Tutors

Ms Kelly Tan

Tutor	Have been in MOE since 2016
Education Qualification	Diploma in Education, NTU, NIE Bachelor of Science, NUS Master of Science, NUS
Teaching Experience	More than six years of experience in the teaching industry and have been in MOE schools for four years, teaching General Science, Biology and Geography in two different schools, at upper and lower secondary levels: in Edgefield Secondary School and CHIJ St Joseph’s Convent.
Education Quote	My philosophy in teaching is to be respectful and humble towards students and inculcate values that I strongly believe in: integrity, respect, resilience and humility. I aim to be a positive energy in my classroom and engage, rather than lecture.
Hobby	I love nature and biodiversity and I have been volunteering as a nature guide with National Parks Board for four years, and usually go for trips that include the outdoors, such as diving, hiking and skiing.

As an educator, Ms Tan have more than six years of experience in the teaching industry. and have been in MOE schools for four years, teaching General Science, Biology and Geography in two different schools, at upper and lower secondary levels: in Edgefield Secondary School and CHIJ St Joseph’s Convent. While not officially trained in Chemistry, Ms Tan has taught Lower Secondary Science and has garnered extensive experience in handling this subject both from teaching in schools and giving tuition.

Ms Tan also specialise in designing engaging lessons with focus on lesson objectives and crafting lesson packages involving the use of ICT tools as well as hands-on activities.

Ms Tan is trained in different teaching routines and instructions, such as the skills of making thinking visible and differentiated instruction, planning and crafting assessments with the aim to provide constructive feedback and constantly upgrading my content knowledge and teaching pedagogies.

Teaching Subjects:

Science (Secondary)
Geography (Pure/Elective)

Geography

“Dear Ms Tan, Thank you for teaching me for these two years. With your guidance, I have really improved Geography a lot! I enjoyed your lessons and I also want to thank you for answering my doubts. The mind maps and notes you give to me really helped me a lot…”

“Dear Ms Tan, Happy Teachers’ Day! Thank you for helping me to improve in my Geography. Thank you for teaching me techniques to answer different types of questions. Thank you for making it easy to understand all the concepts. And lastly, thank you so much for helping to go from a fail to an A1 in Geography! Thank you!”

“Dear Ms Tan, Thank you for teaching us Geography. I have learnt a lot from you be it from Geography to life values. I always look forward to your Geography lessons 😊 You have been my favourite teacher ever since my Geography marks have changes from a fail to a pass. Have a blessed teachers’ day.”

“Hi Ms Tan, Thanks for teaching us Geography this year. You are, I have to admit, strict, but most of the time, you try to be as kind as possible and tolerate the nonsense my class has. From failing grades, my Geography has made its way to being my top 2^nd subject! I honestly really love Geography…”

Science

“Hi Ms Tan, Thank you so much for teaching us! I always enjoy your lessons! Thank you for planning them and being really patient with me and my soft voice…”

“Hey Ms Tan, Thank you for always making science fun! Thank you for always guiding me through science. Thank you for always being patient with me! You help me pass science, which I normally cannot. But with you, I really can focus….”

“Hi Miss Tan, Thank you for being such a great science teacher since secondary one till now and thanks for being such a kind, caring and supportive teacher and you helped me passed science….”

“Hey Miss Tan, Thank you for teaching me science for a year! You have helped me understand the chapters! I know I am weak in science but this time I will try working hard for weighted assessment 4”

“Hi Miss Tan, Thank you for teaching me science and explain to me whenever I don’t understand something, and thank you for those fun games…”