AE Mentorship - Institute for Adult Learning

What is the Adult Education (AE) Mentorship Plus initiative?

Launched in January 2017, as an IAL initiative to help Training & Adult Education (TAE) practitioners (who have completed ACTA/ACLP) gain authentic practice experience through working on TAE assignments/projects under the guidance of established TAE professionals as their Mentors. The AE Mentorship programme has been a popular pathway for TAE practitioners to accumulate valuable practice experience much needed for professional growth to elevate career prospects. To date, 99% of those who have undergone the AE Mentorship programme have positive reviews on the learning acquired through the mentorship experience. Beyond this, some outstanding ones have even managed to secure longer term business collaboration arrangements with the AE Mentors.

As an ongoing commitment from IAL towards enhancing the quality of a Mentee’s learning under the mentorship experience, the AE Mentorship has been upgraded to the AE Mentorship Plus. In addition to a more structured and focused learning experience, mentees can look forward to mentorship options that may lead to the attainment of skill credentials or potential funding to help defray the costs of learning under the mentorship. Please note that these benefits are not guaranteed and depend on the nature of the mentorship and the mentee's contributions. Importantly, mentees are not required to pay for the mentorship programme.

Participating Criteria for Mentee:

Must be Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident
Completed ACTA/ACLP
Has a valid AEN membership
Can be an existing Adult Education Professional (AEP - up to the Associate Adult Educator (AAE) level only)

How to Engage AE Mentors

Assess fit of AE mentor’s core business areas with own developmental plans
Email AE mentor to request for mentorship opportunity with CV

Mentorship opportunities are not guaranteed. They are subject to the availability of suitable assignments that AE mentors have to offer at that point in time. For further queries, please contact IAL at 6579 0300 or drop an email to [email protected].

Who are the AE Mentors?

Alvin Oh Swee Beng (Dr)

Dr Alvin Oh is a veteran practitioner in Learning & Development, Organizational Development and Talent Management, having spent nearly 40 years in industry and academia. He helmed senior corporate leadership positions and professorship roles in education, training and human resources.

He is currently an Academic Fellow of ICMCI and certified PMC, ICF credentialized Coach and Coach Educator, Founder of “MindPowered Coaching”, Author of “SuccessQuotient@Work” book and Neuro Psychology in Management Consulting journals.

Dr Oh holds a Ph.D. in Education, M.Sc. in Training, B.Sc. (Hons) in Economics and PGrad Dip in Law. He has recently been awarded the Honorary fellowship of AIPA and Doctor of Leadership and Management (honoris causa).

Domain Expertise

Human Resource, Training and Adult Education

Anderson Tan (Mr)

Anderson Tan is a financing facilitator focusing on green and sustainable industrialisation in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Philippines. Anderson is also a serial entrepreneur, serial angel, and corporate investor, as well as a Practising Management Consultant equipped with a Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning, and Master of Engineering.

Owning several SkillsFuture Singapore Registered Training Organisations, Anderson has been the key driver in the internationalisation of the Singapore skills system, being the Lead Consultant in developing the Philippine Skills Framework (PSF). He is also supporting the development of the start-up ecosystem in Vietnam.

Domain Expertise

Human Resources Development (Strategic) | Training Management and Business Process Management

Ang Swee Hua (Ms)

Ang Swee Hua specialises in development, facilitation and evaluation of Training and Adult Education Sector programmes Ang Swee Hua has always been in the sector of Training and Adult Education Sector. She had worked in various Multi-National Corporations and Local Government Agencies since 1980 taking on different roles and responsibilities in Human Resource Development and Training & Development. She has also been auditing courseware for NSRS and WSQ for Workforce Development Agency.

Presently she is an Adult Educator with the Institute of Adult Learning, involved in development and facilitating of Workplace Learning Programme, Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment, Advanced Certificate in Learning & Performance, Diploma in Adult & Continuing Education and Diploma in Design & Development of Learning for Performance.

Domain Expertise

Learning & Performance Needs Analysis | Development of Facilitator, Learner and Assessor Materials for Classroom, Workplace and E-Learning | Evaluation of Training Programmes

Bryan Tan (Mr)

Bryan Tan specialises in Learning, Leadership and Coaching. He has extensive experience in facilitation, corporate training, coaching, consulting, and courseware design. Having conducted training in 15 countries, he is often well-received by participants from all cultures and levels. With his various portfolios in work and ministry, Bryan is uniquely qualified to help business people and professionals experience paradigm shifts and move into new frontiers of success and significance. Bryan thrives in facilitating learning solutions to inspire transformational change.

