The National Qualifying Examination for School 5.

Adults Learners – These are learners

Heads (NQESH), also known as the Principal’s who are aged 25 years old and above who
Test, serves as a mechanism for selecting are illiterates or neo-literates who have
school heads in the public education sector. The either no access to formal education or
Principal’s Test is open to all interested have reverted to illiteracy.
applicants for Principal I positions.
6. Schools Division Superintendent –

The 2015 Principals’ Test is based on the seven He/she can appoint only teachers, school

(7) domains of the National Competency-Based heads/principals and division education

Standards for School Heads (NCBSSH). The supervisors.

21stCentury Managerial Skills are already

7. Regional Director – He/she can direct
integrated in the said 7 domains. Furthermore,
the establishment of another new district
there will be no more items on
upon the recommendation of the Schools
communication skills.
Division Superintendent.

1. Informal Education – This refers to the 8. Regional Director – He/she can

lifelong process of learning by which every exercise disciplinary action over the
person acquires and accumulates teaching personnel only.
knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights
from daily experiences at home, at work, 9. Republic Act 9155 – An act that
at play and from life itself. renamed the DECS into DepEd abolished
the BPESS (Bureau of Physical Education
2. Integrated Schools – Schools that offer and School Sports) and the transfer of the
a complete basic education in one school Komisyon ng Wikang Pilipino, national
site and has unified instructional program. Historical Institute, Records Management
and Archives to the National Commission
3. Basic Education – It covers early
for Culture and Arts (NCCA).
childhood education, elementary, high
school, alternative learning system and 10. Republic Act 9155 – Known as the
special needs education. Governance of Education Act of 2001

4. Operating Officers – DepEd officials 11. Republic Act 8980 – Known as the Early
who are directly involved in the Childhood Care and Development Act
implementation, evaluation and monitoring
plans, programs and projects of the 12. Republic Act 10157 – Known as the
department. Kindergarten Education Act
13. Republic Act 8525 – Known as the 25. Presidential Decree 603 – Known as
Adopt-a-School Act of 1998 the Child and Youth Welfare Code of the
Philippines
14. Republic Act 7836 – Known as the
Philippine Teachers Professionalization 26. Community Linkages – It is the learning
Act of 1994 environments that respond to the
aspirations of the community domain of
15. Republic Act 8190 – Known as the the NCBTS.
Localization Law
27. Career Service – It is based on merit
16. Republic Act 4670 – Known as the and fitness determined as far as
Magna Carta for Public School Teachers practicable by competitive examinations
as based on highly technical
17. Republic Act 6713 – Known as the
qualifications.
Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards
for Public Officials and Employees 28. MT 1 for 3 years and MA academic
requirements – Qualifications to become
18. Republic Act 7160 – Known as the
a Master Teacher II.
Local Government Code of 1991

29. Transfer – It is the movement of the

19. Republic Act 7041 – Known as the
employee from one position to another
Publication Law
which is of equivalent rank level or salary
20. Republic Act 9184 – Known as the without break in the service.
Government Procurement Reform Act
30. Promotion – It is the advancement of
21. Republic Act 7610 – Known as the the employee from one position to another
Special Protection of Children against with an increase in duties and
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination responsibilities and usually accompanied
by an increase in salary.
22. Republic Act 7880 – Known as the Fair
and Equitable Allocation of the DECS 31. Reinstatement – It is the issuance of an
Budget for Capital Outlay appointment to a person who has been
previously appointed to a position in a
23. Republic Act 7877 – Known as the Anti- career service and who has through no
Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 delinquency or misconduct, been
separated therefrom exonerating him
24. Batas Pambansa 232 – Known as the
specifies restoration to his previous
Education Act of 1982
position.
32. Reassignment – It is the movement of orchestrates diverted at the different
one employee from on organizational to aspects of principal operations to achieve
another in the same department or agency the instructional goals of the school.
which does not involve a reduction in rank,
status or salary. 40. Portfolio Assessment – A diagnostic
tool which provides pupil’s profile and the
33. Six (6) months only – An additional emerging skills that will help him become
period given to a public employee who is increasingly independent learner and
already 65 years old but not achieved 15 evaluate his possession of knowledge.
years in the service.
41. Fifteen (15) days – Number of days a
34. Eight (8) hours and five (5) working receipt of request by the school to the
days – It is the number of hours and days issuance of official school certificates,
a teacher should render his/her services. diplomas, transcript of records, grades,
transfer credentials and similar documents
35. Six (6) teaching hours and two (2) and records.
working hours – It is the complete
teaching and working hours of a teacher in 42. Civil Service Manual – It contains the
a day. basic regulations, institution and
information which guide DepEd Central
36. Technical Skill – This is a management Office and the field personnel in carrying
skill given to employees who are out the teacher of the department.
unfamiliar with their job or present
assignment. 43. DepEd Order, Memoranda and
Bulletins – These are issued by the
37. Strategic Planning – It is the process of DepEd for directions and regulations for
setting directions for an institution to the information of or compliance by the
realize what it wants to achieve and to go field.
where he wants to go.
44. Recruitment – It refers to the process of
38. 25 points in leadership and potential – searching for and identifying job
A minimum point required to a Master candidates in sufficient quality and
Teacher candidate in order to be quantity.
promoted.
45. Merit Promotion Plan – This provides
39. “The road to excellence starts here.” – guidelines, policies and procedures for
A battle cry of every public school which recruitment, selection and appointment.
means excellence is management that
46. Learning Management Plan – It is a offense as provided for in the Civil Service
document focused in learning composed Law, Administrative Law and other laws.
of the Professional Development Plan of
school head, professional development 52. Grievance Procedure – It is referred to

