Public School Teachers to receive Double of their Bonus

By: Jocelyn R. Uy / @mj_uyINQ

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:54 AM November 08, 2016

It’s a merrier Christmas this year for the country’s 720,000 public school teachers.

By year-end, public school teachers are expected to receive bonuses ranging from P34,000 to P64,000, double what they got in the previous year, according to Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC).

A teacher with a basic salary of P19,077 awaits the following perks: 

• a minimum of P5,000 in performance-based bonus (PBB); 
• a year-end bonus worth P19,077; 
• P5,000 in cash gift and 
• another P5,000 as productivity enhancement incentive (PEI)

according to TDC chair Benjo Basas.

“This is an unprecedented amount,” Basas said, attributing the increase in part to the significant increase in teachers’ basic salaries. But teachers, who stand to receive the maximum amount of P35,000 in PBB, can get the maximum amount of P64,077.

“The PBB, year-end bonus and cash gift will all be released this month [November] while the PEI will be given in December,” he noted.

The PBB is part of the productivity-based incentive system under the Salary Standardization Law-3 in which teachers and other employees stand to receive a bonus ranging from P5,000 to P35,000 depending on the performance of their respective schools and personnel for a specific fiscal year.

Basas said only about 2 percent of the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) teaching force could get the maximum amount of PBB. “It’s hard to get a PBB higher than P5,000,” he noted.

Teachers and other DepEd employees and officials who received national awards last year from the Civil Service Commission, Metrobank Foundation and the National Literacy Awards will automatically receive the bonus in full at P35,000, according to DepEd rules.

Last year, an entry-level teacher got P16,774 in bonuses while about a small percentage of teachers received the maximum amount of P46,744, Basas said.

2016 National Teachers' Month/Day and World Teachers' Day Celebrations Synchronized Programs and Activities

2016 National Teachers' Day Theme: 

"Guro Kabalikat sa Pagbabago."

HB 56: Increasing the salaries of Teachers and PERA. Ano na nga ba ang status?

"Kaya naman humihingi ako ng suporta saking mga kapwa kongresista na maipasa ang panukalang batas bilang 56 na naglalayong magkaroon ng umento sa sahod bilang panimulang sweldo na P16,000 sa mga non-teaching personnel, P25,000 para sa Teacher I, at sa mga Instructor I sa kolehiyo na mula SG 12 ay maging 16." sipi sa unang Privilege speech ni Rep. France Castro

House Bill 56

AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND AUGMENTING THE PERSONNEL ECONOMIC RELIEF ALLOWANCE

Principal Author/s: TINIO, ANTONIO L.; CASTRO, FRANCE L.; CASILAO, ARIEL B.;

Main Referral: APPROPRIATIONS

Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2016-07-26

DepEd Official Statement on the appeal for the recall of DepEd DO 42, s. 2016 (Policy Guidelines on Daily Lesson Preparation for the K12)

In relation to the issues raised by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Teachers Partylist and the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) regarding the preparation of the Daily Lesson Log (DLL) by teachers, the Department of Education (DepEd) wishes to clarify that it has not made any official statement on this matter.

While the DepEd recognizes the concerns raised by ACT and TDC regarding the clerical tasks of its teaching personnel, it also affirms its commitment to taking care of the welfare of its teachers. It was in this spirit that DepEd Order 42, s. 2016 or the Policy Guidelines on Daily Lesson Preparation for the K to 12 Basic Education Program was crafted.

The new guidelines seek to enable teachers to deliver quality instruction based on the principle of sound instructional planning. They also seek to help teachers come to their classes prepared. The guidelines have also reduced the number of years teachers are required to prepare a Detailed Lesson Plan (DLP) from two years to just a year, particularly for newly-hired teachers or teachers who join DepEd without any professional teaching experience. After a year in the service, teachers are only required to fill out a Daily Lesson Log (DLL). Moreover, the guidelines also allow teachers to prepare lessons collaboratively and encourage seasoned or veteran teachers to mentor novice teachers in preparing for daily lessons.

The DepEd understands that part of the concerns of teachers regarding the DLL is its new format. In this regard, the DepEd wishes to assure teachers and the public that the new DLL format was created with the best interests of teachers in mind. The new DLL format is simply meant as a planning tool for teachers in terms of budgeting time and choosing the most appropriate activities and assessment strategies to ensure that learners meet the competencies targeted in each lesson. It is meant as a tool to help teachers deliver lessons more effectively each time they step in front of their class.

Research has shown that a common trait that effective teachers share is planning, preparing for, and reflecting on their teaching. The DepEd Order was issued to accompany the changes in the curriculum, and changes in the curriculum also require greater capacity in teaching. The DepEd is committed to ensure that its teachers are not only effective but also capable of delivering quality instruction on a daily basis.

That said, DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones would like to reiterate that while she has not made a decision on the appeal to recall the policy, she is open to a discussion of it. She also commits to consultation with all parties concerned—from within the DepEd and other stakeholders—before any policy determination is made.

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-@DepEd Philippines

"Ito, itong increase of salaries, ang sunod ko mga teachers." Duterte vows pay hike for teachers next:

After announcing that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will enjoy an incremental increase in their pay beginning August, President Rodrigo Duterte promised he will increase the salary of the teachers next.

"Ito, itong increase of salaries, ang sunod ko mga teachers," he said in a statement during the situational briefing at Camp Guillermo Nakar in Lucena City on Thursday.

Duterte has yet to give details about this plan as well as his previous announcement to hike the pay of the soldiers.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is also mum on how they will implement the President's promise to the military, given that the current administration took office midway through the year.

"Will announce it when ready," DBM Secretary Benjamin Diokno told GMA News Online in a text message.

Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella also did not have any update on how Duterte plans to increase the salary of the soldiers.

"I don't have the details for the first tranche. Although he did give the assurance that it will be fulfilled. Kaya lang talaga, this year is still the budget of last year so he cannot really impose upon it. But he did say that there will be incremental increase and I believe by next month," he said.

Duterte in the same statement before the officers of the South Luzon Command explained that he understands the plight of soldiers and other government workers.

"I’ve been with government for so long. Ordinaryong tao lang ako 'no. 'Di masyadong... casual, casual lang tayo. Anak lang ako ng mahirap eh. So I know how it is to rise from the ranks," he said.

Duterte's late mom Soledad "Soling" Duterte used to be a public teacher. 

(c) —JST, GMA News

2016 Guidelines ng Performance Based-Bonus

Narito na ang 2016 Guidelines ng Performance Based-Bonus para sa Fiscal Year 2015. Ayon sa Guidelines na ito, 50% ng rate ay magmumula sa OPCRF. Target date of release nito ay sa October 2016.

Inaanyayahan ang lahat na basahin ang guidelines na ito, pag-aralan natin at ipaabot sa amin ang inyong pagtingin. Paki komento ng inyong pananaw hinggil dito.