Domain Expertise

Bryan Tay (Mr)

Bryan Tay is passionate about providing innovative levers for effective learning, having accumulated multi-disciplinary experience in the international maritime logistics, cruise tourism and adult education industries. Having assumed senior management positions and leadership roles, his experience in working with Western and Asian cultures has enabled him to deeply appreciate the learning needs and challenges of organizations and individuals in the technology-disrupted work environment.

He serves as an adjunct Specialist Adult Educator and a Certified Workplace Learning Facilitator with the Institute for Adult Learning. He also serves actively through various church ministries in the Lutheran Church in Singapore.

Domain Expertise

Casey Ho (Mr)

Casey Ho is an Adult educator, assessor, a career mentor, coach, consultant, curriculum designer and developer, course writer, entrepreneur, facilitator, industry mentor, researcher, specialist adult educator and trainer. He is deeply passionate about people and organisational development and an advocate for life-long learning. He supports individuals and organisations to achieve optimal performance by enabling appropriate, targeted and timely interventions. He catalyse organisational change through active and collaborative learning, and in the process generate increased self-confidence and enhanced effectiveness.

Casey is also a facilitator and practice leader of Kepner-Tregoe Problem-solving and Decision-making methodologies. Other areas of expertise include Consensus Building Information Management Metrics/Measurables Policies & Procedures Project Management Resource Allocation Strategic Alliances

Domain Expertise

Clare Poon (Ms)

Clare Poon specialises in workplace learning facilitation, learning facilitation, instructional design, and career coaching, She is passionate about enabling others by offering interventions and alternatives catering to individuals and businesses. Her values – analytical thinking, adaptability, creativity, attention to detail, and personable interactions – shape a dynamic approach to fostering collaborations and partnerships in developing capabilities. Whether enhancing workplace skills, designing effective learning modules, or providing career guidance, she thrives in creating safe spaces for growth.

Domain Expertise

Workplace Learning | Learning Facilitation | Instructional Design | Career Coaching

Cynthia Lau (Ms)

Cynthia Lau is best known for her ability to design and deliver engaging, results focused and practical learning experiences. As an independent consultant since 2002, Cynthia has been involved in a broad spectrum of learning and development projects with both public and private sector organisations in Singapore and internationally. Other than facilitating learning and organisational change, Cynthia was also a curriculum developer and project lead in public service capacity programmes for emerging economies like Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Since 2007, she has been actively involved in the training of trainers and consultants in facilitation process and curriculum design skills.

Cynthia is currently a practicum supervisor on IAL’s Diploma in Design and Development and Learning for Performance. She has a Masters in Education (Training & Development) from the University of Sheffield and is scheduled to complete her International Coaching Federation credential in 2024.

Domain Expertise

Learning Design | Process Facilitation | Innovation and Organisational Change | Career Agility

Eunice Lim (Ms)

Eunice Lim provides business consultancy services, customised training and workplace solutions and courseware development to organisations across several sectors. As a SkillsFuture Mentor and a Certified Workplace Learning Specialist, she has partnered several organisations across various industries to innovate and improve their learning and development capabilities to rise above their business challenges.

Domain Expertise

Training Management, Business consultancy, Workplace Learning, Courseware Development, Facilitation, Elearning Design and Implementation

Fook Thim Liu (Mr)

Fook Thim Liu, known as FT Liu, is a distinguished professional with over three decades of expertise in Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and the Green Economy. Renowned as an award-winning speaker, author, trainer, and strategy consultant, he has authored five influential books, two of which received forewords from former President Tony Tan and PM Lee Hsien Loong, highlighting the caliber of his work in business and engineering.

Beyond his impactful publications, FT Liu is a dynamic trainer in various domains, including business and global marketing management, supply chain management, critical thinking, negotiation skills, public speaking, and sustainability. With engagements spanning Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia, his influence extends internationally. As the CEO of Professional Supremacy Corporation Pte Ltd, a leading provider of learning and development solutions targeting Vietnam, F T Liu is dedicated to advancing professional excellence in the region, offering mentorship opportunities to individuals keen on developing their own Go-To-Market Plans.

