2009/2010 - MINDS

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SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE • The AHPs conducted a series of seven workshops for parents from April to July on topics that included transition issues and sensory integration. Individual schools also conducted in-house workshops for parents on a variety of topics, to enhance their skills in working with their children at home. • Parents also volunteered in school activities and projects like activity days and excursions. • School’s staff continued to build strong rapport with parents through phone calls, home visits, faceto-face discussions in schools and individual school’s newsletters. • Each of the four schools had set up a MINDS CSG chapter in the school. Staff Development Building staff capabilities is a key feature of MINDS people developer policy, thus all schools are encouraged to send staff for appropriate training. Hence 15 staff from the four schools embarked on a learning journey to Adelaide in June 2010 while Ms Ernie Ahmad of WGS went on a two-week attachment to Sydney to learn new initiatives on the transition into work and adult life programme. Senior staff was encouraged to organise learning journeys for their colleagues as part of their leadership training while schools initiated peer classroom observations to enhance teachers’ instructional skills. To enhance communication skills and expressiveness of all students, Ms Eva Loh, speech therapist of LGS, also conducted a training on the use of a common Basic Word Signs for a core group of staff. Change of Principalship In June 2010, Mdm Salha Soo retired as Principal of TGS and Mrs Josephine Ng was appointed as the new principal. Mrs Ng is an officer on secondment from the Ministry of Education. We thank Mdm Salha for her years of contribution to TGS and MINDS, and wish her well in her future endeavours. Community Involvement Programme (CIP) Throughout the year, schools actively partnered mainstream schools and corporate organisations in numerous projects and activities. These community involvement strengthened our community relations, promoted better understanding of persons with special needs and their acceptance into the society, as well as enhanced open employment opportunities for the graduating cohort of students. Students from WGS participated in a Family Day Carnival organised by the Woodlands RC Zone 9 during the Lunar New Year. TGS established connection with ITE College East by volunteering their students as ‘clients’ for the ITE hairdressing and manicure training sessions. FGS collaborated with Fernvale Primary School and Pei Hwa Secondary School to raise funds for Special Olympics Singapore Flag Day while LGS was involved with MAS staff in the fund raising project “Hand in Hand, Let Love Grow Donation Drive” for charities. FY 2010/2011 WORKPLAN • Complete the standardised assessment checklist of desired outcomes for all levels – Pre-school / Junior / Senior and to implement them by end 2010. • Roll out the refined and master copy of the MINDS schools curriculum by end 2010. • Review and extend the Transition Programme – 3 tracks- open employment & social entreprise/ sheltered employment(EDC) / day care & home • Employment of Administrative /Operation Manager for each school • Ensure that every student is involved in CCA or enrichment activity and every student achieve more than 60% of their IEP goals set • Assist HR in developing and implementing the Dual Career Track for teachers- Leadership Track and Teaching Track. • Hold a Symposium on “Curriculum - In Partnership with Stakeholders on 9 October 2010. • Conduct a survey to obtain parents’ feedback on school services in July. • Strengthen platforms for communication with parents and the sharing of learning resources. 10
ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 0 9 / 2 0 1 0 SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Chairman Capt Roger Loh (till July 2010) Mr Gabriel Lim (from August 2010) Members Mr Lee Chak Meng Mr Wilson Tan Chief Executive Officer Mr Keh Eng Song Director, Operations and Social Enterprise Mr Chew Bong Koon (till June 2010) Director, Residential, TDC Services Ms Koh Gee May Director, Human Resources & Admin Mrs Jeannie Ho Director, Schools & Head-CDU Ms Chia Poh Hong Director, Finance Ms Lai Aun Leng Manager, Social Enterprises Mr Leroy Lee EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRES (EDCs) Clients Muster and Staff Strength as at 31 March 2010 Centre Clients Staff SMEDC 380 46 IEDC 334 42 WEDC 268 35 Total 982 123 MILESTONES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Job Placement / Job Support Programme Understanding the difficulties faced by VWOs to place clients in open employment, NCSS piloted a new Job Placement/Job Support Programme in collaboration with the Singapore National Employer’s Federation (SNEF) to improve the employability of People with Intellectual Disability (PWIDs) through a systematic framework of assessment, training, job placement and support. MINDS bid and was awarded the project and began implementation from 1 March 2010. To-date, six of MINDS clients had been placed in open employment through this programme. Client Profile Assessment In November 2009, the EDCs embarked on a ‘Client Profile Assessment’ project to systematically analyse each client’s unique needs, strengths and weaknesses. The Assessment would measure clients’ productivity, abilities, vocational skills and interests, so that we could efficiently engage them in different areas of work, and place more clients in open employment, develop the right types of Social Enterprise (SE) projects and better manage our resources for the contract works. ‘Start a Social Enterprise Contest’ In November 2009, MINDS co-organised a ‘Start a Social Enterprise Contest’ with Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Humanities for the year two Diploma in Business & Social Enterprise students in an effort to draw out innovative and enterprising business proposals to develop new products and services, and identify potential markets to create more employment opportunities for our clients. The prizes were donated by the family of the late Dr Lee Kum Tatt. 10 teams competed. Mrs Lee Kum Tatt gave away the prizes to the following top three winning teams: 1st Prize ($3,000/-) – Cafes in Secondary Schools 2nd Prize ($1,500/-) – Fusion Mantous 3rd Prize ($500/-) – Environmentally-friendly Mobile Car Wash Two interns from the course were recruited to assist in studying the feasibility of setting up social enterprises from the list of proposals. 11
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