Career as Teacher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello! Just wanted to ask if it’s possible to make the switch from EO to AED? (I’m thinking of becoming a SEN Officer.) What are some possible routes to take / any tips on making the switch? Thank you in advance for your advice!

Yes, you can make the switch. Just apply for the SEN Officer role and go for the interview. But think carefully first before you make the switch. The $$ is a significant decrease. No connect plan, and pay range is lesser. The work is also not necessarily simpler. You may be managing lesser students compared to the teacher in the classroom but the students you manage as a SEN Officer are those with the highest needs. And most of the time, you are the only 1 or 2 SEN Officer in the school. Unfortunately most schools are still not inclusive in nature so a lot of SEN-related work and students will be thrown to the SEN Officer to handle alone.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello! Just wanted to ask if it’s possible to make the switch from EO to AED? (I’m thinking of becoming a SEN Officer.) What are some possible routes to take / any tips on making the switch? Thank you in advance for your advice!

Easy to switch away from EO scheme. Ridiculously difficult to come back to EO scheme, if you later desire it. Under prevailing conditions (where MOE is reducing EO headcount), it's like a one-way ticket. Maybe it will be different in the future, maybe not.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello! Just wanted to ask if it’s possible to make the switch from EO to AED? (I’m thinking of becoming a SEN Officer.) What are some possible routes to take / any tips on making the switch? Thank you in advance for your advice!

Not advisable. Teachers complain a lot about their lives in sch like pple on this forum. But SEN Officers have it worst. Paid peanuts, no incentives, and treated like crap by some SLs and second class citizens by teachers. Teachers are just eager to throw the sen kid to you and don’t do their job.

Promotional list out?? From where?! Or must the P tell us
Is it I’m not promoted… so sad

Does anybody know what the percentage increments usually are for promotions? I.e from GEO 3 to 4.

Thank you in advanced for sharing!

Other than hearing from SL, any other way to know if promoted? Not in sch anymore

Originally Posted by Unregistered

this is terrible, it’s shows appraisal system is such a mess. this is the public service, such things should be made known to the public.

If made known, you think our scholars would have attained whatever positions they are in now?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why not do both? Networking dosent need to burn a lot of time

Doing the work that leads to such networking takes a lot of time.

To present a paper, you need to spend time to plan, design, conduct action research, and then write a conference paper.

All these things take time.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello! Just wanted to ask if it’s possible to make the switch from EO to AED? (I’m thinking of becoming a SEN Officer.) What are some possible routes to take / any tips on making the switch? Thank you in advance for your advice!

Advise against this. Steep paycut, and lack of career prospects.

How high can AEDs climb?

Also, AED scheme lacks job security. Still remember how they shut down the AED(T&L) scheme and the methods used to force AEDs to leave.

Maybe can consider going to guidance branch and do SEN-related work to get a feel first.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Does anybody know what the percentage increments usually are for promotions? I.e from GEO 3 to 4.

Thank you in advanced for sharing!

Got around 350 from geo3 to geo4