Career as Teacher

Best time of the year to quit is today !!!!!

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Sensitive question here...colleague X and I are both from the same department. Due to the manpower cut, everyone's timetable this year has been quite filled. This sort of means that there's neither shortage nor excess, given that no one resigns or goes on long leave.

But apparently colleague X has been told that the dept is in excess and hence, this colleague is told by management to apply for transfer or cross-level deployment.

On the other hand, when I tried to apply for OPE, I was privately told by school management not to transfer and they will "try and groom me". And I was told all sorts of disadvantages for transferring school. However, I can already see that most KP positions are saturated and hardly anyone is leaving, so it's kind of pointless to still fight for progression in this environment.

Individually all these happened behind closed doors and my colleague and I only knew about each other's situation through casual conversations.

The reality is that although both my colleague and I are not KPs, I hold a much larger portfolio and have a much heavier workload. So I am suspecting some "smoking" by the management here.

Is it true that transfers/deployments can be "forced" or "coerced"? Is transferring also the only way for me to progress to the leadership track?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sensitive question here...colleague X and I are both from the same department. Due to the manpower cut, everyone's timetable this year has been quite filled. This sort of means that there's neither shortage nor excess, given that no one resigns or goes on long leave.

But apparently colleague X has been told that the dept is in excess and hence, this colleague is told by management to apply for transfer or cross-level deployment.

On the other hand, when I tried to apply for OPE, I was privately told by school management not to transfer and they will "try and groom me". And I was told all sorts of disadvantages for transferring school. However, I can already see that most KP positions are saturated and hardly anyone is leaving, so it's kind of pointless to still fight for progression in this environment.

Individually all these happened behind closed doors and my colleague and I only knew about each other's situation through casual conversations.

The reality is that although both my colleague and I are not KPs, I hold a much larger portfolio and have a much heavier workload. So I am suspecting some "smoking" by the management here.

Is it true that transfers/deployments can be "forced" or "coerced"? Is transferring also the only way for me to progress to the leadership track?

Assuming department is really in excess, the school will need to declare and the nominated personnel might be subject to closed posting at the end of the year. So it is possible that school management is advising in earnest.

It is also possible for school management to have plans to develop you if you are already helming a large portfolio. Especially with the upcoming HOD movement, perhaps there are plans to move existing SH/LH up, creating new vacancies.

Of course, they could also just be ‘smoking’. You’ll need to decide how much you trust them, and how happy you are with your current environment - in the short term, it’ll be faster if you can find a KP position via APEX. But if you’ve been doing well in your current place, there’s also a good chance you’ll continue doing well with an official appointment - if you’re willing to wait.

tomorrow is youth day and teachers again get another off days others do not get.

useless and overpaid pos

Eh, you got a point there, brudder! Teachers really got it good with all those extra days off. I even suggested to the Ministry of Education Ah Chan that these school holidays should be turned into unpaid leave days. Just picture it – adults demanding equal rights to enjoy school recess and leaving early at 1pm. Can you imagine us all playing catching or trading Pokemon cards during break time? Count me in for that blast from the past!

Useless statement from useless people.

A remark by a teacher deemed useless people no cure

High ego teachers look down on others.

Get off days again. No need to work but get pay. Only care salary and bounus.

Garbage people

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Assuming department is really in excess, the school will need to declare and the nominated personnel might be subject to closed posting at the end of the year. So it is possible that school management is advising in earnest.

It is also possible for school management to have plans to develop you if you are already helming a large portfolio. Especially with the upcoming HOD movement, perhaps there are plans to move existing SH/LH up, creating new vacancies.

Of course, they could also just be ‘smoking’. You’ll need to decide how much you trust them, and how happy you are with your current environment - in the short term, it’ll be faster if you can find a KP position via APEX. But if you’ve been doing well in your current place, there’s also a good chance you’ll continue doing well with an official appointment - if you’re willing to wait.

Can GEO apply for SEO positions? Heard some have tried but the system did not allow it.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can GEO apply for SEO positions? Heard some have tried but the system did not allow it.

My understanding is that the system will block the application if CEP is not high enough for the position. Technically you just need to be GEO4 to apply.

So it's one way you can check your CEP…

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can GEO apply for SEO positions? Heard some have tried but the system did not allow it.

SEO pay so low apply for what? Just quit!