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But sometimes parents cannot even control their own children and expect the teachers in school to do their basic parenting job for them. Then go online and kpkb about the fact that teachers are not being good surrogate parents. |
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Teacher only teach the kids academic stuff cause you parents lack the intellect to do it. Parent to kids rations 2 to 1. You want teachee to raise your kid ratio 1 to 30. Math fail la parents. I can teach your kids with a few stroke of the cane. |
One point I thought I'd note - this might have been accurate in the past (when were you in NTU?), recruitment is very competitive now and category #2 is practically non-existent today, IMHO.
Most of the new teachers I see today do at least partially fall into category #1 (many have other practical concerns as well, but I don't see any issue with that), or are at least willing to work hard with young students, so I don't think the situation today is quite as bleak as you make it out to be. (That said, many do get jaded along the way, as someone had pointed out earlier…) Quote:
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I felt a little disturbed seeing some of the messages here. I also beg to differ that only 5% of the teachers are passionate. I’m in a neighbourhood school and most of our pupils are from Low SES family. I reach school at 6:30am and leave at about 5:30pm everyday. I feel very tired sometimes but I always think to myself “it’s for the students, it’s to value-add their learning, etc” when I think about quitting. Sometimes when my P arrows me to do stuffs, I always think about the end in mind about how this will impact/ help the kids, and most time, 90% of the things I do, it does impact them positively. I admit that I thought of quitting to just have a more relaxing life (my husband has been telling me to quit as he can be the sole breadwinner) but I can’t let go because I do find joy in what I do. I remember last year I spent about 8 hours designing and laminating customised bookmarks for my kids for Children’s Day. Just thinking about their smiles makes it all worthwhile. Of course, some just frown upon seeing a bookmark but most appreciates. I just finished a one-hour online live lesson and my students all said they enjoyed the lesson because they could see each other and the discussion was so rich. I spent 3 hours on the lesson planning but seeing their feedback and knowing that they have learnt makes it all worthwhile. A lot of my students have returned to the school to visit and the things their say/ write in the cards is really touching. E.g. I will never forget your teachings, you are the best teacher I ever had, etc. I’m sure you guys have gotten those too. Yes, they may grow up and forget you but some things like values will stay. From my observation and 10 years in school, I dare say we have at least 50% of passionate and dedicated Teachers. The other 50% wants to draw a steady paycheck, waits for retirement or just simply because it’s impossible to go for a career change and draw that kind of salary. Many of them have regrets and of course thought about career change but they know that the outside industry is not as stable as teaching, so they fear quitting in case of regrets. In any case, whether you are a teacher or not, most people in this world is still driven by monetary gains, and humans need that form of recognition all the time. Even if you have done something right and your spouse praises you, you feel good; it’s all normal. Pls do not associate the discussion here on promotions/ increments with our passion. Having that extra money is good because I get to buy stuffs I like, but end of the day, even if we don’t get that promotion or high increments, we still go back and do what we do best with a heart.
