This page organizes DepEd Order No. 024, s. 2025 into clear, numbered checklists you can act on right away—without changing the policy text, intent, or rules. It mirrors the Order’s structure so readers can navigate coverage, career lines, staffing ratios, reclassification, retitling, and transition timelines at a glance.
DepEd Order No. 024, s. 2025
Guidelines on the Implementation of the Expanded Career Progression (ECP) System
Pursuant to EO No. 174, s. 2022 and its IRR, and the DBM–DepEd Joint Circular No. 01, s. 2025, this Order details the career lines, entry and advancement, staffing standards, reclassification, retitling, and transitory provisions for teachers and school heads in K to 12, ALS, SNEd, and other covered settings.
1) Coverage & Purpose
- What this establishes: The ECP System for Teachers and School Heads to promote professional development, career advancement, and commensurate pay based on qualifications and professional standards.
- Who’s covered: Teachers and school heads in public basic education from Kindergarten to SHS, including ALS, SNEd, Madrasah, and IP Education, subject to Order’s scope.
- Where the details live: General policies in Enclosure 1; procedures for reclassification in Enclosures 2 (Teaching) & 3 (School Principal).
2) Career Lines & Positions
- Classroom Teaching (CT) Career Line: Teacher I–VII; Master Teacher I–V.
- School Administration (SA) Career Line: School Principal I–IV.
- Movement options: Advancement available via natural vacancy or reclassification, subject to qualifications, assessments, and staffing parameters.
3) Equivalence with PPST/PPSSH
- Alignment: CT and SA positions align with PPST (Career Stages: Beginning→Proficient→Highly Proficient→Distinguished) and PPSSH (Stages II–IV for principals), with salary grades reflecting current laws.
- Stage integrity: Advancement respects career stages—no skipping past stages (e.g., progress through Proficient before Highly Proficient).
4) Entry & Advancement (CT & SA)
- Minimum QS + Performance: Education, Training, Experience, Eligibility (LEPT for teaching/principalship), and applicable competency/performance requirements per CSC-approved QS and PPST/PPSSH proficiencies.
- CT Career Line: Meet PPST proficiency for the level (e.g., Proficient for Teacher IV–VII; Highly Proficient/Distinguished for Master Teacher ranks) and pass comparative assessments per Enclosure 2 or DO 20, s. 2024 for natural vacancy.
- SA Career Line: Meet PPSSH proficiency and applicable school head assessments; follow Enclosure 3 for reclassification or DO 007, s. 2023 for natural vacancy.
- Comparative Assessment: HRMPSB applies open ranking with multiple tools (e.g., IER, portfolio-based measures) per the Order’s enclosures.
5) Promotion Rules (3-SG Limit, Non-Hierarchical, Switching)
- Three-Salary-Grade (3-SG) cap: Promotions (reclassification or natural vacancy) cannot generally exceed 3 SGs above current position, except where CSC-authorized exemptions apply with proper justification.
- Non-hierarchical promotion: You may move to higher positions without passing through every title sequentially, provided you meet the career-stage and QS requirements.
- No skipping career stages: You must progress through the PPST/PPSSH career stages in order.
- Switching career lines: Allowed once (CT↔SA), subject to all QS/competency requirements and available items/staffing parameters.
- Scrap-and-Build timing: If a CT or SA position is vacated and remains unfilled after 1 year (published/posted), it converts to the entry position of its job group.
6) Staffing Standards (Ratios & One Principal Rule)
- One Principal per school: Each unique school (with School ID) is authorized one School Principal item (level/title depends on staffing/comparative assessment).
- Master Teacher ratios (authorized plantilla items):
- Kindergarten & Elementary: 1 Master Teacher per 5 teachers (school-wide).
- Junior High School: 1 Master Teacher per 5 teachers per subject/learning area.
- Senior High School: 1 Master Teacher per 5 teachers per track.
- Regional Science High Schools: 1 Master Teacher per 3 teachers per subject/learning area.
- SNEd (division-wide): 1 Master Teacher (with parenthetical “Special Needs Education”) per 5 SNEd teachers.
