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[autumnbronze]

mrswongtuition:

autumnbronze:

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Caring Teacher vs Wayang Teacher

In EPMS, teachers are judged on their \"contributions\" to school. They are many teachers who do not care about their students (or pretend to care) and still achieve leadership position. They can do it by many approaches such as building a pond in the school.At the same time, there is a group of teachers who really care for the students and stay back for them till 6pm everyday. However, these teachers are not recognised at all as they do not make similar \"contributions\" to the school. In the end, these are teachers who get D ranking every year (Especially 1A3 teachers).

Ahhhh, so this IS a fact and not a myth after all.

I apologize, a bit out of touch here .... What is 1A3 again??

My dear, it's ranking system which determines our pay. If you get promoted, you jump up to the next grade. :)[/quote] :thankyou: mrswongtuition :hugs:

I should have phrased it more clearly - is 1A3 the rank that Newbie teachers start of with??

ps: I did warn that I am out of touch

[mgnvr]

MOE forgets the teachers primary role is to teach and not "contribute" to the school. It’s the failure of the system.

[mrswongtuition]

autumnbronze:

:thankyou: mrswongtuition :hugs:

I should have phrased it more clearly - is 1A3 the rank that Newbie teachers start of with??

ps: I did warn that I am out of touch

I'm also a little out of touch since I have selective memory now *only remember the good things*.
1A3 should be newbies.

[hope76]

Hi, new teacher starts with 1a1 (degree holder).


1a3 is a new title that moe created few years back for those senior teacher that r stuck at 1a2 for very long cos unless they r promoted to hold leadership position, they will be at 1a2 forever and there's a cap to their salary.

1a3 is a new title for them and raise the salary cap for these group of teachers.

autumnbronze:

ccaccessory.com:

Caring Teacher vs Wayang Teacher

In EPMS, teachers are judged on their \"contributions\" to school. They are many teachers who do not care about their students (or pretend to care) and still achieve leadership position. They can do it by many approaches such as building a pond in the school.At the same time, there is a group of teachers who really care for the students and stay back for them till 6pm everyday. However, these teachers are not recognised at all as they do not make similar \"contributions\" to the school. In the end, these are teachers who get D ranking every year (Especially 1A3 teachers).

Ahhhh, so this IS a fact and not a myth after all.

I apologize, a bit out of touch here .... What is 1A3 again??

[zeraffe]

Welcome to the club! I like to applaud you on probably the best career move you have ever made in your life.


I left in 2010 and never looked back. I saw your very recent post and can’t help but contribute to the discussion.

MOE’s top management have never been teachers. They live in an ivory tower, absorbing best practices from the corporate world and applying them to education. One might argue that the DGE and the Cluster Sups were once teachers themselves. I agree but their era of education is so different from the current reality that I believe they have lost touch. In fact, I would put an arm and a leg out to say that they have since been moulded into thinking like corporate honchos. If such are the people making the policies and designing the appraisal system, can we expect anything more from them?

[limlim]

mgnvr:

MOE forgets the teachers primary role is to teach and not \"contribute\" to the school. It's the failure of the system.

Agreed

[mrswongtuition]

ccaccessory.com:

For the work a bo chap 1A3 teacher put in, she is actually earning quite a lot of money. It is in the high 6k.

WOW!

[autumnbronze]

Thanks for the clarification, hope76 :celebrate:

[autumnbronze]

I was under the impression that it is usually the Newbie teachers that are 'targets' with regard to the (D) ranking. Hence the disillusionment and the high turnover rate.


Actually I don't understand what is meant by the 1A3 teachers being bo chap and not working hard. Won't these teachers have accumulated enough experience to be able to focus on ensuring that their pupils do well?? They basically have everything under their disposal ie teaching materials etc ...

Anyway, I feel there is a serious flaw in the ranking system and the management sometimes exploit that. Teachers on long MC sometimes get a D, because they have nothing to 'show' in their EPMS that they deserve better :roll:

I was told there is also a process that has to be followed through by the management when they feel that a teacher may be given a D. But it seems that that may not be the case.

[kitty2]

zeraffe:

Welcome to the club! I like to applaud you on probably the best career move you have ever made in your life.


I left in 2010 and never looked back. I saw your very recent post and can't help but contribute to the discussion.

MOE's top management have never been teachers. They live in an ivory tower, absorbing best practices from the corporate world and applying them to education. One might argue that the DGE and the Cluster Sups were once teachers themselves. I agree but their era of education is so different from the current reality that I believe they have lost touch. In fact, I would put an arm and a leg out to say that they have since been moulded into thinking like corporate honchos. If such are the people making the policies and designing the appraisal system, can we expect anything more from them?

Some principals are not ex teachers too,they are scholars from MOE who know nuts :rotflmao: