Our Panel Of Advisors

Our Board of International Advisors extends their expert advice and updates us on the latest trends and innovations in early childhood education. We tap on their expertise and extensive experience to incorporate best practices in early childhood education in our curriculum, thus allowing us to continually refine and enhance our programmes.

Professor Barbara T. Bowman

Co-founder And Former President Of
Erikson Institute

is an internationally recognized authority on early childhood education, a lifelong proponent of higher education for those who teach and care for young children, and a pioneer in building knowledge and understanding of the issues of access and equity for minority children. Currently, she serves as chief officer of the Chicago Public Schools' Office of Early Childhood Education. For more than 50 years, through teaching, research, and advocacy, Professor Bowman has been a powerful advocate for children and those who have made them their life's work.

She is also past president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and has served on numerous boards, including the High Scope Educational Foundation, the Institute for Psychoanalysis, and the Chicago Public Library Foundation. Her most recent appointments include the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Great Books Foundation, and chair of the Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy of the National Research Council.

Professor Bowman also writes for leading academic journals and reports, and edited the National Academy of Science's Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. She served on the National Research Council's literacy committee that produced the report, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, and participated in a public schools–focused project that introduced developmentally appropriate practices and authentic assessment in the early grades.

She has received many honors including the Chicago League of Women Voters' Civic Contribution Award, the Mercedes Award, and honorary doctorates from Dominican University, Bank Street College, Governor's State University, Roosevelt University, and Wheelock College.

Dr Lily Wong

Executive Director Of Advent Links-SAUC And Education Centre For Children And Family Studies

She is an educational psychologist by training and a professor of psychology/education by appointment, for the last 30 years. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Psychology and Counseling from Andrew’s University in Michigan, and Bachelor and Master in Education degrees from the Adventist University of Philippines.

Her post doctorate studies and research in Complex Instruction was from Stanford University, USA, and in Quality Infant and Toddler Care Giving from Syracuse University, USA. She has a Teacher’s Credential for Supervision of Child Development Centres and Instruction from the State of California – for life.In Singapore, she is accredited as a supervisor and trainer for all the preschool education courses.

Dr Lily Wong is a member and resource person on a number of policy, ethics and programme committees, including MCYS, the World Forum International Advisory Board/ National Representative Scholastic Advisory Board, AECES, OMEP, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and the Educational Research Association, Singapore.

She has researched, written and published on various issues concerning family, children and education. She was awarded the Woman of the Year (Family Life) award 2002, USA and a Long Service Award by MCYS, Singapore, in 2003.