least 30 points in leadership, Potential and Accomplishment
OR has been a demonstration teacher in the Division Level plus 20
points earned under leadership, Potential and Accomplishment.
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Documents to be submitted by the candidate

 CSC Form 212 (Revised 2017)

 Updated Service Record

 Transcript of Records (TOR)/ Special Order

 Performance Rating for the last three rating

periods
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Documents to be submitted by the candidate

 Eligibility Rating
 Copy of latest approved appointment
 Documents relevant to the position applied for (MEC Order No. 10, s
1979)
 Copy of school Program indicating the number of teaching load.
 Omnibus Certification of authenticity and veracity signed by the applicant
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Clarification as to Credit points per Criterion

а. Introduced
any of the following which has been
adopted or used by the school or district – 20
points
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Clarification as to Credit points per
 Criterion for
All claims for criterion “a” shall be supported with proofs/evidences
validation where applicable or to attest to utilization, usefulness or
effectiveness.
 The project proposal shall be supported by evidence of data, data
analysis in indicators and the terminal report shall contain statistical
results.
 The project should have been acknowledged/noted/endorsed by the
school head/education program Supervisor (specific area) and duly
recommended and approved by the Assistant School Division
Superintendent and School Division Superintendent respectively.
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Clarification as to Credit points per
Criterion

 Each claim shall be supported with an approved project proposal and

a terminal report after project completion.
 A certification should be given by the School Head/ PSDS on the
project utilization, usefulness or effectiveness and should be
corroborated by at least 5 teachers to attest to the veracity of the
claim
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Clarification as to Credit points per
Criterion
 Any one (1) of the following shall be given 20 points. For
group claims, the points shall be divided equally among the
proponents. Curriculum or Instructional Materials
 Instructional Materials content and development and its effect
after implementation shall require supporting evidences of data,
data analysis and/ or statistical validation.
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Clarification as to Credit points per
Criterion

 Effective Teaching Technique or Strategies

 This may be a developed intervention program/
technique/ strategies based on a result of a research
finding.
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 Simplification of work as in reporting

system, records keeping, etc. or
procedures in cost reduction.
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Served as Chairman of a Special Committee such

as Curriculum Study Committee to prepare
Instructional Materials, Committee to prepare
School Programs and discharged the work
efficiently -12 points
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 Curriculum Study Committee may include work on

Intervention or Enhancement Program in the different
learning areas, assessment, monitoring and evaluation.
 Committee to prepare instructional materials may
include development of Instructional Materials,
Development of assessment tools, questionnaires and
test materials and quality assurance of instructional
materials.
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 Committee to Prepare School Program may

include preparation of school/ grade/ year/
Teacher Program of work schedule; and special
educational programs created in support to the
different DepEd (CO/RO/DO) program which aim
to improve school performance
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 Supporting documents shall be:

 A designation as chairman of the committee

 A committee Report/Accomplishment Report

 Copy of project/Committee output/ Program

 Certification by the school head and corroboration

of at least 5 teachers of the school
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Initiated or headed an educational research duly
approved by educational authorities -12 points

 Research shall either be action research or applied research

 Research proposals should have been

acknowledged/noted/endorsed by the School Head/School
Research Committee (SRC), reviewed by the Schools Division
Research Committee (SDRC) and recommended and
approved by the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
(ASDS) and Schools Division Superintendent (SDS)
respectively.
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 A completed research shall have a terminal write-up duly

acknowledged and noted by the SDRC and recommended
and approved by the ASDS and SDS respectively.
 Research topics shall be aligned with research agenda of
the CO/RO/SDO, and according to level of governance.
 Research conducted and submitted to fulfill requirements
for masteral and doctoral program are not credited as they
have credited for the degree program.
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 Credit of 12 points shall be given for individual

research. For group claim, points shall be
divided equally among the researchers, except
for researches funded under 
Basic Education Research Fund (BERF) in
which case all members will receive 12 points
each.
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 Coordinator of community Project on activity or of

a program of another agency or coordinator of a
rural service improvement activity in a community
such as feeding, nutrition, agro-industrial fair, etc.
for the least two (2) years -12 points
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 Community Project or Activity may include

feeding program in the community health
and wellness and nutrition program, agro-
industrial fair, ecological/ environmental
preservation project, Rural Improvement
Project, Community Literacy Program
among others
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 The community project is community-

based, not school-based and sponsored
by any of the following: LGU or
Barangay, RIC, other government
agency or a non-government
organization
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 Project lead/project organizer shall be

given 12 points; while a member of the
project or program as certified shall be
given 7 points
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 Supporting documents shall be as follows:

 A designation as coordinator/project focal
person/project proponent/ chairman duly signed
by the head/chair/president of the lead agency
or sponsor.
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 Project proposal/write-up and terminal

accomplishment report for the project duly
approved by approving authorities, and
approved/noted by the ASDS/SDS.
 A certification of commendation/ recognition
awarded to the proponent or member for the
project may be included.
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Organized/ managed as in-service

activity or other similar activities at
least in the school level – 12 points
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 The In-Service activity shall mainly be

for the improvement of instructions and/
or professional development of teachers
based on development needs.
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 Participants to the INSET are

teachers/School
Heads/parents/community or
a combination of both/each
group.
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 Supporting documents shall include:
 Training design duly recommended and approved by the ASDS
and SDS respectively.
 Memorandum for the conduct of the INSET

 Certificate of recognition/commendation maybe included.

 Certification of conduct of INSET by the School Head

corroborated by 5 teachers
 Documents shall clearly show that the claimant is the
organizer/initiator and/or program manager of the INSET
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 g. Credited with Meritorious

Achievements -10 points
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Such as:

 Trainer or coach to contestant who received

prizes, commendations or any form of
recognition or placed lstZ2nd/3ld etc. in
competition
 Contestant is a bona-fide pupil/student of the
school.
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Such as:

 Contest may be academic, socio-cultural,

community activity or athletic competition
which is not part of a regular lesson/activity.
 Claim is supported by certificate of
commendation or recognition where name of
claimant as coach is explicitly stated.
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 Credit points shall be given for each win in any

level but not to exceed 10 points.
 The point for the highest earned place shall be
granted if wins are of the same event/activity
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Credit points shall be given as
follows:
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Coordinator of BSP and GSP activities or Scouts which
gained awards will be
given points as follows:
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h. Authorship – 10 points

 Authorship of a book, workbook, textbook or module shall

be considered when copyrighted/with ISBN.
 Authorship of DepEd developed and produced materials
shall be included when supporting documents are provided.
 Memorandum where name of candidate is included

 Final copy of the material as published.

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 Sole-authorship of book, workbook, and

textbook in module shall be given 10 points.
 For co-authorship, points shall be divided
equally between or among the authors or
writers.
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 Article published shall be granted 1 point

per article provided that:
 Article shall be published in a
publication/paper/magazine of wide circulation
(nationwide or region wide) and educational or
technical in nature.
 z DEMONSTRATION TEACHING
 Claim for demonstration teaching shall be
supported with the following:
 Lesson Plan

 Certificate of recognition/commendation as
demonstration teacher duly signed by authorities in
the district/ division/region/national as the case may
be.
 It should be corroborated by 3 to 5 teachers present
during the demonstration teaching.
 Observation tool utilized by observer may be added
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 Level of demonstration teaching

minimally required is:
 District level for MT I
 Division level for MT II