Siew Yin Bong

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CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal detail

Surname: Bong Gender: Female Date of Birth: 27 th Jan 1954

Middle name: Siew Yin Marital Status: Married Nationality: Singaporean

2. Professional experiences

Education Management Advisor in Labuan Baja Polytechnic in Indonesia (Feb - Mar 2023) and in Maesot Northeastern Thailand to support the set up of an Education Centre (May-Oct 2023) for Myanmar youth refugees by training, coaching and mentoring teachers on pedagogical and English skills.

E-Volunteered as Education Management Advisor in Cambodia with VSO Jun 2020 – Sept 2021; Regional Education ManagementAdvisor(REMA): Jan 2022 – Dec 2022

• Supported the Provincial and District Education managers as an Education Management Advisor in building their capacities

• Coached and mentored the 4 National Volunteers supporting 4 different provinces in Cambodia

• Build capacity by conducting regular online training/workshops/discussions using the coaching and mentoring approaches

• Strategic building up of competencies and capacity of key Provincial and District Education managers in their education planning by using primary data collected from action research

• As an onsite REMA supported 9 Secondary Resource Schools in 4 different provinces to conduct on the job capacity building for both School Leaders in Leadership/Management and teachers in the teaching of STEM activities; Library setup & Management and implementation of Career Guidance & Counselling activities

Education & Career Guidance Counsellor (Ministry of Education,Singapore):

Jul 2015 – Jan 2020

• Supported 4 Secondary schools in the East to strengthen and value-add their Education and Career Guidance (ECG) Programme.

• Counselled and guided about 50 students weekly (at least 5000 students) to understand themselves by having a clearer sense of career interest self-awareness

• Trained teachers and parents on basic ECG advising skills

Quality Teaching Skills Facilitator ( VSO, Tanzania):

Feb 2013 – Nov 2014 • Mentored and coached the tutors of the Teachers’ Training Colleges in the Eastern Zone of Tanzania Africa to improve the quality of teaching and learning of the student teachers in the 5 different colleges

Secondary Biology Teacher (Bina Bangsa School, Indonesia):

Jan 2007 – Jul 2008; Jul 2010 – Jul 2012

• Developed, trained new Science Teachers and initiated the Biology Department as the Head of the Science Department

• Developed and trained all teachers as frontline counsellors to the students in the school as a Head of the Counselling Department

• Taught Biology to IGCSE and both ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level

1 Raffles International School (Dubai):

Aug 2008 – Feb 2009

• Taught Science and IGCSE Biology to Arab Girls at the Secondary level

• Initiated and developed the Community Service Club and the Guidance & Counselling Unit in the school

• Introduced the assessment procedures and format for the school School of the Arts (Singapore):

School of the Arts Jan 2010 – Jun 2010

• Taught IB Biology to Sec 1 and Sec 3 students

• Involved in Community Service

• Developed the Biology programme

Presbyterian High School (Singapore):

Jan 2000 – Dec 2006

• Taught both the ‘N’ and ‘O’ Level Biology to Sec 3 and Sec 4 Express and Normal students

• Taught Math & Science to Sec 1 and Sec 2 students

• Counselled students as a Guidance Counsellor

• Teacher in-charge of Community Service Club) :

Bethel Assembly of God (Singapore) Jan 1993 – Dec 1999 Church missionary in the Philippines

• Helping the urban poor in Iloilo and Davao city to improve in their lifestyle by giving them spiritual support and other forms of physical support

• Provided financial help to generate income for the poor

Kuo Chuan Presbyterian School ( Singapore) Jan 1990 – Dec 1992 • Taught Sec Science to Sec 1 and ‘O’ level Biology to Sec 3 & Sec 4 students

Katong Presbyterian Church (Singapore) Jan 1987 – Dec 1989 Church missionary to Manila, Philippines • Reaching out to the urban poor in Manila by organising feeding programme and sidewalk Sunday school for the street kids

Faith Academy (Philippines) Jan 1985 – 1986 Biology teacher • Taught missionary kids in Secondary Science level, ‘O’ Level Biology

Presbyterian Boys’ School (Singapore) Jan 1983 – Dec 1984

• Taught Sec ‘O’ level Biology

• Teacher in-charge of Christian education

Theological Training in Discipleship Training Centre Jan 1980 – Dec 1982

Science Council of Singapore Jan 1978 – Dec 1979 Research Officer • Organised programmes to promote Science and Technology in all secondary and vocationai schools

2 3. Additional skills

Languages

• English: fluent in both oral and writing

• Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia: fluent in both oral and writing

• Tagalog: Fluent in both oral and writing

• Spanish: Learning of conversational Spanish

2. Computer skills:

Competent in the use of:

• Powerpoint

• Excel

• Word

Research & Writing Skills

• Submitted a Thesis on the Population of Rotifers (Zoology Honours Research) in 1978

• Submitted a Thesis on Students’ Responses on the Character Formation Programme (Postgraduate Research for Guidance & Counselling)

• Formulated Real Case Studies for Counselling Workshops

• Wrote quarterly reports in the 2 year Quality Teaching Training in Tanzania for the Ministry of Education mainstreaming the gender issues and programmes

• Mentored Cambodian national volunteers and Education managers to do data analysis and write reports and plan quarterly activities