Objectives

• Discuss the Preamble and

Article I of the Code of Ethics
for Teachers
• Explain how professional
teachers should relate to the
state, community and
parents in all education
 CODE OF
ETHICS FOR
PROFESSIO
NAL
TEACHERS
Mrs. Christine Tome - MOrgado
CODE OF ETHICS
• A guide of principles
designed to help
professionals act with
honesty and integrity
• A written set of rules and
management to help them
conduct their actions in
accordance with its primary
values and standards.
 PREAMBL
E
Teachers are duly licensed professionals
who possesses 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 this set of
ethical and moral principles, standards,
and values.
ARTICLE I Scope And Limitations
ARTICLE II The Teacher And The State
ARTICLE III The Teacher And The
Community
ARTICLE IV A Teacher And The
Profession
ARTICLE V The Teachers And The
Profession
 The Teacher And Higher
ARTICLE VI
Authorities In The Professions
School Officials Teachers And
ARTICLE VII
Other Personnel
ARTICLE VIII The Teachers And Learners
ARTICLE IX The Teachers And Parents
ARTICLE X The Teacher And Business
ARTICLE XI
The Teacher As A
Person
ARTICLE XII Disciplinary Actions
ARTICLE XIII Effectivity
The Philippine Constitution
provides that all educational
institutions shall offer quality
education for all Filipino citizens,
a vision that requires
professionally competent
teachers committed of it’s full
realization. The provision of this
Code shall apply, therefore, to all
teachers in schools in the
Philippines.
Section 1
Being a person known for his integrity
and credibility, Mr. Elbert R. Tolentino
has been serving as part of the Board
of Election Canvassers for the past 10
years. However, in the coming
elections, his mother will be running as
barangay captain. Because of this, he is
asked to campaign for her. Is it alright
for him to campaign for his mother’s
candidacy?
The schools are the nurseries of the future
citizens of the state. Each teacher is a trustee
of the cultural and educational heritage of the
nation and is under obligation to transmit to
learners such heritage as well as to elevate
national morality, promote national pride,
cultivate love of country, instill allegiance to the
constitution and for all duly constituted
authorities, and promote obedience to the laws
of the state.
Section 1
Every teacher or school official
shall actively help carry out the
declared policies of the state, and
shall take an oath to this effect.

Section 2
In the interest of the State and of
the Filipino people as much as of
his own, every teacher shall be
physically, mentally and morally fit.

Section 3
Every teacher shall possess
and actualize a full
commitment and devotion to
duty.

Section 4
A teacher shall not engage in the
promotion of any political, religious, or
other partisan interest, and shall not
directly or indirectly solicit, require,
collect, or receive any money or service
or other valuable material from any
person or entity for such purposes.

Section 5
Every teacher shall vote and shall
exercise all other constitutional rights
and responsibility.

Section 6
A teacher shall not use his
position or facial authority or
influence to coerce any other
person to follow any political
course of action.

Section 7
Every teacher shall enjoy academic
freedom and shall have privilege of
expounding the product of his researches
and investigations: provided that, if the
results are inimical to the declared policies
of the State, they shall be brought to the
proper authorities for appropriate remedial
action.
Section 8
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?
Mr. Ricky dela Cruz is one of the youngest
teacher in Silab Community High School.
Due to his young age he has lots of friends
and barkadas. After school hours, he is
always seen with his friends in an internet
cafe playing Dota, in gambling dens, and in
beerhouses. He also frequently seen in
discos during weekends. Is Mr. Cruz acting
as a good model to his students?
A teacher is a facilitator of
learning and of the development
of the youth; he shall, therefore,
render the best service by
providing an environment
conducive to such learning and
growth.
Section 1
Every teacher shall provide
leadership and initiative to
actively participate in community
movements for moral, social,
educational, economic and civic
betterment.
Section 2
Every teacher shall merit reasonable
social recognition for which purpose
he shall behave with honor and dignity
at all times and refrain for such
activities as gambling, smoking,
drunkenness, and other excesses,
much less illicit relations.
Section 3
Every teacher shall live for and with
the community and shall, therefore,
study and understand local customs
and traditions in order to have
sympathetic attitude, therefore, refrain
from disparaging the community.

Section 4
Every teacher shall help the
school keep the people in the
community informed about the
school’s work and
accomplishments as well as its
needs and problems.
Section 5
Every teacher is intellectual leader in the
community, especially in the barangay.
and shall welcome the opportunity to
provide such leadership when needed, to
extend counseling services, as
appropriate, and to actively be involved in
matters affecting the welfare of the
people.
Section 6
Every teacher shall maintain
harmonious and pleasant
personal and official relations with
other professionals, with
government officials, and with the
people, individually or collectively.
Section 7
A teacher possess freedom to
attend church and worships as
appropriate, but shall not use his
positions and influence to
proselyte others.

Section 8
Every teacher shall actively
ensure that teaching is the
noblest profession, and shall
manifest genuine enthusiasm
and pride in teaching as a
noble calling.
Section 1
Every teacher shall uphold the
highest possible standards of
quality education, shall make the
best preparations for the career
of teaching, and shall be at his
best at all times and in the
practice of his profession.

Section 2
Every teacher shall participate in the
Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
program of the Professional Regulation
Commission, and shall pursue such other
studies as will improve his efficiency,
enhance the prestige of the profession, and
strengthen his competence, virtues, and
productivity in order to be nationally and
internationally competitive.
Section 3
Every teacher shall help, if duly
authorized, to seek support from
the school, but shall not make
improper misrepresentations
through personal advertisements
and other questionable means.

