Republic of the Philippines

Western Philippines University

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Graduate School

Subject: EDUC 308 Principles of School Administration

Name: AVIS ZYRA C. YUMANG
Professor: NHELBOURNE K. MOHAMMAD, PhD

Reflection on Compensation and Benefits Report

This report highlights compensation and benefits received by teachers of the

Department of Education in the Philippines.

The monetary value received by a team member in return for their work is
known as compensation. Wages, salaries, commissions, and bonuses can all be
included in this monetary value. Meanwhile, benefits are non-financial, extra
bonuses or prizes offered by a corporation to a team member. Even when a team
member doesn't receive any money, some benefits may still have monetary value.

Stronger job satisfaction is a result of designing the ideal remuneration

structure. Benefits and all other bonuses are part of the ideal compensation package.
Employees frequently brag about their holiday bonuses or pay close attention to the
performance of their department. Employees are more invested in the task being
done when their remuneration plan is effective, which increases their sense of
satisfaction when the business succeeds. They are confident that their efforts will be
rewarded because everyone enjoys receiving praise.

In her report, Ms. Manggad discussed the structures for compensation such as
step structure which is a tenure-based step compensation structure largely takes into
account an employee's length of service. Employees that are devoted to the company
and the industry are rewarded through pay steps.

Another one is one of the most popular compensation systems used by

businesses today which is the grade and range structure. When shifting personnel
from one grade to another, a grade and range structure typically takes both tenure
and performance into account.

On the other hand, in order to provide competitive salaries to particular roles,

the benchmarking compensation structure uses data and market research.
 Republic of the Philippines
Western Philippines University
A benchmarking structure depends far more on data and may change from year to
year, unlike some other systems where employees' pay increases in a straight line.

The Department of Education has pushed its efforts to increase the salaries of
teachers. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has already directed the Department of
Education (DepEd) to conduct a study regarding a long-term strategy on how to
increase teachers' salaries, in addition to the pay increase they receive under the
Salary Standardization Law. This is part of his commitment to fulfilling his campaign
promise of a salary increase for teachers.

As a teacher in the department, through this report I was more informed

regarding the salaries and benefits for us teachers. However, I am also saddened with
the fact that even if there are many plans for increasing benefits, teachers are still
burdened of facing the challenges of using money from their own pockets just to
provide their needs for the improvement of the teaching and learning process.

It is just right to acknowledge the efforts of teachers in delivering quality

education but I do hope that the government would show its full support for the
development of the education sector, just as the government’s means of providing
higher salaries of uniformed personnel. It is vital to acknowledge that education is
just as important of securing national security because education offers progress. I
do hope that the delivery of quality education will not be solely shouldered by
teachers because the role of educating the youth is a shared mission of all in the
community. Rewarding various heroic deeds of teachers especially those who are
assigned to remote places would be helpful for them to stay in the field with the
dedication to teach the learners. Special allowances for additional tasks assigned to
teachers would also increase their productivity.