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As an Early Childhood Educator,
what are your career goals /
aspirations?
As an educator, my goal is to impact knowl-
edge to every child under my care to ensure
that they can reach their utmost potential and
have a good start in life. I aspire to be exposed
to the various teaching methodologies avail-
able and to be able to build relationships with
the families and caregivers whom I work with.
Eventually, I hope to become a centre leader
capable of leading and mentoring my own
team.

What are the opportunities that
the company have given during
your employment with NTUC
First Campus?
NFC has provided me with both internal and
external trainings opportunities to upgrade my
skills, widen and deepen my curriculum knowl-
edge and pedagogy. This also includes an op-
portunity to further my studies in undertaking
a Bachelor’s Degree in Singapore University of
Social Sciences (SUSS) through NFC’s in-service Share with us one of your big-
scholarship. With this scholarship and the sup- NTUC First
port from NFC, I feel valued and more at ease gest achievements as an Early
knowing that I can further grow professionally Childhood Educator. Campus
as an early childhood educator. I am empow- My biggest achievement would be the relation- Pre-Scholarship
ered to better manage both my studies and ship I forged with families of the children that I Chan Ding Qin, Queenie
work commitments. have taught. This is even more apparent during
the circuit breaker period. The parents of the Age: 24
How did the company support children whom I have taught in the past will Attained: Dip in Early
call and show their concern to me. Also, I felt a
in your career growth? sense of achievement when my work was pub- Childhood Education, Ngee
When I fi rst joined NFC, I was guided and lished in the NFC curriculum guide. With these Ann Polytechnic (currently
mentored by my principal and the head of the two achievements, it gave me the confi dence undergoing Bachelor's Degree
Relationship-Based Curriculum specialist (NFC- to pursue greater goals such as becoming a
owned curriculum for 0 to 3 years old children). mentor, a lead teacher, a deputy centre lead/ in SUSS - sponsored by NFC)
They helped me by ensuring that they clarifi ed vice-principal and eventually a principal.
every doubt I had, allowing me to improve my Now: Preschool Teacher
lessons and pedagogy as a pre-school teacher. (English Language) at My
Through their guidance, I was able to have my Are there any memorable First Skool
work published as one of the examples in the encounters during your course
NFC curriculum guide. The curriculum special- of career that involves social From: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
ist’s passion in teaching and guiding new nov-
ice teachers like myself has inspired me to be a purpose/social mission?
better educator for the children. NFC caters to all levels of families regardless
of income and as a social enterprise, we aim to
ensure that every child has a good start in life
by giving them equal opportunities to achieve
developmental outcomes. There is one child in
my class who needs more developmental at-
tention and the parents were very concerned
as they voiced out that they lack the fi nances
for any enrichment programme. Moreover,
Development Support Programme (DSP) only
caters to older age group that is 5 – 6 years old.
Hence, I planned out differentiated learning
activities for him with one to one session. Dur-
ing the circuit breaker, he continued reporting