Career as Teacher

Hi I'm a total newbie here - I got a first in law, but I realise my passion is in teaching so I'm planning to leave practice. Do you think I'll have a high chance to teach say English or GP? How is the career path like and is there a demand?

Hi.. what is the official work hours at school?, wilk the school be officially closed and locked at 6pm?.. for MOE any variable benefits other then the 3 time bonus a year?, any other moneytary payment is is not known to the public?,

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi.. what is the official work hours at school?, wilk the school be officially closed and locked at 6pm?.. for MOE any variable benefits other then the 3 time bonus a year?, any other moneytary payment is is not known to the public?,

No official working hours. It all depends on your duty and situation. If you have nothing after official curriculum time, no one will stop you from leaving. However, most Teachers usually have remedial, consultations, CCA or other meetings. Also, it doesn’t mean that work ends when you leave school. Usually, Teachers bring work home to mark or prepare for lessons. Primary/Sec schools usually will be locked up by 7pm. JC - 9-10pm.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi I'm a total newbie here - I got a first in law, but I realise my passion is in teaching so I'm planning to leave practice. Do you think I'll have a high chance to teach say English or GP? How is the career path like and is there a demand?

Language teachers especially EL are really in great shortage island wide.. The marking for EL is really...

There are teachers who are totally burnt out and left the service... If you get a first in law, you may want to join poly and be a lecturer.. Better work life balance..

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No official working hours. It all depends on your duty and situation. If you have nothing after official curriculum time, no one will stop you from leaving. However, most Teachers usually have remedial, consultations, CCA or other meetings. Also, it doesn’t mean that work ends when you leave school. Usually, Teachers bring work home to mark or prepare for lessons. Primary/Sec schools usually will be locked up by 7pm. JC - 9-10pm.

Well said, teaching is not for everyone and anyone... I have seen my fair share of teachers who resigned after their bonds...

If you think teaching is easy, you are obviously mistaken.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

when the economy is doing well, private sector rejoice with more than 18 months salary and high salary increments... civil servants rarely get paid that much bonus and increments are lower. isn't this the trade-off? the price to pay for being in the private sector? don't get why you are dissing civil servants when they are expecting a pay increment at this point in time.

Cos I am civil servant myself. For private sector, the retrenchment fear is real.. I am being realistic.. With such bad economy, if government was to made the salary revision for teachers...

I dun know what the public will think. These days, parents are not easy to handle..

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Language teachers especially EL are really in great shortage island wide.. The marking for EL is really...

There are teachers who are totally burnt out and left the service... If you get a first in law, you may want to join poly and be a lecturer.. Better work life balance..

alternatively, become a full-time tutor once bond is completed

I am looking to purchase practicum materials for upper/lower secondary biology and Chemistry resources.
Please contact me @ [email protected]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I heard there used to be a male teacher who was cleared of similar charges a few years after said incident. At that time of the news, he was no longer a teacher. What I really felt was unjust was there were no further reports on whether there was an official apology from MOE, or some form of compensation for these accusations which ruined his career.

s://.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/ex-teacher-cleared-of-indecent-acts-with-teenage-boys

He will not be re-hired as a teacher, as such dismissal is irreversible as it is considered against public interest. So yes, if you think about it, vengeful students have the power to singlehandedly destroy a teacher's career. Just like how a person can singlehandedly destroy his manager/supervisor's career. Just accuse your superior of sexual misconduct, settled. Even if he is cleared, the story and cirumstances of the case and investigation will smear his name forever (especially in the internet age). This is how it works in Singapore.

However, there are no guidelines prohibiting him from re-entering the education service as a non-teaching officer e.g. HQ officer or academy officer.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Could anyone confirm that we would obtain default C 1 year after promotion?
If there any exception case?
I was nominated for Caring Tr Award and MSEA Silver Awards as a 2-year BT.
Thank you.

No, there is no "default C". The problem is the rankings need to be fitted on a curve. So there needs to be "enough people getting C". That's why for freshly promoted officers who are good, but are not super duper outstanding in the year after their promotion, we let them fill the quota for average performers.

However, there are people who continue to shine so brightly and outstandingly and they do get better performance grades regardless of when they were last promoted. What I've seen is.. the most common kind are high performing BTs (regardless of scholar status) who work very hard and smart; they contribute at a very high level as a freshly promoted GEO3 and can really outshine the more lao jiao GEO3s and consequently get C+ and B even in the year they get their GEO3.