REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS

EDUCATOR’S ETHICAL
COMMANDMENTS
Resource Person
(Designation)
Learning Objectives:
1. Familiarize how the code of ethics can help a
professional teacher.
2. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the
key stipulations of the code of ethics.
3. Exhibit professional behavior as a set owned
by the Code of Ethics for Teachers in the
Philippines.

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 Activity 1: Guilty or Not Guilty!

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 Activity (1): Guilty or Not Guilty!

Each group will be given a different scenario and they must

respond to the following questions:
• 1. What potential problem or worry could these situations
give rise to?
• 2. What might be some unfavourable effects on the teacher
and the students.

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CODE OF ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL
TEACHER
• Preamble
• Article VI, Section 6
• Duty of Teachers
⮚As an Educator
⮚ As a Parent
• Principal Duty or Obligation
⮚ School
⮚Parent
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 Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers adopted
and promulgated by the Board for Professional
Teachers through Board Resolution No. 35, 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”.

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 Violation of Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers

Article XII, Section 1----

“ Any violation shall be sufficient ground for the

revocation of license”

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 PREAMBLE: TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS

Teachers are duly licensed professionals who possess

dignity and reputation with high moral values as well as
technical and professional competence in the practice of
their noble profession, they strictly adhere to, observe,
and practice these set of ethical and moral principles,
standards, and values.

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“ Every teachers shall merit reasonable social recognition
for which purpose he shall with honor and dignity at all
times and refrain from such activities as gambling, smoking
drunkenness and other excesses, much less illicit
relations.”
(Code of Ethics, Article III, Section3)

“ A teacher shall place premium upon self-respect and self-

discipline as the principle of personal behavior in all
relationships with others and in all situations.”
(Code of Ethics, Article XI, Section 20)

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“ A teacher shall maintain at all times a dignified
personality which could be seen as a model worthy
of emulation by learners, peers, and others.”
( Code of Ethics, Article XI, Section
3)

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 TO ACT WITH HONOR
To strictly honor contractual obligation with the
School

“ A teacher who accepts a position assumes a

contractual obligation to live up to his contract,
assuming full knowledge of the employment terms
and conditions.”

( Code of Ethics, Article VI, Section 6)

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 DUTY OF TEACHERS

• As an Educator

1987 Constitution states:

“ The State shall protect and promote the right
of all citizens to quality education at all levels and
shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all.”
(Article XIV, Section1)
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• As a Parent
Article 218 of the Family Code provides--
“ The school, its administrators and teachers, engaged in
childcare shall have special parental authority and
responsibility over the minor child while under supervisions,
instructions or custody.”

Article 219 of the Family Code provides—

“ Those given the authority and responsibility under ( Article
218) shall principally and solidarily liable for damages caused
by acts or omissions of the unemancipated minor.”

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 Principal Duty or Obligation is To Ensure
“Quality Education”
What is Quality Education?
Principal Duty or Obligation is To Ensure “ Quality
Education”
“ making sure that basic education is really solid, because
if it is not solid, it affects the quality of secondary
education.”
If the secondary education is poor, then the person goes
to college unprepared for college work. And if he is allowed
to graduate again with a poor-quality college education, he
goes to university professional education even more
unprepared.”
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In short---
“ A school, before promoting or graduating a
student, must be sure that he/she ( the student) is
functionally literate to go through next higher
level.”

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To ensure Quality Education:
1. Must be COMPETENT and EFFICIENT

“ Every Teacher shall uphold the highest possible

standards of quality education, shall make the best
preparation for the career of teaching, and shall be at his
best at all times in the practice of his profession.”
Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers, Article IV, Section 2

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BP 232 (Education Act of 1982), Section 16 (2) provides—
“ the teacher shall be accountable for efficient and effective
attainment of specified learning objectives.”

Code of Ethics further mandates that—

“ Every teacher shall participate in the continuing
professional education (CPE) program of the PRC, and shall
pursue other studies as will improve his efficiency, enhance
the prestige of the profession, and strengthen his
competence, virtue and productivity in order to be nationally
and internationally competitive.”
(Article IV, Section 3)
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“ A teacher shall ensure that conditions
contributive to the maximum development of
learners are adequate and shall extend assistance
in preventing or solving learner’s problems and
difficulty. “
(Article IV, Section 3)

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In short—
A teacher is expected to be efficient and competent in the
performance of his academic duties at all ties. Otherwise,
A teacher who has consistently shows his inability to efficiently
perform his duties and responsibilities, within a common
performance standards should not be allowed to stay in school.

The MRPS provides as just a cause of terminating a faculty—

“ Gross inefficiency and incompetence in the performance of
this duties”
( Section 3(a))

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Hence,
“ Schools can set high standards of efficiency for
its teachers since quality education is a mandate
of the Constitution.
Security of Tenure cannot be used to shield
incompetence.”

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2) Must EVALUATE LEARNERS
(I) Duty to give grades/ evaluation
“ Render regular reports on performance of each student
and to the latter and to the latter’s parents and guardians
with specific suggestions for improvement.”
Section 16 (3) of BP 323, TEACHER SHALL ---
and……
Must promptly render or give grades. Otherwise, the
unjustified or unreasonable delay in giving grades
constitutes gross neglect of duty.

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Thus….
“ It is the contractual obligation of the school (through the
teachers) to TIMELY INFORM AND FURNISH sufficient
notice and information to each and every student as to
whether he/she had already complied with all the
requirements.”

