Preschool Teachers in Singapore

[coolit]

Nowadays, even for Primary school chinese teachers, many of them are from China.

Sometimes, the children find it hard to understand their accent but some of them
are very dedicated.

[soursop]

Aiyo!!! :yikes: I hope my daughter's chinese teacher in P1 will at least be understood when she speaks!!! :faint:

[Carolina]

My child’s childcare centre also employs China teachers to teach Chinese. Personally, I think their standard is better than a local teacher any day. I was a Higher Chinese student and I have still have much to learn from them myself. Heck, the Philippino teacher’s English is better than mine too. Granted, not all China teachers are good and responsible - there’re black goats everywhere, but if you send your child to a childcare that has a principal who is responsible enough to employ the good teachers one way or another, I think there’s nothing to worry about.

[mymagicteddy]

Since the primary schools nowadays (esp the above average ones) expects the children to have certain standards when enter P1, all the more should the standards of preschools & CC to improve. That is why more & more parents are sending their children to academic enrichment classes. Why can’t we have those teachers from enrichment ctrs to join the preschools & CC? Parents then just pay for a higher fee. It will still be the same. I have a cousin who pays around $100 a mth for his son’s preschool but pays around $400 for his academic enrichment classes. So end up he is still spending around $500 a mth & his son has to sacrifice his weekend playtime cos of the enrichment classes. Poor boy… He is only 4yrs old.

[Lynn2010]

mymagicteddy:

Since the primary schools nowadays (esp the above average ones) expects the children to have certain standards when enter P1, all the more should the standards of preschools & CC to improve. That is why more & more parents are sending their children to academic enrichment classes. Why can't we have those teachers from enrichment ctrs to join the preschools & CC? Parents then just pay for a higher fee. It will still be the same. I have a cousin who pays around $100 a mth for his son's preschool but pays around $400 for his academic enrichment classes. So end up he is still spending around $500 a mth & his son has to sacrifice his weekend playtime cos of the enrichment classes. Poor boy... He is only 4yrs old.

Wow... poor kid. My dds now 11 and 15 never had any \"enrichment\". Other than art and music (instrument) lessons they love when they were younger. Swimming is another they class they go. No subject enrichment lah - give them some brain space to dream

[soursop]

I think it depends on the kids themselves..some can sit and do work, some cannot. Some learn best when they go for enrichment classes and some just hate classes. So it really depends. I just feel that it is a shame the current education system is strongly focused in academic results rather then the strengths of each individual kid. I have a friend who's son is poor in reading and math and overall studies but extremely good in sports. I told her to send him to sports school later but she said even sports school also need good result to get in... :faint: ...what is the point of having a sport school then right??? :?

[Carolina]

mymagicteddy:

Since the primary schools nowadays (esp the above average ones) expects the children to have certain standards when enter P1, all the more should the standards of preschools & CC to improve. That is why more & more parents are sending their children to academic enrichment classes. Why can't we have those teachers from enrichment ctrs to join the preschools & CC? Parents then just pay for a higher fee. It will still be the same. I have a cousin who pays around $100 a mth for his son's preschool but pays around $400 for his academic enrichment classes. So end up he is still spending around $500 a mth & his son has to sacrifice his weekend playtime cos of the enrichment classes. Poor boy... He is only 4yrs old.

Same sentiments. I never understand why some people will spend the additional time & money on enrichment classes for the kids on weekends when one could send their kids to a better CC with that money. By sending them to a better CC that actually teaches something, the children will not be wasting their time while the parents are at work as well as get to spend some precious quality time with them during the weekends. With less demands on enrichment programs, the CCs also then will have more better teachers available & able to charge higher fees for the relevant costs involved in employing these better teachers. Isn't that a win-win situation for everyone?

[Carolina]

soursop:

I think it depends on the kids themselves..some can sit and do work, some cannot. Some learn best when they go for enrichment classes and some just hate classes. So it really depends. I just feel that it is a shame the current education system is strongly focused in academic results rather then the strengths of each individual kid. I have a friend who's son is poor in reading and math and overall studies but extremely good in sports. I told her to send him to sports school later but she said even sports school also need good result to get in... :faint: ...what is the point of having a sport school then right??? :?

Yah, think I heard about this too. Super sad. Think there's still a lot of room for improvement in SG's educational system. The poor kids...

[Lynn2010]

soursop:

I think it depends on the kids themselves..some can sit and do work, some cannot. Some learn best when they go for enrichment classes and some just hate classes. So it really depends. I just feel that it is a shame the current education system is strongly focused in academic results rather then the strengths of each individual kid. I have a friend who's son is poor in reading and math and overall studies but extremely good in sports. I told her to send him to sports school later but she said even sports school also need good result to get in... :faint: ...what is the point of having a sport school then right??? :?

Maybe they need good Math results to calculate the distance and force or good English results to speak to the media when they win medals for Singapore. :rotflmao: Dont forget we had a Liz Low or Riz Low - i can never remember her name but just remember her boomz :rotflmao: and unique Singlish

[maria glaiza]

Oppsgal:

I am still analyzing the benefits in being a preschool teacher.


Not sure what are the benefits like working hours/annual leave/pay/poos cleaning etc...

Seems like no kindergarten teachers in forums to help answer my question.

Hi!! I'm a Filipino kindergarten teacher. I just joined the site... couldn't resist your question. I actually have a degree in Secondary Education, major in English, but I've been a Kindergarten teacher for almost four years now. I blame it all on a movie called \"Daddy Daycare\". By Eddie Murphy? Not sure if you're familiar but he got fired from his job and he got stuck with his pre-schoooler son and thought he could turn it into a business. I fell for the cuteness factor of the kids and thought I could do it. Then opportunity presented itself and i took the bait.

Here's the \"are-you-kidding-me?\" part. I have two classes in a day. Three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. The number of kids in one class doesn't go less than fifteen no matter how hard I pray. Once i had twenty five in one class. So on average i handle thirty-five kids a day. THIRTY-FIVE kids in one day. Who does that, right? Well, I do believe I'm a superhero. :nunchuk:

But the thing is, I love working with them... :scratchhead: most of the time.

They are capable of loving you unconditionally. They can surprise you with their thoughts, plus they love to gossip. They never hold grudges, easy to please, and their emotions so raw and honest. Their brains are like sponge (at least when they're interested) and they have faith in you.

We all have our individual crazies. This one's mine. I don't know why I love to do it but we don't need reason for our passions and our insanity, which most of the time are the same things. I'm young, I'm naive, but in the meantime, what i get from preschool teaching is fulfillment. The chance to say I'm making something out of this world and yet i'm having fun. Kids are fun... most of the time.