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Guest of Honour Ms Seah Jiak Choo, Director-General of Education, giving her opening address.
She uses Scrabble, a popular board game, to teach English remedial classes, while he engages his students in online debates to enhance their learning of the Malay Language. They were just two of the 80 Vice-Principals and teachers conferred the Associate of Teachers Network (TN) Awards at the Breakfast Epiphanies@TN Awards held on 19 November 2004.

In her opening address, Guest-of-Honour Ms Seah Jiak Choo, Director-General of Education, paid tribute to the awardees for being inspiring role models for the teaching fraternity. “You believe in doing everything within the limits of your capability to become the very best that you are capable of being, and that is what you have been able to contribute beyond your own classrooms, beyond your own schools,” said Ms Seah.

From left to right: Mrs Kalpana Balasubramaniam, Mr Mohamad Shalleh Bin Suja’ee and Mrs Lim Tai Foon.
Applauding the awardees for exemplifying professionalism and excellence, Ms Seah gave them this final word of encouragement, “As you enrich others, may you be doubly enriched.”

The awards also saw 21 academic staff from NIE, Principals and President’s Award Teachers being conferred as Fellows of Teachers Network, in recognition of their contributions during the year by sharing knowledge and skills with other teachers through workshops and publications. Six teachers also received the “Outstanding Resource Teacher” award for their delivery of excellent workshops.

Read more about three TN Award recipients' unusual teaching methods and contributions to the profession in "The Scrabble Remedial", "Going Online" and "Leading the Way".

Inspirational Teaching

“Teach to Inspire, Inspire to Teach” books beautifully packaged as gifts for guests and award winners.
The Breakfast Epiphanies@TN Awards 2004 also saw the launch of a book titled “Teach to Inspire, Inspire to Teach”. The book comprises of a collection of personal statements and stories of the 12 finalists of the President’s Award for Teachers (PAT) 2004. A copy was presented to each of the 12 President Teachers’ Award (PAT) finalists.

The awardees and guests at the ceremony also received a copy each and 2 copies of the publication were given to each school subsequently. New beginning teachers would also be presented a copy during their Induction Programme organised by Teachers Network.

PAT awardee, Mrs Shahul Hameed from Compassvale Secondary School hopes that “the stories will be a good source of motivation for the younger and beginning teachers especially.”

PAT finalist, Mr Bong Raymond Kenneth from Rosyth School is happy as the publication is a “good way to inform teachers of the contributions made by their colleagues and the difference they have made to the lives of their students.”

Another PAT finalist, Ms Ow Yeong Wai Mang from Henry Park Primary School remarks, “It is very heartwarming to read about what my fellow colleagues in education have done for their pupils. It motivates me to do more for mine too. I've got a lot to learn from all of them.”

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