Republic of tne Philippines Department of Education REGION IV-A CALABARZON Gate 2 Kerangalan Village 1900 Canta, Rizal a HTT MEMORANDUM: TO ALL SCHOOLS DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLJEACHERS FROM 'M. SAN ANTONIO SUBJECT to Enhance Teachers’ Welfare in Calabarzon Public Schoois m8 DATE S20 These implementing guidelines are hereby issued to enhance Teachers’ Welfare in Calabarzon public schools. A. On the 6-Hour Teaching Policy 1, This Office enforces the implementation of DepEd Memorandum No. 291 s. 2008 and DepEd Order No. 16 s. 2009 conceming the six (6) hours actuai teaching work load for public school teachers. 2. Despite the policy on the Six (6) Hours actual teaching work for public schoo! teachers, per Civil Servics Rules, teachers are not exempted from the requirement for public employees to render eight (8) hours of work a day. Hence, public school teachers still need to render services for an additional two (2) hours on top of their six (6) hours actual teaching work. 3. In this connection, all public schoo! heads are directed to strictly adhere to the following guidelines relative to DepEd Memorandum No. 291 s. 2008 anc DepEd Order No. 16 s. 2008. ‘Trunk Line: (03) 682-5773 / 694-2014 / 647-7887 ‘eax: (02) 662-2114 ‘Wabalte: depedcalaborzon oh Facebook: DepEd R-24 Calaharzan regoniaddenes.oos2)DEPED-4A-RM-01-18- Page 2 of 5 3. In this connection, all public school heads are directed to strictly adhere to the following guidelines relative to DepEd Memorandum No. 291 s. 2008 and DepEd Order No. 16 s. 2009. a. Public school teachers shall render six (6) hours of actual teaching work inside the school campus. Those with less than six (6) hours of actual classroom teaching shall render additional hours of appropriate teaching-elated activities and duties enumerated in 2 (d) of DM 291 s. 2008 within the school premises to complete six (6) hours. b. Public school heads shall plan and assign teaching loads to public school teachers in order for the latter to fully utilize the six (6) hours actual classroom teaching. 4, To comply with the above policy, services rendered outside the school campus shall be considered as done on official time provided that a mechanism for the additional two (2) hours work done by teachers outside of the school premises shall be agreed upon through a written agreement between the principal and the teachers. Teachers shall not utilize the (2) hours for private school part time teaching, consistent with civil service rules. 5. Public school heads need nof require teachers to submit means of verification (MOVs) or evidence such as pictures, reports and documents to prove that they have served their two-hour work outside the school campus. It is enough that the teachers are able to submit their mandatory reports on time and render very satisfactory teaching services. B. ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY LOAD 1. DepEd Memorandum No. 291, s. 2008 states that all advisory assignments and/or special assignments for the entire school year combined shall be considered as one teaching load.DEPED-4A-RM-01-18- Page3 of 5 . Public school heads are strictly advised to properly distribute special assignments to all teachers. Assigning more than one coordinatorship/advisorship/special task to just one teacher is strongly discouraged. - CLASS OBSERVATION . Observation for new teachers (those with less than one-year teaching experience in public and private schools) shall be done not more than once every quarter, unless the teacher himself/herself mokes the request for additional class observations. . Classroom visit or observation of teachers by more than two superiors is strongly discouraged. However, the classroom observation protocol in the RPMS-PPST manual must be followed. The principles of Appreciative Inquiry shall be used in all class observation processes. . The teachers may opt to video record their lessons and allow their principals and instructional supervisors to view such video recordings, in lieu of actual classroom visits. . ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION . Under Sec. 22 of the Republic Act no. 4670 otherwise known as “The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, it provides that: 500% Sec. 22, Medical Examination and Treatment. Compulsory medical examination shall be provided free of charge for alll teachers before they take up teaching, and shail be repeated not less than once a year during the teacher's professional life. Where medical examination show that medical treatment and/or hospitalization is necessary, same shall be provided free by the goverment entity paying the salary of the teachers. In regions where there is scarcity of medical facilities teachers may obtain elsewhere the necessary medical care with the right to beDEPED-4A-RM-01-18- Page 4 of 5 reimbursed for their traveling expenses by the government entity concemed in the first paragraph of this Section. 006 2. Annual medical examination will be strictly implemented in the entire DepEd Calabarzon. Expenses for this matter may be charged against Local Funds. E. OTHERS The following practices are strongly encouraged: 1. Providing sessions on stress and financial management during in-service trainings, seminars and orientations. 2. Strengthening work-life balance for teachers and school officials. Teachers shall not be required to prepare/submit reports on weekends, holidays and vacations times. In rare instances where activities cannot be scheduled on a school day, service credits shall be granted to teachers who volunteer to join such activities. 3. Utilizing school funds to cover expenses for classroom beautification, renovation or provision of school materials and supplies for school reports. 4. Paying salaries of newly hired teachers within the second month of their service. 