Template for testimonial information and Sec 4 PCTD
Contributed by TAN LU HOON @ IRENE TAN
Present Situation:
Students fill in a testimonial template that focuses on leadership and achievements. It may cause students to get the impression that they are of value only if they are leaders and win awards. Teachers writing the testimonials will not get a holistic picture for writing the testimonial. Furthermore, preparing for the PCTD is presented as a different task from preparing the information for the testimonials - when in fact there can be much synergy in combining the two tasks.
Improvements:
I prepared a new template and presented it to the Year Head. This new template allows students to highlight their strengths in many areas, and is packaged as a preparation for PCTD as well. It incorporates a section for schoolmates and parents (during PCTD) to add on to the information. The PCTD is then a session for students to "pitch" their strengths to parents and the FT. Parents and FTs can add to the points during PCTD. I showed the template to the LA teachers who are writing the testimonials. They preferred the new template. The Year Head has therefore allowed the FTs who are wriiting the testimonials to choose between the existing template and the new template. The template will be used by some FTs and their students starting from Week 5 of Term 2. Though this does not save money, it will lead to richer and more authentic testimonials for our students, which is of much more value.
Present Situation:
Students fill in a testimonial template that focuses on leadership and achievements. It may cause students to get the impression that they are of value only if they are leaders and win awards. Teachers writing the testimonials will not get a holistic picture for writing the testimonial. Furthermore, preparing for the PCTD is presented as a different task from preparing the information for the testimonials - when in fact there can be much synergy in combining the two tasks.
Improvements:
I prepared a new template and presented it to the Year Head. This new template allows students to highlight their strengths in many areas, and is packaged as a preparation for PCTD as well. It incorporates a section for schoolmates and parents (during PCTD) to add on to the information. The PCTD is then a session for students to "pitch" their strengths to parents and the FT. Parents and FTs can add to the points during PCTD. I showed the template to the LA teachers who are writing the testimonials. They preferred the new template. The Year Head has therefore allowed the FTs who are wriiting the testimonials to choose between the existing template and the new template. The template will be used by some FTs and their students starting from Week 5 of Term 2. Though this does not save money, it will lead to richer and more authentic testimonials for our students, which is of much more value.
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