Saturday, December 5, 2009

A couple of must read articles

Most of us must be already familiar with this one blog of one of our seniors: ah^kam_koko'. But just to make things a bit merrier here; I wish to share this one recent article that he had published in the blog.

The article entitled “For New Teachers Before Reporting to School”, is definitely useful to all of us, as we are the target audience—‘new teachers’.

It’s near the end of the year & very soon a new academic year will begin for Malaysian national schools.
As a newly trained teacher, I’m sure there are many of you out there who are excited & eagerly anticipating your first year at school.
Some of you have received your placement/posting letters. Some have not.
Whether it is one or the other, you have better start preparing for your placement NOW.

Things to Bring
Here are some certificates that should be handed to your Ketua Jabatan (Headmaster/Principal). Original AND photocopy.
  1. All your Secondary School & Tertiary co-curricular certificates
  2. Academic certificates & transcripts (PhD/Masters/Degree/Diploma/STPM/SPM)
  3. Birth certificate
  4. Identity card
  5. Placement letter (If available)
  6. KWSP details (If available)
  7. Income tax details (If available)
  8. Marriage certificate (If available)
  9. BTN certificate (if available)
  10. KISSM certificate (If available)
Some of the documents mentioned above are foreign to you so I will attempt to explain their significance.
Read full article: here.

I’m pretty sure it’s important that we read this and be prepared with the things he’s listed. I mean, he is the more experienced, and I know I don’t want to go on marching into the school blindly… huhue

Furthermore, as another support for us the new teachers, he has previously written another article, entitled “Top 5 Tips for New Teachers”.
The list goes:
1. You think. Therefore, you are
2. Your Boss is the Boss of You
3. Learn to smile and say good morning
4. Brace yourself
5. Go wherever you are sent
Read full article: here

This article, in my personal opinion is very encouraging and motivational. Just love the positive aura it gave me. Not the “I’m gonna tell you about the scary reality of educators work/life” typical advices. It’s bitter sweet in the same ways that it is true/real. I bet the written piece can help u ease your pessimistic thoughts about your expected-rough start—like it did to mine.

Let’s all prepare ourselves the best we can, mentally, emotionally and spiritually; yes, also with the right cert’s and all. And get ready to enter the new phase with an open heart.

Link to ah^kam_koko's BLOG

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

tq 4 this very useful info

Jarod Yong said...

WOOO!!
Got free advertising here!

Anyway, I'll be writing more posts on what you will need to know & some of my personal tips for classroom management.
Adapt it to yourself & be confident enough to believe in yourself!

All the best, to my junior donkeys!

waz said...

@anonymous: ure very welkam :D

@ah^kam_koko': i know, rite! win2 situation ;) more posts to come, thats great to hear. we'll link up those posts to0. :D thanx heaps!

syazwanie ibrahim said...

hi guys ...i'm just wondering...about the transcripts..where can i get our BED transcripts?from ipba? if anyone can let me know because as far as i'm concerned we did not have any official document/letter from ipba saying that we've passed our course, etc or am i missing something??

thanks :)

Jarod Yong said...

Just like any other university, your transcripts accompany your degree.
No degree no official transcript.
So for the purpose of reporting to school, use the unofficial one first.

Will add that to my blog post.
Thanks for bringing it up!

syazwanie ibrahim said...

ah^kam_koko': thanx heaps for the info..btw, njoy ur hols...much-needed, i believe ;)