P.D. 1006: The Decree Professionalizing Teaching

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1006

Providing for the professionalization of teachers, regulating their practice in the Philippines and for other purposes.

-it is hereby declared a policy that teacher education shall be given primary concern and attention by the government and shall be of the highest quality, and strongly oriented to Philippine conditions and to do the needs and aspirations of the Filipino people even as it seeks enrichment from adaptable ideas and practices of other people

a.)Teaching

-Refers to the profession primarily concerned with classroom instruction

b.)Teacher

-Refers to all persons engaged in teaching

c.)Board

-Refers to the National Board for Teachers

1. Secretary of Education and Culture = Co- Chairman

2. Chairman, Civil Service Commission = Co- Chairman

3. Commissioner, Professional Regulation Commission = Member

4. Two members representing the private sector to be appointed by the president. = Member

(a) The applicant must be a citizen of the Philippines

(b) That he is of good moral character

(c) That he is free from any physical or mental defect; and

(d) That he possesses the following minimum educational qualifications:

1) For teachers in the kindergarten and elementary grades, BEEd or its equivalent;

2) For teachers of the secondary schools, Bachelor's degree in Education or its equivalent with a major and minor, or a Bachelor's degree in Arts or Sciences with at least 18 units in professional education; and

3) For teachers of secondary vocational and 2-year technical courses, Bachelor's degree in the field of specialization with at least 18 units in professional education.

Appointed examiners of the Board are recognized authority in teacher education. The examiner shall receive a compensation provided in addition to his salary.

Written tests determined by the board. Taking into consideration the teaching plans of the schools legally constituted in the Philippines.

‘’Teachers...are the most responsible and important member of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the future ’’.

- Helen Caldicott

THANK YOU!

Qualification of Requirements

The proclamation of PD 1006 was premised on the following:

1. The institutions of the country have relied upon … teachers whose direct and continuing interaction with the young people and the children make then potent forces for the development of proper attitudes among the citizenry.

2. The tremendous growth of the teaching population, comprising in the civil service sector alone more than 300,000 teachers deployed all over the country;

3. To insure that in the immediately and urgency of teacher recruitment, qualitative requirements are not overlooked, it has become necessary to regulate the teaching profession;

4. Teaching requires a number of years of collegiate study, it is the only curse that is not yet considered a profession and

5. In recognition of the vital role of teachers in nation- building and as an incentive to raise the morale of teachers, it is imperative that they be considered as profession’’ (PD 1006).

Appointment of Examiner

Scope of the Examination

Declaration of Policy

Ratings in the Examination

A student must have obtained a general average of at least 70 percent in all subjects with no rating below 50 percent in any subject.

Report of the Results of the Examination

Definition of Terms

Examiners shall report the ratings obtained by each candidate to the board within 150 days after the last day of the examination, unless extended by the latter.

Issuance of Certificate

Sections 6-16

Teachers who have passed the examination given by the Civil Service Commission or jointly with the Department of Education and Culture shall be considered as having passed the board examination for teachers.

Sections 1-5

Registration

National Board for Teachers

Registration shall evidence that the registrant is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a Professional Teacher until and unless the certificate is suspended or cancel by the Board for just cause.

Powers and Duties

Reissuance of Revoked Certificated and Replacement of Lost Certificates

A new certificate to replace a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate may be issued subject to the rules of the Board.

Registration by Reciprocity

The applicant shall submit competent and conclucive documentary evidence, confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs, showing that his country's existing laws permit citizens of the Philippines to practice teaching profession under the rules and regulations governing citizens.

Prohibition

(a) Appoint a set of examiners for every examination who will determine and prepare the contents of the Board examination for teachers

(b) Determine and fix the places and dates of examination, appoint supervisors and room examiners from among the employees of the Government.

(c) Look from time to time into the conditions affecting the practice of the teaching profession

(d) Issue, suspend, revoke, replace or reissue Professional Teachers Certificate, and administer oaths;

(e) Appoint, subject to the provisions of existing laws, such officials and employees as are necessary in the effective performance of its functions and responsibilities, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.

(f) Prescribe and collect examination and other fees as it may deem proper; and

(g) Promulgate rules and regulations, and exercise such other powers, functions and duties as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Decree.

Three years after the effectivity, no person shall engage in teaching and/or act as a teacher unless he is holder of a Professional Teacher Certificate or is considered a Professional Teacher under this Decree.

Penal Provision

A fine of not less than P1,000 nor more than P5,000 with an imprisonment of not less than 6 months nor more than 2 years, or both such fine an imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

P.D. 1006: The Decree Professionalizing Teaching

PRESENTED BY: GROUP 4

Amla, Adrian Dave

Dait, Cyrus Edward

Mendoza, Noraine Krisha