Employee Engagement Essentials for Staff Engagement Champions

How can senior staff members participate in employee engagement and contribute to building a great place to work for everyone? 

To promote and sustain employee engagement efforts in your organisation, it needs to be led and owned by staff members, rather than just HR or the centre leaders. Experienced senior teachers, or similar senior staff members who have been in the organisation for a while and have an appreciation of its corporate culture are valuable partners who can serve as champions / change agents to influence, promote and implement initiatives that impact employee engagement. 

For such employee engagement champions, they benefit from being more directly involved in contributing ideas, influencing decision-making and implementing employee engagement initiatives. They also represent their colleagues in communicating and providing feedback to continually refine and improve in the implemented initiatives, that contribute to making their organisation a great place to work for everyone. 

This workshop aims to equip new employee engagement champions with essential knowledge and skill-sets pertaining to planning, implementing and communicating employee engagement initiatives in their preschools. These include being aware of (1) the purpose and value of employee engagement, (2) their roles and responsibilities as champions, (3) how to plan and implement the common types of employee engagement initiatives and (4) how to engage and communicate the various stakeholders before and during implementation. 

As a result, the employee engagement champions will feel more enabled and empowered to perform their roles and duties within their preschools and make a difference to their workplace and colleagues.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Gather relevant information from management & HR for effective preparation and implementation of employee engagement initiatives
• Establish a project management plan to manage and guide the successful implementation of employee engagement initiatives
• Plan communication effectively to important stakeholders during implementation of employee engagement initiatives

	Individual/Non-SME, PR/SC aged 21-39 years		MCES, SC aged 40 and above		SME-sponsored (ETSS)
	Up to 50% baseline subsidy		Up to 70% subsidy
	Without GST (S$)	With GST (S$)*	Without GST (S$)	With GST (S$)*	Without GST (S$)	With GST (S$)*
Original Fee	370.00	403.30	370.00	403.30	370.00	403.30
After Subsidy	185.00	218.30	111.00	144.30	111.00	144.30
	90% UTAP disbursement amount (if eligible)				90% SFEC disbursement amount (if eligible)
Payout	Total Nett Fee Paid x 50%**				99.90	–
Actual Cost	Total Nett Fee Paid x 50%				11.10	44.40
* 9% GST is based on full course fee
**Capped at $250 for ≤ 39 years old, $500 for ≥ 40 years old, $200 for Starter members

Grants (if applicable)

• SkillsFuture Credit (SFC): Please refer to the following guides on how to claim your SkillsFuture Credit. Mobile  |  PC

• WSS Funding: Singapore Citizen aged 30 and above, earning $2,500 or less per month

• MCES Funding: Singapore Citizen aged 40 and above

• Absentee Payroll: You can now easily apply for absentee payroll through the Enterprise Job Skills (EPJS) Portal. Please click here for the Absentee Payroll Claim Onboarding Guide.

• SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC): Eligible companies can benefit from an additional 90% funding support from their out-of-pocket training expenses. Please refer to the full SFEC claim guide here for a detailed outline of the claim process.

• Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA): For individuals below 31 years old. To withdraw the funds in your PSEA account, simply complete the ad-hoc withdrawal application form. For the step-by-step guide on submitting PSEA Withdrawal Form, click here.

• Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP): NTUC members enjoy 50% unfunded* course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP. NTUC members aged 40 and above can enjoy higher funding support up to $500 per individual each year, capped at 50% of unfunded course fees, for courses attended between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2025. Click here for more information on how to submit UTAP claims. *Unfunded course fee refers to the balance course fee payable after applicable government subsidies. This excludes material fees, registration fees, misc. fees etc.

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