Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If I quit teaching and join private sector, what will I retain if I one day decide to return to teaching and MOE agrees to hire me? Current salary? Years of service? Connect Plan? CEP?

If you quit, don't look back liao. Everything will reset if you come back.

If you still see a future in MOE, you shouldn't resign yet.

Just gotten my promotion to GEO4 in this year promotion exercise. male and in my early 30s and non-scholar. not thinking to be a chiongster and very happy with my workload, school culture and colleagues. was thinking to apply for OPE this year but was persuaded to stay on by RO and P. anyway there's no push factor for me to leave my current school and the only reason i could think of leaving is that potential school closer to my current house.

anyway, wanted to ask if it is true that if an officer just got promoted, regardless of the things he/she does in that year, the next year when PB comes will definitely be a C grade? I was an organizer for several school events for this year, main IC for my CCA and also involve with committee work.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just gotten my promotion to GEO4 in this year promotion exercise. male and in my early 30s and non-scholar. not thinking to be a chiongster and very happy with my workload, school culture and colleagues. was thinking to apply for OPE this year but was persuaded to stay on by RO and P. anyway there's no push factor for me to leave my current school and the only reason i could think of leaving is that potential school closer to my current house.

anyway, wanted to ask if it is true that if an officer just got promoted, regardless of the things he/she does in that year, the next year when PB comes will definitely be a C grade? I was an organizer for several school events for this year, main IC for my CCA and also involve with committee work.

No, it is not a requirement to give C after promotion. At GEO grades I was getting at least C+ (if not B) for work done in promotion years. It was only after promotion to SEO1 that I got my first C, lol.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Don't quit. Just wait it out. I was in a similar situation. Just put in the effort, and time will help you to prove them wrong.

to be frank, for a teacher to get D grade, means the SLs and HODs perception of that officer is v v jialat liao, means unlikely they will change their impression of that officer. which means that officer is tio mark n is just a sitting duck waiting for the sch management to slowly force that officer to leave.

the only option left is to change sch but chances are the new school's SLs will know about the D grade as well.

So, the only option left is actually to quit.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

to be frank, for a teacher to get D grade, means the SLs and HODs perception of that officer is v v jialat liao, means unlikely they will change their impression of that officer. which means that officer is tio mark n is just a sitting duck waiting for the sch management to slowly force that officer to leave.

the only option left is to change sch but chances are the new school's SLs will know about the D grade as well.

So, the only option left is actually to quit.

actually, to a certain extent, that may not be true also. cause if the D person stays, then they do not need to find someone else to fill the quota

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you quit, don't look back liao. Everything will reset if you come back.

If you still see a future in MOE, you shouldn't resign yet.

No. It will not reset.

A colleague who returned told me it would be carried on from the point you left ie. your last pay, like you hadn’t left.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone knows what will happen if a teacher gets D grade? Will it affect the promotion? Heard that promotion is banned for 3 years at least and there will not be any pay increment for 3 years. Is it better to quit? Is it possible to apply closed posting with a D grade? I did not try open posting because I am afraid they will ask about my D grade. Will the new school I am applying knows that I got D grade in the previous school?

From a trouble teacher GEO3 who has just finished 3 years as BT and is suffering in a school now. Thinking of quitting everyday.

I was thinking of quitting every day for 7 years. First 3 years didn’t dare to think because I didn’t have the money to pay the bond. Lol! Just waiting for something to push me off the cliff. Friends around me quit between 3 to 5 years. Very few lasted more than 1 did. Eventually, a parental complaint pushed me off.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No. It will not reset.

A colleague who returned told me it would be carried on from the point you left ie. your last pay, like you hadn’t left.

What if you worked outside for a couple of years and your pay went up by quite a bit.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you quit, don't look back liao. Everything will reset if you come back.

If you still see a future in MOE, you shouldn't resign yet.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No. It will not reset.

A colleague who returned told me it would be carried on from the point you left ie. your last pay, like you hadn’t left.

from what i've heard, the salary remains the same at where you left, but number of years in service will be reset (which will delay future progression)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What if you worked outside for a couple of years and your pay went up by quite a bit.

if thats the case and you step back and look at the big picture, it means that you are already doing well outside (progression outside is definitely faster). would you really still consider returning?

it's a different story if you've been unemployed for 2 years of course

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What if you worked outside for a couple of years and your pay went up by quite a bit.

That I won’t know. I doubt they take that into consideration.