Code of

Professional
Ethics
Ma’am Chaselle N. Portes
(Part 1 Presenter)
 Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers
Preamble
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 this set of ethical and
moral principles, standards, and values.
 Table of contents
Article 1 Article 2
01 Scope and Limitations
02 The Teacher and The State

Article 3 Article 4
03 The Teacher and The
04 The Teacher and The
Community Profession

Article 5
05 The Teacher and The
Teaching Community
 01
Article I
Scope and Limitation
 Section 1
The Philippine Constitution provides that all educational
institutions shall offer quality education for all Filipino citizens,
a vision that requires professionally competent teachers
committed to its full realization. The provisions of this Code
shall apply, therefore, to all teachers in all schools in the
Philippines.
 Section 2
This Code covers all public and private school teachers in all
educational institutions at the preschool, primary, elementary,
and secondary levels whether academic, vocational, special,
technical, or non-formal. The term “teacher” shall include
industrial arts or vocational teachers and all other persons
performing supervisory and/or administrative functions in all
schools at the aforesaid levels, whether on full-time or part-time
basis.
 02
Article II
The Teacher and The State
 Section 1
The schools are the nurseries of the 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 respect for all duly constituted authorities, and
promote obedience to the laws of the state.
 Section 2
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 3
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 4
Every teacher shall possess and actualize a full commitment
and devotion to duty.

Section 5
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,
service, other valuable material from any person or entity for
such purposes.
 Section 6
Every teacher shall vote and shall exercise all other
constitutional rights and responsibilities.

Section 7
A teacher shall not use his position or official authority or
influence to coerce any other person to follow any political
course of action.
 Section 8
Every teacher shall enjoy academic freedom and shall have the
privilege of sharing the product of his researches and
investigations, provided that, if the results are inimical to the
declared policies of the State, they shall be drawn to the proper
authorities for appropriate remedial action.
 03
Article III
The Teacher and The Community
 Section 1
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 2
Every teacher shall provide leadership and initiative to actively
participate in community movements for moral, social,
educational, economic, and civic betterment.
 Section 3
Every teacher shall merit reasonable social recognition for
which purpose he shall behave with honor and dignity at all
times and refrain from such activities as gambling, smoking,
drunkenness and other excesses, much less illicit relations.

Section 4
Every teacher shall live for and with the community, and shall,
therefore, study and understand local customs and traditions in
order to have a sympathetic attitude, therefore, refrain from
disparaging the community.
 Section 5
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 6
Every teacher is an 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 7
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 8
A teacher possess freedom to attend church and worship, as
appropriate, but shall not use his position and influence to
proselyte others.
 Article IV
04 The Teacher and The Profession
 Section 1
Every teacher shall actively help insure that teaching is the
noblest profession, and shall manifest genuine enthusiasm and
pride in teaching as a noble calling.

Section 2
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.
 Section 3
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 4
Every teacher shall help, if duly authorized, to seek support for
the school, but shall not make improper misrepresentations
through personal advertisements and other questionable means.

Section 5
Every teacher shall use the teaching in a manner that makes it a
dignified means for earning a decent living.
 05
Article V
The Teacher and The Teaching Community
 Section 1
Teachers shall, at all times, be imbued with the spirit of
professional loyalty, mutual confidence, and faith in one
another, self-sacrifice for the common good, and full
cooperation with colleagues. When the best interest of the
learners, the school, or the profession is at stake in any
controversy, teachers shall support one another.
 Section 2
A teacher is not entitled to claim for work not his own, and
shall give due credit for the work of others which he may use.

Section 3
Before leaving his position, a teacher shall organize and leave
to his successor such records and other dtaa as are necessary to
carry on the work.
 Section 4
A teachershall hold inviolate all confidential information
concerning associates and the school, and shall not divulge to
anyone documents which have not yet been officially released,
or remove records from the files without official permission.
 Section 5
It shall be the responsibility of every teacher to seek correctives
for what may appear to be an unprofessional and unethical
conduct of any associate. This may be done only if there is
incontrovertible evidence for such conduct.

Section 6
A teacher msy submit to the proper authorities any justifiable
criticism against an associate, preferably in writing, without
violating any right of the individual concerned.
 Section 7
A teacher may apply for a vacant position for which he is
qualified, provided that he respects the system of selection on
the basis of merit and competence, provided, further, that all
qualified candidates are given the opportunity to be considered.
 Code of
Professional
Ethics
Ma’am Jelly Rose S. Victor
(Part 2 Presenter)
 Table of contents
Article VI Article VII
06 The Teacher and Higher
Authorities in the
07 School Officials,
Teachers and Other Personnel
Article
Philippines

