The Salary System for Teaching Position.
Section 14
SEC. 14. The Salary System for Teaching Position. —The salary grade of a teacher shall be determined in accordance with the following: a. "The Teachers' Preparation Pay Schedule" shall he pre pared by the Commission, in consultation with the Depart ment of Education and Culture. Under this System, the teacher's academic or educational preparation, teaching ex perience in both private and public schools, and extra-curricular activities for professional growth, shall be considered in pursuance of the principle "equal pay for equal training and experience." b. The Department of Education and Culture in consultation with the Commission shall establish "equivalents" to the basic preparation prerequisites and define the "areas of equivalents" and their corresponding- units or points: Provided, That the existing equivalents and areas of equivalents shall be used until modified. c. The Preparation Equivalent Eating for each teacher shall be evaluated by the Department of Education and Culture on the basis of evidence presented and in order to encourage continued professional growth and provide adequate recognition of experience, the said ratings shall be evaluated periodically or as often as they are reported. d. The Budget Commission, in coordination and consultation with the Department of Education and Culture and the Civil Service Commission may, when future needs require, modify, change or otherwise improve on the salary system herein established for the trenching and closely related occupations. Any change that may be made as provided herein shall become part of the implementing- rules of this Decree to be issued by the Budget Commission upon prior approval by the President.