2. DepEd Memorandum No. 291. s, 2008
states that all advisory assignments
and/or special assignments for the
entire school year combined shall be
considered as one teaching load. It is
thus the above cited Regional
Memorandum underscored that
Public school heads are strictly
advised to properly distribute special
assignments
3. Public school teachers shall render at most six (6) hours
of actual teaching a day, except when undertaking
academic activities that require presence outside the
school premises;
School heads shall assign teaching loads to public school
teachers to fully utilize the six (6) hour actual classroom
teaching, i.e., six teaching loads at one hour per
teaching load, with due regard for possible teaching
intervals;
All advisorship and/or special assignments for the entire
school year combined shall be considered as one
teaching load
A teacher with less than six (6) hours of actual
classroom teaching and/or equivalent teaching related
activities and duties shall render additional hours of
appropriate teaching-related activities and duties
within the school premises to complete six (6) hours;
4. Special assignments are hereby
enumerated together with the
corresponding teaching load that may be
given to the teachers:
A teacher with six (6) hours of actual
classroom teaching and/or equivalent
teaching related activities and duties
shall render the remaining two (2) hours
of work within or outside the school
premises to comply with the eight-hour
workday by engaging in the following
teaching-related activities and duties;
5. a. Preparation of lesson plans action/work
plans, instructional materials,
evaluation/assessment tools/rubrics;
b. Preparation and checking of exercises;
recording of academic performance
results and classroom accomplishments;
c. Conduct of research;
d. Attendance to seminars, workshops and
similar programs;
e. Counseling, mentoring, coaching of
students including home visits;
6. f. Consultations and conferences with
parents;
g. Performance of coordination activities
and duly recognized community social
services;
h. Participation in the maintenance and
improvement of school facilities and
equipment; and
i. Other activities identified in the
specific guidelines under paragraph 4
below.
j) Other activities identified in the
specific guidelines under paragraph 4
below.
7. Schools with 2 shift classes should give
additional home work to students to
make up for reduction of time
allotment.
As per DepEd Order No. 9, s 2005,
national regional or division athletic
meets or academic and non-academic
competitions. Including practices for
said meets and competitions shall be
allowed on condition that these are
held after class hours and days. The
specific day and time should be
reflected in School Form 7 (SF7).
8. The Master Teachers should observe the statement
of duties and responsibilities indicated in CSC
Form No. 1 (Position Description Form}. They
should NOT be designated as Assistant to the
Principal regardless of school population.
Furthermore, they should be classroom teachers
with additional load as
remedial/intervention/enhancement teacher,
mentor or continuous improvement coordinator.
Classes in Grades I, 2 and 3 MUST be self-
contained (one teacher assigned in each section).
Only Grades 4-6 will be allowed to utilize
departmentalized/team teaching. Observance of
this policy shall be strictly followed.
9. In the exigency of the service, the
principal may deviate from assigning
teachers in ancillary services and instead
assign teachers to actual teaching duties
as the need arises.
The Schools Division Superintendents
are enjoined to monitor the
implementation and compliance of the
DepEd issuances on teaching loads and
related matters to ensure the efficient
and effective delivery of educational
services.
10. Overtime pay can only be claimed for
actual teaching and/or work performed
within the school premises. In the event
of non-availability of funds, service
credits shall be granted and one hour
overtime work shall be 1.25 hours for
purposes of determining the service
credits.
11. Legal Bases: RA 7079, sec. 2
Implementing Rules and Guidelines
This is an implicit additional feature of
the curriculum, as such, it can be
considered as additional load to whoever
may be assigned to teach it, or serve as
School Paper Adviser. However, the
following shall be observed:
There should be at least 15 pupils to
constitute a class;
Elementary Level
Teaching Loads
12. Should there be two (2) separate classes,
by Grade level (one for Grade 5 and
another for Grade 6), or by medium
(English or Filipino), with at least 15
pupils each, such will be considered two
(2) loads; likewise, the same rule would
follow if and when a Grade 4 class shall
be organized;
Multi grade level or English and Filipino
combined as (1) class, at one (1) schedule
is still considered single (one) load.
13. Secondary
Level Teaching
Loads
This may be a subject taken in lieu of
Technology and Livelihood Education
(TLE); hence, for the nomenclature in the
DepEd forms, it shall appear as =
TLE/Journalism.
The following shall be observed in the
loading of teachers:
There should be at least 25 students to
constitute a class;
14. One (1) load is considered for being a School
Paper Adviser and another load for
handling one (1) section; Journalism in
either English or Filipino or a particular
grade level; hence, a School Paper Adviser
(SPA), may get two (2) loads being an SPA
and handling a Journalism class, however, a
Journalism teacher may not always be an
SPA. Only one (1) teacher shall be assigned
as SPA in a school, who shall take charge of
English and/or Filipino publication. For
large population, there could be two (2)
SPAs, one (1) English and one (1) Filipino.
(This rule shall also apply to the
Elementary Level SPAs)
15. For small schools where English and
Filipino classes are combined or where
the classes are composed of different
grade level, that are conducted as one (1)
section, the load will be considered only
one (1).
To complete the load of a Journalism
teacher, he/she must be assigned in
English or Filipino to teach subject/s to
allow more opportunities to discover
potential journalists in the class/school.
16. SOCIALSTUDIES
COMMUNITY
Public school teachers shall render at
most six (6) hours of actual teaching a
day, except when undertaking academic
activities that require presence outside
the school premises,
School heads shall assign teaching loads
to public school teachers to fully utilize
the six (6) hour actual classroom
teaching, i.e. six teaching load, with due
regard for possible teaching intervals;
Schools with 2 shift classes should give
homework to students to make up for
reduction of time allotment.
17. As per DepEd Order No. 0, s. 2005, national,
regional or division athletic meets or
academic and non-academic competitions,
including practices for said meets and
competitions shall be allowed on condition
that these are held after class hours and
days. The specific day and time should be
reflected in School Form 7 (SF7)
In this connection, the Schools Divisions are
advised to adopt the following guidelines for
teaching loads in all public elementary and
secondary schools
Public school teachers shall render at most
six (6) hours of
18. This may be a subject taken in lieu of
Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE);
hence, for the nomenclature in the DepEd
forms, it shall appear as – TLE/Journalism
One (1) load is considered for being a School
Paper Adviser All advisorship and/or special
assignments for the entire school year
combined shall be considered as one teaching
load;
Special assignments are hereby enumerated
together with the corresponding teaching
load that may be given to the teachers;
19. A teacher with sis (6) hours of actual
classroom teaching related activities and
duties shall render the remaining two (2)
hours of work within or outside the
school premises to comply with the eight-
hour workday by engaging in the
following teaching-related activities and
duties
Read Teaching Loads of master teachers
and head teachers
Teaching loads and assignment of public
school teachers to:
20. Schools Division Superintendents, Heads
of Public Elementary and Secondary
schools
The Schools Division Office had
conducted the inventory of PSI-POP
Number of Teachers in the thirty two (32)
district of the division last school year.
The common observations were some
teachers were not given full teaching
loads and daily time allotment per