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I felt a little disturbed seeing some of the messages here. I also beg to differ that only 5% of the teachers are passionate. I’m in a neighbourhood school and most of our pupils are from Low SES family. I reach school at 6:30am and leave at about 5:30pm everyday. I feel very tired sometimes but I always think to myself “it’s for the students, it’s to value-add their learning, etc” when I think about quitting. Sometimes when my P arrows me to do stuffs, I always think about the end in mind about how this will impact/ help the kids, and most time, 90% of the things I do, it does impact them positively. I admit that I thought of quitting to just have a more relaxing life (my husband has been telling me to quit as he can be the sole breadwinner) but I can’t let go because I do find joy in what I do. I remember last year I spent about 8 hours designing and laminating customised bookmarks for my kids for Children’s Day. Just thinking about their smiles makes it all worthwhile. Of course, some just frown upon seeing a bookmark but most appreciates. I just finished a one-hour online live lesson and my students all said they enjoyed the lesson because they could see each other and the discussion was so rich. I spent 3 hours on the lesson planning but seeing their feedback and knowing that they have learnt makes it all worthwhile. A lot of my students have returned to the school to visit and the things their say/ write in the cards is really touching. E.g. I will never forget your teachings, you are the best teacher I ever had, etc. I’m sure you guys have gotten those too. Yes, they may grow up and forget you but some things like values will stay. From my observation and 10 years in school, I dare say we have at least 50% of passionate and dedicated Teachers. The other 50% wants to draw a steady paycheck, waits for retirement or just simply because it’s impossible to go for a career change and draw that kind of salary. Many of them have regrets and of course thought about career change but they know that the outside industry is not as stable as teaching, so they fear quitting in case of regrets. In any case, whether you are a teacher or not, most people in this world is still driven by monetary gains, and humans need that form of recognition all the time. Even if you have done something right and your spouse praises you, you feel good; it’s all normal. Pls do not associate the discussion here on promotions/ increments with our passion. Having that extra money is good because I get to buy stuffs I like, but end of the day, even if we don’t get that promotion or high increments, we still go back and do what we do best with a heart. |
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Teachers like to complain they have too much admin work to do. Every job has admin work! Most professional jobs require you to file claims, do HR stuff etc. You also have to take on side projects etc. Even in large companies with many departments, some tasks won’t fall anywhere specific so somebody will have to pick it up.
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Can people help to update ur merit increments so we can fill in the gaps? looks like a slight decrease in merit increments compared to the past based on list below
Geo2 C-: C: C+:$60 (prorated) B: A: Geo3 C-: C: 175 C+: $175- $176 B: $210-$211 A: Geo4 C-: C: $192 C+: $192 B: $245-$260 A: $325 Geo5 C-: C: C+: $184-$216 B: $236-$246 A: Seo1 C-: C: $305 C+: B: A: 498 Seo2 C-: C: C+: B: A: Seo3 C-: C: C+: B: A |
Anyone know how competitive it is to enter NIE-NTU? my igp isn't good but i have a passion for teaching....like mentoring people, bringing out the best in them. I have done it quite a few times as a volunteer tutoring kids...argh i am reading that 80rp people got interview, but i haven't got any offers yet. I really want to be a teacher.
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I really hope nie give me a chance at interview haha, their bsa/bsc essay never really asked candidates to explain why they wanna be a teacher.
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Oh well there goes my teaching career. Are u from MOE HQ? i am losing hope here |
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Anyways a bit sianz max, seeing the teachers i met in school some have temper issues and some simply dont give a **** about teaching sia. We're born in the wrong times to become a teacher. |
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Was told that sec level subjects esp math and sci are the most competitive |
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Professor not an easy title to climb up to...
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I applied to teach secondary school literature... Competitive???
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There's a lack of humanities teacher leh i think...
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From birth stats, sg never recovered from the higher births of > 45 000+ babies per year prior to 2000 which is why some sec schs have merged or closed. The next time there might be a better demand for sec sch teachers is probably in 5 years time. These kids are now in pri sch so you should consider that if you are up for it, because not everybody are comfy with handling pri sch kids. And unfortunately with covid, times are even worse with tonnes of retrenchments. As you pointed out, math and sci are very competitive, now worsened by thousands of pmet engineers, financial sector workers etc out of work and will consider teaching math / sci as an interim job until the economy recovers. For better or worse, moe seems to like these mid-career people even though they may not have the skills to teach or are obviously in the job just to tide themselves over. Its also true that moe cherry picks these in this employer's market. Most of the new teachers (fresh grads) are alumni of top sec schs eg raffles, acs. If you were from some ah beng sec sch, your resume would not even be downloaded by hr despite graduating from a local uni. No need to mention the chances for those pte degree / suss If your circumstances are affected by the 3 things above, i would suggest forget teaching and beg for any other job which can build up your skills and experience even if it pays you peanuts, and work your way up. |
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My increment this year is a paltry $83... GEO3
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