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Integrity, the Foundation . People, our Focus . Learning, our Passion . Excellence, our Pursuit
Copyright © Ministry of Education, Singapore.
Teacher Evaluation and Compensation in the
Singapore Education System
Copyright © Ministry of Education, Singapore.
1. Overview of Singapore Education System
2. Ensuring the Best Candidates for the Profession
3. Building Capacity & Culture of Teacher-led Professional Excellence
4. Holistic Teacher Evaluation with Performance-linked Recognition
5. Towards Excellence: Galvanizing the Teaching Fraternity For This Journey
Overview
Integrity, the Foundation . People, our Focus . Learning, our Passion . Excellence, our Pursuit
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Overview of the Singapore Education System
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Singapore -The Little Red Dot
Ability-based, aspirations-driven, student-centric
(1997 – present)
Efficiency-Driven (1979 – 1996)
Survival-Driven (1959 – 1978)
• Diverse Pathways & Curricular Flexibility
• Top-down support for ground-up school initiatives
• Developing further peaks of excellence in different areas
• Building a national education system
• Bilingual policy • Vocational and Technical
Institutions
• Ability-based streaming introduced
• Independent & Autonomous Schools
Education Development in Singapore
Education for social mobility Based on the core tenets of Meritocracy and Equality
31,300 teachers 355 schools
506,000 students
1,790 allied educators
5,660 exec & admin staff
Key Facts and Figures
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• Major initiatives and key features Diversifying the Education
Landscape Creating a Learner-Centred
School Environment Providing a Forward-Looking
and Balanced Curriculum Building a Quality Education
Service
Key Features • Singapore’s Education Philosophy
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Ensuring the Best Candidates for the Profession
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Attracting High Quality Teachers • Admission into the teaching profession - Selective admission - Ensuring job fit through internship programmes - Recruitment efforts locally and overseas • Attracting Talent -Teaching Scholarships and Awards
• Competitive Compensation - Salaries pegged to market rates
- Student teachers receive salary while on fully- sponsored pre-service course
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Retaining Good Teachers A Multi-Pronged Approach- 4 Pillars of Retention
GROW Package (2006-7)
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TEACH Framework (2011)
Retaining Good Teachers
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Building Capacity & Culture of Teacher-led
Professional Excellence
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Building Capacity • Pre-service Teacher Preparation - Centralised full-time courses at the National Institute of Education (NIE)
• In-service Professional Development - Supporting Beginning Teachers through Induction and Enhanced
Mentoring programmes -100-hr entitlement to professional development - Supporting continuum of growth through Milestone Programmes - Providing upgrading opportunities through Postgraduate
Scholarships and Sponsorships - Providing resources through the Learning and Development
Scheme - Widening exposure through Teacher Work Attachment
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Teacher-led Culture of Professional Excellence The Academy of
Singapore Teachers Ethos of the Teaching
Profession Academy Flagship
Programmes Subject Chapters Professional Focus
Groups Research Establishing Schools as
Professional Learning Communities
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Building Professional Excellence Other Academies
• Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts (STAR) • Physical Education and Sports Teacher Academy (PESTA) • English Language Institute of Singapore (ELIS) and Mother
Tongue language centres
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Building Professional Excellence
• Working in partnership with Unions
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Holistic Teacher Evaluation & Performance-Linked Recognition
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Diversity of Pathways , Structured Progression
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Holistic Teacher Evaluation
• The Enhanced Performance Management System (EPMS) as a competency-based tool
• Ongoing evaluation,
feedback and coaching • Holistic evaluation through
multiple data points
Performance-Linked Recognition
• compensation matters if you want to keep good teachers, therefore we strategically do that by linking performance to bonuses and promotion;
• monetary rewards alone do not sustain good performance, and as the teaching service matures, we need to recognize teachers’ contributions through non-monetary ways
Our approach to teacher reward and compensation is centred upon the belief that
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Performance-Linked Recognition
• Talent Management - Future Leaders Programme
• Performance-based Compensation • Promotion System - based on performance and potential
• Recognition & Affirmation - President Award for Teachers; Outstanding Young
Educator Award - Others such as Caring Teachers Award and Most Inspiring
Teacher Award
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President Award for Teachers
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Towards Excellence: Galvanizing the Teaching Fraternity for this
Journey
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Shift towards greater teacher empowerment, leadership and ownership
Under-gird professional growth in Ethos of the Teaching Profession
Beyond reward-driven, to mission-driven professionalism
Mission-Driven Professionalism
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Retaining Areas of Strength
Strengthening the “nerve centre” of the Singapore education system
A concerted effort to attract, retain and groom a quality teaching force, focused on the teacher as a professional, an educator and a leader
Ensuring Strong Partnership and Building Collective Capacity
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