The Philippine

Professional
Standards for
Teachers and its
Aligned
Systems and Tools
Achieving Teacher
Quality
through PPST
The PPST Career
Stages
RE
Q
UI Activity
RE 1. What are the professional practices displayed by a Proficient,

D Highly Proficient and Distinguished Teacher in terms of the

following?

TA Professional Practices Proficient Teacher Highly Proficient

Teacher
Distinguished Teacher

SK Teaching
Characteristics

1
Management
of Learning
Programs

Collaboration
and
Partnerships

Professional
Development

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RE
Q
2. What do you think is your current
UI Career Stage?
RE
ANSWER:
D
TA
3. What do you think would support you
SK to advance to the next Career Stage?
1
ANSWER:

4. What Career Stage do you aspire to

ten years from now?

ANSWER:
RE
Q
UI
RE 5. Are there aspects of your teaching
D practice that exceed practices articulated
TA in the Career Stage 2 descriptors? If yes,
please cite them.
SK
2 ANSWER:

6. Is it possible for a newly-hired DepEd

teacher to exhibit teaching practices in
Career Stage 3 and 4? Explain your
answer.

ANSWER:
 The PPST
Domains, Strands,
and Indicators
RE
Q READING
UI 1. The PPST defines teacher quality in the
RE Philippines. It has domains which describe the
expectations required of Filipino teachers to be
D effective in the 21st century in the Philippines.
TA How many domains does the PPST have?

SK ANSWER:

1 2. The Domains collectively comprise of strands

that refer to more specific dimensions of
teacher practices. How many strands does the
PPST have?

ANSWER:
3. The PPST defines the work expected from
teachers across different career stages. How
many career stages are there?

ANSWER:
RE
Q Formative Quiz
UI
Use a copy of the PPST to match the following
RE scenarios with the appropriate Domain.
D 1. Teacher Joy, a Grade 9 adviser, caught one of her learners

TA smoking along a secluded corridor when going to the comfort

room. Teacher Joy asked the learner to remain in the classroom
after the lesson. During the conference with the learner, Teacher
SK Joy warned the learner to quit smoking at school otherwise his
parents will be called for a conference.
2 ANSWER:

2. During the post conference, Mrs. Manuel, being the school

head and rater of teacher-ratee, emphasized that the use of
varied learning materials aid learners’ understanding of the
lesson and allow learners to practice the application of concepts.
She also mentioned that varied learning materials also cater to
learners’ different learning styles.

ANSWER:

3. Teacher Rolly, a Grade 7 English Teacher, discussed the rules

on Subject-Verb Agreement in his lesson. During group work, his
learners were tasked to make a travel brochure for a particular
place. He reminded them to describe the beauty of the place
and include short history while observing correct subject-verb
agreement for their captions.

ANSWER:
RE
Q REFLECTION
UI Go through the PPST booklet and read through
RE the Domains and Strands. Use the table below
to identify Strands which you think could be
D challenging for you.

TA
SK
3
RE
Q REFLECTION
UI
RE
D Read through the PPST indicators focusing only
on the indicators under your career stage. For
TA example, if you are Proficient, go through the
indicators under the Proficient column. Reflect
SK on whether your practices align with the
4 expectations of the PPST based on your career
stage.

ANSWER:
As I am reviewing and reading through the PPST
indicators in my career stage, I can confidently
say that I am align. This is because of the help
and mentoring of my co teachers and different
seminars attended to gain more knowledge.
Embedding the
PPST in HR
Systems
 The PPST and
DepEd’s Human
Resource (HR)
Systems
RE
Q Formative Test
UI
Scenario I: Teacher Anthony’s Dreams
RE
ANSWER:
D
TA Scenario 2: An Advanced Teacher at the Beginning Stage of
PPST
SK
Answer:
1
Scenario 3: Teacher Ruth’s Supportive Mentor

ANSWER:

Scenario 4: Possibilities in the Life of a Newly Hired Teacher

ANSWER:

