Manmeet Kaur joined DAS in 2013 as an Administration Officer for the Staff Professional Development (SPD) Division and was promoted to Executive in 2015. Throughout her time, she has supported the SPD Division on staff training needs and assisted the Educational Advisors with administrative support. She organises the yearly DAS Teams Teaching Teams event since 2014.
In 2015, she took on two other portfolios – Administrator for RETA (Register of Educational Therapists Asia) and Research Coordinator. She is a member of the UNITE SpLD Conference Committee, assisting with the conference’s administrative needs since 2016 and always looks forward to assisting DAS colleagues to find the best professional development options so that they can provide quality services to DAS clients. Her portfolio expanded further to providing administrative support to the English Language & Literacy Division.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc (Hons) in Business and Management Studies from the University of Bradford
PUBLICATIONS
- DAS Newsletter February 2015 Issue – Reflection on GEMS Leadership Programme
- DAS Newsletter September 2015 Issue – Teams Teaching Teams 2015
- DAS Handbook 2016 – Staff Professional Development (SPD) What We Encompass
- RETA Article for Chronicles – May 2016
- RETA Article for IDA Website Jan 2017 Issue
- DAS Handbook 2018 – Evaluation of ELL Programmes (section on RETA)
- Article for BLOG: Why is Research encouraged at the DAS (T2, 2018) Link: https://DAS.org.sg/news-
events/blogs/201-DAS-news/ 1103-why-is-research- encouraged-at-the-DAS.html) - Article on Reports that Work for FACETS Link: https://DAS.org.sg/news-
events/blogs/201-DAS-news/ 1107-reports-that-work- workshop-by-british-council. html - DAS Handbook 2019 – info on SPD, Research & RETA • DAS Annual Report FY18/19 – Numbers for SAS & ELL, Research & RETA
- Help Children with SpLD Achieve for Supreme Parents Magazine 2020
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset (BLOG) Link: https://www.DAS.org.sg/news-
events/blogs/201-DAS-news/ 1061-day-58-DAS-circuit- breaker-news-growth-vs-fixed- mindset.html - DAS Handbook 2020 – info on SPD, Research & RETA
- DAS Annual Report FY19/20 – info on SPD, Research & RETA
- Parent – Teacher Communication (BLOG) Link: https://www.DAS.org.sg/news-
events/blogs/35-parenting- tips/1262-parent-teacher- communication.html • - DAS Annual Report FY20/21 – info on SPD, Research, RETA & DAS Therapist
Without rest, a man cannot work; without work, the rest does not give you any benefit.
Abkhasian Proverb
