Thow Chiang enjoyed being a peer tutor when he was a college student. He found himself particularly good in explaining mathematical concepts in peer language. While serving national service with Singapore Armed Forces, he took up several tutoring assignments through peer referrals. Most of his students achieved outstanding results and are still referring students to him today.
Tutoring Experiences
Upon entering university and subsequently into workforce, Thow Chiang was active among youth, contributing his part as volunteer tutor to help them in academic study. Over the years, he has developed unique assessment and teaching techniques for students with wide-ranging backgrounds. He is able to quickly profile the mathematical skills of a new student and give accurate advice on the appropriate entry point for greatest improvements.
Thow Chiang tutors students either one-to-one or in small group. He had tutored more than 600 students from more than 80 schools, ranging form upper primary to upper secondary, from Normal to Express stream. He constantly promotes mathematics skills through understanding, memorization and practices. He is especially gifted in making complex concepts simple for systematic teaching.
Academic Mentor
Academic mentoring is not confined to classroom
Over years Thow Chiang becomes more an academic mentor than tutor. He goes beyond simply teaching enough for student to pass the grade. His connection with students is not only in academic studies but also in helping them to achieve overall academic excellence. As academic mentor, his interest is to enable students to see higher goals as they move through their educational years. He provides encouragement, advice and assistance to students to excel academically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally and socially.
Qualifications And Professional Experiences
Thow Chiang is an engineer by profession. In his engineering careers, he found numerous opportunities to develop his teaching skills to further his passion on teaching. For several years he worked as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) trainers, travelling to developing countries to provide ICT certification training
Today he is still very much in touch with telecommunications and engineering development. He provides freelance consultancy on technology projects and spend much time developing web and blog sites. His technology projects are mostly networking related, ranging from System Network Architecture (SNA) to VoIP and mobile technologies.
Interests And Hobbies
Besides spending time with family and students, Thow Chiang enjoys playing badminton. He also takes part regularly as voluntourist to places where he can serve with a purpose. One recent trip was to China in May 2008 for the Sichuan May 12 Earthquake. During which he worked as translator with international medical team to provide relief to remote villages in Sichuan.