The Federation
of Public High School Teachers successfully held the three-day seminar-workshop
for all high school faculty officers in the Division of Valenzuela. The
seminar-workshop focused on theme “Transforming the Leadership Paradigm for the
High School Faculty Officers in the Division of Valenzuela.” The invited
speakers were all great. We learned a lot from legislative agenda for public
school teachers, managing an organization, conducting an executive meeting with
parliamentary procedures to topics about instructional leadership and legal
matters for government employees.
There were so
many exciting things that happened that I would like to share with you here but
of course I also want to be brief. So, I have decided to tell the most important
insights I have learned from this wonderful learning experience as a faculty
leader.
Day 1 (April 23)
To be honest, the
first day was quite disappointing. The Federation prepared an opening ceremony
and expected for the invited guests, but unfortunately they didn’t come. Well,
for sure they have their valid reasons and we understand. To fill the gap, the
Federation officers conducted an open forum to address some issues that other
school faculty officers would like to raise.
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| The Federation officers during our open forum |
In the afternoon
session, we were so glad that our first speaker came in the person of
Congressman Antonio L. Tinio of Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) – Party
List. He talked about the legislative agenda for public school teachers’
benefits and welfare. I was so amazed to hear that the ACT has a lot of proposed
bill in the congress like House Bill 245 which is about increasing the minimum
salaries for public school teachers to twenty five thousand pesos. Some of the
notable proposed laws for the benefit of public school teachers are as follows:
- House Bill 246: Upgrading the Minimum Salary Grade of Public Higher Education Teacher Personnel from Salary Grade 12 to 16
- House Bill 247: Increasing Allowance of Personal Exemption for Individual Taxpayers. This bill aims to increase the personal exemptions to P75, 000
- House Bill 250: An Act Increasing the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance Granted to Government Employees to Four Thousand Pesos and Appropriating Funds Therefor
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| Cong. Antonio Tinio of ACT Party List |
There were still
a lot of house bills that Congressman Tinio stipulated but what created a mark
on me was his call to participate in a nation wide rally for the salary
increase this May 1, so that the government will hear our cry that there is a
need for an increase in remuneration for teachers.
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| Cong. Tinio with the rest of the participants |
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