CODE OF ETHICS OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

Every teachers or school official shall actively help carry out the declared policies of the state, and shall take an oath to this effect

• The teacher and the community

• The teacher and the state

• School officials, teachers and other personnel

• The teacher and the higher authorities in the Philippines

Every teacher shall actively help ensure that teaching is the noblest profession, and shall manifest genuine enthusiasm and pride in teaching as a noble calling

• The teacher and the teaching community

• The teacher and the profession

• The teacher and the state

• The teacher and the school officials

A teacher is not entitled to claim for work not of his own, and shall given due credit for the work of others which he may use

• The teacher and the teaching community

• The teacher and the state

• The teacher and the school property

• The teacher as a person

A teacher shall live with dignity in all places at all time

• The teacher and parents

• The teacher and learners

• The teacher and business

• The teacher as a person

A teacher shall maintain a good reputation with respect to financial matters such as in the settlement of his just debts, loans and other financial affairs

• The teacher and business

• The teacher as a person

• The teacher and learners

• The teacher and state

A teacher shall always recognize the Almighty God or Being as a guide of his own destiny and of the destinies of men and nations

• The teacher as a person

• The teacher and business

• The teacher and learners

• Disciplinary action

A teacher shall inform parents, through proper authorities, of the progress or deficiencies of learners under him

• The teacher and parents

• The teacher as a person

• School officials, teachers and other personnel

• The teacher and the profession

No school officials shall dismiss or recommend for dismissal a teacher or other subordinates except for cause

• The teacher and learners

• School officials, teachers and other personnel

• The teacher and the profession

• The teacher and the teaching community

Every teacher shall use the teaching profession in a manner that makes it a dignified means for earning a decent living

• The teacher and the profession

• The teacher as a person

• The teacher and the state

• The teacher and business

A teacher is a facilitator of learning and of the development of the youth; he shall, therefore, render the best services by providing an environment conducive to such learning and growth

• The teacher and the community

• The teacher as a person

• The teacher as a profession

• The teacher and learners