Resolution no. 435

• Slibigan mante
• LUTION COMM
• Republic of the Philippines
• Professional Regulation Commission
• BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS
• Resolution No. 435
• Series of 1998
• Pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (e), Article II, of R.A. No. 7836, otherwise known as the "Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994" and Paragraph (a), Section 6, P.D. No. 223, as amended, the Board for Professional Teachers hereby adopts and promulgates the following "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.
• Scope and Limitations


  The provisions of this Code shall apply to all teachers in all schools in the Philippines
• Teachers covered


  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
• The teacher and the state

  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
• Every teacher or school official shall actively help carry out the declared policies of the state, and shall take an oath to this effect
• 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
• Every teacher shall possess and actualize a full commitment and devotion to duty
• 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
• Every teacher shall vote and shall exercise all other constitutional rights and responsibilities
• A teacher shall not use his position or official authority or influence to coerce any other person to follow any political course of action
• 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
• The teacher and the community

  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
• Every teacher shall provide leadership and initiative to actively participate in community movements for moral, social, educational, economic and civic betterment
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Every teacher shall maintain harmonious and pleasant personal and official relations with other professionals, with government officials, and with the people, individually or collectively
• A teacher possesses freedom to attend church and worship, as appropriate, but shall not use his position and influence to proselyte others
• The teacher and the profession

  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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Every teacher shall use the teaching profession in a manner that makes it a dignified means for earning a decent living
• The teacher and the teaching community

  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
• A teacher is not entitled to claim for work not of his own, and shall give due credit for the work of others which he may use
• Before leaving his position, a teacher shall organize and leave to his successor such records and other data as are necessary to carry on the work
• A teacher shall 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
• 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
• A teacher may submit to the proper authorities any justifiable criticism against an associate, preferably in writing, without violating any right of the individual concerned
• 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