Experience
Current occupation:
-NIE-Trained - Curriculum Development & Design
-Adjunct Teacher cum Lecturer (SISH) - Singapore International School of Hospitality
-Full Time Performance Educator (Tuition Centre - Principal of Centre is an ex-Curriculum Planning Division Officer of MOE)
Relevant Grades: O level: A1 (Geog/Ss)
A levels: H2 Geog A
-12 years of teaching experience
->I currently conduct classes at an established centre having undergone Curriculum Development & Design Training at NIE to develop a deeper level of understanding of how SEAB develop exam curriculums for the O and N levels along with how examiners set the standards for students to score distinctions.
->I also teach at an International School -SISH (O / A Level equivalent) recognised by the Committee for Private Education under the Ministry of Education, Singapore
-I have been helping willing students try and proceed from a fail to a pass grade and then to a B and above in the fastest time possible with unique strategies to prepare for tackling the paper which are further augmented by the learnings under NIE.
*SPECIAL MENTION: In O levels 2023, ALL (1-1) students who took my Geography and Social Studies classes scored Distinctions for the subject.
Student: Cheryl
Taught her Social studies & Geography, for Social Studies in 2016. I focused specifically on the SBQ section, her grades for SS went from C6 to A1 in less than 3 months of coaching. (SBQ section) For Geog, her focus was on the essay, and it improved from a B4 to an A1. She got an A1 for her O levels 2016.
Student: Jessica
Coached her in Social Studies and Geography, and her average grades improve from a B4 to A2 for the O levels 2017. (SS: SBQ focus, and Geog: Data-response focus)
Student: Samantha
Coached her in Geography and her grade improved from a C6 to a B3 for SA2 2018 after 5 months with diligent revision.
Student: Charmaine
Coached her in social studies and her grade improved from a C6 to a B3 for SA2 2018 in the span of 2 months
Student: Anthony
Student got a B3 from a C5 for the 2018 Prelim after 6 months of continuous revision and practice.
Student: Adabell
Student got a B3 for the first time in her secondary school life for Social studies from a fail for the continual assessment in 2019 for Social studies source base question only after 1 month of tuition.
Student also got a pass for the first time in her secondary school life for Geography from a fail for the prelims 2019 after only 1 month of tuition.
She attained a B3 in the recent N level 2019, having been failing combined humanities for nearly her entire sec 3 and early sec 4 life before I began teaching her.
Student: Aditya
Student got a pass for the first time in his secondary school life for combined humanities prelims 2020 after 2.5 months of tuition. He had obtained a B3 for the O level 2020 exams.
Student: Alethea
Student got a C5 for her mock prelims for combined humanities in a mock social studies test from a fail having had 3 weeks of social studies tuition only. She had obtained a B3 for the O level 2020 exams.
Student: Jonathan
Student got a B4 for N levels (2020) from a consistent F9 for combined humanities since secondary school after 4 months of tuition from the final exams
Student: Lucas
Student got a B4 for N levels (2020) from a consistent F9 for combined humanities since secondary school after 2 months of last minute crash course tuition from the final exams
Student: Nigel
Sec 4N Student improve from F9 to a C5 for his Social Studies within 1.5 months of classes for prelims. He got a B3 for N levels (2021). He is looking to secure and maintain a B3 for the O levels for 2022.
Student: John Anthony
Sec 5 O level Student improved from F9 to average of B3 for Combined Humanities within 3 months of teaching. He maintained a B3 for O level 2021
Student: Isaiah
Sec 4 O level Student improved from F9 to B4 for Combined Humanities within 4 months of class of Teaching. Student has learning difficulties due to lack of concentration. He maintained a B4 for O levels 2021
Student: Keertan
Sec 1 Express Level (2022) Student has been getting consistent A grades since the start of his secondary school syllabus, hitting beyond the A1 and achieved 85% for his Final Year 2022 exam. He just achieved a 90% for his WA1 2023 and maintained a 93% for his WA2 2023.
Student: Ramat
Sec 4 O level student improve from D7 to B4 for Social Studies within 2.5 to 3 months of class from the Mid Terms to the Prelims. He got an A1 for his O levels 2022
Student: Anu
Sec 4 O level student improved from an E8 to a B4 for the Social Studies Post Prelim Paper within 1.5 months of class after tweaking certain conceptual understanding of how he approaches the subject. He got an A2 for O levels 2022.
Student: Shreelu
Sec 4 O level (2022) Transfer Student from the US. Grades have improved from Failure to C5. She had to undergo Sec 3 and 4 content in the span of 7 months due to her transfer from a US high school. She obtained a C5 grade for her subject with limited practice.
Student: Clara
Sec 4 Express (2023). Student from NYGH improved her geography grades by 2 grades from a C6 to a B4, with her social studies obtaining a C5 from a borderline failure in the short span of 1.5 months of class for the final year exams. This was the first full paper she had done for Social Studies in Secondary 3, and half the class cohort had failed the subject. She had also gotten an 85% for her WA1 2023 paper, where she attained the highest marks in her class, a first for her. She has gotten an A2 for her Prelims 2023 and A2 for her O levels 2023.
Student: Madelene
IGCSE Student (2023) who has dyslexia got a C grade from a fail grade for geography for the first time in her entire secondary school life after 3.5 months of classes. She had gotten a B for her IGCSE O Levels 2023 after just 5 months of preparations under my geography curriculum despite her dyslexia.
