This is a story from the play, Some Folks Feel the Rain; Others Just Get Wet; and it's worth sharing to shed some light on how people think about teamwork...
A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to reach for the map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Though he wasn't injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help.
"Warwick can get you out of that ditch," said the farmer, pointing to an old mule standing in a field. The man looked at the decrepit mule and looked at the farmer who just stood there repeating. "Yep, old Warwick can do the job."
The man figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and the mule made their way back to the ditch. The farmer hitched the mule to the car. With a snap of the reins, he shouted, "Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!" And the mule pulled that car right out of the ditch.
The man was amazed. He thanked the farmer, patted the mule, and asked, "Why did you call out all of those names before you called Warwick?"
The farmer grinned and said, "Old Warwick is just about blind. As long as he believes he's part of a team, he doesn't mind pulling."
Notes:
Fostering a spirit of teamwork is critical and its key element is trust. Trust for the leader and trust for each other.
"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." ~ Vince Lombardi.
"If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team." ~ Bud Wilkinson.
"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." ~ H.E. Luccock.
A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to reach for the map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Though he wasn't injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help.
"Warwick can get you out of that ditch," said the farmer, pointing to an old mule standing in a field. The man looked at the decrepit mule and looked at the farmer who just stood there repeating. "Yep, old Warwick can do the job."
The man figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and the mule made their way back to the ditch. The farmer hitched the mule to the car. With a snap of the reins, he shouted, "Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!" And the mule pulled that car right out of the ditch.
The man was amazed. He thanked the farmer, patted the mule, and asked, "Why did you call out all of those names before you called Warwick?"
The farmer grinned and said, "Old Warwick is just about blind. As long as he believes he's part of a team, he doesn't mind pulling."
Notes:
Fostering a spirit of teamwork is critical and its key element is trust. Trust for the leader and trust for each other.
"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." ~ Vince Lombardi.
"If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team." ~ Bud Wilkinson.
"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." ~ H.E. Luccock.
This is a good news for the hardworking teacher but quite a disturbing one for the the teachers who are just like passengers. All this while, the less committed teachers had been recieving the same salary and perks as the highly responsible lots.
How the system work is yet to be made known to the public but it must involved 2 areas of concerned i.e. the KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and the Competancy level. To reduce the office politics and to be less subjective, the KPI must carry more weightage. For instance, the weightage for KPI is 70% whilst competancy allocated with 30%. In this case the office politics and favouritism is only cycling within 30 percentage area. However, the awarding of points or rating at competancy area must jive with the achievement of KPI.
Simple illustration of relationship between KPI and competancy - The GB would be awarded rating 3 for (competancy)'Result Driven', if 50% of the Exam student obtained 5As (KPI), and he would be given 4 for if the 5As reach 70%. Anything above 70% would earned him 5 - Excellent (Dont argue, this is just an example)
One of the objective of the government is to equipt the teachers with high performance culture and not just at mediocre level. Time has passed where teachers came in and out 'simply teaching' until retiring.
Teachers doing extra mile will also be rewarded but teachers failed to achieved Overall Rating of 2 will be counselled and recieved no bonus.
REWARDS can be in many forms but the most popular one is cash incentive. Others include materials such as top notch watches or pen, holiday trip etc.
And we agree there are bound to be resistance by the teachers but what choice do you have?