- ALS (division-wide): 1 Master Teacher per 5 ALS teachers.
- Multigrade/Hardship posts: 1 Master Teacher per 3 teachers (school-wide).
- Inventory for DBM: RO submits Teacher, Master Teacher, and School Principal inventories to DBM-RO to support reclassification/retitling requests.
7) Reclassification, Retitling & Conversions
- Conversions after 1 year unfilled: Vacant CT/SA positions convert to the entry position of the job group (Scrap-and-Build).
- Vacant legacy titles: Upon issuance of the Order, vacant SSP I–II and ASP II–III convert to School Principal I; vacant ASP I/ASSP I/Head Teacher I–VI convert to Teacher I (exceptions: items already posted/under assessment proceed, then covered by transitory rules).
- Retitling (incumbents of non-ECP titles):
- SSP II / ASP III → School Principal II or Master Teacher III (SG 20), subject to QS.
- SSP I / ASP II / HT VI → School Principal I or Master Teacher II (SG 19), subject to QS.
- ASP I / ASSP I / HT V → Master Teacher I (SG 18).
- HT IV → Teacher VII (SG 17); HT III → Teacher VI (SG 16); HT II → Teacher V (SG 15); HT I → Teacher IV (SG 14).
Where QS for School Principal are not met, incumbents may be retitled to Master Teacher and (by designation) continue current leadership functions or serve as School Head designate per deployment needs.
- SNEd & Special Science Teachers (SST):
- SNEd: Retitled positions retain the parenthetical “Special Needs Education” across Teacher IV–VII and Master Teacher I–V; advancement allowed up to highest ranks (CT or SA) subject to QS and assessments.
- Special Science: When reclassified upward, item follows SHS categories (no longer carries “Special Science” parenthetical). Vacant SST positions are published to accommodate RA 10612/RA 7687 pathways and STEM/TVL specialists; if still vacant after 1 year, convert per Scrap-and-Build.
- 90-day window: SDOs have 90 days from issuance to convert/retitle specified vacant positions and submit the PAL through RO to DBM-RO (BHROD copies/monitors via DPA).
8) Transitory Provisions & Timelines
- Transition length: 3 years from IRR publication in the Official Gazette (reckoning and effectivity as stated in the Order).
- Priority during transition: Incumbents of SSP/ASP/HT and other affected positions are prioritized for natural vacancy (if top-ranked) and for reclassification, with professional development support (on-stream candidates for SA line where applicable).
- CTI after transition: If not reclassified/retitled within the transition, affected positions are tagged coterminous with the incumbent (CTI); upon vacancy, they are converted per policy.
- Designations: SDS issues official designation orders for School Head/Assistant School Head/Department Head designates to ensure service continuity during the transition.
9) Roles, Approvals & Core Forms
- HRMPSB: Runs comparative assessment (open ranking), prepares CAReER, recommends top candidates.
- HRMO: Issues Initial Evaluation Results (IER) against QS/performance and validates Means of Verification (MOV).
- SDO / SDS: Publishes/Posts vacancies, observes 1-year fill rule, issues designation orders, compiles PAL for conversions/retitling and transmits via RO.
- RO: Submits Teacher/Master Teacher/Principal inventories to DBM-RO to support reclassification/retitling; oversees compliance.
- DBM-RO: Acts on reclassification/retitling requests per staffing standards and funding.
- BHROD-HRDD (CO): Monitors via personnel audit (DPA); official contact for inquiries.
- Core forms & tools referenced: RFTP (Teaching), RFSPP (School Principal), IER, CAReER, portfolio/rubrics per enclosures; applicable principalship assessments; DepEd MSP & RSA guidelines (DO 20, s. 2024; DO 007, s. 2023).
10) Effectivity & Contacts
- Effectivity: The Order takes effect upon approval and publication on the DepEd website; certified copies are registered with ONAR, UP Law Center.
- Contact: BHROD–HRDD (DepEd CO, Mabini Bldg., Pasig City) — email and telephone as stated in the Order.
DepEd DM s. 2025 No. 089
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