Student: Charisse (2024)
She got a 95% for her WA1 after 1.5 months of class with me for Geography. Before that, she had not been able to understand what the school is even teaching, but now has regained the confidence to continue to pursue and do well in Geography. She hit B3 for her end of years. She recently obtained an 85% for her WA1 for 2024. She is on track for a distinction with my training curriculum.
Student: Megan (2023)
Sec 4 Express student from MGS maintained her A1 for WA1 for both her subjects, having scored an A for her combined humanities for her end of year exam in 2022. She is currently on track and going through practice cycles of past year prelim papers that are curated by me. She got an A1 for her O levels 2023.
Student: Prisha (2023)
Sec 4 Express student from MGS improved her social studies grades from a fail during her end of year exams in 2022 to a pass for her WA1. She has also gotten a B for her geography from a just pass for her end of year, and this was all after 2–3 months of classes with me. She has also maintained a B grade for her paper and came in as the top few in her class for the paper due to extremely strict marking and paper difficulty by MGS. She will continue to brush up on her content, and begin her practice cycles to move towards the distinction for her O levels. She got an A2 for her O Levels 2023.
Student: Arleesha (2023)
Sec 4 Express student from Swiss Cottage improved her social studies and geography grades from a fail during her end of year exams in 2022 to a pass for her WA2. This was after 2–3 months of classes. She got an A1 for her combined geography for her O levels 2023.
Student: Annabel (2023)
Sec 4 Express student from West Spring improved her social studies grades from a fail during her end of year exams in 2022 to a B3 for her recent mid-year exams, scoring the top in her class and the top 5 in her level. This was only after 2–3 months of classes. She had also just gotten an A for her recent mock school prelims and is now on track for a distinction for the O levels. She got an A2 for her O levels 2023.
Student: Amanda (2023)
Sec 4 Express student from New Town improved her social studies grades from a fail during her end of year exams in 2022 to an A1 for her O levels 2023 after taking my classes to go through Social studies training.
Student: Jessica (2024)
Student improved from a C5 from her end of years in 2023 for secondary 1 to a 93% for her WA1 in 2024 within the span of 3 months since we started class. Student disliked geography initially because she was not doing well but is slowly taking to the subject with my teaching methodology and interaction in class. She maintained her A1 for her WA3, scoring the 2nd highest in her class, and is now aiming to get near full marks for her WA4. She got a 95% for WA4 2024, topping her entire level.
Student: Keertan (2024)
Student got an A1 (88%) for his WA1 for secondary 3 after starting on his social studies classes with me. He was the highest in his class and cohort for the WA that tests on Source Base Questions which is the key component that he is building his Social Studies foundation on. Student maintained his A1 at 90% for his WA3 and has gotten an 88% for his WA4, topping the entire cohort in his school (Kuo Chuan Presbyterian)
Student: Nashita (2024)
Student from Crescent Girls got a distinction for her Prelims from a C6 after 3.5 months of lessons with me. She is now aiming to maintain her distinction for the final exams and is now fine tuning the nitty gritty details to garner and secure an A1 for combined humanities for O levels 2024. She obtained an A1 for combined humanities.
Student: Sairah (2024)
Student improved from an F9 to a B3 in the O levels within the span of 4 months of coaching for Geography and Social studies hanving failed the subject for her entire secondary school life.
Student: Keertan (2025)
Student got an A1 (90%) for his WA1 for secondary 4. He was once again the highest in his class and cohort for the WA that tests on Source Base Questions which is the key component that he is building his Social Studies foundation on. (Kuo Chuan Presbyterian)
Student: Jia Yi (2025)
Student got an C5 for her WA1 for secondary 4 after starting classes with me for 3 months. She had been consistently failing the subject but had shown improvement since starting classes as we help her to go thru the right textbook content and also how to use the techniques to consistently perform for SBQ.
Teaching Philosophy:
As a performance educator, the aim for me is to teach my students on how to improve in the fastest way possible, hence I have helped many students who are failing Geography and social studies to pass it and then improve further if the student has the sufficient runway to do it. Many students have gotten 4-6 grade jumps with my classes. (Foreign students I took who had an extremely poor grasp of the humanities have gotten a pass and beyond in the O level within a few months through intense practice and revision)
This is done by teaching them different strategies and key points to take note of to tackle the paper. Not only that, I will also teach and emphasize on building their understanding on the marker’s psychology so that by consistently putting themselves in the shoes of the paper setter and the grader, they will know their “enemy” intimately and do what is needed to give them what they want to score. The rest of the lesson plan towards the exam is to practice these strategies and their understanding of the different frameworks and fundamental that Geography and Social Studies require to tackle the different components and to also refine those strategies to the needs of the students to allow them to better improve their capabilities in the subject taught.
I strongly believe in the notion that "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." I emphasize heavily on the importance of “paper strategy” planning to my students so that they would be clear on the steps and strategies to apply for the examinations in each component of the paper, and hence be in “the zone” the minute the invigilator says "You may begin”.
~Teaching materials, notes from MOE teachers, curated worksheets and homework of the latest syllabus used in the tuition centre that I teach are provided. Students do not need to buy any assessment books
~A student Feedback Report is provided to the parent every month to ensure the parent is kept in the loop on the progress of the student.
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