Section 4
Every teacher shall use the
teaching profession in a
manner that makes it
dignified means for earning
a decent living.

Section 5
Every teacher shall make it his
duties to make an honest effort
to understand and support the
legitimate policies of the
school and the administration
regardless of personal feeling
or private opinion and shall
faithfully carry them out.
Section 1
A teacher shall not make
any false accusations or
charges against superiors,
especially under
anonymity. However, if
there are valid charges, he
should present such under
oath to competent
authority.
Section 2
A teacher shall transact all official
business through channels except
when special conditions warrant a
different procedure, such as when
special conditions are advocated but
are opposed by immediate superiors,
in which case, the teacher shall
appeal directly to the appropriate
higher authority.
Section 3
Every teacher, individually or as part of a
group, has a right to seek redress against
injustice to the administration and to extent
possible, shall raise grievances within
acceptable democratic possesses. In doing
so, they shall avoid jeopardizing the interest
and the welfare of learners whose right to
learn must be respected.

Section 4
Every teacher has a right to
invoke the principle that
appointments, promotions, and
transfer of teachers are made
only on the basis of merit and
needed in the interest of the
service.
Section 5
 A teacher who accepts a
position assumes a contractual
obligation to live up to his
contract, assuming full
knowledge of employment
terms and conditions.

Section 6
Section 5. School authorities concern shall
ensure that public school teachers are
employed in accordance with pertinent civil
service rules, and private school teachers
are issued contracts specifying the terms
and conditions of their work: provided that
they are given, if qualified, subsequent
permanent tenure, in accordance with
existing laws.
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?
Section 1. A teacher has a right and duty to
determine the academic marks and the
promotions of learners in the subject or grades
he handles, such determination shall be in
accordance with generally accepted procedures
of evaluation and measurement. In case of any
complaint, teachers concerned shall
immediately take appropriate actions, of serving
due process.
Section 2. A teacher shall
recognize that the interest and
welfare of learners are of first
and foremost concerns, and
shall deal justifiably and
impartially with each of them.
Section 3. Under no circumstance
shall a teacher be prejudiced nor
discriminated against by the learner.
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
undeserved.
Section 5. A teacher shall not accept,
directly or indirectly, any remuneration
from tutorials other what is authorized for
such service.
Section 6. A teacher shall base the
evaluation of the learner’s work only in
merit and quality of academic
performance.
Section 7. In a situation where mutual
attraction and subsequent love develop
between teacher and learner, the
teacher shall exercise utmost
professional discretion to avoid scandal,
gossip and preferential treatment of the
learner.
Section 8. 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 manifestation of poor scholarship.
Section 9. A teacher shall ensure that
conditions contribute to the maximum
development of learners are adequate,
and shall extend needed assistance in
preventing or solving learner’s
problems and difficulties.
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.
Section 1. Every teacher shall
establish and maintain cordial
relations with parents, and shall
conduct himself to merit their
confidence and respect.
Section 2. Every teacher shall inform
parents, through proper authorities, of the
progress and deficiencies of learner
under him. Exercising utmost candor and
tact in pointing out learners’ deficiencies
and in seeking parent’s cooperation for
the proper guidance and improvement of
the learners.
Section 3. A teacher shall hear
parent’s complaints with
sympathy and understanding,
and shall discourage unfair
criticism.
ARTICLE X – THE
TEACHER AND
BUSINESS
Section 1. A teacher has the
right to engage, directly or
indirectly, in legitimate income
generation: provided that it
does not relate to or adversely
affect his work as a teacher.
Section 2. A teacher shall
maintain a good reputation with
respect to the financial matters
such as in the settlement of his
debts and loans in arranging
satisfactorily his private financial
affairs.
Section 3. No teacher shall act, directly or indirectly,
as agent of, or be financially interested in. any
commercial venture which furnish textbooks and
other school commodities in the purchase and
disposal of which he can exercise official influence,
except only when his assignment is inherently,
related to such purchase and disposal: provided
they shall be in accordance with the existing
regulations: provided, further, that members of duly
recognized teachers cooperatives may participate in
the distribution and sale of such commodities.
Ms. Rose Q. Reyes posted two-piece
swimwear picture of herself in her
Facebook page. She received negative
comments from the community and
stakeholders. Ms. Reyes justified that
she has the right to post anything on
her Facebook account since it was her
personal account. Is it right for Mrs.
Reyes to do such?
Section 1. A teacher is, above
all. a human being endowed with
life for which it is the highest
obligation to live with dignity at all
times whether in school, in the
home, or elsewhere.
Section 2. A teacher shall
place premium upon self-
discipline as the primary
principles of personal behavior
in all relationships with others
and in all situations
.
Section 3. A teacher shall
maintain at all times a dignified
personality which could serve
as a model worthy of emulation
by learners, peers and all
others.
Section 4. A teacher shall
always recognize the
Almighty God as guide of his
own destiny and of the
destinies of men and nations.
Section 1. Any violation of any provisions of this
code shall be sufficient ground for the imposition
against the erring teacher of the disciplinary action
consisting of revocation of his Certification of
Registration and License as a Professional Teacher,
suspension from the practice of teaching profession,
reprimand or cancellation of his temporary/special
permit under causes specified in Sec. 23. Article HI
or R.A. No. 7836. and under Rule 31. Article VIII. of
the Rules and Regulations Implementing R.A. 7836.
Section 1. This Code shall take effect
upon approval by the Professional
Regulation Commission and after sixty
(60) days following its publication in the
official Gazette or any newspaper of
general circulation, whichever is
earlier.