Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

20-25k. Approx 300k annually

Wow. That’s a lot! Anyway about promotion, it really depends on P. I was only informed via email blast to the entire school.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

20-25k. Approx 300k annually

equiv to directors in svc

I think promotion result will be announced either trm or Monday.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think there's some truth to it. IF you come in as a DipEd grad, your salary is really at the lower spectrum and it can be demoralising. Do same amount of work, get lower pay. Then your friends in private sector question your decision. But it doesn't mean you cannot upgrade.

Most teachers are degree holders, so the salary is really not bad for a job that entitles one to weeks of school holidays each year. Starting pay for a degree holder is like 3900...untrained contract teacher. Males get more.

Lol at the paid holidays

You know other civil servants have this thing called annual leave, which they can use to go on holidays too?

18 to 21 days of AL, is around 4 weeks worth of leave.

Haven't factor in the new normal of wfh. Only go to office 3 days a week.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Typical neighbourhood teacher mentality la. Everything must sui sui for you before can teach meh? Cannot adapt and work with what u have? Nowadays the curriculum review cycle is getting shorter, so HQ is also working on agile mode. There are so many resources available on SLS, OPAL but teachers like you still kao pek lol

Of course lah.

Want to be seen as high calibre, want to get A grade, of course must do everything until swee swee

Unless you are saying it is ok to fast track officers who do slipshod work

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lol at the paid holidays

You know other civil servants have this thing called annual leave, which they can use to go on holidays too?

18 to 21 days of AL, is around 4 weeks worth of leave.

Haven't factor in the new normal of wfh. Only go to office 3 days a week.

hello. 4 weeks is nothing compared to 3.5 months

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lol at the paid holidays

You know other civil servants have this thing called annual leave, which they can use to go on holidays too?

18 to 21 days of AL, is around 4 weeks worth of leave.

Haven't factor in the new normal of wfh. Only go to office 3 days a week.

WFH does not mean leave. WFH means working at home! Do not assume. Teachers can lots of paid vacation if you using this type of comparison.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

hello. 4 weeks is nothing compared to 3.5 months

You’re definitely not a teacher. Not sure how on earth you’d think our leave amounts to 3.5 months lol.

3.5 months sound like a dream though.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lol at the paid holidays

You know other civil servants have this thing called annual leave, which they can use to go on holidays too?

18 to 21 days of AL, is around 4 weeks worth of leave.

Haven't factor in the new normal of wfh. Only go to office 3 days a week.

How is 18 or 21 days of AL more than the at least (3+10+3+15) 31 days of protected time (during sch holidays). This is not including all the additional Youth Day, Teachers’ Day and Children’s Day holidays.

And who says working from home = easier life? Schools also got HBL days what? If you complain so much, why don’t you try out other jobs before complaining that teaching is bad.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

hello. 4 weeks is nothing compared to 3.5 months

Got 3.5 months meh? Let's count.

Assuming you are a normal teacher with no appointments, and excluding weekends:

March hols - 4 or 5 days
June hols - 10 days
Sep hols - 5 days
Nov-Dec hols - 4.5 weeks (23 days)

Best case scenario...43 days, and not inclusive of school-only holidays like Children's Day, Youth Day, Post-National Day.

Ok lah, the post about non-teaching jobs having better leave perks kinda debunked at this stage. WFH? All Secondary schools are doing it now on a weekly basis. It's the Primary schools that aren't doing WFH.

In the private sector, WFH is still working albeit at your own time (depending on your jobscope). From what I noticed about my friends and family who WFH...the only perk is being at home and having longer lunch breaks. I don't know, maybe you know someone who does absolutely minimal work or nothing on WFH days. If so, then that company will be retrenching very soon.