Synapse Strengtheners

1. What amendments to RA 7836 were made by RA 9293 on the following:

▪ Number of units in professional education required of non-education

graduates

▪ Registration of those engaged in teaching without examination

▪ Required rating for para-teachers

- A rating of not lower than 5% points of the required from the passing general
average ratings.

2. Other than para-teachers who else are entitled to a special permit?

- Aside from para-teachers a person who has excelled and gained international
recognition and is widely acknowledge expert in his or her respective field of
specialization.

3. What is required of teachers covered by Sec. 26 of RA 9293 who have not

practiced profession for the past five years?
- Professional teachers who have not practiced their profession for the past five
years need to take at least twelve (12) units of education courses, consisting of at least
six (6) units of pedagogy and six (6) units of content courses, or the equivalent
training and number of hours, to be chosen from a list of courses to be provided by the
Board and the Department of Education, before they can be allowed to practice their
profession in the country.

4. Who can be issued a license without examination?

(a) A holder of a certificate of eligibility as a teacher issued by the Civil Service
Commission and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports; or

(b) A registered professional teacher with the National Board for Teachers under the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) pursuant to Presidential Decree
No. 1006.
1. Read carefully the provisions in section 3(2) of Article XIV on education. Explain
the mandate that the State shall ‘establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate
and integrated system of education.”

2. Based on your observation as a would be teacher, what are the educational

institutions doing to prepare teachers who will help attain the goals stated in Section
3?

3. Read and comment on Section 5 (4) and (5).

4. Is the use of the Mother Tongue as medium if instruction from K to Grade 3 in the
K to 12 Curriculum in accordance with Section 7?

5. What educational practices and programs are aligned to sec. 10. Sec 14, Sec 17,
Sec. 18 and Sec 19?

1. Who are referred to as “teacher” in R.A. 4670? Who are not included although they
are school personnel/employees?

2. Discuss the safeguards in the disciplinary procedures in resolving cases of teachers.

3. Explain the meaning of “exigencies of the service” referred to in Section 6 of the

Magna Carta as regards transfer of a teacher from one station to another.

4. Are the provision in Section 22 and 23 teachers’ rights or privileges? Brainstorm

with your group.

5. What can be some reasons behind Section 11 of RA 4670?

6. Actual classroom teaching a day should exceed six hours. What can be some
reasons behind this limit on teaching?

1. Read carefully Section 5 on the Principles of Shared Governance. Comment on:

▪ Responsibility inherent in the office
 ▪ Accountability and transparency in the performance of functions and
responsibility.

2. Based on the “authority, accountability and responsibility” of the school

head/principal, list down your expectations as a future teacher.

1. What is meant by institutionalization of Kindergarten?

2. What is the policy of CHED on the pre-service education and training of pre-
school/kindergartens teachers?

3. Which language is the medium of instruction in Kindergarten?

4. Discuss the mandates in the law as regards:

▪ Teaching Strategies
▪ Learning Materials