Code of Conduct for

DepEd Officials, Personnel,

Parents, Visitors,
And Students
Ms. Imelda M. Asuncion
Section 8: DepEd Officials and Personnel
A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
1. Treat students with fairness, 1. Yell at, argue with, and
dignity and respect; acknowledge humiliate students/learners
differing views and opinions. inside or outside the school
premises.
2. Inflict any physical abuse such as
but not limited to striking,
spanking, shaking and slapping
students/learners.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
3. Engage in bodily contact with a
student/learner in a sexual or other
inappropriate manner .
4. Bring obscene materials such as but not
limited to books, magazines, CDs, DVDs
or any storage devices in school
premises.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
5. Take advantage of status, position or
ascendancy to establish intimate
relationships or solicit sexual favors.
6. Engage students/learners in sexually
provocative acts including but not limited
to flirting, inappropriate touching and
sexual undertones.
 Section 8: DepEd Officials and Personnel
A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
1. Treat students with fairness, dignity 7. Demand or accept gifts as bribe or in
and respect; acknowledge differing views exchange for preferential treatment.
and opinions.
8. Ask students/learners to assists them
with jobs or tasks to be done in their
house or private accommodation for
personal benefit.
 Section 8: DepEd Officials and Personnel
A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
1. Treat students with fairness, 9. Invite students/learners into
dignity and respect; his/her dwelling place with
acknowledge differing views ulterior motives.
and opinions.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
2. Use positive reinforcement rather 10. Use demeaning words and
than negative such as but not limited to degrading treatment towards
criticism, competition or comparison students/learner in any situation.
when working with students/ learners.
11. Use profanity in the presence
students/learners at any time.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
3. Observe the appropriate 12. Violate the DepEd Order
dress code as provided under rules and regulations and dress
DepEd Order rules and code.
regulations.
 Section 8: DepEd Officials and Personnel
A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
4. Adhere to methods in 13. Engage in acts of
selection and exclusion of favoritism to demoralize
students for specific activities students/ learners.
subject to clear, fair and agreed
criteria.
Section 8: DepEd Officials and Personnel
A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
5. Ensure responsible use of social media 14. Take or publish (including online)
platforms. photos, movies or recordings of a students/
learner without parental/ guardian consent.
15. Engage in intimate communications
with children via text messaging, email,
Facebook, twitter, instagram, or similar
forms of electronics or social media
communications.
 Section 8: DepEd Officials and Personnel
A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
6. Use their professional judgement at 16. Use position or ascendancy to
all times, whenever physical contact intimate, threaten, coerce or undermine
with students is necessary consistent a student/learner.
with their needs, age, stage of
development, gender, ethnicity, culture
and background.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
7. Keep and secure confidential 17. Violate the provisions on
information about students/ data information sharing under
learners in accordance with the the Data Privacy Act
Data Privacy Act of 2012.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
8. Help provide an open, safe and 18. Keep hazardous items within the reach
supportive environment for all of the students/learners.
students/learners to interact and socialize. 19. Tolerate acts of discrimination among
students/learners.
20. Leave students/learners without any
authorized adult assistance or supervision.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT
9. Provide immediate medical 21. Ignore or neglect students/
attention to students/learners. learners who need immediate
medical attention.
10. Deliver the lesson appropriately 22. Incite violent behavior and
based on the learning competencies. malicious interpretation of lesson
among students/ learners.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST
11. Establish collaborative
partnership and linkages with
stakeholders to promote and support
students/learners’ learning and well-
being in and out of the school.
B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST NOT
23. Misuse or misappropriate
properties donated to the school by
stakeholders.
24. Underestimate the value of a
strong partnership among the
stakeholders.
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A. DEPED OFFICIALS AND B. DEPED OFFICIALS AND
PERSONNEL MUST PERSONNEL MUST NOT

12. Promote wholesome and desirable 25. Engage in gambling, smoking and
habits such as but not limited to sports, other vices that would negatively affect
music and worthwhile activities. the image of the public office and/or
school.

13. And other circumstances analogous to 26. And other circumstances analogous to
the preceding enumerations. the preceding enumerations.
 DO RIGHT
Right is always right
And wrong is always wrong
And we must learn to separate the two
If you love the right
The Lord will give you light
To seek the right in everything you do