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Singapore has a rigorous teaching

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preparation and systematic professional

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development system for teachers. All

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Singapore school teachers are expected

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to complete their pre-service training

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programs at the national institute of

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education, or NIE, where I taught for over

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12 years. It's part of Nanyang

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Technological University. After starting

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their careers in school, all in-service

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teachers in Singapore will have access to

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a relatively comprehensive and

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systematic in-service training and

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professional development activities at

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the different levels, including NIE, MOE,

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the Ministry of Education, including

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academy of Singapore teachers, school zones,

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school clusters and individual schools.

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Second, in-service training has received

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the increasing attention over the last

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decade or so in Singapore. And the new

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CPD policies, school teachers can apply

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for professional development leave for

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10 weeks

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after working for 12 years. And they will be

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paid full salary since 2006. And

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moreover, every teacher in Singapore is

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entitled to 100 hours of

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in-service training every year since the

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late 1990s. In addition, many schools have

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reserved one hour fixed time each

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week for the school teachers' CPD activity.

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Third, NIE has developed a large

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variety of in-service training courses

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for school teachers since 2000, including

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teaching of different topics, action

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research, alternative assessment, using

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ICT mathematics teaching and learning and so

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on and so forth.

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It has also offered master degree

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programs for in-service of school

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teachers. Finally, Singapore has very

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clear professional development path for

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Singapore teachers. It has three tracks.

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It's called a teaching track, leadership

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track and senior specialist track. For

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teaching track, so teachers will proceed

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to the next level senior teacher, then

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lead teacher, then master teacher

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and principal master teacher. According

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to Singapore Education Minister, it says

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the Singapore Minister Ministry of

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Education will identify and encourage

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more teachers to be principal master

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teachers, master teachers, lead

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teachers and senior teachers to take up

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appointments to mentor other teachers.

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Aim to advance the frontiers of teaching

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which are the purposes of this system.