Guidelines for Automatic Position Upgrading of Eligible Public School Teachers
This Circular is being issued to prescribe guidelines for the implementation of the automatic position upgrading of eligible public school teachers.
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Purpose
This Circular is being issued to prescribe guidelines for the implementation of the automatic position upgrading of eligible public school teachers.
Rationale
Section 14 of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 985 (re: A Decree Revising the Position Classification and Compensation Systems in the National Government and Integrating the Same) provides for the salary system for teaching positions. Item (a) thereof stipulates that under the Teachers' Preparation Pay Schedule, the teacher's academic or educational preparation, teaching experience in both private and public schools, and extra-curricular activities for professional growth, shall be considered in pursuance of the principle of "equal pay for equal training and experience." PD 985 directs the DepEd, in consultation with this Department to establish "equivalents" to the basic preparation requisites and define the "areas of equivalents" and their corresponding units or points. This was implemented through the Equivalents Records Form (ERF) Scheme.
However, it has been observed that there are teachers who have remained as Teacher I despite having served in the same position for more than twenty (20) years. It is possible that many teachers are unaware of the opportunities offered by the ERF scheme or are daunted by the documentary requirements.
There is therefore a need to prescribe the guidelines to provide for the automatic position upgrading of the eligible public school teachers.
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Coverage
All incumbents of Teacher I positions who have rendered twenty (20)'"or more years satisfactory teaching service which were not credited in the computation of step increment due to length of service as provided under Joint CSC-DBM Circular No. 1, s. 1990.
Definition of Terms
As used in this Circular the following shall mean:
4.1Present Salary - the actual basic salary of the incumbent of a Teacher I position as of the date the ERF for the automatic upgrading is filed exclusive of Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA), Additional Compensation (ADCOM), Christmas Bonus and cash gift, honoraria and any other forms of additional compensation usually paid in addition to basic salary but inclusive of transition allowance, if any.
4.2Equivalents Record Form (ERF) - a document indicating the educational preparation, training, teaching experience and extra¬curricular activities for professional growth undertaken by a teacher. It is used to validate the classification level of teachers covered by the Teachers7 Pay Preparation Schedule (TPPS).
4.3Automatic Position Upgrading - The change in position title and the salary adjustment given to incumbents of Teacher I positions who have rendered twenty (20) or more years satisfactory teaching service.
4.4Transition Allowance - the excess of the present salary over the eighth step of the salary grade allocation of the employee's position.