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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Heard about Ds from these scenarios:
- Giving brutally honest feedback and KPs don't like it
- Taking multiple MCs throughout the year due to health issues
- Parental complaints for something minor, and SLs believe the parents/wish to appease the parents instead
Indeed Ds should be justified specifically. But depending on the humans that decide on it, it can still be subjective, and a rather grey area isn't it?
Just saying that not every human has the same "standard" for "justification".
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1. You used the word “brutally”. Word your feedback appropriately and most KPs should be able to swallow it. Even if they can’t, it will be harder for them to use it against you, since the ranking panel members are likely to ask for examples of one not being tact in interacting with others.
2. You must understand that while being ill is not a fault of the officer, someone else has to cover his/her job during the absence. Kids are also at the losing end. Would you like your child to be taught by a teacher who is constantly away from school?
3. Complaints….if the negative feedback comes pouring in throughout the year, the officer better be more reflective and work on the issues highlighted. I would say that most of the time when complaints reach SLs’ or higher level, the teacher most probably did not invest enough time in building rapport with the students and establish channels of comms with parents. The latter are pre likely to ‘complain’ when they do not know a teacher, have no idea how to reach him/her, hear negative things about the teacher from the child.
Lots of hearsay. Why not focus on hearsay if you teach well, love your job, go the extra mile to engage students and parents, you might get an A? Life is not a bed of roses, focus on the right thing and you will feel happier.