Domain Expertise

Leadership & Management | Learning & Development | Strategic Planning & Implementation | Business Development

Georgina Teo (Ms)

Georgina Teo, a highly experienced Learning and Development professional with nearly two decades of expertise, specialises in business consultancy, customised training, workplace solutions, courseware development, and e-learning. She has collaborated with numerous organisations across diverse industries, guiding them to innovate and enhance their learning and development capabilities, successfully overcoming business challenges. Her clients span various sectors, including transport, F&B, engineering services, facilities management, education institutions, and the social service sector.

Georgina holds a BBA from the University of Singapore, along with DACE and ACTA qualifications. She is a Certified Workplace Learning Specialist.

Domain Expertise

Henry Koh (Mr)

Henry Koh, an Organisation Development Consultant, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Specialist Adult Educator and Lecturer. He had served as Chief Operating Officer, Principal Consultant and Resident Coach with RHT Human Capital Institute (HCI) and Innospaces Consulting Private Limited, A.Director for Capability Development and Special Project, e-Service Private Limited, a subsidiary company of Singapore Technology Electronics, InfoSystem Private Limited and in Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as Centre Head for Training and Evaluation, Artillery Institute and Branch Head of Leadership System, SAF Centre of Leadership Development.

Domain Expertise

Leadership and Decision-making | Team Effectiveness | Performance Management | Human Resource Management & Development | Executive/Team Coaching & Team Building and Performance

Jacqueline Soh (Ms)

Jacqueline Soh is well established in areas such as international business, marketing, and IT/engineering project management. She has also gained recognition for her soft skills training, specialising in Emotional Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Teamwork, and more. Being fluent in English and Mandarin, she has conducted numerous workshops across Asia. Jacqueline holds an honors degree in International Business Management, continuously enhancing her skills with certifications in areas like EQ and behavioural consulting.

Recognised for excellence, Jacqueline has received numerous awards and plaudits from PSB Academy and is a Specialist Audit Educator.

With a Master's in Professional Education, she serves as an External Assessor for SkillsFuture Singapore. Jacqueline currently lectures in various educational institutions, such as in Human Resource Management programme with SUSS, and as an IAL Adult Educator teaching the ACLP.

Domain Expertise

Jerome Yeong (Mr)

Jerome Yeong is a seasoned HR/Business change champion with 26 years of corporate experiences in high-technology, professional services, FMCG and public sector. His past experiences included start-ups of HR departments for overseas subsidiaries in high tech MNCs and successful project management in HR systems implementation. Currently, as IACET commissioner, he is reviewing CE/T providers’ accreditation applications. For the past 18 years, Jerome is also actively involved in Adult Education and as an academia in IHLs Business schools. He is a practicing ICF coach, coach trainer and a mentor coach. Jerome holds a MBA and has professional HR credentials including rewards management.

Domain Expertise

Julie Yeap (Ms)

Julie Yeap is the Managing Director and Founder of Mastering Success Pte. Ltd., a corporate training, coaching and consultancy company. With almost 20 years of experience training adults, she is an accomplished international facilitator, trainer, executive coach and learning consultant. She specialises in facilitating topics related to presentation, communication, leadership, coaching and other interpersonal skills. Currently, Julie provides a variety of blended learning solutions to MNCs, financial institutions and professional services firms. She is passionate about using her experience and coaching skills to mentor professionals and enable executives and teams to achieve their personal and professional goals.

Domain Expertise

Kris Loy (Ms)

Kris is a highly experienced professional with over 24 years in HR development, consultancy, and adult education. She holds diverse roles, from being an adjunct lecturer to co-chairing IAL’s AEN Special Interest Group, emphasizing critical core skills. Her extensive collaborative efforts span various sectors, notably a decade-long commitment to tailored education in the retail sector. Kris, ACTA/DACE certified, contributes significantly to workplace learning initiatives and courseware development, showcasing her commitment to continuous professional development.

Kris brings a wealth of qualifications, including IHRP Certified Professional and Certified Career Practitioner. With degrees in Lifelong Learning, System Analysis, and Management, her commitment to professional development is evident. Kris's diverse skill set, coupled with her dedication to continuous learning and mentoring, positions her as a dynamic force in HR development, adult education, and consultancy, contributing significantly to SMEs and broader sector initiatives.

Domain Expertise

Michael Choy (Dr)

Dr. Michael Choy, Tech Tree's CEO, is a seasoned education professional with over 20 years of experience. Starting as a psychologist, he addressed learning needs for children, training thousands of teachers in Singapore, ASEAN, and China. Noteworthy achievements include his proprietary learning program in 40 schools, impacting over 45,000 students, and pioneering Massive Open Online Courses at the Institute for Adult Learning. Post-IAL, he collaborated with MNCs, government agencies, and SMEs, driving tech-enabled learning.