5. Allowing teachers and school officials who are writing their thesis/dissertation to be on study leave of absence with pay, after seven years of service in the Department of Education. 6. Preparing professional portfolios required under RPMS and IPCRF in digital format instead of hard copies. 7. Encouraging teachers to use the DLL exemplars available, with appropriate revisions, instead of preparing new lesson plans. On the other hand, the tollowing practices are strongly discouraged:DEPED-4A-RM-01-18- PageS of 5 1. Parents entering classrooms during class hours, except for the first two weeks of the school year in kindergarten and Grade | classes. 2. Pupils and students using cellphone during class hours, except when lessons are ICT-enabled. Finally, the following practices are absolutely prohibited: 1. Implementing canteen trays where teachers and leamers are forced to buy meals and snacks inside the classroom. 2, Requiring teachers to collect PTA fees and other contributions. To demonstrate proof that this Memorandum has been duly disseminated to all teachers, School Heads shall submit a certification to their Schools Division Superintendents indicating full commitment to comply with these implementing guidelines for enhancing teachers’ welfare. The certification shall bear the signature of all teachers present during the meeting when this Memorandum is discussed. Strict compliance with this Memorandum is desired.Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Region {V-A (CALABARZON) Gate 2, Kerangaian Dive. Cointe, zal MEMORANDUM: TO : ALL SCHOOLS DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FROM SUBJECT : ENSURING EQUITABLE WORKLOADS FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS IN DEPED CALABARZON pare ,~S SUN 23 205 ON THE POLICY CONCERNING THE 6-HOURS ACTUAL TEACHING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: 1. Public schoo! teachers are not exempt ftom rendering services of 8 hours per work day: 2. However, a mechanism exists allowing teachers to render é-hours actual teaching work inside the school campus and may render the remaining 2-hours outside the school for teaching related activities, provided that all requirements of law are complied with: 3. DepED Memorandum No.291 s. 2008 and DepEd Order No. 16 s. 2009 allows teachers fo render 6-hours actual teaching work inside the schoo! campus and to spend the remaining 2-hours per day outside of the school campus to prepare and/or perform the following: lesson plans, action/work plans, instructional _ materials, evaluation/assessment of rubrics: ~preporation and checking of exercises, recording of academic performance and classroom accomplishments; -conduct of research; -attendance to seminars, workshops and similar programs: -counseling, mentoring, coaching of students including home Visits.-consultation and conferences with parents: -performance of coordination activities and recognized community social services; and -participation in the improvement and maintenance of schoo! facilities 4. The mechanism for the above mentioned 2hours work done by teachers outside the schoo! premises shall be agreed by the principal with the teachers, parents and students, preferably through the School Governing Council or any established mechanism for schoo community partnership: 5. To ensure that the 2-hours for teaching-related tasks are fuifiled by the teachers, each feacher shall prepare a Monthly Plan of Activities to carry-out these tasks to be approved by the schoo! principal. The enclosed suggested template for the “Monthly Plan of Activities to Perform Teaching-Related Tasks” may be used and 6. To address concems reiative to proper entries on the Daily Time Record, the duly approved Monthly Plan shail likewise be an authority for teachers after rendering 6-hour actual teaching fo leave the campus on official time. a It is being clarified that the actual teaching load refers to the fime o teacher has been scheduled to hold classes in a given school day. In cases where class meetings are not scheduled on a daily basis, the 6- hours actual teaching shall be deemed fulfilled once the total teaching-leaming activities facilitated by the teachers totals 30 hours oF (1,800 minutes) per week: 8 A teacher assigned as class adviser or who handles special assignments such as, but not limited to; schoo! paper moderator, gets @ one oF more hours load credit. A teacher assigned to do multiple special advisorships shall be entitled to a one-hour load credit. This means that class advisers or teachers with special assignments equivalent to one (1) hour shall facilitate teaching learing-acti for 5-hours per day. ON COMPENSATING SERVICES BEYOND OFFICIAL TIME 1. Every employee who renders service beyond the &-hour per -day requirement shall be eniifled to Compensatory Overlime Credit or Service Credits. R0’s officea. A teacher assigned to facititate learning activities beyond 6 hours per day shall be entitled to service credits for every accumulated 6 hours of actual teaching overload as equivalent to one day service credit. b. In schools implementing more than single shift, the head teacher or school head shail render services for 8 hours a day only. The schedule of the head teachers shail be set on staggered bases. . Every employee required to render service during holidays or non- working days shall be granted Compensatory Overtime Credit ‘Service Credit commensurate to the actual time service has been rendered. IMMEDIATE DISSEMINATION OF AND STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ‘MEMORANDUM IS DESIRED. 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Teaching loads 4, Ancillary loads 5. Class observation 6. Annual medical examination 7. Other matters CONFORME: {All attendees) Prepared by: School Head