Our Teachers

Mrs. Charissa Tan

It's really about the Techniques. Once you know and apply them, you CAN and WILL do better!


Mrs. Charissa Tan is an expe­ri­enced English teacher who has taught in var­i­ous gov­ern­ment and pre­mier schools for almost a decade before becom­ing the Prin­ci­pal Eng­lish Coach at Knowl­edge Trail Learn­ing Cen­tre.

Through­out her teach­ing career, Mrs. Tan has helped her stu­dents gain greater confidence in their English Language skills. Driven by her dedication to her students and her deep pas­sion for edu­ca­tion, she tire­lessly seeks out cre­ative and inno­v­a­tive teach­ing meth­ods to engage and inspire her stu­dents.

At Knowl­edge Trail, she con­tin­ues to shine a light for all her stu­dents, pro­vid­ing them with a sure path towards excel­lence in English. After obtain­ing her Bachelor’s degree from the Uni­ver­sity of British Colum­bia, Mrs. Tan obtained her Post­grad­u­ate Diploma in Edu­ca­tion (Merit) from the National Insti­tute of Edu­ca­tion (NIE). She also obtained her Diploma in Teach­ing Eng­lish to Speak­ers of Other Lan­guages (TESOL) and grad­u­ated with Distinction.


Author of Schools’ English Workbook

Mrs. Charissa has written and published 2 titles under the Scan and Learn series:

  • Lower Sec­ondary Eng­lish Edit­ing Workbook.

  • Upper Sec­ondary Eng­lish Edit­ing Workbook.

These books are currently used in many Secondary schools in Singapore and have helped stu­dents get much higher marks in the Edit­ing sec­tion in the English GCE ‘O’ Level Examinations.

Upcoming books include the Lower and Upper Secondary Comprehension Workbooks.

Mr. Darrin Tan

Every child can excel in Maths!

Mr. Dar­rin started Knowl­edge Trail in 2009 and has since been pas­sion­ately involved in the edu­ca­tion of a lot more stu­dents to this date; delivering excel­lent results (varying from greatly improved results to Distinctions) in Maths to his students.

Dar­rin grad­u­ated from NUS in 1998 with a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Math­e­mat­ics. He later obtained a Post­grad­u­ate in Edu­ca­tion (with credit) from NIE and joined MOE. He was initially deployed as a Math­e­mat­ics and Eng­lish teacher. After obtain­ing his Mas­ters of Sci­ence in Math­e­mat­ics Edu­ca­tion, he taught Mathematics in Yishun Junior College, Dun­man High School, Raf­fles Girls’ School and Repub­lic Poly­tech­nic.

Ms Yang Hanli

I will show you how to do well in Chinese!

Key Features of Chinese Language Programmes for Primary and Secondary Students

• Follows closely to MOE’s Chinese language syllabus

• Student-centred instead of teacher-driven

• Differentiated learning based on student’s needs and ability level

• Use of multimedia and interactive learning tools to pique student’s interests

• Focus on rapport building to make learning of Chinese less intimidating

About Ms. Yang Hanli

• Master degree in teaching Chinese as an International Language

• Bachelor and Diploma in Teaching Chinese Language (Merit award, NTU)

• Certified as Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL)

• Experienced Chinese tutor of 8 years (and counting) to primary and secondary students

• Taught students from Top schools such as NUS High School, MGS, Maris Stella High School, Holy Innocents’ High School