All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[mom_2_be]

Hi,

This is my first posting here. This could be the most kiasu 'est question u would have come across.

My DS is 2011 born. Some of u might feel, its quite too early to check out for details. But, seeing the speed in which parents are moving I don’t want to loose the fun.

Questions:
1. Can I do pv in schools earlier than called for so that I can clock the required time at my pace.
2 . Can I take my kid with me to the school, as I don’t have anyone to whom I can ask to babysit?
3. Some schools like SHPS give a list of reading programmes / others in their lists. Does that mean I can choose from either section or choose both?
4. Normally, does the pv hours 40 - 80 as determined by the schools…need to be finished within a time frame of any number of months (4-6 months) or is it a whole year event & how early are the parents informed of such timetable?

Thanks in adv
More such kiasuest questions to come…

[lchunleo]

mom_2_be:

Hi,

This is my first posting here. This could be the most kiasu 'est question u would have come across.

My DS is 2011 born. Some of u might feel, its quite too early to check out for details. But, seeing the speed in which parents are moving I don't want to loose the fun.

Questions:
1. Can I do pv in schools earlier than called for so that I can clock the required time at my pace.
2 . Can I take my kid with me to the school, as I don't have anyone to whom I can ask to babysit?
3. Some schools like SHPS give a list of reading programmes / others in their lists. Does that mean I can choose from either section or choose both?
4. Normally, does the pv hours 40 - 80 as determined by the schools...need to be finished within a time frame of any number of months (4-6 months) or is it a whole year event & how early are the parents informed of such timetable?

Thanks in adv
More such kiasuest questions to come...

we are all kiasu so sama sama...:D

1) Unfortunately, no. The earliest is two years from the registration date. E.g. For 2009 born child, earliest is 2013 now for registration in 2015 for schooling in 2016.
2) it is not encouraged or not posssible based on feedbacks given by parents in this forum for the same questions.
3) can you eloborate more? how does it relate to PV?
4) with many other PVs, you can only PV when you are called upon, the shorter the time frame, you will have a hard time to clock the required hours while still managing your other committments. For others, perharps someone in this forum can help to asnwer.

Trying my best to answer, so far this much only

[Mishasha]

Hi,


While I was a PV at RGPS, "tasks" were snapped up within 5mins when the coordinators sent out emails to PVs. Most of us were worried there wasn’t enough "jobs" to clock those hours. Excluding those public and school holidays, you may not be able to clock the minimum hours if you are "choosy" or too busy with other commitment.

Speak to current PVs to find out more on the school’s activities that required PV involvement. This will help you to plan ahead your schedule.

[marvels]

Hi all… This is my first posting. I’m trying to get mentally prepared for PV.


Can I ask if both the husband and wife can volunteer to clock the hours? Its hard for us to clock alone as both r working.

[Mishasha]

Hi,


Yes both husband and wife can clock the required hours. In fact this was encouraged by the school.

[MMM]

Khamullotr:

Hi,

Anyone got shortlisted for SCGS interview?
So far, the people' around me were all rejected. They don't seems to take in much volunteers.
I wonder where the numbers in their 2B phrase come from since they don't have church or clan associations. Glassroots?

A friend got in via 2B through grassroots.

[phtthp]

My friend also got in Scgs, via grassroot leader 2b route.

She was rejected in her pv application.

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Mishasha:

Hi,

While I was a PV at RGPS, \"tasks\" were snapped up within 5mins when the coordinators sent out emails to PVs. Most of us were worried there wasn't enough \"jobs\" to clock those hours. Excluding those public and school holidays, you may not be able to clock the minimum hours if you are \"choosy\" or too busy with other commitment.

Speak to current PVs to find out more on the school's activities that required PV involvement. This will help you to plan ahead your schedule.

Yes, you're right.

my friend was a PV in RGPS, this year (2013, for 2014 P1 intake).
She said \"tasks\" were snapped up very fast - once the PV Supervisor sent out an email notification asking, \"now, who is interested in doing PV next few weeks, on these dates ...?\"

my friend said sometimes she can go down RGPS - like 4x or sometimes 5x per week - just to clock in 1 precious hour, each time. She said mostly she go down during lunch time. She\"ll rush down by taxi, clock 1 hour then rush back to her office by taxi, around 2.30 pm. My friend said luckily she got a supportive boss - who allow her to return late from lunch, many times per week. She said you must be ready to be on call, on alert standby any time! The commitment level expected is very high ! Hence during interview, the PV Supervisor and P are quick to sniff out from applicant candidates - whether they can commit their time or not.
During interview if they sense that you're those that cannot commit your time whole-heartedly, they won't select you. They're experienced in detecting who can be the committed ones, having gone through so many batches of interviewing applicants every year.

But please don't ask questions during interview like \"by the way, I don't have any helper nor maid at home. Nobody is at home to look after my baby. Thus, can I bring along my baby to school, as I serve my PV duties ?\" If you ask this type of question, you won't be selected. Like that, your attention become divided. Are you going to the school to babysit your child, or are you there to serve your PV duties whole-heartedly ? Anyway, no children allowed, when you clock your PV hours, inside the school premises.

One more thing -
Husband & wife both can help to clock in hours together, working towards minimal 60 pv hrs. (For rgps) But please :-
No maid, nor mother nor mother in law, nor father nor father in law allowed.

[phtthp]

Husband & wife can combine & chip in effort together, to clock in pv hours.

Husband’s pv duties may be different from wife’s pv duties.

But mother cannot come in to help daughter clock in pv hours.
Example:-
Most primary schools have learning support programme (lsp) for p1 English & p1 Maths. Some p1 pupils come in - they’re weak in reading both English & Chinese storybooks. So most schools will welcome pv to read simple storybooks, both in English & Chinese to the p1 pupils.

Suppose a mother’s pv duty is to read storybooks to the p1 LSp students. She happen to have a mother who is a retired ex school teacher or ex head of dept (for English or Chinese language). Her mother has plenty of time at home, to help her grand child clock pv hrs, since now retired & very experienced, having taught in school for so many years. In fact, the grandmother has a greater capacity to contribute to the school, than the mother.

If on that day the child’s mother is very busy, can’t go down school do pv - she can’t pull in her mother (an retired, experienced ex school teacher), to help her do pv. Grandparents are not allowed - no matter how experienced this grandparent may had been, in the education sector before.

[marvels]

Thank u

[phtthp]

Some of the pv already have alma mater schools to register their child into first, under phase 2a. Is not that they don’t have alma mater to go to, and also not because their alma mater had closed down. some of them - their alma mater still "alive".


However, they choose to pv into hot, popular schools under phase 2b, because it could be the standard of their alma mater school had dropped quite bad. Perhaps due to a change in school principal, somehow the school standard no longer the same as in her glorious past once before. So these parents do not mind joining 2b and clock up pv hours, one by one.

However there is also another group of parents who join pv, because they don’t have alma mater, or had closed down.