想請教比小朋友入讀國際學校的家長(讀過或讀緊的家長)

Mighty

Annie 123, thanks.  I wish my daughter better luck too.  She had experienced twice (P3 and P4) in the past 4 years change of class teacher in the middle of term!!  I know this is just co-incidence but I really wanted to say to the Principal : what the hxxx is going on in your school?

HKTHK

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Sorry to hear about it.  Teachers make a big difference in our children's learning.  But we are all bound to run into a poor teacher or one that doesn't fit over the course of 13 years.  Hope you have better luck next year!  

HKTHK

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I hope this is not a systematic problem.  Turnover is quite high by nature at IS and the competition for good teachers is intense.

Mighty

Well, I would say yes.. this is a systematic problem.  I know teachers are short term contract staff but cant they be bound for at least one year?  I really cant see why not?  I can understand if one needs to terminate the contract due to health reasons but as far as I know that 2 teachers were none of that sort of reason.

poonseelai

Mighty 發表於 13-5-9 11:44
Well, I would say yes.. this is a systematic problem.  I know teachers are short term contract staff ...

agree, teacher leaving in the middle of the term is not normal.  Teachers are normally on 2 or 3 years contracts, right?  Retaining good teachers is getting more difficult.  

HKTHK

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Think standard practice is 2 years contract

Mighty

What drives me so crazy is one of the teachers that I mentioned above told us that she was leaving on the first day we met in the classroom (parent information night).  That was early Sept (may be end Aug) and giving 3 month notice to the school so she left in December same year.  

HKTHK

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That sounds very unprofessional.  Was she new to the school at that time?

Mighty

Annie 123, the first year... i thought that was odd.  But this happened to my child the next year.

HKTHK, well not long but not 'very brand new'.

HKTHK

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So the teacher joined in the middle of the year and left in the middle of the year as well?  That is unbelievable!  

annie40

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Mighty,

Please relax.  It doesn't happen in ESF only, all IS schools would have the same trouble occasionally.  Please email your concern to principal and the head teacher in charge.  Please do not show your anxiety much because it is contagious to your child who would plant those negative thoughts to her teachers easily.  

My daughter has been encountering the same situation for the past decade, but still so far so good.  Don't worry!

Annie

Mighty

Hi in fact, I had already written to the current Principal but the answer was as expected....we are sorry to lose such a good teacher but there is nothing he can do....hoping that this will not happen too often blablabla...
Anyway, I am sorry that  I have hijacked this thread.  No more from me and Kwokbobo, back to you.

hkparent

Mighty, that's why you regret to have sent your child to IS in the other thread.

annie40

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有年小女学校一位非常出众的老师, 幸运地成功收养一名小女儿, 开心到飞天, 为了亲手抚育BB, 马上赔钱解约, 校长不满到爆炸,无可奈何, 各人心中一把尺, 母爱父爱早已超出常理, 生命就是这样!  接受考验,坏事当作好事办. 不要让孩子多想, 令爱努力完成功课, 证明态度一流, 由朋友仔批改, 有赞有弹, 鼓励出众的自学和互助, 或许效果比古板老师的大量红笔批改, 发挥更深远的积极推动力.  

老实说, 小女的小五小六功课, 老师有评语, 亦没甚么批评指正的, 不是老师懒, 而是传递教育方式有别, 功课这么一点儿, 要改是非常快手吧!

我也曾是小五孩子的妈妈, 也是个忧虑的妈妈, 忧虑完还是要积极面对, 学校不完美, 孩子不完美是事实, 但track record 算是唔错, 要惊大把人陪, 我们惊青就走离sen两句, 千万别让孩子知道.............

clubmed

頻繁的離離合合當然不好, 但也不會是什麼天裼蹋下來的事, 反正老師要走, 我們也控制不到, 就讓孩子早點面對.

vinvillalee

kwokbobo 發表於 13-5-8 01:08
我都覺得係, 可能同近年出生率有關, 不過就算有國際小學的幼稚園都好似唔保證收佢自己幼稚園的學生的, 是 ...

唔係100% 收。都要睇performance. 不過會提早考。以我小朋友為例。11月小學部來幼稚園做評估，Christmas 前出信升唔升到G1. 1月先對外面報名小朋友做interview. 以我所知，只有80% 原校生升G1.

catau

Hi, as we got in ESF this Aug, so let me tell you what I know.

Start from next year, foreigner has no more priority to get into ESF, it will all depends on how good is your kid's English.

Also even if you join ESF's Kindergarten, no more priority to get in their P1.

They use lucky draw to give you the chance for interview, priority given to those who work in ESF, and those 150 people who pay 500000. But this price is only for the chance for interview, not for the seat.

They are changing toward using IB curriculum, one of the point is not to criticize too much on wrong spelling/grammar, but to encourage kid to read more book and try their best to do things, if they do well on reading, spelling and grammar will come naturally.

Hope this help.

lyhung

其實真係要睇下小朋友適合那類學校, 香港現在係越來越多國際學校, 學费和質素不一定成正比, 有些也大量請亞州人教, 語文,文化和教學理念都並非大家預期般理想, 對學生也不一定大家預期般caring, 學生往往表現得很自我

lyhung

其實真係要睇下小朋友適合那類學校, 香港現在係越來越多國際學校, 學费和質素不一定成正比, 有些也大量請亞州人教, 語文,文化和教學理念都並非大家預期般理想, 對學生也不一定大家預期般caring, 學生往往表現得很自我