Thian Siang has shown commitment & promptness in replying to his class and students through consultation and online over a multitude of communicative means. He wi ll actively to reach out to his students and making sure that the student's project development are up to quality and pace, which we feel is a precious trait of a lecturer. He shows genuine interest in listening and addressing the problems of his students. He encourages his students to take part in external events and workshops that will deepen their learning in their studies.
Yang Huat is a very understanding lecturer who is willing to help and guide his students to ensure they submit their project work on time . He is also caring and engaging in his teaching, which inspires his students to perform better and cares about their well-being .
Even when he is busy with so many students' project consultations , he will never turn a student away and would find time to ensure that he has seen every students.
Chor Luan shows concerns for her students' studies and ensure that they understood her lessons. She offers a listening ear and is one of the lecturers that students look for when they needed help. She continues to care for her students even though she was no longer the PT.
She spends time and effort to share about the internship companies and past interns' learning experience and provides advices on how to adapt in a working environment. "A resemblance of friend as well as mother", quoted from a student.
Students find Phua Siew Teng heartwarming and encouraging. She always spends a tremendous amount of time either on the phone or face-to-face hearing her students and ensuring they are progressing in lives. Her students are grateful of her constructive appraisal and encouragement.
Ivan Leung always offers help to students who are unsure of their futures. On this note, students appreciate such help immensely as their concerns can be discussed with Ivan Leung on a one-to-one basis. Students also find his guidance in work management helpful and facilitate them to grow holistically.
Samantha often inspires her students to embrace future challenges holistically. On this note, her students grow to understand the working perspectives and the attitude they should have. Her students are thankful of her frequent consultations which allows them to progress in lives.
Tong Hog is always helping the students to cope with challenges in lives. Not only he spends considerable time in monitoring and guiding the class for an inclusive culture for students with SEN, he also always provides timely support to students with counselling needs.
Danny Lee is a passionate lecturer who shares his life and working experiences with his students. He cares for students' learning development holistically, both in and outside of the classroom. He is especially concerned for the academically weaker students and provides better learning support to them individually.
Tsui Ping is an excellent educator with a heart for her students. They appreciate the way she connects with them on a personal level, building close rapport and mutual respect in the process. Tsui Ping believes that every student deserves a fresh start at SP. She draws on both the students' strengths and weaknesses to help them learn better and motivates them to aspire towards reaching their fullest potential in their endeavours.
A passionate lecturer, Wong Vat Keong has constantly shown care and concern to his students. He has received favourable feedback from students that he is an approachable person who often offers assistance and guidance to them in their learning. He maintains regular contact with his students to check their learning progress and well-being.
Dr Yuan is caring and helpful to his students; he gives extra attention to students who need more help. Students find him approachable, kind, positive and with a good sense of humour. He is also very patient and puts in effort to encourage and engage his students in class.
Hongyi can often be seen speaking to his students after class/meeting with students outside of his timetabled lessons to lend a listening ear to issues that students face and counsel them.
As a lecturer in class, Hongyi makes the effort to ensure that students in his class are at ease to share in class discussions and that even the quiet ones participate. He is also able to build rapport with his students quickly and keeps an open mind when students share their opinions. He also shares his personal stories to motivate students who would then makes effort to do their best.
As a LEX facilitator, Hong Yi is highly adaptive to unforeseeable situations, and always willing to go the extra mile to benefit the students in his team. On LEX trips, he not only has to guide his team of students to complete the curriculum requirements but also take care of their social and emotional well-being.
Pearlyn’s profound love for teaching and mentoring is clearly evident; students flock to her when they need help or when they need a listening ear. She dedicates much of her time not only to guiding students on class assignments but also to giving them advice on life and school. Her proclivity for the unconventional also often endears her to all of her students and this, essentially, is what makes Pearlyn such a special educator and such a unique staff member of the SP Outstanding Talent Programme.
Wong Guan Min, one of SP’s Public Service Commission Scholar, has only praise for the care and concern Pearlyn has showered on her: “Ms Pearl pushes you to give your 200% and is someone who will put in the time and effort for students. For instance, she stayed up till 2am to help me brush up my scholarship essay and even drove to my house a couple of times just to give me a pep talk. Her constant encouragement has undoubtedly motivated me throughout my PSC journey.”
Kenny has been teaching for more than 10 years and he is often seen as a father figure to our students. For this cohort, there were many projects and he showed pastoral care by working closely with the students and the clients. He also guided the students by spending time outside of his lessons to support the production of the project and mentoring them.
His involvement with his PTs often contributes to his positive student feedback with an average of 4.26. He will also make it an effort to organise the course bonding day at his house where all are invited to visit and explore his collection of Star Wars memorabilia. This is usually the highlight of the visit and it never seems to amaze the students with his wide collection of vintage toys.
Jeffrey brings a wealth of experience from the industry to the classroom and for that, students are always fascinated by the stories that are told to them during class. He is often seen by the students to be candid and honest.
He shows pastoral care to his PT class by making himself readily available to all his students with the modules that he was teaching. He is often seen with different students seeking consultations outside of his lesson. He is liken by his tutees as he creates a lively environment during class as well as outside of his lessons. He will also spend break time or lunch with students outside of his lessons to bond with them.
Debra is a very dedicated lecturer who goes out of her way to help the students under her care. In AV 18/19, Debra had a particularly difficult PTN class- while the class was academically strong, they were highly competitive and the dynamics were quite negative. Debra used many points in her lessons as teachable moments to counsel the class as a whole on the importance of working together despite their differences.
She also dealt with many issues faced by individual students from meeting up with counsellors and parents, to arranging with other lecturers for a student to have an extension on her CAs into the holidays. Debra has an excellent rapport with her students and they never hesitate to go to her for advice. I feel that she is very deserving of the EiCG award.
Diana is a very hands on tutor that goes beyond the call of duty. She doesn't just teach as a profession, but goes beyond the role to educate, mentor and groom students as if they were her own children. Time and time again, she has gone out of the way to ensure that students are cared for, mentored and receive an education that will benefit them, not just as working professional, but as a young adult in society. Her motivations have always been out of the abundance of care from her heart for her students, and many of her deeds are done quietly without drawing attention to herself or her actions. However, to the students she has touched, it has made a big difference to them."
Student Feedback:
"During our time with her as our personal tutor, Mdm Wee was one who would bring the class together, allowing the rest of us to strengthen friendship ties amongst us. One example was when during the first ECG2 lesson, she spotted our new classmate who is lonely with a low self-esteem, and have the rest of us welcome him into the lesson as friends. With her friendly and caring attitude, together with her strong patience and professionalism, we were assured to have a motherly figure by our side.
Naturally, she was approachable too, and would facilitate communication networks with us to ensure none of us were left behind. Critically, whenever we are in doubt of our work, she never once back down from giving us very straightforward answers. In conclusion, while life goes on with each passing year, I can personally never forget about her inspiring contributions to my lifelong learning journey. "
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Mr Lau Yan Moh is a supportive and caring personal tutor to his students. However,he can also be strict when the situation calls for it. Mr Lau understands the challenges his students face and he strives to be one whom his students can readily approach when they have problems.
He regularly checks on his students' well-being as well as encourages them to interact and bond with each other. Mr Lau's projection of a fatherly image towards his JPOl/04 class endear him to his students who will always remember him for teaching them as well as caring for their welfare.
Ms Chin Li Cheong is a dedicated personal tutor who gives her utmost care and concern so that her students can understand the subject matter that she is teaching them. She gives encouraging and motivational words to them as well as share the experiences of their seniors so as to connect emotionally with them .
Even when she was away on maternity leave, she still cared for them by sending uplifting texts to motivate her students to do their best. Ms Chin's motherly image towards her JP02/11 class makes her very approachable by her students, who will always remember her for all the advice she gives them.
Ronnie's students like to seek his advice on their relationship issues as they felt genuine care and concern from him. Ronnie then seized such opportunities to guide them in SP values of care and concern, as well as setting priorities in life.
He often shares with his students about accountancy as a career and opportunities for further education. He also encourages them to persevere with their goals even in adverse conditions at home or in life. One student's parent was critically ill but the student persevered with Ronnie's support and encouragement.
Ronnie often stay back to spend time with his students and they felt cared and valued by him. From relationship issues, family problems to learning difficulties, he is always there to provide a listening ear and offer suggestions to his students' problems.
He often reaches out to all his students, beyond his PTN class. He always finds opportunities to have meals with them to know more about them and to find out any learning difficulties they faced.
