Assignment and Payment of Teaching Overload for Teachers and MTs

TEACHING OVERLOAD

1. Hours rendered as actual classroom teaching in excess of the prescribed six (6) hours in a day for teachers shall be counted as teaching overload.

The number of minutes accumulated on a weekly basis shall be converted into hours for the computation of appropriate teaching overload pay.

2. To ensure the general welfare of teaching personnel, the maximum hours of teaching overload per day is two (2) hours as provided under Section 13 of RA No. 4670, and Chapter 6 of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Manual on Position Classification and Compensation.

3. As a general rule, only teachers in schools with teacher shortage based on the enhanced planning parameters are eligible for teaching overload pay. However, tasks requiring actual classroom teaching duties whether in-person, distance, or blended, including relieving duties for other teachers, which are beyond the normal teaching hours and affecting vacant periods shall also be considered teaching overload, provided it satisfies the conditions in Items A.2.1 and A.2.2, respectively.

4. All teachers shall render the prescribed number of actual classroom teaching hours before they may be assigned a teaching overload. The specialization of teachers must be a prime consideration for the school head in assigning overload.

5. Teachers holding contractual positions funded by the Local School Board (LSB) are not eligible to receive teaching overload pay. However, the protection of their statutory rights shall be properly observed through this DepEd Order by ensuring that they are subjected to a fair and equitable distribution of teaching workload.

PAYMENT OF TEACHING OVERLOAD

1. Teaching overload shall be compensated through teaching overload pay.

2. The School Head shall prepare a record of teachers who rendered service beyond six (6) hours aggregated every week.

3. Payment of teaching overload shall be made on a quarterly basis, subject to the extent of allotment for the purpose. In the event of insufficient funds, teaching overload hours shall be converted to earned VSC provided under the existing DepEd policy.

SOURCE: DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024

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