2009/11/20(Fri) 15:00-17:00(PM)

EDB

Primary English Panel chairs and English teachers

This will be the first in a series of Experience Sharing Seminars. This particular session will focus on preparing P.5 or P.6 students for their secondary school interviews. NET and/or LET guest speakers will share their school experiences using a hands-on approach. There will be time for discussion and sharing among all participants.

Remarks: Experience Sharing Seminars are different from Centralised Professional Development workshops in terms of the format and approach. After the guest speakers have made their presentations, there would be a 30-minute sharing session. The participants will be involved in professional exchange and dialogue relating to the specific topic.

The seminar is 2 hours long, starting from 3 pm onwards.

For details of the courses, please refer to here.

Advisory Teaching Team, NET Section

16 November 2009

Professional Development Course on Assessment for Learning in English Language at Primary Level

2010/4/12 - 2010/6/5

The Hong Kong Institute of Education – Tai Po Campus

The course aims to develop and enhance participants' understanding and skills for the effective implementation of assessment for learning as a response to the current curriculum reform initiatives.

On completion of the course, participants will:

1. have developed an understanding of the principles and practice of assessment for learning in English language at the primary school level;
2. be able to demonstrate how to integrate learning and assessment within language arts; and
3. have developed the capacity to carry out assessment for learning in the English language curriculum in primary schools.

For more details, please refer to here.

Programme Coordinator: Dr Shirley Chan

1-day Workshops on Working with Difficult Parents for Teachers of Primary Schools

1(AA):
2009/11/27(Fri) 09:00-13:00(AM)
2009/11/27(Fri) 14:00-17:00(PM)
2(AB):
2009/12/11(Fri) 09:00-13:00(AM)
2009/12/11(Fri) 14:00-17:00(PM)

1(AA): Lecture Room, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 2/F & 3/F, Ngau Chi Wan Municipal Services Building, 11 Clear Water Bay Road, Kowloon
2(AB): AC1 Function Room, Level 4, the Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

(a) enhancing guidance/discipline teachers’ understanding of the resistance of parents when being approached by schools and to equip them with strategies to build up trusting rapport with parents;

(b) facilitating guidance/discipline teachers with necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to deal with difficult parents and to elicit parents’ cooperation to work together in handling students’ problems.

For more details, please refer to here.

Dr Wat Wai Ho & his partners

2-day Workshops on Use of Drama in Empathy Training for Teachers of Primary Schools

4(AD):
2010/1/6(Wed) 09:00-13:00(AM)
2010/1/6(Wed) 14:00-17:00(PM)
2010/1/28(Thu) 09:00-13:00(AM)
2010/1/28(Thu) 14:00-17:00(PM)

Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

The workshop aims at equipping secondary or primary school guidance and discipline teachers with knowledge and skills to use drama elements/skills in Personal Growth Education / Life Education lessons of primary or secondary schools to nurture students’ empathy.

For more details, please refer to here.

Miss Phoebe Chan, Miss Adeline Chan & Miss Winnie Chow (Instructors from Hong Kong Art School)

Professional Development Course for Primary School Teachers (Educational Innovation)

1(AA): 2009/11/2 - 2009/12/5
2(AB): 2010/2/22 - 2010/3/27

The Hong Kong Institute of Education – Tai Po Campus

The course aims to equip primary school teachers for implementing the education and curriculum reform in schools. The course integrates theories with practice and enhances the attitudes, skills and knowledge of participants in an area of reform through course work and assessment tasks thereafter.

The course offers a total of 15 themes in two cohorts. Participants are required to focus their study on a theme on educational innovation in primary schools in Hong Kong. Each theme of study comprises two modules, please find details at
http://www.ied.edu.hk/acadprog/pdc/bwc034.htm .

For more details, please refer to here.

Programme Coordinator: Dr Yu Huen

Briefing Sessions on English Enhancement Grant Scheme for Primary Schools

1(AA): 2009/11/12(Thu) 15:15-17:00(PM)
2(AB): 2009/11/16(Mon) 15:15-17:00(PM)
3(AC): 2009/11/17(Tue) 15:15-17:00(PM)
4(AD): 2009/11/19(Thu) 15:15-17:00(PM)

1(AA): Holy Trinity College, 3 Wai Chi St, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon
2(AB): S.K.H. Yau Tong Kei Hin Primary School , 23 Yau Tong Road, Yau Tong, Kowloon
3(AC): Holy Family Canossian School (Kowloon Tong), 8 Tim Fuk Road, Kowloon Tong
4(AD): S.K.H. Yau Tong Kei Hin Primary School , 23 Yau Tong Road, Yau Tong, Kowloon

For more details, please refer to here.

Guided Writing Workshops for Primary Literacy Programme-Reading and Writing Schools (for 2007 and 2008 PLP-R/W Schools)

1(AA): 2009/12/4(Fri) 14:00-17:00(PM)
2(AB): 2009/12/7(Mon) 14:00-17:00(PM)
3(AC): 2009/12/11(Fri) 14:00-17:00(PM)
4(AD): 2009/12/14(Mon) 14:00-17:00(PM)

NET Section, Rm 1120, 11/F, Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174-208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, NT

• To develop an understanding of Guided Writing

• To become familiar with the use of the Writing Skills Framework to inform your Guided Writing planning

For more details, please refer to here.

Advisory Teaching Team, NET Section

IT in Education Pedagogical Series: Using Online e-Dictation System for Learning and Teaching of the English Language in Primary Schools

1(AA): 2009/11/28(Sat) 09:30-12:00(AM)
2(AB): 2009/12/5(Sat) 09:30-12:00(AM)
3(AC): 2009/12/19(Sat) 09:30-12:00(AM)

Room E418, 4th Floor, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong (Exit E, Kowloon Tong MTR Station)

1. Introduction to the online e-Dictation System and related technology such as tablet PCs or UMPCs to access the designed online English learning and revision tools, that can motivate students to learn English anywhere anytime;
2. Sharing of frontline experiences to illustrate how the tools can help to achieve student-centered learning;
3. Hands-on practice; and
4. Questions and answers.

For more details, please refer to here.

Teachers from Yaumati Catholic Primary School and Representatives of Sunny Interactive Limited

IT in Education Pedagogical Series: Using Podcasting to Improve Primary School Students' Listening and Speaking Competence in English (September to November 2009)

2(AB):
2009/11/7(Sat) 14:30-17:30(PM)
2009/11/14(Sat) 14:30-17:30(PM)
3(AC):
2009/11/21(Sat) 09:30-12:30(AM)
2009/11/28(Sat) 09:30-12:30(AM)

Classroom 2, 9/F, VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

1. understand how podcasting can be effectively used to enhance students’ listening and speaking competence in English;

2. employ suitable pedagogies in the use of podcasting for learning and teaching of the English Language;

3. locate free audio resources online that could be readily used to facilitate learning and teaching of the English Language; and

4. set up a system in school using open-source software or proprietary applications so that teachers and students can develop, host and access podcasts conveniently.

For more details, please refer to here.

Instructor of the Institute of Professional Education and Knowledge of the Vocational Training Council (The PEAK of the VTC)

Using the Learning Progression Framework to Enhance the Learning, Teaching and Assessment of English Language at Primary Level (Refreshed)

1(AA): 2009/12/4(Fri) 14:00-17:00(PM)
2(AB): 2009/12/5(Sat) 09:00-12:00(AM)

1(AA): Room E303, 3/F, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
2(AB): Room 924, Hong Kong Scout Centre, Scout Path, Austin Road, Kowloon

1. To introduce to teachers the Learning Progression Framework (LPF) for English Language and its role in the learning-teaching-assessment cycle

2. To explore the use of the LPF as a reference tool to help teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses and plan holistically for effective learning, teaching and assessment

3. To provide teachers with practical suggestions on how the LPF can be used to enhance assessment for learning

For more details, please refer to here.

Curriculum Development Officer(s) of the English Language Education Section, CDI, EDB