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GRADUATIONGrooming the Next Generation ofLeaders and ManagersBy Kamsina Alfia Jumari, Public, International & Alumni RelationsOn 29 July 2008, the second cohort of 130 Management andLeadership in Schools (MLS) participants graduated from thefour-month programme. The graduation ceremony, which was heldat NIE, was graced by Dr Koh Thiam Seng, former Director of theEducational Technology Division, Ministry of Education (MOE). Dr Kohis currently Deputy Director, NIE.The MLS programme is designed by NIE’s team of experts andprofessionals in consultation with MOE and is managed by NIE’sGraduate Programmes and Research Office. It prepares head ofdepartments (HODs) to be exemplary people managers as well asexperts in teaching and learning.The MLS programme focuses mainly on team learning andcurriculum innovation, and places special emphasis on collaborativelearning. It aims to develop mid-level leaders to expand their rolesbeyond departments and take on direct leadership for teaching andlearning. The programme also addresses issues and technologiesimpacting education.Ms Adila Ong Kim Luan of Pasir Ris Primary School, who won the DrRuth Wong Medal for demonstrating the best overall performance inthe MLS programme, shared that the MLS programme had certainlybeen ‘a learning journey of discovery’. She stressed that the wealthof wisdom that she had learnt from the course would certainly notend with the graduation ceremony. “Let this wealth of wisdom leadus on as we serve as leaders and contribute as educators. I amconfident that our wealth of wisdom will be further enriched withmore reflection, imitation and experience as we continue our lifelongjourney of learning, re-learning and un-learning with each passing day.”First batch of LEAP PGDE studentsLeaders & Educators InAsia Programme (LEAP)By Ms Zoelyn Choy, Assistant Head, Strategy & ProjectDevelopment, Foundation ProgrammesIn July this year, 14 student teachers from thePhilippines were selected to receive the LEAPPGDE Award sponsored by Leaders & Educators inAsia programme (LEAP). Recipients got to attendthe Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) atNIE, and also received campus accommodationand cash awards of $4,000 each.Launched in January 2008, LEAP aims toencourage growth and innovation in education, andestablish a strong network of leaders andeducators. Funded by the Temasek Foundation andin partnership with NIE, the programmecollaborated with Ateneo de Manila University toenhance the teaching capacity in nine schools inManila’s Quezon City.On PGDE, student teacher Angelo Unay feels thatthe ‘PGDE programme is interesting’. Meanwhilecampus life for him has been fulfilling. “I foundSingaporeans to be friendly and caring and alreadymade friends with a lot of them.”For Sabrina Ongkiko, she felt blessed to be giventhis learning opportunity. “What I am learning frommy teachers, classmates and fellow Filipinosinspires me to become a better person and a betterteacher to serve my country.”Upon graduation, the teachers will return to teach inone of the nine LEAP schools in the next threeyears to share their knowledge and experienceswith fellow teachers.Graduates of MLS 2008NIE news17
HAPPENINGSFinancial Literacy OutreachBy Dr Koh Noi Keng, Chair, Citi-NIE Financial Literacy Hub for Teachers, SeniorLecturer, Humanities & Social Studies Education (HSSE) Academic GroupAs part of its outreach to the community, the Citi-NIE FinancialLiteracy Hub for Teachers recently organised two events to educatethe public in financial literacy. NIE News brings you excerpts of thesetwo events.Dollars & Sense Financial Literacy CarnivalThe Frontier Community Club at Jurong West was abuzz withactivities on Saturday, 26 July 2008 with the launch of Dollars &Sense, a financial literacy carnival. More than a thousand peopleattended this event graced by Minister for Finance, Mr TharmanShanmugaratnam.Aimed at imparting budgeting and life skills to middle incomefamilies, this event was a tripartite effort between Citi-NIE FinancialLiteracy Hub for Teachers, Keat Hong Grassroots and Citibank Singapore.The event included carnival-style activities and talks for both adultsand children to promote financial literacy, such as the FinancialEducation Amazing Race and Finsy Litsy Spider.For Financial Education Amazing Race, participants travelledthrough different stations of fun-filled financial education adventures,getting their passport stamps at each station and accumulatingpoints for their teams.In Finsy Litsy Spider, aimed at secondary school children,blindfolded participants had to navigate a ‘spider-web’ guidedverbally by their team mates to pick up question cards to beanswered later for bonus points. Through the game, students weretaught not to get caught in a debt trap or make investment decisionsbased on hearsay.Besides the activities, financial education talks on "Saving for yourchildren's education" and "Is your CPF enough for your retirement?"were conducted by financial experts from Citibank and CreditCounselling Singapore. There was also a talk on energy saving bythe National Environment Agency to promote prudent usage ofelectricity and to help households reduce their utility bills.Students from Holy Innocents’ High SchoolFinancial Literacy And EnterprisingRetailing Team Challenge 2008From 7 to 8 June, groups of Secondary Three students had a tasteof what being an entrepreneur means. Participating in theinaugural Financial Literacy and Enterprising Retailing TeamChallenge 2008 held at Anchorpoint Shopping Centre, the studentshad to set up stalls and attract shoppers to buy their products.The challenge aims to foster and cultivate an entrepreneurialmindset among students by giving them an opportunity to putinto practice what they have learnt in the Elements of BusinessSkills (EBS), a new GCE ‘O’ Level subject that aims to impartfoundation knowledge and skills in the services sector.11 teams from nine schools participated in the competition. Eachteam, comprising 10 students, was given the autonomy tomanage all aspects of its business including marketing, customerservice and finance management.Mr Wong Kai Hong, advisor to the project said, "This inauguralretail competition challenges students to execute what they havelearnt in class in a real-life setting such as in a shopping mall,while experiencing first-hand what frontline operations in theretail industry is like,"Supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Financial Literacyand Enterprising Retailing Team Challenge 2008 was organisedby Yuying Secondary School and Citi-NIE Financial Literacy Hubfor Teachers, in collaboration with the Association of CommerceEducators Singapore (ACES).Schools that participated in the Financial Literacy andEnterprising Retailing Team Challenge 2008:First Toa Payoh SecondaryHoly Innocents High SchoolMayflower SecondaryWestwood SecondaryZhenghua SecondaryGan Eng Seng SecondaryHong Kah SecondaryMontfort SecondaryYu Ying SecondaryMr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance (in red)observing participants at the Finsy Litsy Spider gameStudents from Monfort Secondary School18
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