The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday announced a new policy that rationalizes public school teachers’ workload by defining ancillary tasks and assignments that can be given to them.
This is a follow-up to the earlier issuance that removed administrative tasks from teachers, further allowing educators to devote their time to classroom teaching.
The DepEd policy specified that ancillary tasks must be categorized under the following: Curriculum Planning, Curriculum Delivery and Pedagogy, Assessment of Learner’s Progress, and Homeroom Guidance and Management.
Meanwhile, tasks that do not fall under the specified teaching-related and ancillary tasks will be delegated to school administrative personnel.
The issuance also indicates the guidelines and procedures on the appropriate teaching load to be given to teachers, as well as payment of teaching overload for those who will exceed the prescribed number of hours. Payment of teaching overload will be made quarterly. However, in case of insufficient funds, teaching overload hours will be converted to earned vacation service credit provided under the existing DepEd policy.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline New DepEd workload policy allots more classroom time for teachers
