HOW CAN I BECOME

A TEACHER?
how to become a professional teacher
in the philippines?
• Take a Bachelor in Elementary
Education/Bachelor in Secondary
Education major
• Take and Pass the Board Licensure
Examination for Professional Teachers
• Process your License and other
documents at PRC
• Process your application at DepEd
• Process your Appointment.
 1. Take a Bachelor in
Elementary
Education/Bachelor in
Secondary Education
major
The first step is to earn a 4-year
education requirement to be allowed
degree diploma in Education;
either Bachelor of elementary
education, Bachelor of secondary
education major and Bachelor of
Technical-Vocational Teacher
Educaiton
Individuals who complete the PTC
are given a certification (NOT a
degree or diploma) that they have
completed the 18-unit professional
to take the Licensure Examination
for Teachers (LET) which is
administered by the Professional
Regulatory Commission (PRC).
 2. Take and Pass the Board Licensure
Examination for Professional Teachers
• After earning your degree in
Education major, you are now
The examination is
ready to take another step on
composed of three
becoming a licensed professional major components,
teacher. In the Philippines, namely: General
Professional Regulation Education,
Professional
Commission is the agency tasked
Education and
to conduct a board examination to Majorship.
aspiring professionals like
teachers.
 EXAMINATION
COMPONENTS
GENERAL PROFESSIONAL MAJORSHIP
EDUCATION EDUCATION • Early Childhood
• Mathematics in the • The Teaching Profession Education
Modern World • Assessment in Learning • Special Education
• Lifes/Works of Rizal • Facilitating Learner- • Math
• Science, Technology, centered Teaching • English
and Society • The Teacher and School • Science
• Gender and Societu Curriculum • Filipino
• Technology for Teaching • Social Science
and Learning • MAPEH
• TLE
 The next step is to process
3. PROCESS your License and documents
like certificate of ratings,
YOUR LICENSE certificate of good standing,
and certificate of passing.
AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS AT
PRC
If you are blessed to pass the exam,
congratulations! You are now a
The processing
agency for these
licensed professional teacher. documents is still
the Professional
Regulation
Commission.
 4. Process your application at DepEd

Generally, the guidelines To be qualified, and be

every year is the same –same
requirements and criteria. The
usual process include
demonstration teaching,
interview, Teacher Reflection
Form, and demonstration of
special skills.
included in the registry of
qualified applicants (RQA),
you have to earn the
minimum required points–75
points. Being in the RQA
does not guarantee you are
hired already.
5. Process
your
Appointment
Congratulations! If you reach this
step it means you are now a
certified public school teacher.
You just have to process some
more documents for your official
appointment.