Definition of Terms.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act: (a) Career Progression refers to the professional development and career advancement of teachers and school leaders in terms of, but not limited to, standards-based competencies and skills, position and stature, remuneration and incentives, and qualifications and development goals; (b) Career Progression Line refers to individual tracks of professional advancement available to teachers and school leaders under the Career Progression System; (c) Career Progression System refers to a framework of professional development and career advancement along the established career pathways available to teachers and school leaders within the public basic education system; (d) Current Career Progression refers to the Career Progression Lines available to teachers and school leaders, which are existing and implemented prior to the effectivity of this Act; (e) Expanded career progression refers to the Career Progression Lines for teachers and school leaders as provided in this Act; (f) Promotion, for purposes of career progression, refers to the advancement of teachers and school leaders from one position to another with an increase in duties and responsibilities or in the qualifications and competencies, and in the salaries of the incumbent as authorized by law, through application for vacant plantilla positions or reclassification of positions, subject to existing laws, rules, and regulations; (g) School Administration Career Line refers to the career pathway of school leaders involved in overall school administration, educational management, or instructional supervision; (h) School leaders, for purposes of career progression, refer to incumbent head teachers, assistant principals, and principals in the public school system who perform managerial or instructional supervisory roles, or both, in their respective levels of governance; (i) Standards-Based Assessment refers to a competency-based assessment involving appropriate evaluation processes to assess the competencies of teachers and school leaders, which shall be required as a prerequisite to their promotion and increase in salary, as the case may be, as provided in Section 9 hereof; (j) Teacher refers to any person qualified under the law to practice teaching at the elementary and secondary levels, whether on full - or part-time bases, including industrial arts, vocational, or alternative learning system (ALS) teachers and all other persons performing supervisory and/or administrative functions in all schools in the aforesaid levels; and (k) Teaching Career Line refers to the career pathway of teachers involved in teaching, including those under the ALS as institutionalized under Republic Act No. 11510 or the "Alternative Learning System Act".