Experience
Ian started teaching and coaching since 1995. In the past 30 years, he has trained students from lower Primary to tertiary institutions in areas like interviewing skills, resilience and motivational skills, studying skills, memory skills, time management, goal setting, etc.
He holds a B.Sc(Hons) in Computational Science and Mathematics from NUS. He has taught students in both local and international schools. He is familiar with GCE ‘O’ level, IGCSE, MYP, IB SL, Engineering Mathematics.
After seeing his students struggle both in academics and non-academics aspects in life, he started to explore different ways of coaching, communicating and interacting with his students to change their mindsets. It brings him great satisfaction to make a life changing impact to his students. He believes strongly that everyone is a genius and has talents in his or her own respective fields.
Being an avid learners himself, he has continued his learning and is now a certified Hypnotherapist, Self Hypnosis teacher, NLP Practitioner, Access Bar Practitioner, ACTA certified and Enneagram Practitioner.
I'm specialised in Maths for Sec 1 to 4
Prior to that was with Oodles Learning for 10 years, now teaching with Instic Academy for 3 years.
My focus now is tutoring students from Sec 1-5. I have coached many students from F9 to A1/2. One of my strengths is I am able to connect to students, motivate them and bring up their self-esteem. I am a certified NLP Practitioner, Access Bar Practitioner, 5 PATH Hypnotherapist, and hence I am able to use different modalities in my communcations with the students. My style of teaching varies depending on the tutees' learning styles. I have also coached students with learning disability like dyslexia, ADHD, ADD. A few students have also gotten the most improved award in school for Mathematics.
I have experience with below IP schools and IB programs - VS, RVHS, SCGS, ACSI, ACSII, HCI, RGS, SJI, HCII, SJII, NYGS, MGS, NJC,
Last year best score for IP year 4
AM: 99/100
EM: 98/100 from SCGS
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