PUBLISHED
September 7, 2020
Interview with Eunice Tay, Awardee of the ECDA Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Award 2018
Authors:
Eunice Tay
Source:
NTUC First Campus Co-Operative Limited
Type:
Interview
Subjects:
Early Childhood Educator
ECDA Award Winner
Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Award
Professional
Keywords:
Educarers
Educators
Home-School Partnership
Reflective
Relationship-Based Curriculum
Abstract:
Eunice Tay is one of our Award Winners of the ECDA Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Award in 2018. She is currently a Deputy Centre Lead at My First Skool PCC 07. Tay identifies three aspects that would allow her to meet the needs of a child. She also shares with us the importance of being reflective when working as an educator. Tay then brings us through the relationship-based curriculum (RBC) and how she implements it in her practice. Aside from working with children, Tay emphasises on the role of the child’s family and why it is necessary to foster strong parent-educator partnerships. Lastly, she shares with us the type of support that NTUC First Campus (NFC) provides her with, which has helped her develop professionally as an educator.
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