Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi all,
I’m interested to know more about the FLP. Can anyone who’s in FLP share how you were invited to join FLP? (Possibly also what was your age, substantive grade and what commitments you were undertaking around the time you were emplaced to FLP)? My HOD briefly mentioned about FLP as he was a PSC scholar then, but not too sure about the inner workings about it.

How can I go about to increase my chances?

Sample size of two:

1- female, non-scholar, emplaced at 5 YOE (GEO4) while serving a FHQ posting. Late 20s

2- male, local scholar, emplaced at 5 YOE (GEO4) in first year as a subject head in a school. Early 30s

Invitation was via email from the relevant HR people. It's centrally managed and decision makers don't lie within the school.

Nobody really knows how it works. But generally you have to be young and your CEP needs to be high. How high? Don't know. PSC scholar status may guarantee it, but other scholarships may not guarantee it. You could also get it as a non-scholar if your CEP has been beefed up enough.

EMS scholars and PSC scholars are emplaced immediately after NIE. Commitment varies depending on SL - may have specific assignments by SL and expectations to initiate level-wide or school-wide activities.

“High CEP” but not sure what is meant by high. Most generally go on to be KPs or SLs though I think this depends on your performance and not just based on the fact that your are on EMS. Case in point: there are people who graduate from FLP as SH or HOD.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi all,
I’m interested to know more about the FLP. Can anyone who’s in FLP share how you were invited to join FLP? (Possibly also what was your age, substantive grade and what commitments you were undertaking around the time you were emplaced to FLP)? My HOD briefly mentioned about FLP as he was a PSC scholar then, but not too sure about the inner workings about it.

How can I go about to increase my chances?

Previous comments already gave the details, but I'll just say that there is very little you can do to increase your chances. Your career trajectory is mostly already determined by the time you are out of BTship. Not that it can't change, but there are some things that are already 'hard coded', for example non-scholar vs normal scholar vs prestige scholar, educational qualifications, your first few years' performance grade and initial CEP reviews, etc.

It depends on whether your principal is receptive to such conversations but you can mention your aspirations to them, so that they can decide whether they want to help to increase your chances (by raising your CEP fast and furious, basically), and also help to beef up your CV with developmental opportunities within the school.

currently having an affair with a student mother.

Hope when the jc student turns 18 next month, can piak her with the mother together.

life as a teacher is so wonderful!

is the upcoming engagement survey completely anonymous like the climate survey in the past? or will your identity be traceable?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

is the upcoming engagement survey completely anonymous like the climate survey in the past? or will your identity be traceable?

It is 100% traceable, but whether the tracing is actually performed or not is anyone's guess.

They don't claim that the survey is entirely anonymous. They only promise that the data provided to SLs is aggregated and anonymised. The real risks.. are up to your own interpretation of the above.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

currently having an affair with a student mother.

Hope when the jc student turns 18 next month, can piak her with the mother together.

life as a teacher is so wonderful!

had similar experiences as you.

Hi all,

Has anyone resign while on No Pay leave? Is it possible? How is the process like?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently considering applying for a secondment. Does anyone have knowledge to share on the following:

1) Does going on secondment (to non-education related agencies) affect your career progression within MOE negatively?
2) Is there a limit on the number of secondments you can go on during the course of your career?

Thank you!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi everyone,

I'm currently considering applying for a secondment. Does anyone have knowledge to share on the following:

1) Does going on secondment (to non-education related agencies) affect your career progression within MOE negatively?
2) Is there a limit on the number of secondments you can go on during the course of your career?

Thank you!

2) you can only go for a maximum of 6 years secondment in your entire career in MOE