CONTINUING

PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
The Lifeblood of the Teaching Profession
 Learning Outcomes
• Explain why CPD is necessary for professional
teachers
• Discuss pertinent provisions of the CPD Act of 2016
and other related legal documents
• Commit to continuing professional development
The Philosophical Basis of CPD
1. “Growth is an evidence of life.”
2. “Man/Woman is an unfinished project.”
3. “No person has arrived.”
The Historical and Legal Basis of
Continuing Professional
Development in the Philippines
 Batas Pambansa 232
The Education Act of 1982
Chapter 3, Duties and Obligations, Section 6, (4)

“to assume the responsibility to maintain and sustain his

professional growth and advancement”
 R.A. 9115
• An Act instituting a Framework of Governance for Basic Education,
Establishing Authority and Accountability, Renaming the Department of
Culture and Sports as the Department of Education and for other purposes.
• Enacted on August 11, 2001.
 Section 7A
In addition to his/her powers under existing laws, the Secretary of Education
shall have authority and responsibilities among other things for:

• Enhancing employment status

• Professional competence
• Welfare
• Working condition
 Section 7E
Consistent with the national education policies and plans and standards, the
School Heads shall have:

• Authority
• Accountability
• Responsibility for encouraging staff development
 R.A. 7836
The Teachers’ Professionalization Act

• Encourage professional growth and development.

• To provide additional basis for merit promotion.
• Teachers may take oral and written examination at least once in five (5)
years.
 R.A. 7836
Unjustified or willful failure to attend seminars, workshops, conferences
and continuing education Program prescribed by the Board and
Commission will result to:
• Revocation of the Certificate of Registration
• Suspension from the practice of the Teaching Profession
• Cancellation of Temporary or Special Permit
 Resolution No. 435, Section 177
To adopt the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers

• Every teacher shall participate in the Continuing Professional Education

(CPE) program of the PRC.
• Shall pursue such other studies as it will improve his efficiency, enhance
the prestige of his profession, and strengthen his competence virtues and
productivity.
• To be nationally and internationally competitive (section 3, article IV).
 Executive Order No. 266
Institutionalization of the Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
Programs of the Various Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs) Under
the Supervision of the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC).
• Signed and issued by the office of the former President Fidel V. Ramos on
July 25, 1995.
This Executive Order was premised on the following:
 The various professions play a crucial role in nation building
 It is imperative to impose upon registered professionals the completion of
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs adopted by the concerned
Board as a pre-requisite for the renewal of their licenses
 Upgrade or improve their technical knowledge and skills
 To keep them abreast with modern trends and technology in their respective
professions
 Assuring the rendition of highly qualitative professional service/s
 Be globally competitive under the General Agreement on Trades in Services
(GATS)
 Securing the safety and protection of the public
 The confidence and patronage of the public in a professional depends upon his
competence and the quality of service rendered resulting from his acquisition of
updated technical knowledge and skills
 R.A. 10912
Continuing the Professional Development Act of 2016

With the enactment of this law, CPD for all the forty-three (43)
professions regulated by the PRC including the teacher profession has
become mandatory.
The Salient Provisions of R.A. 10912
The Continuing Professional
Development Act of 2016
 R.A. 10912
Article 1, Declaration of Policy

• The State shall institute measures that will continuously improve the
competence of the professionals
• Ensure their contribution in uplifting the general welfare, economic
growth and development of the nation.
 Number
Of
CPD Units Required
 Article III, Section 10

“ The CPD is…made as a mandatory requirement in the renewal of the

Professional Identification Card (PICs) of all registered and licensed
professionals.”
Professional Regulatory Board for Professional Teachers Resolution
No. 11, series of 2017, the following credit units are required:

Period No. of Credits Units Required

December 2017 15 Credit Units

January – December 2018 30 Credit Units

January 2019 onwards 45 Credit Units

Ways By Which Professional Teachers Can
Earn Credit Units

PROFESSIONAL TRACK
ACADEMIC TRACK
SELF-DIRECTED TRACK
PRODUCTIVE SCHOLARSHIP
 Professional Track
• Trainings provided by CPD providers accredited by PRC
• Participate to a training by CPD Council
• Serve as a resource speaker, trainer or demonstration teacher
• Panelists/reactor, facilitator/moderator
• Assigned by CPD Council to monitor the conduct of an approved CPD
program
 Academic Track
• Completion of Master’s Degree
• Completion of candidacy to the doctorate program
• Completion of the doctorate program
• Completion of a post-doctoral diploma
• A recipient of a professorial chair grant, and/or fellowship grant
 Self-directed Track
• Trainings offered by non-accredited CPD providers
• Serving as accreditor (e.g. ISO, ISA, PACUCOA, PAASCU, AACCUP,
etc.)
• Study tours and socio-civic activities using the profession
 Productive Scholarship
• Has developed program/training module, curriculum guide or any
resource material
• Has written an article in a professional magazine or a technical/research
paper
• Writes a book or monograph or comes up with an invention or creative
work.
• Professional and/or lifetime achievement awards
 Continuing Professional
Development Plan
• Developing a personal CPD plan • A CPD plan should be made
helps teachers leaders develop concrete in a simple and doable
purposively. plan.
Templates For A CPD Plan
 Teacher’s Individuals Plan For Professional
Development (IPPD)
Objectives Methods/ Resources Time Frame Success Indicator
Strategies

What What What will I do When do I What PPST What learners’

competence professional to access expect to have competence performance
will I enhance? activity will I resources? accomplish? would I have would have
undertake to enhanced? been
achieve my improved?
objective?
 Personal CPD Plan
Training Objectives Activity Resources Needed Time Expected Expected
Need Frame Output Outcome
What do I What should What Human Material When am I What results
need to I do to activity Whose help What supposed to does this
improve my address my should I do I need to materials or have activity have
teaching? need? undergo to address my how much addressed on my
address my need? cash do I my need? teaching and
need? need to my students
address my learning?
need?
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of PP for at least 5 Expert LCD interesting and
lessons more concrete
lesson
presentation
and improved
students’
scores
 Joining Professional Learning
Community/Communities of Practice
• Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
• School Learning Action Cells (SLACs)
Learning From The CPD Practices
Of High Performing Countries
 CPD in SINGAPORE
• First to institutionalized PLC
• “School as Learning Organization”
• Every teachers is entitled to 100 hours per year of optional training
• Schools are encouraged to provide teachers at least 1 hour per week to
engage in PD initiatives
For PD, Singapore has:

1. Teacher – Researcher Networks

• Learning communities serves as mentors to conduct an action research
• Overall goal is to provide teachers with resources to engaged in action research
STEPS:
1. Identification and definition of a problem
2. Planning for improvement
3. Implementation of teaching/learning activities
4. Observation of results (data collection)
5. Reflection of outcomes
2. Lesson Study and other forms of “Learning Circles”
• Overall goal is to foster collaborative inquiry and data-driven pedagogical reflection
4 Cyclical Phases
 Study Phase
 Planning Phase
 Analysis Phase
 Reflection Phase
 CPD in FINLAND
• Plan and develop curriculum
 CPD in JAPAN
• Lesson study
• Teachers and lessons are being observed
• Theme and frequency of research lessons
• Refine, consult, reflect, learn and build
• Public research lessons
 CPD in NEW ZEALAND
• Funds for teachers
• Observe and confer
Characteristics of Effective CPD
1. Continuous
2. Collaborative
3. Focused on a specific teacher need
4. Job embedded
5. Given enough time
6. Funded