MEET THE TEACHER
Having a close relationship between home and school is very important to us. Each week we will introduce to you one of our fantastic teachers. This week we invite you to meet Ms Callie.
Hello everyone.
My name is Callie. I hail from the sunny island of Singapore and have been living in Jakarta since 2010 because of family commitments. I joined SIS-PIK in September 2016, as an IGCSE Economics and Business Studies Teacher.
I have always believed in the Chinese saying “活到老，学到老”, which meant a lifetime of learning. Hence, for me, an ideal classroom is a place where both the teacher and students are learning together. There is always something a student can teach a teacher. Case I point, prior to teaching, I used to work in one of the big four audit firms and thereafter finance in an American investment bank, so academic teaching has been quite a challenge for me. At first, I found it difficult to get students to understand the complex world of economics, government regulations and business environment. But with the help of students’ feedback, I was finally able to tailor my lesson to suit their learning needs and achieve some amazing results.
This year, apart from IGCSE Economics, I am also teaching IB Business Management and supervising Economics/Business Management extended essays for our Junior College. I have also been given an opportunity to learn and grow into an IB coordinator, a role that allows me to take a step back and look at the overall big picture of how our educational philosophy, methodologies and policies carry our students towards success. Our implementation of the IB Diploma program is a strategic move away from traditional academic learning towards skill-based learning. We are living in the 21st century, where technology and artificial intelligence are evolving at incredible speed and over the next decade, many jobs will no longer be in existence. Thus, it is important that we equip our children with 21st century skills that are transferable and not just knowledge learnt and forgotten.
Reflecting on this academic year, I am sure many of you would agree that it was a steep learning curve, but this would also mean that we have made tremendous growth. Here’s to yet another productive academic year. Onward!
