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XYZ school’s Annual Sports Day has drawn to a close and students are dismissed from the sporting venue. Since it is nearing lunch time, the students from Class A decide to head to the nearby mall for a meal and a movie.

On their way there, they meet one of their subject teachers, Miss Y, and extend an invitation to her to join them for lunch and the movie.

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Discussion:

If you were Miss Y, what are some principles and considerations that would guide you in deciding whether to accept the invitation?

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During the preparation for end-of-year examinations, Miss Y promises her students a treat before term closes for continued good behavior and efforts to do well in her subject.
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Discussion

Discuss possible incentives you could use to motivate your students, and your considerations.

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At the end of the year, Miss Y rewards the good behaviour and efforts of the class by ordering a pizza treat for them to enjoy in the school canteen.

One of the students shares the news of the treat with her parent after school and the parent mentions the treat in Class A parents’ Whatsapp Chatgroup. (See PowerPoint Slides click here)
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Discussion:

(i) What are some possible concerns Miss Y may have when she receives the invitation?

(ii) Should Miss Y accept the invitation, what are her recommended follow-up actions?

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Answer these questions in your discussion for
Case Study Part 1 to Part 3.

(A) What We Know We Should Do in Such A Situation?
// Activate your prior knowledge.

(B) What We Want to Know: Questions on What We Can/Should Do.

(C) What We Learned from Today’s Conversations.

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Group No.
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Discussion Answer
(A)
(B)
(C)

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Discussion Answer
(A) Look at the professional boundary between a teacher and student, if it is acceptable. Eg. if it is a male student who ask Miss Y out, it deems inappropriate. We have to consider public perception.

(B) Since it is outside curriculum hours, should teachers "hang out" with students? Any conflict of interest? What if parents turn to teachers to take responsibility of their children since the teacher is out with them?

(C) Teacher should always think about the intent of the outing, the possible consequences that may occur and our role as a teacher towards students must always remain professional.

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Discussion Answer
(A)
- As a teacher, we need to see if we are willing to extend our trust and exercise our duty of care outside a school setting.
- If we are with them, we are extending our 'office hours' when we decide to be with them. The teacher has to be 100% responsible.
- There are certain responsibilities that a teacher cannot bear all the consequences. There are too many things beyond the law that the teacher might be aware of (parents suing the teacher). Teachers need to be prepared and ask if they are ready to bear the consequences.
(B)
- How can the teacher ensure if nothing will happen to the students.
- Duty of care on students
(C)
- Professional Boundaries must be enforced and not taken lightly.
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Discussion Answer

(A)
Professional boundaries: Teachers who attend the events (official or non-official events) must exercise the care and concern of a teacher over the student. (KIM: Students are still in school attire after the event)
Rapport vs Ethics:  How much rapport with our students vs exercising the role of care as their educator

(B)
Nature of activities affect our presence?
Quantity of students?
Will our presence work to exacerbate some of the bad habits of our students?

(C)
Maintaining professional integrity = NO ONE ON ONE OUTING WITH STUDENTS

As long as our presence is there, we need to exercise a sense of duty of care over them.

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Discussion Answer

Teacher professionalism and teacher-student boundary

Responsibility for students has to be maintained - You're the responsible adult.

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We will not accept as
1. we do not socialise unnecessarily with the young ones outside curriculum hours.
2. we are not sure if their parents were informed.
3. students would name us that they were with their teacher when their parents enquire (although we might be with them for a short time only).

We will accept as
1. if we are the ones organising.
2. parents will be informed via students.

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Discussion Answer
a) Decline nicely unless Ms Y is prepared to shoulder ALL responsibilities of taking care of the students.

b) Ask about the i)location ii)movies iii)gender iv)intention of the outing

c)

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- Teacher-student relationship
We will not accept as we do not want them to "use" our names for any misbehaviour/ going home late
As the teacher, we will be deemed responsible for their well-beings and since we are not in control once we go separate ways, we will not want to put ourselves in the position in the first place
- Conflict of interest
- Uphold of professional image as an educator at all times

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Discussion Answer
(A) Thank them for their invitation however, we will decline politely.
(B) Who else is invited? Are their parents informed? Where are they going(venue)?
(C)

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If we were Miss Y, some of us will, and some of us will not follow our students for lunch and movie.

If I were Miss Y, the principles that guide me are:
-Teachers are responsible to students' safety issue

My considerations are:
-Whether the students are mature enough to take care of themselves
-and level of rapport among students and teachers
-only after they are graduated from Juying.

-keep the TSI in school.

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(A) Consideration: Student's safety: If Miss Y joins the students, she will have to take responsibility and accountability of the students.

(B) Students could also use Miss Y as an excuse to gain permission to go out etc. (tell parents that Miss Y brought them out/ is out with them)

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Discussion Answer

- KFC (Fast-food)
Canteen vendors were unhappy
- Stationeries (Also help in students daily equipping for lessons)
- Class parties

(A)
Motivate students to find intrinsic motivation in doing well instead of feeding them extrinsically. The unsustainable nature of extrinsic motivation.

(B)
What are the school policies towards such incentives?

Fairness to the rest of your classes?