As Tech Tree's CEO, he leads a team in creating innovative e-learning, including chatbots for learning, for local and regional CET sectors. Beyond his professional commitments, Dr. Choy is a prolific speaker at conferences, a volunteer in education committees, and a contributor to UNESCO initiatives, emphasizing his dedication to advancing education.

Domain Expertise

e-Learning Design | Curriculum Design & Development | Educational Business Development & Strategy | Global Trends in Education | Educational Research

Parveen Kaur Sandhu (Dr)

Dr Parveen is an edge-walker who uses impactful learning experiences to support positive change in times of transition. As a learning consultant, workplace learning specialist, in-person and virtual facilitator and executive coach, Parveen designs and facilitates blended, experiential learning programmes that build leadership capacity to steer impactful change.

At IAL, Parveen has facilitated a range of competency-based training programmes to develop Singapore's adult educators. Programmes include Adult Learning Theories & Principles, Training Needs Analysis, Designing Learning and Assessment, Facilitating Mind-set Shifts, and more.

Parveen is also a Workplace Learning Consultant at the Centre for Workplace Learning and Performance (also a National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning) that offers a suite of outcome-focused consultancy services designed to help companies guide their teams to embark on workplace learning and employee-driven initiatives and projects.

Domain Expertise

Workplace Learning | Leadership & Management Training & Coaching | Change Management Strategy | Learning Design & Facilitation | Blended Learning Design

Rex Yeap (Dr)

Dr Rex Yeap has over 30 years of experience across the information Technology & Education value chain that spans industry, government and academia. He is a holder of over 20 IT patents. Dr. Yeap is also part of an Adjunct Faculty at NTU & SUSS lecturing IT and business-related modules.

Domain Expertise

See Teck Meng (Mr)

See Teck Meng has facilitated ACLP and previously ACTA, to train facilitators and assessors; and DDDLP and previously DACE, for curriculum developers since 2005. He has developed through job and task analyses, competency maps, learning and assessment materials for different sectors for classroom learning and workplace learning. He worked with learning design teams of multimedia developers and video technologists to design learning materials for online and micro-learning.

Teck Meng will be glad to assist Adult Educators to develop learning and assessment materials or facilitate classroom learning, workplace learning and technology-enabled learning.

Domain Expertise

Competency Mapping | Curriculum Design | Facilitation of adult learners for classroom and Workplace Learning

Sim Khee Lian (Mr)

Sim Khee Lian has close to 20 years in the TAE sector where his corporate appointments included Chief Executive of the Singapore Culinary Institute / Restaurant Association of Singapore and Chief Operating Officer of the ATO he co-founded. Khee Lian has consulted with several organisations in curriculum development and workplace learning.

Khee Lian is a Specialist Adult Educator and possesses an MSc in Management (HR and Global Leadership) from City University of New York (2009) and a Graduate Diploma in Lifelong Learning offered by the Institute of Education (2016) and a Graduate Certificate in Workplace Learning (2022).

Domain Expertise

Curriculum Development | Workplace Learning

Steven Koh (Mr)

Steven Koh is an experienced workplace learning specialist, curriculum designer, trainer and business consultant with 25 years of industrial and management experience.

Steven has helped many organisations to develop workplace learning systems to support their organizational growth. He has also been actively designing and delivering training programmes to equip senior management, managers and executives with excellent attitudes, skills and knowledge to excel in the highly competitive global economy. Steven also mentors CEOs, directors and senior managers in organisational management and development.

Domain Expertise

Workplace learning solutioning, curriculum design, development & delivery, Community building & leadership

Yim-Teo Tien Hua (Dr)

Dr Yim-Teo Tien Hua is a certified professional. She provides CET related advice; designs and develops curriculum; conducts training, coaching and assessment at various CET institutions. She held various senior positions including Director at WDA, where she established the WSQ System; Associate Professor of Management at NTU; Director of Curriculum Development at ITE; Head of Student Affairs and Deputy Head of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at SP. Her research is in Change Management.

Tien Hua received various awards for her contributions to the community, including Certificate of Recognition as finalist of the Outstanding Young Persons of Singapore Award in 1996 and Singapore Public Service Medal (PBM) on the National Day 2008.

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