Workplace Management

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Sharing of Work-Life Harmony Practices

- Work-Life Excellence Award-Winning Organisations (extracted from MOM website)
  (Want to learn more about the Work-Life Excellence Award? Visit www.wleaward.com.sg.)

- Collated by Schools Division

  • Work-Life Infrastructure
    • Work-Life Harmony as Mission/Vision
      • Staff Wellness Framework: Belonging, Believing and Achieving
      • One year programme integrated with CHERISH processes
      • Tri-partite working relationship (SMC, teachers and EAS)
      • Recognition and awards, staff affirmation during yearly staff seminar
      • LEARN (Learn, Apply, Reflect and inNovate) and EnRich (Engage in Recreation & Immerse in Camaraderie and Healthy activities)
      • Staff Welfare Committee follows OLive framework
      • SMC, SWC, teachers and EAS promote and support WLH
      • SWC works with CHERISH committee and Health Education Committee
    • Designated Work-Life Officer/Team
      • Staff identified to champion Staff Welfare
    • Staff Feedback on Work-Life
      • Staff Needs Survey
      • In-conversation sessions
      • Consultation in deployment of duties
      • Dialogue sessions with school leaders
      • Teachers indicate home work arrangements before deployment
      • Staff focus group discussions on staff well-being
      • Staff preference survey
    • Employees' Needs are Regularly Assessed
      • Engage Civil Service College to develop an instrument for measuring staff well-being. Data is used to determine strategies.
      • Needs survey and analysis carried out
    • Programmes are Used by Employees
      • Friday as dress down day to encourage staff to come in sports attire to take part in healthy lifestyle activities
      • Staff can opt out of staff welfare activities
    • Planning for Staff Work-Life Harmony
      • Assessment and Homework policies
      • Engage full-time help to assist KPs
      • Provision of packed meals when staff are on duty, e.g. marking days, ACE days
      • Scheduling staff activities in school calendar, protected time for exercise
      • Scheduled staff "makan" sessions
      • Employing additional staff support (e.g. relief teachers, flexi-adjunct teachers) to help staff with teaching load
      • Protected time during holidays, June & December
      • Gym facilities provided for staff use
      • Leveraging on Parent Support Group, to support teachers in organising excursions for students
      • Setting up of interest groups among teachers, e.g. jogging club, cooking club
      • One-hour slots within school time for staff to pursue interests, e.g. baking, yoga, archery
  • Employee Support Scheme
    • Activities include Family Members
      • Termly brisk walks with staff, family and students
      • Invitation extended to families to attend functions, BBQ, farm visits, sandcastle building, bowling, overseas excursions, etc
      • Open health talks and seminars to family
      • Events for TAF club include families of staff and students
      • Staff Amazing Race
      • Excursions to JB, go-karting and shopping trips include families
      • Family Days, e.g. Games Carnival, Hikes
    • Childcare Arrangements/Subsidies
      • Childcare leave
      • Staff are subsidised on cost of parenting and family life programmes
    • Counselling Services
      • Counselling services for teachers with seriously sick children
      • Angel and Mortal system - "Mystery Buddy" system for staff
      • Visit to staff who have been hospitalised, on maternity or on bereavement
      • Staff Well-being Committee
      • School counsellor helps the staff
    • Elder Care Arrangements/Subsidies
      • Flexible work arrangements to take care of ageing parents
    • Family Information and Referral Services
      • Young Parents Support Group
    • Family/Lactation Room
      • Nursing room for mothers
    • Gift for Marriage/Birth
      • Gift for celebration of newborn babies
    • Health and Wellness Programmes
      • MOE Healthy Lifestyle Incentive Award
      • Protected time for staff exercise programmes, learning journey to organic farms
      • Termly Fun Day, Staff De-stress Time
      • Cluster Healthy Lifestyle Day
      • Sale of health products
      • Massage sessions
      • EAS fortnightly exercise
      • Provide healthy food, monitoring of canteen food, fruit days
      • Antioxidant scan, health check-up
      • Talks on healthy eating, stress, financial management
      • BMI measurement
      • Celebration of staff birthdays
    • Time Saving Services/Facilities
      • Co-op will supply groceries with special delivery to staff
  • Flexible Work Arrangement
    • Compressed Work Week
      • Compressed work week to be able to bring sick child for medical appointment
      • Compressed work week for new mother to be able to take care of child
    • Flexible Start/End Time
      • Staff can put requests to report later for school, in order to send children to pre-school
      • Staff reports later to look after ailing parents/children
      • Teachers asked for preferred session of work
      • Staff allowed flexible work hours to accommodate medical appointments
      • Early dismissal for Eat With Your Family Day
    • Job Sharing
      • Have a few teachers for every CCA so that rotation of duties can take place
      • Buddy-Enhanced System for Teachers (BEST) system for teachers to buddy up to reduce gaps in workflow
      • Peer/Buddy Teaching Scheme for pregnant teachers to allow them to go for check-ups
    • Part-Time
      • Staff on part-time scheme, time-table is adapted to suit their needs
      • Part-time teaching staff and Flexi-Adjunct teachers
      • Teacher on 3/4 load scheme
      • CSO on 1/2 load 
  • Leave Benefits
    • Bereavement Leave
      • UPA (MOE provision)
      • Wreath for bereavement, voluntary contributions
    • Emergency leave/Time-off
      • UPA leave for staff to attend to emergency family needs
    • Family Care Leave
      • Childcare leave (MOE provision)
      • Special approval for break in 3rd month of maternity leave
    • Marriage Leave
      • MOE provision
    • Paternity Leave
      • MOE provision
    • Renewal Leave/Sabbatical
      • MOE provision
    • Study/Exam Leave
      • Sponsorship of overseas training/conferences for staff

 

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