DO 19, s. 2016 – Guidelines on the Organizational Structures and Staffing Patterns of Stand-alone and Integrated Public Senior High Schools (SHS)

To:     Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Secretary, ARMM
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools Heads
All Others Concerned

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Organizational Structures and Staffing Patterns of Stand-alone and Integrated Public Senior High Schools (SHS). It aims to provide comprehensive guidelines, standards, and procedures that clearly define the organizational structures and staffing patterns of different types of public senior high schools, as well as clarify the roles and functions of their teaching and non-teaching staff.
2. The organizational structures, staffing patterns, and procedures set therein shall be used as a guide by the DepEd central and field offices/units as well as external stakeholders to ensure that the governance and management of public senior high schools are in accordance with DepEd quality standards, and ultimately lead to the enhanced delivery of basic education.
3. All provisions of DepEd rules, regulations, and issuances, which are inconsistent with these guidelines, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
4. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

(Sgd.) BR. ARMIN A. LUISTRO FSC
Secretary
Source: http://www.deped.gov.ph/orders/do-19-s-2016