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Subject-related

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:42:57 UTC

E.g. Science

same number of periods
"2 different classes", results into 3 different classes
have to know many different pupils --> hard to build TSR
effort put into each subject not considered --> considered the prep time instead of just the number of periods?

Many adjunct and relief teachers

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:45:07 UTC

permanent teachers have to take on the load including reviewing of SOW, set more papers etc.

How to get to know their current students better

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:47:37 UTC

Teachers given a choice to share which classes they would like to follow up.

especially those who need special attention, OR
have already built the rapport

Surface during EMPS

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:49:53 UTC

Share these concerns and preferences during work review.

Requests during work review sessions

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:51:27 UTC

First cut of deployment
Preference to be with particular classes

Discipline

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 03:54:02 UTC

Teachers' load are also added due to disciplinary issues. Thus, how can the school support teachers workload in terms of discipline?

Discipline - The teacher has the autonomy in the classroom

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:54:10 UTC

Students are kept safe, first and foremost --> Lessons can go on
Students face consequences and the discipline improves --> teaching in the classroom is more effective

Discipline incidents making us busy

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:55:07 UTC

Adds on to our workload.

We are busy with:

writing incident report
report to various KPs/discipline team
calling parents

Deployment

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 03:55:45 UTC

Is the allocation of periods based on number of equal periods or the effort put in for the subjects?

Discipline - giving teacher more authority?

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 03:58:01 UTC

Red card given to classroom teachers to allow them to issue to students --> allow for shortening of the discipline process
Explain to the teachers on the rationale behind the discipline process

Communication / Processes

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:00:02 UTC

Autonomy/Authority of teachers when dealing with classroom discipline.

The discipline team usually takes over and due to the processes in place, it takes a long time to close the loop.

Administrative stuff (ITQ/AOR etc)

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 04:06:45 UTC

CCA
Department

Focus should be on teaching and not these administrative tasks.

Due to unfamiliarity, we put in alot of effort into carrying out the task but yet it is not done right the first time.

Revised AOR is better, but ITQ is not as straightforward

AOR

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:06:48 UTC

The revised AOR helped cut down workload for teachers.

Carry out CCA duties without financial aspects

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 04:08:09 UTC

Spend more time with student development
Removal of need for teachers to do ITQ --> ITQ to be done by other parties

ITQ

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:08:25 UTC

A need to assist or outsource doing ITQ. Better time spent to focus on teachers and learning.

ITQ

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:09:59 UTC

Very challenging doing ITQ and even after training, teachers lack the competency to handle ITQ and evaluation.

Evaluation during ITQ

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 04:10:43 UTC

Inform vendors that only the top 3 vendors will be evaluated --> cut down time spent on evaluating

Simplify processes

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:11:29 UTC

Administrative work

Relief

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:15:06 UTC

Well distributed relief periods.

Relief - Let the staff know about the processes

yeoh_li_shan — 2023-11-23 04:17:14 UTC

Relief period given to the immediate period after lesson --> not bad

Relief

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-23 04:24:32 UTC

Teachers being able to choose relief classes eg. taking back their own class

Unequal workload distribution

nhps_2023 — 2023-11-24 03:29:13 UTC

Eg. Position holders taking on MIC/AIC roles in CCA