Scenario 5: Propelling Teachers Motivation

ANSWER:
The PPST, RSP and
the Merit Selection
Plan (MSP) of
DepEd
RE
Q Preliminary Activity
UI
RE
D
TA
SK
1
RE
Q REFLECTION
UI
RE Reflect on your greatest learnings about
meritocracy and fitness principles on hiring and
D promotion. What does this tell you? How will you
adjust your professional goal and practice with
TA DepEd’s expectations from its personnel? Write
SK your reflections/insights on the space provided
below.
2
 The Strategic
Alignment of the
RPMS with the
PPST
RE
Q Preliminary Activity
UI
RE Recommended Readings: DO 2, s.2015 and RPMSPPST
D Manual for Teachers and School Heads

TA Activity: Accomplish the “My RPMS-PPST Activity

Logs”
SK
1
RE
Q Activity
UI
RE
D Analyze the two (2) scenarios below and indicate
whether the following statements are true or false.
TA
SK
2 Scenario A: Teacher Paula is a new BSE graduate Major in
Science who has been hired to teach in a Junior High
School.

Scenario B: Teacher Dennis has been teaching Science in

a private school for the past four (4) years. After he
completed his doctoral degree, he applied to the same
public high school where Teacher Paula is working. Both
Teachers Paula and Dennis are newly-hired teachers
handling Science.
RE
Q Activity
UI
RE
D
TA
SK
2
Role of RPMS-PPST in
Teachers’ Learning and
Development
RE
Q Activity
UI
RE Read the scenarios below and answer the question that
follows by choosing the correct answer from the given
options
D
TA
Scenario 1: Classes have ended. Teachers Rona, Evalou
SK and Rex are planning for their development needs.
Teacher Rona shared with the group that she struggles
1 to meet the indicators in Domain 2 of PPST. She has been
challenged in managing her learners’ behavior. Teacher
Evalou admitted that she has not fully developed all core
competencies indicated in the RPMS. Teacher Rex is the
top performer among the three. He just got an
“Outstanding Rating” for the school year. Teacher Rex
feels that he still needs to participate in L&D activities to
address his developmental needs.
Which of the following explains why all three of them
need to participate in L&D activity relevant to their
needs?

ANSWER:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
RE
Professional
Q Development Plan
UI
Prepare your Professional Development Plan that you intend to
RE implement for the current school year, using the template provided
below:

D
Development
TA Goal (Target
PPST Domains)
Development
Activity
L&D Modality
Target
Completion Date

SK
2
 Rewards and
Recognition (R&R)
in the Context of
RPMS-PPST
 The Results-based
Performance
Management System
(RPMS)
Session 1 – The Results-
based Performance
Management System
(RPMS) of
DepEd
PR
EL
IM Scenario
IN
AR
Analysis
Y
A
CT In five (5) minutes, list down all things you
IV know about RPMS. Start with basic one-liner
information. Check these as you proceed with
IT this session.
Y

ANSWER
The PPST-aligned RPMS
RE
Q Reflection
UI
RE What have you learned about PPST and RPMS
as two separate entities in DepEd? How about
D their alignment?
TA
SK ANSWER
1
The RPMS
Cycle
RE Preliminary
Q
Activity
UI
RE Teacher Mary Grace finished two (2) classroom
D observations before the scheduled Mid-year
Review. Her Principal asked her to update her
TA Development Plan. What steps should she take
to do this? Briefly discuss in the box below.
SK
1
ANSWER
The PPST-based
RPMS Tools and
Processes
RE
Q REFLECTION
UI
RE
D Refer to your COT rating sheets, SAT
assessment results, and IPCRF-Development
TA Plan, if you have any. Reflect on your teaching
performance based on the results that these
SK forms reflect. Briefly discuss what you have
1 discovered.

ANSWER
Developing Lesson Plans
as
Quality Evidence for
RPMS
RE
Q PRELIMINARY
ACTIVITY
UI
Choose a lesson plan which you have previously crafted.
RE Enumerate all parts and describe what you have entered on
each part.
D
TA ANSWER

SK Part of the Lesson Plan Description

1
RE
Q ACTIVITY
UI
RE Using either a lesson plan prepared by your mentor (recom -
mended) or the lesson plan/lesson exemplar you provided,
check which COT Indicators (or RPMS Objectives) are present.
D Elaborate on your findings. If an indicator is not present, is it
possible to have it present in the lesson plan? How?
TA
SK ANSWER