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Discussion Answer
a) i)No homework for that week
ii) Time out at chillax for class
bonding
iii) give them stationeries
instead of food

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Discussion Answer

Possible Incentives
- Certificate of recognition
- Bubble tea card w stamps (get students to earn the stamps)
- Top 3 students in a year will get the same prize (chocolates)
- List down the top 50 students, top 10 students. Also consider the top improvement students.
- One pair of movie pass

Food for thought
- Need to be mindful when you use intrinsic motivational methods. Still need to emphasized and encourage the correct attitude.
- What are some ways to drive intrinsic motivation? ECG lessons to ensure students know about goal setting, knowing about their CHOICES available.
- Students like to have the feeling of making CHOICES. Need to teach them decision making processes for them to make good and sound choices for their future.
- For art, the art teacher will do up a sample and students will strive to be on par or even better than the teacher's sample.
- Differentiated teaching, if you create initial success for the students, they will be more motivated to strive to do better subsequently.
- How do we as a school / teachers guide students in their decision making process as not all JYians have supportive parents who are always updated with current affairs.

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Discussion Answer
(A) Possible incentives by teacher include:
- giving them a treat from school canteen
- stationaries
- personalised cards / Good JYian card
- a call to the parents to compliment about the child is a reward itself
- Chillax usage as class bonding
These incentives are recommended to avoid any negative perceptions and implications of the incentives. Also to ensure the safety of the students (ordering food from outside may not be safe).

(B) Is giving rewards to students consider bribery to excite the students?

(C)Educators are not expected to give gifts as rewards. If educators wants to hand out these rewards, educator should mention its clear intention for doing so.

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Food/meal treats within school premises: take care of students' allergies
Simple stationery: notebooks, stamps, pens, markers
Personalised notes/cards

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Discussion Answer
(A)
(B)
(C)

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(i) What is the purpose of this gathering? It is not the same with pizza-gathering (motivating-student).

(ii) Is the whatsapp group include EVERY parent? If not, Ms Y might need to invite ALL.
She must do RAMS since it is outside school activity.

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Discussion Answer
Make use of the Good JYian Card to congratulate the students on their good performance. Teacher can also write a personalised letter/letter of commendation to inform parents of the child's outstanding performance in academic or attitude. As much as possible, avoid monetary reward. Tap on one of the Language of Love: Words of Affirmation. Through this, the parents will also be informed of their child's achievement thus may entail positive outcome between parents and child.

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(A) Reward the whole class for the good improvement in performance, to ensure reward is inclusive to all students. Although we reward the whole class, mention the few students who have done well including those who have made improvements or shown consicientious effort.

(B) Reward with treats such as sweets and chocolate to motivate students.

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Discuss possible incentives you could use to motivate your students, and your considerations.

-give stationery and book as prize
-verbal affirmation
-watch performance organize by school (inform parents and SLs)
-treat a meal (chocolate potluck)

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Will there be undesirable activities involved, such as smoking and drinking among the parents?

Can consider if a group of teachers were to attend together, not just 1 teacher going

Attend for a while

To have the gathering in school instead

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We will not let the students choose the treats
- food is for party but we will award them with meaningful gifts such as stationery and storybook

Class bonding activities/ games as a form of incentives

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(i) Concerns: Is she the only one going? Is the BBQ too lavish?

(ii) Decline very politely or ask them to join PSG - would be better to thank the whole school. Inform them of other platforms to thank teachers - suggest to them other means to show appreciation (PSG)

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If I were Miss Y, we will accept the invitiation, our considerations:
-Go with other teacher, do go alone.
-stay for awhile, to build rapport with students(background) parents and community.
-Rapport with parents can help the students in future.
-Only go when I know the parent well and know that the objectives of the party. in case parents want their child to have privilege in school.

Follow up action:
-send a msg to say thank you and keep in touch, so that we can help the child together.
-encourage parents to attend school workshop

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Discussion Answer
a) i)Parent may insist on preferencial treatment of their children
ii)go with other teachers
iii)stay for awhile
iv)if decline, teacher can give food /contribute something for the BBQ
v)join parent support grp

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Graduated class chalets or post exam gathering

Will it turn into a PTC?
(A)

(B)
What if the student has already graduated

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Discussion Answer
(i)
- parents may want the teacher to provide special treatment towards their child.
- teacher will feel indebted by the parents' generousity and courtesy thus may experience dilemma/internal conflict if they have to handle any issues with regards to their child.

(ii) it would be good to not accept the invitation to safeguard yourself. However, if you are in a parent support group (like Mdm Mas HAHA), then, the teacher can consider accepting the invitation.

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Discussion Answer
(A) - Miss Y have to seek the SLs approval because the ones that are inviting are the school clients.
(B) Would these form of invitation influencing teacher's objectives? Would teacher felt obliged to give more attention to the student whose parents are nicer through these invitations?

(C) Refrain from attending such invitation from parents.

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Discussion Answer
(A)
(B)
(C)

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Graduated class chalets or post exam gathering

Will it turn into a PTC?
(A)

(B)
What if the student has already graduated? Does duty of care still apply? Answer: TSR is tweaked to become a general Adult-Child Relationship

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(i) Miss Y will most likely be engaged in conversations about students' behaviour/progress even to school policies. It is not advisable for one teacher to manage this.

ii