The PTN tutees of Lim Mong Ling described their PTN experience with her as a "very good" experience. They commented that they were lucky to have a very good PTN tutor who cares for the well-being of the students in class. They specifically commented that she is "very nice/kind and cares a lot about us".
As an active lecturer in engaging industry partners, Mong Ling constantly updates her students in the latest HR trends and developments. She gives guidance to students in their education and career choices, internships, and shares industry and career information with them, thereby helping them to make informed choices.
Mong Ling's enthusiasm and positive energy have been very encouraging to students. She has demonstrated genuine care and concern for her students, and gone out of her way to ensure the well-being of her students.
A role model to students and lecturers on her exemplary care and guidance for her students.
Steffi has shown that she is a very caring PTN tutor by paying attention to her students in class and taking a deep interest in them. Her students felt that she is "someone we can easily talk to", and feel comfortable with.
As a relatively young lecturer, Steffi is able to connect with her students, and shares her experiences with them. Her students could relate to her, and felt that she understands them well.
Steffi is able to talk to her students and gain their respect. They know that she cares about their well-being, and are willing to share their problems with her. She has been very encouraging and demonstrated sensitivity and maturity in helping them to navigate life's challenges.
She willingly takes on additional roles such as bringing students for learning journey, and helping them to gain industry exposure. Her humility and care and concern for students are traits that other lecturers can emulate.
Benjamin is a caring and patient lecturer. He monitors his students closely in class and ensures that they are coping well with their studies. He cares for their well-being by casually chatting with them. He is genuinely concerned of students and develops rapport and relationships with the class that allows students to share their issues/difficulties with him. His personal tutees commented that he is "best friend towards us".
In his interactions with students, Benjamin also imparted life- skills, values, social skills, family bonding to students through personal life stories and cases of friends/ex-students. He gives guidance to students in their education and career choices, internships, and shares industry and career information with them, thereby helping them to make informed choices.
Mr. Ng Ko-Vin is a very dedicated and committed lecturer who performs his pastoral care duties seriously. He is exceptionally caring and kind to his students and has shown genuine concern for their overall well being. He readily helps the students whenever they have difficulty in their studies and is always prepared to go the extra distance to help them.
He cultivate students' curiosity and interest in learning. He often leads by example by showing commitment to student learning is a lifelong commitment. Committed teacher like Ko-Vin recognize and endeavor to fulfill their responsibilities to their students .
The degree of loyalty of committed teachers that Ko-Vin had toward his profession is one of the distinguished characters that stands out above the rest. One can see that he stays beyond his working time frame to prepare new materials for the students and after hours to counsel the students whenever they are met with any difficulties.
You can see his rapport with the students is contagious as well. He understand and speak to students as though they are his peer and helping them to achieve their goal in life. Ko-Vin deeply believe in SP statement in building a student with deep mastery and lifelong learning. He always encourage students to go beyond themselves.
Chee Seng is consistently one of the favourite lecturers amongst students. His care and guidance made available for students has also been exemplary. Whenever any student requires counselling within or beyond classroom, be it for pastoral care or academic matters, Chee Seng is highly approachable and sought after.
Chee Seng's student feedback is invariably superb. He was also instrumental from the conceptualisation to implementation of DIT's welfare and student support group, known as the DIT Student Chapter. He brought together a band of like-minded staff and students through the Student Chapter, to bring about a student identity, fostering belonging and bringing respite to their pursuit of a demanding curriculum.
As Personal Tutor, Eileen has demonstrated her care and concern for student with special needs (ADHD). She is thoughtful, caring and able to plan appropriate instructions (as PT) such as revision questions and simplifying practical instructions and face-to-face mentoring that supports student progress in learning. Through her dedication and effort, the SEN student responded positively to her teaching instructions.
She has gone beyond the role of a PT to provide fullest support to the SEN student for the whole of AY1819 semester two. These included the monitoring of the student's academic progress, checking-in with the student on his medical condition, providing the weekly progress report to the parents and working closely with the SEN Counsellor and parents to discuss a variety of issues and remedial actions needed for the SEN student. She is very approachable, friendly and the SEN student respects and connects with her very well.
Eileen is an effective communicator, thoughtful, prepared and experienced teacher who works hard and connects positively with SEN student and parents. With her positive attitude and enthusiasm, she will most certainly be a role model for other lecturers to follow.
