Continuing Professional Development: Mrs. J. Magas

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT Mrs. J. Magas

WHAT IS CPD?
“CPD ACT OF 2016” or the Republic Act No. 10912 is an act
that requires CPD as mandatory requirement for Professional ID
Card renewal of PRC-regulated professionals.
Continuing Professional Development for Teachers or CPD refers

to the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values
in post-licensure specialization or in an inter- or multidisciplinary
field of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-
directed research and/or lifelong learning.
OBJECTIVES OF THE CPD
The overarching goals of the CPD shall be the promotion of
the general welfare and interest of the public in the course of
delivering professional services. Towards this end, CPD
programs shall strive to:
1. Continuously improve the quality of the country’s reservoir of
registered professionals by updating them on the latest
scientific/technological/ethical and other applicable trends in the
local and global practice of the professionals.
OBJECTIVES OF THE CPD
2. Provide support to lifelong learning in the enhancement of
competencies of Filipino professionals towards delivery of quality
and ethical services both locally and globally; and
3. Deliver quality continuing professional development CPD activities

aligned with the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) for
national relevance and global comparability and competitiveness.
WHAT IS THE REQUIRED CPD CREDIT UNITS
FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS?
CPD Credit Unit refers to the value of an amount of learning that

can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal,
informal, or non-formal learning setting, wherein credits can be
accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a
qualification.
Professional Teachers are required to complete 45 Credit Units for the
renewal of PRC License. All registered and licensed professionals shall
complete the required units every three (3) years as specified in Annex
“A” (Credit Units per Profession) as a specified in their Professional
Regulatory Law or as provided by the PRB and the Commission that may
be issued.
HOW DO WE EARN CPD CREDIT UNITS?
Credit units may be earned by professionals who participate in CPD

Programs that emanate from the PRB for the development of the
profession.
Any excess credit units earned shall not be carried over to the next
three-year period except credit units earned for doctorate and
master’s degrees or specialty trainings which shall only be credited
once during the compliance period.
WHAT ARE THE CPD PROGRAMS TO EARN CPD
CREDIT UNITS?
CPD Program refers to a set of learning activities accredited by the CPD
Council which equip the professionals with advanced knowledge, skills and
values in specialized or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, self-
directed research and/or lifelong learning. Examples of CPD Programs
include:
Non-degree training lectures and
Seminars
Workshops scientific meetings
Technical lectures Modules

Subject matter meetings Tours and visits
EXAMPLE OF
CERTIFICATE
WITH CPD
CREDIT UNITS
JOSEPHINE MAGAS
WHAT ARE THE NATURES OF CPD
PROGRAMS?
The CPD Programs consist of activities that range from structured to non-
structured activities, which have learning processes and outcomes. These
include, but are not limited to, the following:
 Formal learning – refers to educational arrangements such as curricular

qualifications and teaching-learning requirements that take place in
education and training institutions recognized by relevant national
authorities, and which lead to diplomas and qualifications;
PROGRAMS?
 Nonformal learning – refers to learning that has been acquired in
addition or alternatively to formal learning, which may be structured and
made more flexible according to educational and training arrangements.
 Informal learning – refers to learning that occurs in daily life assessed,

through the recognition, validation and accreditation process and which can
contribute to a qualification;
PROGRAMS?
Self-directed learning – refers to learning activities such as online training,
local/international seminars / non-degree courses, institution/company-
sponsored training programs, and the like, which did not undergo CPD
accreditation but may be applied for and awarded CPD units by the
respective CPD Council
 Online learning activities – refer to structured or unstructured learning
initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information
and Communications Technology solutions;
 Professional work experience.

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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT Mrs. J. Magas

Continuing Professional Development for Teachers or CPD refers

3. Deliver quality continuing professional development CPD activities

CPD Credit Unit refers to the value of an amount of learning that

Credit units may be earned by professionals who participate in CPD

Technical lectures Modules

 Formal learning – refers to educational arrangements such as curricular

 Informal learning – refers to learning that occurs in daily life assessed,

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