CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS
The author is Teacher
MA. THERESA E. GUECO
Pursuant to its goal of providing every Filipino with access to quality basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) is mandated to undertake programs, activities and projects (PAPs) aimed towards the continuing professional development of its teaching and non-teaching personnel especially at the schools and learning centers.
For this purpose, funds shall be allocated to support the implementation of these undertakings relative to the continuing professional development of personnel in schools and learning centers.
The DepEd has issued guidelines to ensure that the utilization of the funds in support of the human resource development in the Department of Education particularly those at the schools and learning centers and those that provide direct support to these personnel is strategic and efficiently and effectively managed.
These guidelines shall apply to programs, activities and projects (PAPs) geared towards the continuing professional development of regular or permanent teaching and non-teaching personnel in public schools and learning centers including teaching personnel who perform managerial, administrative and supervisory roles at the schools division, regional, and central offices funded under the HRD Funds provided in the General Appropriations Act (GAA).
The Department of Education is committed to providing quality, accessible, relevant and liberating basic education for all. Toward this end, it will ensure that all personnel, particularly teachers and nonteaching personnel in schools and learning centers, are provided with opportunities for continuing professional development. Hence, relevant and quality professional development programs shall be provided and supported at all levels including the provision of appropriate resources.
Professional Development programs, projects and activities should be anchored on and aligned to the competency development needs of the personnel that are, to the extent possible, based on competency standards. The Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) and the National Competency-Based Standards for School Heads (NCBSSH) shall be the reference for competency development initiatives for teachers and school heads respectively.
At the school and community learning center level, the Learning Action Cell (LAC) shall be the major strategy in addressing the continuing professional development needs of teaching and non-teaching personnel consistent with DepEd Order No. 35 s. 2016 entitled The Learning Action Cell as a K to 12 Basic Education Program School-Based Continuing Professional Development Strategy for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning. In support of this policy, professional development activities for teachers should lead towards the conduct of LAC sessions in schools.
All professional development initiatives should likewise adhere to the processes and standards of the Learning and Development System.
Continuing professional development programs, activities and projects (PAPs) for teaching personnel and non-teaching personnel in schools and learning centers as well as teaching personnel who perform managerial, administrative and supervisory roles at the school, schools division, regional and central offices shall be allocated funds from the Human Resource Development Program specifically the Human Resource Development for Personnel in schools and learning centers. These funds shall cover programs that are managed at the Central, Regional, and Schools Division Offices.
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