Professional Documents
Culture Documents
- GROUP 3
Learning Objectives:
b. Describe how the code of ethics can help or guide a teacher in the day to day
performance/tasks of his work, hence resulting to a good teacher
c. Describe and become familiar with the responsibilities specified in the Code
of Ethics for Professional Teachers.
d. Exhibit professional behavior as set out by the Code of Ethics for Teachers
in the Philippines.
Glossary of Terms
Terms Definition
Code of a guide of principles designed to help professionals act with honesty and integrity. A written set of rules and
Ethics management to help them conduct their actions in accordance with its primary values and standards. (Oxford
English Dictionary)
Teacher a person who facilitate learners to gain knowledge, skills, and values that enhance development. A person
who has the knowledge, skills, attitude, and special trainings in teaching, explaining, and educating. (R.A.
9155)
Professional a person who characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession. A person
who exhibits courtesy, conscientiousness, and generally manners that are acceptable resulting improvement
of the organization he belongs.
Behavior the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others and to the organization he or she is
serving.
School is an educational institution, private, and public, understating operation with a specific age group of pupils or
students pursuing defined studies at defined level, receiving instruction from teachers, usually located in a
building or a group of buildings in a particular physical site. (R.A. 9155)
Learner any individual seeking basic literacy skills and functional life skills or support services for the improvement of
the quality of his/her life (R.A. 9155)
The Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers in
Their Dual Role as
Educator and Parent.
Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers adopted and promulgated
by the Board for Professional
Teachers through Board Resolution
No. 435, series of 1997, pursuant to
the provisions of paragraph (e),
Article II of RA No. 7836, otherwise
known as the “Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act of 1994”
VIOLATION OF CODE OF ETHICS
FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS