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"By making children learn not only the letters and numbers, but also songs, dances and meaningful activities, we develop not only their skills but also their creativity, their belief in themselves and their love for learning." -- Mrs. Norma Ong Ching, Directress
Five reknowned preschools including a Special Education Center and a
Nursing school: All the brainchildren of one exceptional woman. The
woman is Mrs. Norma Ong Ching, the Directress and Administrator of
Early Achievers' Learning Center.After turning her back on a prestigious career in medicine, she moved on to pursue a Psychology degree in University of the Philippines, and on top of it, a Masteral Degree in Business Administration in the same university. But even as a young businesswoman, Mrs. Ching has dreamed of putting up a school for the little ones. Because there was no direct opportunity to do so, she helped put up Mother Goose, the Play and Learn School almost thirty years ago and was one of its founders. But the realization of establishing a school hands on, came with Granny Goose, which would later be renamed as Early Achievers' Learning Center.
Mrs. Ching considers herself an educator in more ways than one. To formalize this profession, she has earned another Masteral degree in Educational Administration in her alma mater no less. In addition to this, she took several new courses in Early Childhood Education and attended countless seminars here, in the United States of America, in Taiwan among others. But Mrs. Ching did not stop with her passion to teach and nurture with EALC, she has helped put up more schools, namely the De Novo Special Education School in Banawe, Quezon City, the first Filipino-Chinese SpEd Center in the Philippines and New England College, a fast growing nursing school in Quezon Avenue.
Certainly, Mrs. Ching does not only consider herself a teacher of children or teenagers, but also of teachers by providing them regular training courses and seminars.
Mrs. Ching proves that learning is not in any way limited or dictated by age. Her unquenchable thirst to learn sets her apart from other School Administrators. Everything she has learned and observed in her several momentous years as a directress and teacher greatly influenced her philosophy and approach. In EALC's case, this is the progressive approach, wherein children's intellectual, socio-emotional, and physical skills are developed through meaningful and interesting activities.
Success and achievement do not stop Mrs. Ching from constantly searching for new ways to improve the school--from its curriculum, its teachers, to its child-centered facilities. She gathers inspiration not just from the promising and well-adjusted 'early achievers' coming out from her schools, but also, of course, her own four beautiful and highly successful children.
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