where every potential is NUTURED & VALUED

Staff Development

Our success in developing our students’ potential cannot be sustained without similar efforts at nurturing our staff who guide and open up opportunities for them. Beyond our physical infrastructure, we know that investing in our most important resource, our staff, reaps the best possible outcomes for the organisation and, ultimately, our students.

DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE

As a People Developer-certified organisation since 1999, TP continues to invest in our staff. Our investment in staff learning constitutes 4.2 percent of payroll. The average learning hours per staff was 113 hours, well over the targeted 100 hours.

a LEARNING CULTURE

Our investment in staff development includes fostering a culture of learning and innovation within TP that will constantly improve the delivery of our educational services and enhance the learning outcomes for our students. Through our Learning Academy (LA), TP organises various key training programmes to help staff achieve these goals. New programmes are continually introduced such as the Learning-Teaching with Technologies programme which was inaugurated in March 2006. This programme equips staff with the skills to use information and communication technology tools to facilitate student learning based on sound pedagogical principles. LA held its annual LA Fest in September 2005, at which 27 lecturers received certificates upon their successful completion of the Teaching in Higher Education Certificate Programme. At the event, 15 workshops were offered to 363 staff participants to enhance specific professional development competencies.

INDUSTRY ATTACHMENTS

Staff learning also includes attachments to industry, both locally and overseas, in order to develop new skills and stay updated on the latest developments in their fields. A Mobile & Wireless Computing lecturer was sent to Intel Mobile Research Laboratory in Oregon, USA, on an 11-month attachment. He continued to work with Intel at improving wireless technology access and security features at TP even after his return to Singapore.

achieving WORK-LIFE HARMONY

TP believes that staff development must include enabling them to achieve work-life harmony. From having a childcare centre on campus, to accommodating flexible working hours and conducting mass exercise programmes, much attention is given to the work-life integration of our 1,200 staff. These efforts have been recognised by our winning the Singapore Family Friendly Employer Award three consecutive times. With staff participation in wellness activities hitting 90 percent in 2005, we were also presented with the Singapore H.E.A.L.T.H. Award (Gold) for the second time in two years.

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