Our Programme Director

Yvonne Grace Low

Yvonne has been actively involved in the educational scene for more than 20 years and has through the years taught students ranging from 5 to 17 years old.

Early Childhood Education was her curriculum major in the Institute of Education (now National Institute of Education). It was in those days that she grew to appreciate children’s literature, and inspired to develop creative and thinking skills in young children.

For a period of two years, she contributed monthly articles to the In TOUCH with the Family magazine. She wrote primarily on the value of quality picture books for young children and, in particular, she shared generously to parents and teachers on the techniques of sharing character values through narratives.

From a pre-primary teacher, she moved on to become a primary school English Language teacher. It was in her second school, Northland Primary, that she rose to become the first Head of Department for English. Through the years, she helped to lead her team of dedicated teachers to raise the school’s quality passes [A and A*] for PSLE English from below national average to a healthy 8% above national average. To date, the school continues to enjoy high quality grades that consistently surpass the national average.

Being an avid reader herself, she was active in promoting reading and the love for books in children. The reading programme “I Would Rather Read” was introduced to the school and had significantly increased the library loan rate amongst the Primary 1, 2 and 3 students from 25% to 80%. This was a whole-year project that eventually won the school’s first Gold Award in the National Quality Circles Convention.

Her educational career took a slightly different turn when she left the MOE to become the Programme Director of Learning Point for a period of 10 years. Her achievements included spearheading a couple of whole-year language enrichment courses for primary school gifted students as well as the Integrated Programme (IP) for secondary school students.

Her exposure in Learning Point has taught her not just the art of teaching creative writing but also how to create the right environment to facilitate group activities to allow her students to blossom. Under her influence, more than 5 of her students were nominated to participate in the Creative Arts Programme (CAP) jointly organized by the MOE’s Gifted Education Branch and NUS’ University Scholars Programme.

As the Deputy Director for Programme (Training), Yvonne regularly conducts classroom management, language and creativity courses for all new and exisitng associate trainers under the Mastereign Enrichment Group.

Her first book, Living Lasting Legacy: A Journey To Begin, published by Rank Books in 2004, is written with the desire to get young people thinking about living a life that counts. Her second book will likely be a light-hearted but practical book for facilitators and trainers who want to excel in the teaching and training industry.

She has a degree in Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature.