Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

But the focus isn't money. I will happily draw pre-Oct 2022, or even pre-2015 salary if I didn't have to ensure that the tentage vendor delivers up to spec, or entertain some grassroots leader that I don't really care about on a Saturday morning. We will give our everything in our direct work with students (and parents, to an extent). What we resent is padding the KPIs of middle and senior management with things that have nothing to do with the heart for our students.

So enough with all this nonsense about teachers being hungry for money, having no intrinsic motivation, and whatnot. Think about what our job has become.. what it has evolved into over the years.

Thanks for sharing the concerns. It is very eye-opening to understand how teaching jobs have evolved over the years from one that is centred mostly on teaching and delivering the syllabus, to one that involves anything and everything such as mental health, CCA, sex ed, admin, school events, logistics, etc. perhaps institutionalise a team of non-teaching staffs in each school whose role is to coordinate and manage these non-teaching activities (of course they may rope in teachers flto provide support and assistance and brainstorming). This will offload teachers workload substantially??

Originally Posted by Unregistered

But the focus isn't money. I will happily draw pre-Oct 2022, or even pre-2015 salary if I didn't have to ensure that the tentage vendor delivers up to spec, or entertain some grassroots leader that I don't really care about on a Saturday morning. We will give our everything in our direct work with students (and parents, to an extent). What we resent is padding the KPIs of middle and senior management with things that have nothing to do with the heart for our students.

So enough with all this nonsense about teachers being hungry for money, having no intrinsic motivation, and whatnot. Think about what our job has become.. what it has evolved into over the years.

then can be flexi-adjunt

Originally Posted by Unregistered

then can be flexi-adjunt

ya man just be adjunct - teach and end work on time and get paid. cut all the crap bijes

Originally Posted by Unregistered

ya man just be adjunct - teach and end work on time and get paid. cut all the crap bijes

No wonder I hear a lot of people wanting to switch over to adjunct...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No wonder I hear a lot of people wanting to switch over to adjunct...

quite good life, and the pay per hr rate is pretty decent as well. don't need to entertain all the silly parents' requests, politics, lame and mindless admin things, CCAs, etc

Becomin fajt now..

but of coz means no more promotion/advancement so only maybe good for those closer to retirement or at least see through red dust liao

Originally Posted by Unregistered

but of coz means no more promotion/advancement so only maybe good for those closer to retirement or at least see through red dust liao

Well, there are quite a few who are already so fed up, they don't really care anymore and want to make the switch asap haha

Can earn more outsai anw

Try part time scheme first. It’s always good to be offloaded from projects while focusing fully on teaching, and not forgoing the iron rice bowl.