“ The negligent act of a teacher who fails to observe the

rules of the school, for instance, by not promptly
submitting a student’s grade is not only imputable to the
teacher but is an act of the school being in his/her
employer.”
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In evaluating/ giving grades the following rules of conduct
must be observed---
Code of Ethics provides—
“ A teacher has the duty to determine the academic
marks and the promotion of learners in the subject they
handle. Such determination shall be in accordance with
generally accepted procedure of evaluation and
measurement on case of any complaint, teachers
concerned shall immediately take appropriate action,
observing the process.”
(Article VIII, Section 1)
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 (Article VIII, Section 3)“ Under no circumstance shall a
teacher be prejudiced nor discriminatory against any
learner.”

( Article VIII, Section 4)“ A teacher shall not accept

favors or gifts from learners, their parents or others in
their behalf in exchange for requested concessions,
especially if underserved.”

( Article VIII, Section 6)“ A teacher shall base the

evaluation of the learner’s work on merit and quality of
academic performance.”
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In computing the grades
Section 16 (5) of BP mandates that a teacher shall–
“ Refrain from making deductions or additions in student’s
scholastic ratings for acts that are clearly not manifestation
of scholarship.”

Hence, Section 79 of MRPS– “ Basis for Grading.—

The grade or rating in a student should be based SOLELY
on his scholastic performance. Any addition or diminution
to the grade in a subject for cocurricular activities,
attendance, or misconduct shall not be allowed.”

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Code of Ethics provides—
“ A teacher shall not make deductions from their scholastic
ratings as a punishment for acts which are clearly not
manifestations of poor scholarship.” ( Article VIII, Section 8)

Thus, it is not a matter of discretion on the part of the teachers

in the giving of the student’s grades, but rather it is a clear
obligation for the teachers to determine student academic marks
solely based on scholastic performance. For a teacher to do
otherwise, would be serious academic malpractice or grave
misconduct in the performance of his/her duties.

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“ The Supreme Court is convinced that the pressure and
influence exerted by ( a teacher) on his colleague to
change a failing grade to passing one constitute serious
misconduct which is a valid ground for dismissing an
employee.”

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B. As a PARENT: Principal Duty to exercise Parental Authority
and Responsibility
Article 218, Family Code provides—
“ The school, its administrators and teachers engaged in child
care shall special parental authority and responsibility over the
minor child while under their supervision, instruction or custody.”

Code of Ethics states that

“ A teacher shall recognize that the interest and welfare of
learners are his first and foremost concern and shall handle
each learner justly and impartially.” (Article VIII, Section 2)

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Parental Authority to Discipline
“ As parents, the teachers shall use discipline not to punish but
to correct, not to force, but to motivate; and not to obey with
rigid cadence, but to choose to follow the right way.
Hence, teachers cannot generally use methods of punishing or
such degree of penalties that a good mother or a good father
would not likely use on her/his own children.

“ A teacher shall not inflict corporal punishment on offending

learners nor make deductions from their scholastic ratings as a
punishment for acts which are clearly not manifestations of
poor scholarship.” (Code of Ethics, Article VIII, Section 8)
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Corporal Punishment- Article 233 (2nd par.)
“ In no case inflict corporal punishment upon the child.”
Definition: An act that inflict pain or harm upon a child’s
body as punishment for wrongdoing usually through
beating and spanking

Elements:
a. Physical contact
b. Inflict pain

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Improper or unauthorized solicitation of contributions from
subordinate employees and by teachers or school officials
from school children.

“ A teacher shall not accept, directly or indirectly, any

remuneration from tutorials other than what is authorized for
such service.” ( Code of Ethics, Article VIII, Section 5)

“ The Department of Education considers the act of teachers in

contracting loans from parents of their students not only
serious misconduct but violation of students right from
involuntary contribution( BP 232 Sec. 9(9).

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Parental Responsibility
The student/pupil while in school, is in the custody and
hence, the responsibility of the school authorities as long
as he is under the control and influence of the school,
whether the semester has not yet begun or has already
ended.

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Even if the student is just relaxing in the campus in the
company of his classmates, the students is still within the
custody and subject to the discipline and responsibility of
the teachers.
Hence—
A teacher required to exercise special parental authority
but who fails to observe all the diligence of a good father
of a family in the custody and care of the pupils and
students, shall be held liable for gross neglect of duty.

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In Sum..
Teaching is indeed a noble, if not the noblest profession.

Teachers are called not only to teach by words but by

their very life, examples and being

Teachers as role models of their students must exemplify

and uphold ethical and moral principles in their lives as
persons and as teachers

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References:

• https://etico.iiep.unesco.org/sites/default/files/201902/philippines_code_of_
ethics_fo_professional_teachers.pdf
• Activity scenarios from Connecticut’s Teacher’s Education and Mentoring
Program: Ethical and Professional Dilemmas for Educators: Facilitator’s
Guide Module 5: Understanding the Code of Professional Responsibility
for Educators.

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Activity 2: Make it how you want it!
• Using the same group in Activity 1, you will choose one
article from the Code of Ethics for Professional
teachers.
• You are to choose the qualities of a qualified teacher
based on the article you have chosen and present them
using a play, song, symbol, or poem.

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“Ethics is knowing the difference between what
you have a right to do and what is right to do.”
- Peter Stewart-

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