Steven Sy

Verbal Trainer at Prep Zone Academy | GMAT Prep & MBA Admissions Consultation
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Singapore, SG
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Tagalog Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Chinese Elementary proficiency
  • Japanese Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Basic First Aid, CPR and AED
    Singapore Red Cross
    Jan, 2022
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Prep Zone Academy
    • Singapore
    • Education Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Verbal Trainer
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      • Teaches one-on-one and group classes for the English component of standardized tests such as the SAT, UCAT, ACT, SSAT, BMAT, and GRE including sections on reading comprehension, writing, grammar, situational judgement, logical reasoning, and vocabulary. • Develops personalized study plan to match each student’s unique needs spread over several months of teaching, adapting the plan frequently based on evidence gathered in class. • Delivers 100 teaching hours per month on average for students with ages ranging from 12 – 25. Show less

  • Yale-NUS College
    • Singapore
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Peer Writing Tutor
      • Aug 2019 - May 2022

      • Conducted one-on-one paid writing support to Yale-NUS students across different disciplines and cultural backgrounds on context-specific writing, averaging about 60 sessions per semester.• Mentored students to outline arguments from research and review drafts for sentence construction, word choice, and grammar, including work for common curriculum, electives, and final-year capstones.

    • History Research Assistant
      • May 2020 - Jan 2021

      • Worked with Professor Wannes Dupont, assistant professor of history on his research project on birth control and the Catholic Church in Asia. • Reviewed international, Chinese, and Filipino newspapers for about 1,000 relevant articles and coded those articles on NVivo for further qualitative analysis.• Developed a timeline of events on Aeon Timeline to analyze the development of birth control discourse in the Philippines.

    • Urban Studies Research Assistant
      • Jan 2020 - May 2020

      • Worked with Professor Nicholas Smith, assistant professor of social sciences to prepare an annotated bibliography for over 40 sources on urban planning in Baguio City, Philippines.• Examined and analyzed academic and newspaper sources from colonial and post-colonial era of the Philippines about urban planning practices and philosophies.

  • UWC South East Asia
    • Singapore
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Debate Coach
      • Jan 2019 - May 2022

      • Coached competitive debate team of 40 students of top international school for 12-18 year olds. • Developed curricula for both competitive and non-competitive teams to teach public speaking, argument construction, and response strategies as well as equip students with relevant current affairs knowledge. • Directly supported a team of secondary school students that was awarded as the third best team and individual overall best speaker at national tournament for Singapore schools. • Coached competitive debate team of 40 students of top international school for 12-18 year olds. • Developed curricula for both competitive and non-competitive teams to teach public speaking, argument construction, and response strategies as well as equip students with relevant current affairs knowledge. • Directly supported a team of secondary school students that was awarded as the third best team and individual overall best speaker at national tournament for Singapore schools.

  • Academia
    • Singapore
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Curriculum Development and Teaching Intern
      • May 2021 - Sep 2021

      • Contributed to teaching over 100 Primary 5 and 6 students PSLE English, including comprehension, grammar, synthesis and transformation, and composition. • Developed and copy-edited material for weekly tuition classes, student and parent-directed webinars, and Direct School Admission (DSA) preparatory sessions. • Conducted over 50 1-on-1 sessions to prepare students for the PSLE Oral Examination, including personalized feedback for both the oral reading passage and stimulus-based conversation Show less

  • Empire East Land Holdings, Inc.
    • Philippines
    • Real Estate
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Intern
      • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

      • Conducted land acquisition research for premier real estate developer in the Philippines. • Developed model to analyze 12 social, economic, and institutional factors of prospective properties, using empirical data analysis and model development. • Proposed several possible areas and strategies for real estate development to company’s senior management. • Conducted land acquisition research for premier real estate developer in the Philippines. • Developed model to analyze 12 social, economic, and institutional factors of prospective properties, using empirical data analysis and model development. • Proposed several possible areas and strategies for real estate development to company’s senior management.

Education

  • Yale-NUS College
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Anthropology
    2018 - 2022
  • Yale University
    Exchange, Yale-NUS Summer Institute for Global Strategy and Leadership
    2019 - 2019

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