International Alliance of Teacher Education Institutes

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International Alliance of Teacher Education
Institutes

• The need to attract teachers with better entrance
  qualifications in Singapore

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Model for Teacher Selection Process
The Singapores Ministry of Education selects
qualified individuals (teachers) before they
start their teacher preparation and limits
initial teacher preparation opportunities to
those who are selected. In this way, Singapore
attempts to balance the supply and demand of
teachers, and helps to promote teaching as an
attractive and high-status profession.
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Mechanisms for Teacher Selection

• Singapores selection of teachers is based on the
  following criteria
• Strong academic achievement (Top 30 of age
  cohort)
• High overall level of literacy and numeracy
  (Assessment tests)
• Communication skills (Interviews)
• Motivation for teaching (interviews and contract
  teaching)

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Admission Criteria

• Applicants should possess one of the following
  entry qualifications
• University degree
• Polytechnic Diploma
• General Certificate of Education (GCE)
  Advanced-level (A-Level)

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Initial Teacher Preparation Programmes at NIE

• All selected teachers who are not trained in
  teaching pedagogy will have to undergo teacher
  preparation at the National Institute of
  Education (NIE). NIE conducts 3 initial teacher
  preparation programmes
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education
• Diploma in Education
• Bachelor of Arts (Education)/Bachelor of Science
  (Education)

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Teaching Scholarships and Awards

• A variety of teaching scholarships and awards
  allow the Ministry of Education to continue
  attracting a steady stream of talented and
  dedicated young individuals into the Education
  Service each year
• Overseas Merit Scholarship (Teaching)
• Local-Overseas Merit Scholarship (Teaching)
• Education Merit Scholarship
• MOE Teaching Scholarship
• MOE Teaching Award

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Alternative Pathways

• Singapore is able to recruit more experienced
  graduates and/or keep qualified teachers longer
  in the profession through different alternative
  pathways
• Recruitment of Mid-Career Professionals
• Adjunct Teachers Program
• Trained Foreign Teachers

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