TERMS TO REMEMBER FOR TEACHERS

DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024: Rationalization of Teachers' Workload in Public Schools and Payment of Teaching Overload

III. DEFINITION OF TERMS

For this purpose, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

a. Class Advising Duties refer to ancillary tasks performed by a class adviser to manage a class or group of learners for a certain grade level.

b. Classroom refers to any learning space whether physical, virtual, or other alternative spaces in communities or households used for teaching and learning engagements through various learning delivery modalities.

c. Compensation refers to monetary payment to teachers for services rendered. This includes salary and wages, or additional incentives attached to work rendered for their position.

d. Remediation refers to the instructional program designed to support struggling learners who have not developed or attained expected curricular competencies and help them strengthen their basic skills to succeed in school. It shall be an after-school program with dedicated time, an organized class, and a designated teacher who shall provide remedial activities, assessment, and support to learners.

e. School Heads refer to persons responsible for the administrative and instructional supervision of the school or cluster of schools as provided for in RA No. 9155. For the purpose of this policy, a duly designated Teacher-in Charge (TIC) is considered a School Head.

f. Teacher Ancillary Tasks refer to work incidental to the teachers' normal teaching duties.

g. Teacher Shortage refers to the deficiency in the number of teachers in a school. Teacher shortage is derived from the latest enrollment data and teacher inventory data from the Basic Education Information System (BEIS).

h. Teachers refer to those occupying teaching positions directly engaged in teaching or delivery of instruction in the elementary and secondary levels tiunior high school and senior high school) in schools and Community Learning Centers (CLCs).

i. Teaching Load refers to the actual classroom teaching hours or minutes rendered by a teacher.

J. Teaching Overload refers to the actual classroom teaching in excess of the prescribed six (6) hours of actual classroom teaching in a day. The teaching overload shall not exceed two (2) hours a day or ten (10) hours a week.

k. Teaching Overload Pay refers to the additional compensation of public school teachers who render actual classroom teaching beyond the required thirty (30) hours a week. The compensation shall be at least twenty-five percent (25%) of a teacher's regular remuneration.

l. Teaching-related assignments refer to tasks related to teaching and academic learning which support learner development. These tasks are performed by teachers in consideration of their professional expertise and experience.

m. Vacation Service Credits (VSC) refer to the leave credits earned by public school teachers for services rendered during activities authorized by proper authorities during long periods with no classes (e.g., semestral breaks and official non-working holidays). These credits are used to offset their absences due to illness, or to offset proportional deductions in vacation salary due to absences for personal reasons or late appointment. For purposes of this Order, VSC can be granted for teaching overload and activities during the regular school year as authorized by this Order.