All About Parent Volunteers (PV)
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titank:
Not necessarily...Hi All,
In order to be able to get assignments, always indicate that you are operational ready to provide service to the school. Standby 24/7 etc. Personally I had did PV for 2 schools & used up quite many absent from work. As some members had mentioned, 40 hours is minimum & some schools like Nanyang Primary expect you to input 80 hours.
Nanyang Pri now has a new Principal, may set different rules for no of hours.
Previous one set 80 cos she felt the school is popular and high in demand.
Also...previously the school is more keen to interview parents with specialised skills. See Asia1 website:
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090423-137060.html -
Totally agree. Therefore, it is best to move ahead, contact your choice schools to find out current expectations and procedures.
titank, I also PV-ed for 2 schools and glad to see your comment as you are the only other person I know that did this. -
Oh juz cast the net bigger in order secure more chance.Lucky both sch the PV period is nt the same.Looking at nw PV seem getting more & more competitve.
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Wow titank and cafelatte,
How do you manage your time?! Volunteering at one PVG was enough to floor both DH and myself!
for us, the good thing is that it was 40 hours for 3 :love: -
thanks all for your advices. have to be focus. most likely have to do PV for the two schools that we shortlisted so to ensure our child will get into at least one of them. very KS, lor
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kidznme:
thanks all for your advices. have to be focus. most likely have to do PV for the two schools that we shortlisted so to ensure our child will get into at least one of them. very KS, lor
er, a bit ks, but I find personally that doing pv helps in gaining more knowledge about the school. Perhaps after a while, you may realise that one of them is a place you won't want your child to go into. More that you and hubby will have to load with the additional work lah. Good luck! -
Andaiz:
Ha.ha just used up whatever leave that I had loh in order to do PV with 2 schools. Anyway thinking of doing PV with CHIJ (Kellock) for my DD. :roll:Wow titank and cafelatte,
How do you manage your time?! Volunteering at one PVG was enough to floor both DH and myself! for us, the good thing is that it was 40 hours for 3 :love: -
Manage time…well, everyone has 24hours so just need to prioritize. Anyway, it is just short term and not like we have to slog for 10-20 years ?
KS ? Ya…maybe lor but I am a poor risk taker and figured it was the best thing to do. I agree with hquek - my motivation was to gain more knowledge about the school to help in my final decision making. I also started off with the notion that I will drop out of PV-ing for one of them if I realise the school is not one for my child. I already did over 30hours before I finally got enough information about one of the schools. I decided to just bit the bullet and get two 2B letters as I can’t be sure of the phase 2B situation during registration (eg. balloting required). -
hi, would like to know if anyone here was PV for Catholic High School - please share your experience. Thanks!
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haiz… just got back from 2 weeks away and received a rejection letter from HPPS.
Now back to the drawing board again.
So daunting.
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