Clarence Yeo obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma in Education (Honours) (1999), an Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling (2005) and a Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) (2007) from the Nanyang Technological University. Formerly teaching in Nanyang Junior College and Meridian Junior College, he has taught General Paper, China Studies in English, Geography and Project Work at Advanced Level. He was awarded the Caring Teacher Award in 2006 and appointed a Senior Teacher in 2008.
Clarence firmly believes that the greater a teacher’s exposure to the world outside of the classroom, the more he can bring to his students within the classroom. He has actively sought to expand his worldview through active participation in teacher work attachment programmes. In this capacity, he has taught English to undergraduates in Hanoi, Vietnam (2006) and shared pedagogical strategies with English teachers in Amman, Jordan (2007). He also joined the Ministry of Education’s National Education Branch as part of their validation teams of schools for the National Education Award (2008) and helped to develop resource packages for their Learning Journey partners (2009).
Clarence enjoys writing short stories in his free time. Some of his works have been published in in-house publications.