Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IVA-CALABARZON
Division of Rizal
DISTRICT OF RODRIGUEZ II
KASIGLAHAN VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
San Jose, Rodriguez Rizal

GUIDELINES ON THE SEARCH FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHING

AND NON-TEACHING EMPLOYEES
I. Rationale and Purpose

Kasiglahan Village Elementary School shall conduct the school-wide Search for Outstanding
Teaching and Non-Teaching Employees in conformity with the Program on Awards and Incentives for
Service Excellence (PRAISE) of the Department of Education (DepEd Order No. 9, s.2002) and the
Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees that has been conducted by the Civil Service
Commission (CSC) annually (CSC Memorandum Circular No. 03, s.2016). The initiative provides an
inclusive opportunity to all potential teachers to benefit from the rewards and recognition system that
the department has already established. It prepares our human resources more competitively for
nomination and participation to the district, division, regional and national level search and awards
program. The search activity aims to encourage, reward and give due recognition to the top
performing teachers who have demonstrated continuing commitment and outstanding performance.
Motivated human resources are essential to organizational productivity and contribute to improving
access, quality of delivery and governance of basic education.

II. Category and Qualification Requirements

The search shall cover the teaching employees and include the following categories:

A.) Teaching Employees

Category Qualification Requirements
Outstanding Teacher Has permanent item as teacher I, II, or III
Teacher I-III With at least 3 years teaching experience
Either classroom advisers or subject teachers
provided with 5-6 subject loads or 6 hours of
teaching loads
Performance Rating of at least VS for the last
three years
Outstanding Inclusive Has permanent item as regular Teacher or SPED
Teacher teacher
With at least 3 years teaching experience
handling SPED learners/classes
Has at least 5-6 teaching loads or 6 hours
teaching loads
Performance Rating of at least VS for the last
three years
Outstanding Teacher as Has permanent item as teacher I, II, or III
Community Partner With at least 3 years teaching experience
Classroom advisers.
Performance Rating of at least VS for the last
three years
 Outstanding Grade Leader Has designation as Grade Leader
Has served for 2 years as Grade Leader
managing a certain grade level
Has no pending administrative/criminal case
Performance rating of at least VS for the last
three years.
Has an unquestioned integrity
Should have the utilization of the allocated
funds/materials as per approved plan and
liquidation grade level funds for the months
covering January 2018 – May 2019.
Has no outstanding unliquidated /undistributed
materials/funds

B. Non-Teaching Employees
Category Qualification Requirements
Outstanding JO Has permanent item in the current position
With at least 2 years of work experience
relevant to the current position
Has no pending administrative or criminal
Case
Performance Rating of at least VS for the last
2 years

III. Search and Selection Timeline

The following timelines shall be observed at all levels:

Level Timeline
Grade Level June-August
School Level September-October

IV. Required Documents for Submission

The search and selection committee at all levels shall require all nominees to
submit the required documents as basis for evaluation:
1. Nominee’s Portfolio of Accomplishments/Achievements
2. Signed copy of the Nominee’s IPCRF
3. Updated PDS
4. Grade Leaders Report (For Grade Leaders)

V. Selection Criteria
Category Selection Criteria and Rating
Outstanding Teacher Instructional Competence (40)
(Teacher I-III)  Teaching Competence (20)
 Outstanding Accomplishments (10)
 Creativity/Innovation (10)

Professional Competence (30)

 Education (10)
 Resource Speaker/Facilitator (5)
 Demo Teacher (5)
 Trainings/Seminars (5)
 Publication/Authorship (5)

Community Development/Services (10)

 Outreach Activity (5)
 Networking/ Linkages (5)

Personal Characteristics (20)

 Demonstrates positive traits both private and public

life
 Friendly, compassionate and tactful
 Team-player and has good working rapport with
colleagues
 Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-community
relations
 Maintains wholesome relations with community
stakeholders and local partners
 Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability
and personal integrity
Outstanding Inclusive No. of years as receiving teacher (at least 3
Teacher consecutive years) (40)

No. of diverse learner (at least two) (30)

Willingness to accept diverse learners in their

classroom setting (30)
Outstanding Teacher as Instructional Competence (40)
Community Partner  Teaching Competence (20)
 Outstanding Accomplishments (10)
 Creativity/Innovation (10)

Community Development/Services (40)

 Networking/ Linkages (30)
 Outreach Activity (10)

Networking and Linkages (30)

5 T above 30
4,000-4,999 25
3,000-3,999 20
2,000-2,999 15
1,000-1,999 10

Personal Characteristics (20)

  Demonstrates positive traits both private and public
life
 Friendly, compassionate and tactful
 Team-player and has good working rapport with
colleagues
 Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-community
relations
 Maintains wholesome relations with community
stakeholders and local partners
 Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability
and personal integrity
Outstanding Grade Leader Instructional Supervisory Leadership (40)

