2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
1. Love your learners that of
your child.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Teachers exercising special parental
authority, under principle of loco parentis
have to value learners’ intrinsic worth and
dignity. Show and let learners feel the love
and care they need. (In so doing, teachers
will be loved too and will be spared from
being charged with Child Abuse in relation to
RA7610, or possible Child Protection Policy
(DepEd Order No. 40 s. 2012).
3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
2. Take good care of your
body as temple of God.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Get rid of vices e.g. smoking, gambling
and intoxicating oneself of alcohol and the
like. (Free from being complained
administratively on this matter. Mental and
other health issues are minimized.
4. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3. Live within your means.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Live in modest lives. If one
indulges in extravagant spending
beyond one’s earning capacity, one will
be enticed of borrowing money, which
resultantly, put him/ her in a trap which
he/she could hardly get rid of, giving rise
to being administratively complained of
willful failure to pay just debts.
5. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4. Be honest and trustworthy
in all your dealings.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Article XI, section 1, 1987, Public Office is a
public trust. In the discharge of one’s duties and
functions, we must be sincere in our dealings in words
and in deeds. Public Officers and employees, must at
all times be accountable to clientele. Serve them with
utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty and efficiency.
ARTA law is in place to ensure our avowed commitment
and responsibility to the public. This is further espoused
under Project We Advocate Time Consciousness and
Honesty (WATCH) in the workplace, underscoring 2
core values in promoting national renewal, punctuality
and honesty. (DepED Memorandum No. 410 s. 2009)
6. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
5. Submit yourself to duly
constituted authorities.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Respect their duties and functions
mandated of them. Recognize and value
hierarchical structure. Nothing to lose in
obeying, but something critical in defying.
7. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
6. Attend to your clients’
needs promptly.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Put your shoes that of your
transacting clientele. It is enjoined to a public
official and employee to respond efficiently to
official communication sent to government
agency within the reglementary period
pursuant to RA 11032, the promoting Ease of
Doing Business.
8. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
7. Possess and take care of
your money and resources
only.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Department of Education is
consistent in its drive of no collection
policy consistent with DepED advocacy,
Education for All (EFA), RA5546, DepED
Order No. 41 s. 2012, among other
relevant laws and local ordinances.
9. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
8. Be polite and courteous
at all times.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Serve people with happy heart.
Demonstrate professionalism, trust and
self-restraint. Otherwise, one may be
charged with Gross Discourtesy in the
course of official duties.
10. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
9. Render justice to everyone.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Uphold public interest over personal
interest. Ensure that all actions are anchored on
laws, policies, guidelines, relevant issuances
and the like. Exercise due diligence in decision-
making with integrity and competence.
11. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
10. Attend to clients’ need
without expecting return.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Receiving for personal use of a fee, gift
or other valuable in connection with such office
or function with a hope or expectation of a
favor or accorded better treatment than others
constitutes Graft and Corruption punishable
under RA3019.
12. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
11. Report to workplace with
energy and enthusiasm.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Reporting to one’s workplace regularly and on time
is a manifestation of employee’s vigor and enthusiasm. An
officer or employee shall be considered habitually absent if
one incurs unauthorized absences exceeding the
allowable 2.5 days monthly leave credit at least 3 months
during the year. (section 22(q) Rule XIV, Omnibus Rules
Implementing Book V, Executive Order No.292
(Administrative Code 1987) Meanwhile, an officer or
employee shall be considered habitually tardy if he is late
for work, regardless of the number of minutes, 10 times a
month for at least 2 months in a semester, or at least 2
consecutive months during the year (CSC Circular No. 04,
s. 1991)
13. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
12. Engage stakeholders
support to schools and
learning center in a manner
permissible by law.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Private entities and other stakeholders
are being encouraged to assist public schools
in whatever form under RA8525, adopt a-
School Act. Nevertheless , the state does not
condone solicitation of any form because of
existing Anti Solicitation Law under PD no.
1564, amending Act No. 4075.
14. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
13. Keep official records under
one’s custody confidential.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Disclosure of data or information
containing personal and or sensitive personal
information processed by office he/she is
assigned is prohibited under RA10173,
otherwise known as Data privacy Act. Breach
of confidentiality may give rise to
administrative and or criminal liability.
15. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
14. Pursuit private business,
vocation or profession as
may be allowed by Civil
Service rules and regulations.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
A government official or employee may
engage his/her services in private undertaking,
provided, the same does not run conflict with
one’s schedule to the prejudice of his/her
government service. Further, a written permit and
approval must be sought for from head of office
prior to such an engagement. (Rule 10 section 50
(f) (15) Rules on Administrative cases
16. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
15. Blessed are the peacemakers.
DEPED TAGUIG CITY AND PATEROS
Schools are zones of peace. Ensure that schools are
free from all forms of violence as declared by DepED Order
No.44 s. 2005, reiterated on DepEd memorandum 109 s.
2017. As government official or employee, one should be
pacifier, not an insinuator of conflict. Rumormongering should
not exist in the workplace and it is looked upon with disfavor if
not abhor. RA 6713, Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards
for Public official and Employees sets parameter on how one
acts or behaves.
DANNY D. ESPELICO, JD.
PSDS, CLUSTER 1 (EMBO)
JOSEPH SON
DIVISION LIBRIRIAN
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