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TAN Mei Ying
12 Lucky View. Singapore 467444. 98649802. myt2103@tc.columbia.edu
Education
M.A. Literacy Specialist, 2009
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK), TEACHERS COLLEGE
Post-graduate diploma in education, 2000
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, Singapore
B. A (Hons) Theatre Studies, 1999
B. A English Language, 1998
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Singapore
Work Experience
TEACHER EDUCATION
Instructor (Summer 2011)
Curriculum & Teaching Department, Teachers College, course C&T4137, Literacy and
Learning in the Content areas
 Taught masters level teachers (course C&T4137, Literacy and Learning in the Content areas)
Teaching Assistant (Summer 2010, Spring 2011)
Curriculum & Teaching Department, Teachers College,Columbia University, NYC
 Co-taught at masters level to help the teachers communicate academic content effectively
to English language learners. (course C&T4137, Literacy and Learning in the Content areas)
Curriculum developer, teacher (June2005-June2008)
Learning Point, Turnaround Management, Singapore
 Taught English Enrichment for high achieving students
 Created materials that attracted clientele and established classes at the lower secondary level
Teacher (May 2000-June2005)
Bendemeer Secondary School, Broadrick Secondary School, MOE Singapore
 Taught English to struggling readers
 Started the Dance Club as an award winning extra-curricular activity
 Started a music club to give musicians opportunities for performance
RESEARCH
Research Graduate Assistant
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Associated
Professor Christine Kim-Eng Lee, Head of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Academic
Group (CTL) (January 2014-June2015)
 Interviewed and wrote reports for research paper on Lesson Study
Professor Lin Goodwin, Office of Teacher Education, Teacher Education Policy Committee.

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Teachers College (Fall 2010 – Summer 2011)
 Took minutes for the Teacher Education Policy Committee meetings and created newsletters
in order to disseminate vital stories of interest to the Teachers College community regarding
the effects of policy on teachers and students.
 Researched on the preparation of teacher educator-researchers which was contributed to the
development of a new Doctorate in Teacher Education program in Teachers College
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Associated
Professor Christine Kim-Eng Lee, Head of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Academic
Group (CTL) (January-March 2010)
 Prepared March 2010 Math Project Conference, “APEC conference on replicating exemplary
practices in mathematics education” Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2010
conference presentation for professor and report on rating and rewarding teachers in
Singapore for APEC member economies.
Associate Professor of Education Mariana Souto-Manning, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum
and Teaching, Teachers College (Fall 2009)
 Copy edited and created index for book published: Souto-Manning, M. (2010). Freire,
teaching, and learning: Culture circles across contexts. New York: Peter Lang.
 Collated information and wrote literature reviews on New Literacies, bilingual education, and
technology.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Goodwin, A. L., Smith, L., Souto-Manning, M., Cheruvu, R., Tan, M. Y., Reed, R., &
Taveras, L. (2014). What should teacher educators know and be able to do?
Perspectives from practicing teacher educators. Journal of Teacher Education, 65(4),
284-302. doi: 10.1177/0022487114535266
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Jiang, H., Lee, K. E. C., & Tan, M. Y. (June 2015). Teachers' chances: how lesson study
helps teachers grow professionally in one secondary school in Singapore. Paper
presented at the Redesigning Pedagogy: Leaders ,Values and Citizenship in 21st
Century Education, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
Lee, C. K.-E., & Tan, M. Y. (March 7-12, 2010). Rating teachers and rewarding
teacher performance: The context of Singapore. Paper presented at the
APEC Conference on replicating exemplary practices in mathematics
education, Koh Samui, Thailand.
Yuan, T., Siegel, M., & Tan, M. Y. (December 2010). How teachers take up
multimodal literacies in school curricula: Negotiating competing discourses.
Paper presented at the 60th annual meeting of the Literacy Research
Association (formally National Reading Conference), Fort Worth, Texas.