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Teacher (Current Employee) - Bukit Batok - November 12, 2023
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The most useful review selected by IndeedGood pay, but unfair headcount for certain schools in certain departments. Time table can make or break your work week. Have long holidays, either students or colleagues or parents will drive you up the wall.
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Poor leaders but fulfilling job
Teacher (Current Employee) - Singapore - October 22, 2023
Micromanaging leaders that do not have trust they KPs and teachers. Some have integrity issues. Students and job fulfillment is the plus point. Not for the faint hearted though. Pay seems good, but not good ebough for the hours and jobscope
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stressful, heavy workload and unrealistic expectations
Admin Manager (Current Employee) - East Singapore - October 5, 2023
Youve to be ready and prepared to juggle multiple roles and many hats. Unrealistic expectations on workload given and often have to work after official working hours as workload is never ending.
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Fun working environment
Teacher (Current Employee) - Singapore - September 11, 2023
You get to help teenagers. There is a sense of fulfilment. Underpaid for the job that you do. Little work life balance as you have to mark during the school holidays.
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Good environment for some
General Education Officer (Former Employee) - Singapore - August 27, 2023
you need to know what daily roles and responsibilities look like. untrained contract teaching provide good context but not the entire role of a teacher. keep an open mind and be proactive in your development.
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What people like
- Inclusive work environment
- Clear sense of purpose
- Supportive environment
Areas for improvement
- Support from manager
- Fair pay for job
- Ability to meet personal goals
Stressful and overworked
MOE Teacher (Current Employee) - Singapore - July 16, 2023
Manpower is an issue in schools and you will get to work harder. More and more special needs children for you to handle. Kids these days have their own sets of needs. Prepare for many other duties where you will need to pack things home to mark. If workplace is supportive, you are lucky. There are a lot of mean middle managers with no EQ in many schools. These are the ambitious people who want to climb. School can be a toxic ground too. Be prepare for all these.
Pros
Sch holiday
Cons
Toxic middle managers with unpolished leadership, subjective ranking
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Hectic and stressful
Education Officer (Current Employee) - Singapore - June 18, 2023
Work is hectic. Apart from the anxiety to execute lessons well to different levels of classes, there are always administrative tasks, markings and lesson preparations to be done daily. You can be having extra classes, curricular activities, special guidance meetings, professional development tasks and department collaborations. Never a good idea to put work off for another day. If you have colleagues who can work with you, then you are blessed. However, there are many who unwittingly assume a more competitive stand as work appraisal becomes a domineering factor. Pay is good though.
Pros
Fulfilling career, good pay
Cons
High expectation, stressful
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Special Education Teacher (Current Employee) - East Singapore - April 3, 2023
Love working with children. However managing expectations of teachers and school leaders can be difficult. Days can be long or short depending how the school leaders are about policies.
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Inspirational, Dedicated Management
Executive (Former Employee) - Buona Vista - March 25, 2023
Heart work is put in by all from top-down, very hardworking bosses and co-workers, minimal to no politics (at least in my department), work-life balance may be an issue in some departments
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Great colleagues but lack of transparency
Teacher (Current Employee) - Singapore - March 20, 2023
Very stable job. Iron rice bowl but heavy workload and teachers constantly feel overwhelmed. no transparency in the appraisal system and you are pitted against other colleagues
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Meaningful but easy to burn out
Education Officer (Former Employee) - Singapore - March 16, 2023
Depends on your school and how well the school leaders supports you. Meaningful job as you are in the ecosystem to mould young minds. In the beginning, more effort needed to build your own resources
Pros
Structured pathway
Cons
Long hours for lesson planning
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Fun space but long hours
Senior School Counsellor (Former Employee) - Singapore - March 4, 2023
Working in schools mean a great opportunity to interact with students. Goals at MOE are clearly spelt out and you may meet likeminded creative people.
Pros
Staff Welfare Team creates niche activities on a monthly basis
Cons
Long hours. You just have to learn to take care of yourself.
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Stressful work but good for portfolio
Senior Executive (Former Employee) - Buona Vista - February 7, 2023
Work starts immediately from day 1 and you are thrown into the deep end to figure things out, overtime is expected and during peak periods often see colleagues have no time to eat lunch outside
Pros
18 days leave, gym in-house, pay is not bad
Cons
Overtime until 12am+ sometimes, no guidance from seniors
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Nurturing and non-competitive environment
Intern (Former Employee) - Work from Home - February 5, 2023
At least among my colleagues and in my department, the vibe was quite caring and nurturing, with our department's boss frequently asking about our well-being or how we are doing. However, the work is quite bureaucratic and slow-paced.
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Meaningful
Internship (Former Employee) - East Singapore - January 25, 2023
meaningful place to be in, you get to learn about the different dynamics behind each individual student in school. management is ok, systematic and standardized.
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Purposeful but politics
General Education Officer (Former Employee) - Several - December 19, 2022
Colleagues are in general student-oriented however, chasms in the system tends to hinder the further development of lessons/students that serves to deepen the divide between colleagues who continue to strive to push for youth development and those who accepted that the uphill battle might not be a change that will come in their time/tenure of service
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8 years with no promotion
Allied Educator (Former Employee) - Woodlands Ring Primary School - December 16, 2022
Till today, I ask myself what was not enough that I didn’t get promoted after 7 years in the company. I know what I’ve done and what I could offer the school. Middle management wasn’t helpful at all. Didn’t put in the effort to find out what I really do in school.
Pros
Get to enjoy long holidays. School holidays of 2 months and 2 weeks.
Cons
Recognition and rewards
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Yes, it is a productive workplace.
General Education Officer (Former Employee) - Several schools in Singapore - October 7, 2022
I have enjoyed myself as a teacher in all of the schools that I have taught at. I love the children whom I have the luck to teach. They bring joy to my life. They would walk me back to my flat at times. Some of the children live near and around the schools that I taught. Teaching has been a pleasure for me. ❤️
Pros
The children are a pleasure to teach.
Cons
None
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Satisfaction
Allied Educator (Current Employee) - Singapore - September 22, 2022
Satisfaction teaching pupils holistically. Always reflecting and finding innovative ways to teach. School has great management, respect each other and good collaboration and team work.
Pros
School holidays
Cons
The usuals teachers face everyday.
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Teachers wear many hats
As a teacher, you’re expected to do a lot more than just teaching. The teaching part makes up about 50% of your workload. Be prepared to plan events, make purchases, be in charge of CCAs, schedule enrichments and more
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Altruistic Environment for altruistic people to thrive.
Educator (Former Employee) - Singapore - September 15, 2022
The job and the work may misalign with those who are only in it for the money. If your passion lies in moulding the future of the nation. No tasks are hard to overcome.
Pros
School holidays protected time
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