Staff

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

In Yishun Secondary, our dedicated and caring staff exemplifies the Learn for Life mantra. Teachers meet weekly in their subject-based Professional Learning Teams (PLTs) to study students’ learning gaps, review literature for possible strategies, co-design and implement innovative student-centric lesson packages to close these gaps and to nurture the Joy of Learning in Yishunites .

Several PLTs have collaborated with partners from the MOE Divisions such as Curriculum Planning & Development Division (CPDD) and Educational Technology Division (ETD), as well as the National Institute of Education (NIE). Support from our partners have helped to enhance our student-centric lesson packages.

At the end of each year, PLTs share their learning at the annual Learning Festival . In addition, PLTs which shared benefited from the feedback given by their colleagues which helps them to refine their learning packages. Some PLTs have also shared their lesson packages at national platforms organised by our partners.

Our School Leaders would like to acknowledge the following PLTs shared at various national platform in 2019:

S/No	PLT	Title	Platform
1.	Interdisciplinary	English Language, Mathematics, IT and Science (EMITS)@YSS	Teachers’ Conference 2019 ExCEL Fest 2019
2.	Art	Creating artwork using a Virtual Realty painting device	STAR Post
3.	Art	Lesson strategies for NT students using STP-TIES	2^nd STP-TIES Networked Learning Session @ AST
4.	Biology	SLS Practices in Biology	Biology Chapter ICT Network Meeting
5.	CCE	Good Cyber Wellness Practices @ YSS	MOE Cyber Wellness Connexion
6.	F&N	Motivating students through novel T&L strategies	Nutrition and Food Science Seminar
7.	History	Student Learning Space (SLS) Open Classroom on Surviving the Nazi Germany Regime	ETD Open Classroom
8.	ICT	CODE I.T.! – An Interdisciplinary Programme to develop Digital Competencies of Yishunites	Singapore International Science Teachers’ Conference (SISTC) 2019
9.	ICT	Interactive 1-to-1 Science Classrooms for Teaching and Assessment	Teacher-led Workshop
10.	Lower Secondary Science	SLS Practices in Lower Secondary Science	Teachers’ Conference 2019 ExCEL Fest 2019
11.	Music	Interdependence in a Jam Band Curriculum	North Zone STAR Champions Workshop

HoD/Science and HoD/EL&Lit sharing information on EMITS with ExCEL participants

History Unit teachers with participants of the ETD Student Learning Space Open Classroom. The lesson was on Surviving the Nazi Germany Regime

Staff Awards

S/No	Award	Name of Staff
1.	National Day Award: The Commendation Medal, 2019	Ms Lathika d/o Subidor Singh
2.	National Day Award: The Long Service Medal, 2019	Mr Tay Hiang Soon (Vice-Principal) Mrs Phua Lee Hoon (HoD/Math) Mr Sivaprakasam Raju Mr Abdullah bin Abdul Jabbar
3.	MOE Service Excellence Award (Platinum), 2019	Ms Kong Jeng Huey
4.	MOE Service Excellence Award (Gold), 2019	Ms Kong Jeng Huey Mrs Jacqueline Lee Mr Shaun Ho Mr Abdul Halim Bin Latiff Mr Anthony Tay Ms Dimas Nurr Aidilin Bte Mas’od Ms Norisha Bte Ridzwan Ms Nur Ferdiyana Bte Azman Ms Nur Zawana Bte Mustapha Mr Tan Ee Cheng Mr Viktor Soe Ms Widayah Bte Othman Mdm Wong Geck Eng
5.	MOE Service Excellence Award (Silver), 2019	Ms Nur Amalina Bte Mohd Zain Ms Syhella Bte Sulaiman Mr Mohamed Shahjohan Bin Mohd
6.	Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers (AST) Award, 2019	Mr Shaun Ho


2019 National Day Award recipients (LtoR): Mr Abdullah, Mrs Phua, Ms Lathika, Mr Tay and Mr Raju	Mr Ho receiving his Associate of AST Award, 2019, from Mrs Chua-Lim Yen Ching, Deputy Director-General of Education (Professional Development) and Executive Director, AST.

School Visits by Overseas Educators

S/No.	Date	School / Educator	Country	Nature of Visit
1.	16/01/19	中国大连经济技术开发区第七中学 Dalian Development Zone No.7 Middle School	Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China	Cultural Immersion Introduction to Yishun Sec Experience Classroom lesson attachment Local food experience
2.	25/01/19	台湾彰化县和群国民中学 ChangHua He-Cyun Junior High School	Taiwan	Dialogue with School Leaders Band Exchange between the Taiwanese school, and Queenstown Sec and Yishun Sec)
3.	20/02/19	Teacher Development Coordinators	New Delhi, India	Introduction to the Singapore Education System Introduction to Yishun Sec Experience Distinctive programmes ALP: Sonic Arts LLP: Community Youth Leadership School Area for Integrated Learning (SAIL) Garden Professional Development Tour of the school facilities
4.	30/7/2019	Leaders in Education Programme International participants Officers and policy makers in the Education Ministry, school principals, HoDs and administrators Commandants from the military institutions of SAF	Cambodia China Iceland Laos Malaysia Myanmar Nigeria Oman Philippines Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka	Introduction to the Singapore Education System Introduction to Yishun Sec Experience Distinctive programmes ALP: Sonic Arts LLP: Community Youth Leadership School Area for Integrated Learning (SAIL) Garden Humanities Curriculum @ YSS Leading and Managing in Schools Tour of the school facilities
5.	4/9/2019	Teacher Development Coordinators	New Delhi, India	Introduction to the Singapore Education System Introduction to Yishun Sec Experience Math Curriculum @ YSS EL Currciulum @ YSS Professional Development Tour of the school facilities


School leaders with the Training Development Coordinators from New Delhi, India.	Principal and SSD with the Leaders in Education Programme International participants