Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have gotten nothing but C- and D grades consistently for the past 4 years of teaching. Any potential repurcussions I should be watching out for?

Won't your RO have placed you on PRP and advised you on how to get out of these grades? What GEO are you currently in, if you don't mind sharing? Do you think these grades are fairly given to you, as in you feel you have done something adverse enough to warrant them? Cos if you just do your bare minimum and don't get yourself into any big trouble, can still scrape by with a C...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi i used to be a flexi and recently converted to perm. I heard now it's v hard to be selected for interviews I tried 3 time and I am lucky that my ex p recommended me and therefore I have the chances to be back. Having said that now I am on a local contract for 2.4yrs before I am cosider a perm. And in this 2.5yrs my ranking is suppose to be at least a C grade .these 2 yrs I am.not entitled to connect or promotion. A x tbh I am abit regret to come back. Yeah so hope this help

Thank you for this sharing, appreciate it! Glad that you are able to make it through to the inteviews. May i ask how long you were a flexi before converting to perm?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Won't your RO have placed you on PRP and advised you on how to get out of these grades? What GEO are you currently in, if you don't mind sharing? Do you think these grades are fairly given to you, as in you feel you have done something adverse enough to warrant them? Cos if you just do your bare minimum and don't get yourself into any big trouble, can still scrape by with a C...

Our ranking system is not criterion based. It does not mean if you have done certain things, you will get a certain grade. Ours is more like bell curve. If you are deemed as the bottom 5%, then you will have to get C-/D.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thank you for this sharing, appreciate it! Glad that you are able to make it through to the inteviews. May i ask how long you were a flexi before converting to perm?

i was flexi for 3 yrs den contract for 2yrs. i heard from contract to perm chances higher . hope this helps!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Our ranking system is not criterion based. It does not mean if you have done certain things, you will get a certain grade. Ours is more like bell curve. If you are deemed as the bottom 5%, then you will have to get C-/D.

i wanna check, is it every schools must have C- and D? i always though of no major issue will not get a D

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i wanna check, is it every schools must have C- and D? i always though of no major issue will not get a D

C- is a must. There is a certain quota for it. For D, nope. For my school, we have not been giving any D. However, I have heard of school who gives D to a number of staff on yearly basis

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i was flexi for 3 yrs den contract for 2yrs. i heard from contract to perm chances higher . hope this helps!

Thank you for sharing! You motivate me to work towards the full time conversion. Stay strong and push on!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

C- is a must. There is a certain quota for it. For D, nope. For my school, we have not been giving any D. However, I have heard of school who gives D to a number of staff on yearly basis

Agree, I was the original poster on this topic and indeed my school does give out C- or D to like the bottom 15-20% of performers in the entire school.. harsh truth but I guess we have all gone through this in uni. Hopefully I don't get fired..

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Huh? Are you serious? Didn't your RO speak to you about it?

You can't apply for open posting nor closed posting. If you are looking forward to promotion, it will not happen anytime soon till you move out of C-/D for consecutive 3 years, then you will be considered for promotion. With adverse grade like this, you will not be reemployed as flexi adjunct say you decided to quit

is C- considered an adverse grade?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

is C- considered an adverse grade?

Well, good question. MOE said that it is considered as a good grade yet getting C- will hold you back from promotion. Ironic