Implementation Guidelines for DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024 (Rationalization of Teachers’ Workload in Public Schools and Payment of Teaching Overload)

Implementation Guidelines for DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024 (Rationalization of Teachers’ Workload in Public Schools and Payment of Teaching Overload)
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1. The Department of Education (DepEd) has issued DepEd Order (DO) No. 005, s. 2024 or the Rationalization of Teachers' Workload in Public Schools and Payment of Teaching Overload, a policy that aims to cultivate a more conducive work environment by streamlining the teachers' day-to-day tasks, setting their official working hours, and providing guidelines for the payment of teaching overload.

2. In accordance with Section V.C. of the said DO, this Memorandum is issued to provide the necessary implementation guidelines to ensure that concerned offices shall be able to adhere to the standards provided in the DO.

3. In the distribution of Teaching Load, the school heads are directed to ensure a fair and equitable distribution, while prioritizing the welfare of teachers. The following parameters shall be observed:

a. A teacher shall not be required to render more than six hours of actual classroom teaching in a day in accordance with Republic Act No. 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.

b. In the exigency of service, teachers may render additional teaching loads. Actual classroom teaching in excess of six hours shall be compensated through payment of teaching overload, provided that it does not exceed two hours per day, as stipulated in RA 4670. The guidelines and procedures on teaching overload provided in Section V.A.2 of DO 005, s. 2024 shall be observed. The process flow for the payment of teaching overload is provided in Enclosure No. 1.

In circumstances where a teacher will have less than six hours of actual classroom teaching, they are given priority in the designation of teaching-related assignments.

c. Only actual classroom teaching rendered per learning area and class advising duties are treated as teaching load and shall form part of the six hours of teaching.

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