plan of teachers and student development as workable procedure for determining or

activities. providing the best way to remedy the

specific cause or causes of the grievance.
47. Community of Practice (COP) – It is a
group of professionals/workers bound to 53. Property Accountability – It is the

one another based on common problems obligation imposed by law on an official for

and pursuit of solutions. keeping accurate records of property.

48. Instructional Development – It is a 54. The Principal’s Guidelines Regarding

means of determining the extent to which Standard Operating Procedures for

the application of a new skill/competency Teachers and Accounting of

learned contributed to improving teaching Government Property – This is to enable

and learning. the principal to group property

management as applied to teachers in her
49. National Educators’ Academy of the particular school.
Philippines (NEAP) – Formerly known as
the National Education Learning Center 55. Performance Indicators – It refers to

(NELC). It provides continuing strategic the several key indicators that can be

human resource development programs computed and utilized for evaluating the

for school managers and leaders within educational systems performance at

the context of emerging legitimate various levels.

demands.
56. Participation Rate – It is the ratio

50. Mentoring – It is developmental, caring, between the enrolments in the school age

sharing and helping relationships where range to the total population of that range.

one person invests time, know-how and

57. Growth Enrolment Rate – It refers to
effort in enhancing another person’s
the total enrolment in a given level of
growth, knowledge and skills.
education as a percentage of a population

51. Code of Ethical Standards – It defines which according to national regulations

the administrative disciplinary case as one should be enrolled at this level. It is the

wherein an official or employee of the measure of the capacity of a regional

government is prosecuted for an act or elementary and secondary school.

omission punishable as a non-penal

58. Cohort Survival Rate – It is the of education in a given school year to the
proportion of enrollees at the beginning number of authorized nationally-paid
grade or year who reach the final grade or positions.
year at the end of the required number of
years of study. 65. M2 (moderate) Maturity Level of
Teacher – A maturity level of teacher who
59. Completion Rate – It is the percentage does not need only direction and
of first year entrants in a level of education supervision but needs encouragement or
who completes/finishes the level of support and recognition for a job done.
accordance with the required number of
year of study. 66. Encouraging Style of Leadership – It is
described as a combination of high
60. Drop-out Rate – It is the proportion of directive (task) and high supportive
pupils who leave the school during the behavior and is most appropriate to be
year as well as those who complete the used to people who have some
grade/year level but fail to enroll in the competence but lack of commitment.
next grade/year following the school year
to the total number of pupils during the 67. DepEd Order No. 28, 2005 – It

previous school year. recognizes the Red Cross Youth (RCY) as

official co-curricular organization in the
61. Transition Rate – It is the percentage of school and encourages every elementary
pupils who graduate from one level of and secondary student to enlist as
education and none on the higher next members of the Junior Red Cross Youth
level. (JRCY) and the Senior Red Cross Youth
(SRCY).
62. Achievement Rate – It refers to the
degree of performance in different study 68. Republic Act 8190 – The law that
areas in various levels of education. provides that teachers-applicant or
teachers-transferee for that matter given
63. Mean Performance Score (MPS) – It priority if they are bonafide residents of
indicates the ratio between the number of the barangay, municipality or province
correctly answered items and the total where the school recipient is located.
number of test questions or the
percentage of correctly answered item in a 69. DepEd Order Number 22, series
test. 2005 – It includes the BSP, GSP, PNRY,
and Anti-TB Education Drive as voluntary
64. Teacher-Pupil Ratio – It is the basis of contribution.
proportion of enrolment at a certain level
70. Peer Supervision – It is being done to
Teacher 1 and Teacher 2.
71. Intensive-Guided Supervision – It is
being given to new teachers in the school.
77. School Climate – It refers to the sum of
all values, cultures, safety practices and
organizational structures within a school
that cause it to function and react in
particular ways.

72. Collaborative Supervision – It is given 78. Alternative Learning System (ALS) – It is

to teachers who prefer to work a parallel learning system to provide a
cooperatively with the supervisor in viable alternative to the existing formal
developing a supervision form. education.

