Mr Lau Chor Yam

Profile

Mr Lau Chor Yam started his career as an educator in 1998, first as a physics teacher in Nanyang Junior College and Jurong Institute for ten years, and as a curriculum specialist in MOE HQ for about 3 years. He was then appointed as a vice-principal in Pioneer Secondary School for about two and a half years before re-joining MOE HQ as a senior curriculum specialist for seven years. He took up his current appointment in AST as a Master Teacher (Physics) in 2014, after spending three years as a lecturer in NIE.

As a Master Teacher, he strives to use his experiences and competencies learned through his own career growth in curriculum development and teacher education to contribute to teachers’ professional development more effectively through mentoring teacher leaders, leading teacher professional networks, leading curricular and pedagogical changes, and engaging in pedagogical research and innovation.