Article IX
08 VIII
The Teacher and Learners
09 The Teacher and Parents

Article X
10 The Teacher and Business
 Table of contents
Article XI Article XII
11 The Teacher As A Person
12 Disciplinary Action
Article
13 XIII
Effectivity
 06
Article VI
The Teacher and Higher Authorities in the
Philippines
 Section 1
A teacher shall make it his duty 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 2
A teacher shall not make any false accusation or charges against
superiors, especially under anonymity. However, if there are
valid charges, he should present such under oath to competent
authority.
 Section 3
A teacher shall transact all official business through channels
except when special conditions warrant a different procedure,
such as when reforms are advocated but are opposed by the
immediate superior, in which case the teacher shall appear
directly to the appropriate higher authority.
 Section 4
A teacher, individually or as part of a group, has a right to seek
redress against injustice and discrimination and, to the extent
possible, shall raise his grievances within democratic processes.
In doing so, he shall avoid jeopardizing the interest and welfare
of learners whose right to learn must be respected.
 Section 5
A teacher has a right to invoke the principle that appointments,
promotions, and transfers to teachers are made only on the basis
of merit and need in the interest of the service.

Section 6
A teacher who accepts a position assumes aa contractual
obligation to live up to his contract, assuming full knowledge of
the employment terms and conditions.
 07
Article VII
School Officials, Teachers and Other Personnel
 Section 1
School officials shall at all times show professional courtesy,
helpfulness and sympathy towards teachers and other
personnel, such as practices being standards of effective school
supervision, dignified administration, responsible leadership
and enlightened direction.
Section 2
School officials, teachers,and other school personnel shall
consider it their cooperative responsibility to formulate policies
or introduce important changes in the system at all levels.
 Section 3
School officials shall encourage and attend to the professional
growth of all teachers under them such as in recommending
them for promotion, giving them due recognition for
meritorious performance, and allowing them to participate in
conferences and training programs.

Section 4
No school official shall dismiss or recommend for dismissal a
teacher or other subordinates except for cause.
 Section 5
School authorities concerned 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, and provided, further that they
are duly registered and licensed professional teachers.
 08
Article VIII
The Teacher and Learners
 Section 1
A teacher has the right and duty to determine the academic
marks and the promotion of learners in the subjects or grades
they handle, 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 action, observing due process.
 Section 2
A teacher shall recognize that the interest and welfare of
learners are hiss first and foremost concern, and shall handle
each learner justly and impartially.

Section 3
Under no circumstance shall a teacher be prejudiced mor
discriminatory against any 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 underserved.

Section 5
A teacher shall not accept, directly or indirectly, any
remuneration from tutorials other than what is authorized for
such service.
 Section 6
A teacher shall base the evaluation of the learner’s work only
on 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 wwhich are clearly not manifestations of
poor scholarship.
Section 7
A teacher shall insure that conditions contributive to the
maximum development of learners are adequate, and shall
extend needed assistance in preventing or solving learner’s
problems and difficulties..
 Article IX
09 The Teacher and Parents
 Section 1
A teacher shall establish and maintain cordial relations with
parents, and shall conduct himself to merit their confidence and
respect.

Section 2
A teacher shall inform parents, through proper authorities, of
the progress or deficiencies of learners under him, exercising
utmost candor and tact in pointing out learner’s deficiencies
and in seeking parent’s cooperation for the proper guidance and
improvement of learners.
 Section 3
A teacher shall hear parent’s complaints with sympathy and
understanding and shall discourage unfair criticism.
 10
Article X
The Teacher and Business
 Section 1
A teacher has a right to engage, directly or indirectly, in
legitimate income generation, provided that it does not relate to
or adversity affect his work.

Section 2
A teacher shall maintain a good reputation with respect to
financial matters such as in the settlement of his just debts,
loans and other 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 that such shall be in accordance with
existing regulations.
 11
Article XI
The Teacher As A Person
 Section 1
A teacher shall live with dignity in all places at all times.

Section 2
A teacher shall place premium upon self-respect and self-
discipline as the principles of personal behavior in all
relationships with others and in all students.
 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 others.

Section 4
A teacher shall always recognize the Almighty God or Being as
guide of his own destiny and of the destinies of men and
nations.
 12
Article XII
Disciplinary Action
 Section 1
Any violation of any provision of this Code shall be sufficient
ground for the imposition against the erring teacher of
disciplinary action consisting of revocation of his Certificate of
Registration and License as Professional Teacher, suspension
from the practice of the teaching profession, reprimand, or
cancellation of his temporary/ special permit under causes
specified in Sec.23, Article III or RA No. 7836, and under Rule
31, Article VIII, of the Rules and Regulations Implementing RA
No. 7836.
 13
Article XIII
Effectivity
 Section 1
This Code shall be approved by the Professional Regulation
Commission and shall take effect after sixty (60) days
following its publication in the Official Gazatte or any
newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.

Done in the City of Manila this 11th day of November 1998.

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