Jarod Yong

What a privilege to be part of a Unite 2030: Youth Leadership Summit panel of amazing teachers from Malaysia & the Philippines, speaking to an international audience. I enjoyed listening to Cikgu Nazira & Ms Ansherina about how they developed as leaders & the advice they had to give to budding educators. Cikgu Nazira inspired us with her positivity & the great impact we make as teachers, while Ms Ansherina talked about holding on to our passion for teaching & having lots of grit. Of course, I added my bits & quite a bit of 🌶🌶🌶 to keep things interesting. Mainly, I hoped that teachers do not work alone. Find a tribe. People who will support you when you're down or have failed miserably. And do the same for them too. More ❤️ to you, teachers!

Grateful to be featured in the New Straits Times alongside awesome teachers, Cikgu Nor Azizah Md Nordin from SMK Kemumin, Kota Baru, & Cikgu Thiba Lakshmii from Pusat Tuisyen Sinar Idealis, Klang. Thank you, Mr Izwan Ismail & NST for highlighting our YouTube channels. I hope that they'll be useful to every student in need of extra guidance. 🤩 This piece of recognition was a pretty timely boost because I was really down this morning after discovering a few students going afk during my online teaching session. Their devices were logged into Jitsi (a free Zoom alternative) but when I asked for responses... nothing. This happened multiple times. Even at the end, when I said bye, I waited for 1 minute to no response. 😔 I spent a few hours after that licking my wounds & wondering if I was being too demanding or expecting too much. I realized that I can go the cynical path, but I can't be an effective teacher if I don't believe that they can/want to improve. I have t...

What a pleasure it was to speak to young Malaysians during the Youth Speak Forum organized by AIESEC in UM. I shared about the importance of education & how young people can help support efforts to improve education in Malaysia. Hope to collaborate with one of you in the future!

I'm so proud of my SMK Katibas student, Olivia, who organized a talk for her UPSI coursemates & gave me the pleasure of sharing about teaching resources. I look forward to the day that she shines as a teacher & bring progress to education in Sarawak. During the session, I shared about lesser known educational resources, especially those outside of the classroom that young teachers can tap into in order to solve the challenges inside their classroom. I hope that it was helpful & they learned something useful. All the best, future teachers! Looking forward to hearing your inspiring stories! 😘

Inilah sebabnya cikgu bagi top up RM10 sebulan kepada pelajar yang mengikuti kelas atas talian. Cikgu yang mengeluarkan duit untuk membantu pelajar tolong angkat tangan! Sekolah dah tutup. PdPR dah berlangsung dalam talian / secara jarak jauh. Dah bermula juga kecaman macam-macam terhadap guru Malaysia. Sesetengah keyboard warriors Malaysia ini macam otaknya tertinggal di zaman neolitik. Kalau nak kritik, boleh. Kritik la dengan otak sikit. Tapi ini bagai air beriak tanda tak dalam. (Cikgu memang minat peribahasa Melayu.) Sampai waktu cikgu buat ceramah SPM percuma di YouTube (pautan ada di bawah) pun ada orang buat fake account & kacau di live chat / ruangan komen & dislike video-video cikgu. Lepas disekat pula, buka akaun lain & kacau lagi! Inilah asal usul troll . Lepas habis sekolah, jadi pula troll dewasa di media social. Dari PKP bulan Mac dulu, bila cikgu nak bantu & beri ganjaran top up kepada pelajar yang mengikuti kelas atas talian cikgu, banyak yang PM cikgu...

Since I'll be conducting online English classes for my students at SMK Tabuan Jaya until the end of the academic year, you're invited to the live-stream of my lessons on YouTube! I'll use commercially available books so you can follow along & interact in the live chat with others doing the same! Form 4: 10AM, Mondays https://bit.ly/cmcobif4 Form 5: 10AM, Tuesdays https://bit.ly/cmcobif5 Be a phenomenal person & forward this to someone who will find it useful! ===Details=== *Form 5* will be focused on SPM Comprehension & Summary. We will be using materials from Sasbadi's "Pintar Bestari SPM Form 5" book. *Form 4* will be focused on Grammar. We will use materials from Sasbadi's "Gusto Grammar Workout Form 4" book: - 16/11 Simple Past Tense & Past Continuous Tense - 23/11 Present Perfect Tense & Past Perfect Tense - 30/11 Gerunds & Participles - 07/12 Passive Voice - 14/12 Connectors If you want a copy of the materials, pleas...

For their participation in the TOEFL Go English activity organized by ETS based in the USA, 74 SMK Tabuan Jaya students from Forms 4-5 received international certificates presented by the principal, Mr Edward Ngelai. These certificates are rare & will certainly help our students standout in their university or scholarship applications after SPM. Well done!