 Functional Supervisory development Program (plan,

execution of the plan, mechanism/accomplishment ,
Frequency of visits (20)
 Performance in the Academic performance of Grade
level (Quarterly Exam) - (20)

Quarterly MPS (20)

95-99 20 70-74 10
90-94 18 65-69 8
85-89 16 60-64 6
80-84 14 55-59 4
75-79 12 50-54 2

Leadership Skills (20)

 Manages the implementation, monitoring and review of
Grade Leaders Action Plan (5)
 Oversees grade level operations , care and use of
physical facilities (5)
 Submit reports on time (5)
 Manages Grade Level resources in accordance with
DepEd policies (5)

Accomplishments (20)
 Awards received (5)
 Research (5)
 Trainings / TA conducted (5)
 Publication ( 5)

Awards or distinction Received

National 5
Regional 4
Division 3
District 2
School 1
Research and Creative Output

Regional 5
Division 3
District 2
School 1
 Speakership (5)

Division 5
District 3
School 2

Educational Attainment (10)

Doctoral 10
Doctoral (CAR) 8
Masters’ Degree 6
MA (CAR) 4

Personal Characteristics(5)

 Demonstrate positive traits both private and public life

 Friendly, compassionate and tactful
 Team-player and has good working rapport with
colleagues
 Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-grade level relations
 Maintains wholesome relations with the grade level
stakeholders and local partners
 Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability and
personal integrity.
Perfect Attendance No incurred absence from the beginning of classes of
to present.
Most Punctual No incurred late and under time from the beginning of
classes up to present.
Best Classroom ROOM DECORATION (70 POINTS)
 SIGNBOARD of the entrance of the room identifying
the year/section of students & name of teacher-
adviser (5 Points)
 A framed copy of the CLASS SCHEDULE displayed
in the door in the classroom at the eye level (5
Points)
 Presence of CHALKBOARD properly framed on the
wall facing the class (5 Points)
 A framed picture of Jesus Christ, Phil. Sceneries,
above the blackboard; DEPED & GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS at the back of the wall. (7 Points)
 COLOR OF THE ROOM not glaring to the eyes (7
Points)
 Clean CHAIRS (5 Points)
 Presence of DICTIONARY/TEACHING
GUIDE/LESSON PLAN, etc. on the teacher’s table
(6 Points)
 CLEAN FLOOR (7 Points)
 Wall VASES & healthy potted PLANTS inside the
classroom (6 Points)
 A display of SCHOOL RULES & REGULATIONS (5
Points)
 Presence of CLASS TRACKING SYSTEM:
 Enrolment, No. of chairs, Vision, Mission, Cleaners
for today, Achievers, B-day of the month (7 Points)
 12. Appropriated display of SAYINGS “Honesty
is the Best Policy”; “Juan Time is on Time” (5
Points)
ASSIGNED AREA (30 POINTS)
 It should be clean and planted with flowering plants
and medicinal plants (if applicable)
Outstanding JO Occupational Competence (50)
 Work experience (20)
 Accomplishments (20)
 Human Relations (10)

Personal Characteristics (50)

 Demonstrates positive traits both private and public life
 Friendly, compassionate and tactful
 Team-player and has good working rapport with
colleagues
 Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-co-workers relations
 Maintains wholesome relations with co-workers
teachers and school authorities
 Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability and
personal integrity

VI. SELECTION PROCESS

Grade Level
 The grade leader or the search and awards committee of the school shall review the
performance of teachers in the grade-level based on the results of the IPCRF of individual
teachers including their portfolio of accomplishments or innovations.
 The search committee shall prepare shortlist of potential nominees for each of the category
based on the IPRCF and Portfolio of accomplishments of teachers
 The search committee led by the grade leader shall conduct interview of shortlisted teachers
who are potential nominees for the School Level search.
 The grade leader shall nominate 1 Most Outstanding teacher for each of the category as
entries for the School Level Search for Outstanding Teachers.

School Level Search and Selection Process for Most Outstanding Teacher, Grade Leader, Inclusive
Teacher, Teacher as Community Partner and JO.
 The School Awards Team composed of the Principal and the Master Teachers shall review
and re-assess the documents of the nominees submitted by Grade Level for the School Level
Search for each category.
 The SAT shall conduct interview for nominees in each category using the Behavioral Events
Interviewing (BEI) Approach to further validate the accomplishments of each nominee.
 Using the selection criteria and the results, the SAT team will determine the Most
Outstanding employee for each category.
 The winners for each category shall be awarded. The awarding and recognition program
shall be conducted in time with the celebration of the “World Teachers Day” (10/03/2018).
 The SAT shall lead the public announcement or publicity of the awards and the School Level
awardees via KVES Bulletin or KVES social media. The official results of the search shall also
be posted in the website of KVES.