Career as Teacher

How is years in service counted. Like if my NIE was from aug 2014 to Aug 2015 (practicum in early 2015), is 2015 counted as my first year in service? Cause I got my GEO 3 in 2016, cause of my NS.

Just curious about whether MOE can track our personal browsing history (eg if we are job hunting)/websites we visit if our Workpal apps are downloaded onto our personal devices?

1) don’t think they are so free to track ur surfing history as they know u can jolly well do it on other devices

2) technology wise, it’s rather difficult and involves use of pervasive cookies.

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Just curious about whether MOE can track our personal browsing history (eg if we are job hunting)/websites we visit if our Workpal apps are downloaded onto our personal devices?

What's the diff btw PDL and TWA and secondment?

What's the Ave sal of MOE teacher with about 10 yr exp? Not HOD yet

Hi, what are the repercussions of using our extended sick leave (beyond the 14 days of MC)? Many of my colleagues have been taking MC almost weekly and eating into their extended sick leave. School is super compassionate and people like me have been covering for them. 😖

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Why are they given extra allowance for doing less things? All they do is arrow people to do things and they usually just walk around and socialise while the rest are busy working.

Speak to your school leaders if you really feel this way. HR looks at all schools across the ministry and not just your school, and I like to believe that your observation is not sth that applies across all schools.

There is sth wrong with either your view of your colleagues or sth terribly wrong in your school if the officers in the same subgrade of GEO4/5 without appointments are actually doing more than those with key appointments.

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If just JB during weekdays no need right?

You should be asking your school admin on this, as the practice may vary slightly across schools, unless your intent is to compare across schools.

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Allowance amount:
GEO4 kp - $2500 per year, not per month
GEO5 kp - $1300 per year

SEO1 kp - no more such allowance

So it works out to under $200 more per month (if you factor in the "guaranteed" 13 mth) or under $10 per day extra (for an average 22 working days per mth) for a GEO4 and nearly half for the GEO5.

Perhaps why there are teachers who prefer to be HOT (Happy Ordinary Teachers).

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So it works out to under $200 more per month (if you factor in the "guaranteed" 13 mth) or under $10 per day extra (for an average 22 working days per mth) for a GEO4 and nearly half for the GEO5.

Perhaps why there are teachers who prefer to be HOT (Happy Ordinary Teachers).

The only way to make middle management jobs worth it (monetarily) is to sit on the position for years and years, to give yourself enough time to climb to/near the top of the range.

Otherwise, HOT all the way. Top of the GEO5 scale is a respectable 8k plus now. To get C grade every year is really very easy. Why eat so much more shiat everyday and risk your backside doing firefighting every morning, evening and weekends just to draw 9k at SEO1?