73. Registry of Qualified Applicants – It refers 79. Quality Education – It is an

to the list of applicants deemed to have appropriateness, relevance and
met the qualifications required by law excellence of the education given to meet
based on the evaluation and selection the needs and aspirations of an individual
guidelines for teacher positions in the in a society.
elementary and secondary public schools.
80. DepEd Subsidized Program – It is
74. Management – It is a way the principals known as the pre-school education funded
use themselves to create a school climate by the PTA and other organizations.
characterized by staff productivity, pupil
productivity and creative thought. 81. Principle of Shared Governance – It is
the principle which recognizes that every
75. Managerial Acumen – It is the unit in the education bureaucracy has a
systematic application of an array of skills particular role, task and responsibility
that provide an orderly, efficient and inherent in the office.
effective school environment.
82. Inferring – It the process of reading
76. Potential – This takes into account the between the lines or drawing of
employee’s capability not only to perform implications.
the duties and assume the responsibilities
of the position to be filled but also to those 83. School-Based Management – It
of higher and more responsible positions. enables and empowers stakeholders to
manage their own affairs for improved
delivery of educational services in a
sustainable manner.
84. Accountability Mechanism – It is the different and apparently irrelevant
criteria and quality dimensions of the elements.
school-based management that includes
resourcing, classroom structuring and 91. Normal Grouping – It is the

pupil/student achievement. identification of alternatives through a

highly structured procedure that purposely
85. Crisis Management – It is a term attempts to restrict verbal interaction.
generally applied to critical situation, a
turning point characterized by a sense of 92. School Plant – It refers to the school

urgency. facilities of the school consisting of the

site, buildings and other structures.
86. Threat – An element of crisis
management which is a potential 93. Republic Act 9155, Section 14 – It

hindrance to some state of goal desired by refers to the implementing rules and

an organization or individual. regulations known as Authority,

Responsibility and Accountability (AuRA).
87. Decision – This element of crisis
management refers to time in short when 94. Technical Competencies – This refers

the situation will be altered in the near to the development of the curriculum and

future after which no decision can be supervision to ensure the full

made only under less favorable implementation of the curriculum.

circumstances.
95. Human Resource Competencies – This

88. Surprise – The element of crisis refers to the role of the principal on the

management which refers to lack of self- collaborative method which is complex

awareness by those affected by the crisis, and it involves many variables; issues

is likely to occur, but is not equated with deal with human factor affecting the staff,

the lack of planned response to the attitudes and perception of the staffs,

situation. climate conducive to productive work and

emphasis on interpersonal issues.
89. Brainstorming – It involves the
spontaneous identification of alternatives 96. Political Competencies – It is a role

by individuals interacting in an which refers to limited resources,

unrestrained setting. principals will either have to use for some

resources; the principal develops ways to
90. Synectics – This is a creativity technique collaborate and cooperate in sharing
that involves the identification of novel those resources.
alternatives through the joining together of
97. Architectural Competencies – This is 103.School Improvement Plan – An
the process by which the administrators education development plan that shows
use to frame/construct roles and the intent and design that the schools will
relationships that will allow organizations undertake to introduce improvements in
to get things down. learning outcomes within the context of
SBM in prescribed period and at a given
98. Bank – It refers to World Bank (WB), the cost.
lending agency for the NPSBE Project.
104.Annual Improvement Plan – It identifies
99. National Program Support to Basic the problems and objectives for one
Education (NPSBE) – A 200 million US school year and the intervention programs
dollars program support loan secured by that include strategies and learning
the government from the World Bank to activities, time frame for implementing the
finance in part of the various key reform activities, persons responsible, and
thrusts outlined in the BESRA. resources needed which are appropriate
to achieve the objectives set.
100.Support to the Philippine Basic
Education Reforms (SPHERE) – A grant 105.Qualified Recipient Schools – These
fund from the Australian AID Trust Fund are public elementary and secondary
amounting to 41 million Au$. schools with grant applications submitted
to their respective Division Offices and
101.School Based Management – The
found to be eligible under the terms and
decentralization of decision-making
conditions of this set of guidelines.
authority from central, regional, and
division levels to the individual schools 106.Eligible Activities and Expenditure
with the intent bringing together the school Items – These are activities and
heads, teachers, students as well as the expenditure items within the parameters
parents, the local government units, and set out in the NPSBE Loan Agreement
the community at large in bringing and which are recognized as reimbursable
improved learning outcomes through by the World Bank.
effective schools.
107.School Grant Proposal – A school
102.Grant – The funding facility authorized to program/or project proposal that primarily
be used by the schools in SBM focuses on the development of ideal or
operations, also known as the SBM educationally maximal learning
Support and Installation Fund or the SBM environment for children based on the
Grant. accepted/approved SIP/AIP submitted to
the Division Office that outlines a
 proposed project and shows budgetary whose performance indicators have been
requirements and requests monetary computed as way below standards.
assistance in the form of a grant.
111. 4Ps Program – It is a poverty reduction
108.Implementing Units – It refers to the measure of the Philippine government that
secondary schools that maintain separate focuses on human capital investment in
book of accounts. the poorest of the poor households in the
country.
109.Non-implementing Units – It refers to
public elementary and secondary schools 112. 4Ps Schools – These are public
without separate book of accounts that are elementary schools within the
under the direct supervision of the division municipalities covered by the 4Ps program
offices. managed by DSWD.

110. High Priority Divisions – These refer to 113. 7m x 9m classroom – The conventional
the 40 highly challenged DepEd divisions design of classroom to be adopted fo