Singapore American School Reviews

Pros

Wonderful families and students, competitive overseas hire package, generous classroom budget

Cons

Change is glacial. The organization is so big that decisions often have to pass through many layers of bureaucracy. Many of the educators and administrators have been there for 20+ years unconsciously try to protect what they have always known because it feels safe, rather than truly take a risk on innovation and embrace failing forward in a way that would make the organization a truly nimble learning organization. Teachers are often overloaded with top-down initiatives.

Pros

Good resources, lots of materials, great colleagues.

Cons

Lots of bosses, and their bosses. DEI 1.0 in full swing.

Pros

Friendly work environment and caring people

Cons

Honestly not much other, great place to be

Pros

very good school and management。

Cons

a little far to school

Pros

Teachers are payed well and have lots of opportunities for personal and professional development such as access to financial advisors, endless opportunities to take on additional paid gigs such as summer camps and the option to get advanced degrees through university partnerships. Efforts are being made to offer professional development to local staff.

Cons

The divisions operate in silo so your experience can vary a lot depending on which part of the school you work in. Many leaders have been in their roles for years and are attached to old ways of doing things, sometimes with seemingly little regard for best practice. Getting things done can be a matter of who you know, rather than what’s aligned with the mission. Also, there’s a clear class dividing line between foreign and local staff.

Pros

Most of the people I worked around is very friendly. Good place for work life balance.

Cons

Lucky if you get a good superior, wasn't the case for me. Even if you work more than a few years, the bad superior will misuse their title to do what they want. So It is really your luck. Some superiors there are really understanding but unfortunately mine was out to torment me.

Pros

Supervisors are kind and understanding.

Cons

Stay low to get away from politics.

Pros

Good working hours that allows work life balance and there are shuttle service from the school to the nearest MRT Station.

Cons

Not much career progression. When you join them as a tech, most likely you will leave being tech as well. Even if you have gain more knowledge or skills over the years Most of the job with better prospect are taken up by a particular group of ethics. most of the time when there are issue, they would speaks in their language that most locals don't understand. When there are openings available. These groups would choose their own kind which may not have the experience than promoting the staff internally.

Pros

Connecting and Care for people

Cons

can be potentially limited growth

Pros

1. Good working environment, 2. Nice colleagues. 3. students are cute 4. parents are very supportive. 5. Leaders are supportive

Cons

Singapore is expensive; A big organization means change happens slowly. Not enough non-teaching staff with technical or relevant skills/experience. Feels like there are too many upper management/administrator/high-level educator positions being allocated. Too much “big ideas” people and not enough lower-level people with the right technical skills to assist in implementing the big ideas effectively. The question “Do we actually need another director?” has popped up a few times. Upper management may not be “on the ground” enough to understand or be empathetic to the needs of its employees. Inter-department work isn’t as collaborative or cooperative as it should be, and work processes become insular. E.g experience of a prospective parent is disjointed when admissions, marketing/comms and IT (virtual/online registration/data recording) are not on the same page. Upper management should set the tone. Turnover for upper management roles feels more frequent too. This is concerning as they are supposed to lead staff to meet the goals of the SAS strategic plan.