1(AA): 2010/1/12(Tue) 13:30-17:00(PM)
2(AB): 2010/2/9(Tue) 13:30-17:00(PM)
3(AC): 2010/4/13(Tue) 13:30-17:00(PM)
4(AD): 2010/5/11(Tue) 13:30-17:00(PM)
5(AE): 2010/6/22(Tue) 13:30-17:00(PM)

Serving secondary school teachers with priority for careers teachers

The objectives of the workshops are:

1. To equip participants with the know-how and techniques for coaching students in writing application letter and resume; and
2. To provide a variety of good and updated samples for reference/analysis of teachers in managing students' writing.

For details of the conference, please refer to here.

28 Dec 2009 and 2 Jun 2010

2010/2/6(Sat) 09:15-13:00(AM)

Christian Family Service Centre (3 Tsui Ping Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon)

Objective of the workshop is to familiarize teachers with different types of Micro Magic so as to enhance their competence in planning and conducting follow-up activities for the Enhanced Smart Teen Project and School Attendance Project as well as to enrich the guidance / discipline work at school.

For details of program description, please refer to here.

1(AA): 2010/1/6(Wed) 14:00-17:15(PM)

Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon.

The objectives of the seminar are:

1. To enhance the effectiveness of SSE through establishing a school-based self-evaluation mechanism and a school culture of self-reflection ;
2. To share the good practices of schools in embedding SSE as a natural process in the school routines.

For details ofprogram de scription, please refer to here.

NSS Learning and Teaching Series for the Language Arts Modules in the Elective Part of the English Language Curriculum: Workshop on Learning English through Poems and Songs (Re-run)

1(AF): 2009/12/9(Wed) - 08:45-13:00(AM) & 2009/12/11(Fri) - 08:45-13:00(AM)
2(AG): 2010/1/12(Tue) - 08:30-08:45(AM) & 2010/1/30(Sat) - 13:00-13:15(PM)
3(AH): 2010/1/13(Wed) - 08:45-13:00(AM) & 2010/1/15(Fri) - 08:45-13:00(AM)
4(AI): 2010/1/27(Wed) - 08:45-13:00(AM) & 2010/1/29(Fri) - 08:45-13:00(AM)

Secondary ENGLISH LANGUAGE Panel Heads and Teachers

The objectives of the modules are:

1. To help participants understand and plan the module 'Learning English through Poems and Songs' in the Elective Part of the three-year senior secondary English Language curriculum;
2. To familiarise participants with teaching strategies/learning activities with which to implement the module;
3. To develop participants' knowledge and skills in developing learning and teaching materials/activities; and
4. To enable participants to adapt the suggested scheme of work.

For details of program description, please refer to here.

27 Nov 2009 for 1(AF) only and 31 Dec 2009

1(AA): 2009/12/3(Thu) 14:00-17:00(PM)

Room 1120, 11/F, Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174-208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan

The objectives of the course are:

1. To learn the principles of Cooperative Learning

- Group Formation
- Positive Interdependence
- Individual Accountability
- Interpersonal and Small Group Skills
- Group Processing

2. To learn to apply the principles and to structure cooperative learning lessons

For details of program description, please refer to here.

1(AB): 2010/1/30(Sat) 09:30-12:30(AM) & 2010/1/30(Sat) 13:30-16:30(PM)
2(AC): 2010/2/4(Thu) 09:30-12:30(AM) & 2010/2/4(Thu) 13:30-16:30(PM)

English Language Centre, City University of Hong Kong

The objectives of this series are:

1. To help participants understand and plan the module 'Learning English through Sports Communication' in the Elective Part of the three-year senior secondary English Language curriculum;
2. To familiarise participants with teaching strategies/learning activities with which to implement the module;
3. To develop participants' knowledge and skills in developing learning and teaching materials/activities; and
4. To enable participants to adapt the suggested scheme of work.

For details ofprogram de scription, please refer to here.

Professional Development Course on Catering for Diversity in English Language Teaching

1(AA): 2010/1/11 - 2010/2/12
2(AB): 2010/4/26 - 2010/5/29

Primary and Secondary English Language Panel Teachers and Heads

The Course aims to provide in-service primary and secondary school English teachers with an introductory knowledge about what diversity in education means for the language class.

For details of program description, please refer to here.

4 Dec 2009

1(AA): 2010/1/4 - 2010/3/6
2(AB): 2010/4/12 - 2010/6/5

The Hong Kong Institute of Education – Tai Po Campus

The course aims to support participants in integrating language arts (LA) activities into the secondary English language curriculum as a response to the current curriculum reform initiatives.

On completion of the course, participants will have:

1. developed competence in planning a coherent language arts curriculum for the junior and senior levels;
2. developed knowledge of the use of school based assessment of students' performance in LA activities;
3. developed confidence and competence in designing and using stories, drama, poetry, the mass media,
and related activities for language learning.

For details of program description, please refer to here.

1(AA) 2009/12/15(Tue) 14:00-17:00(PM)

All English Teachers

To introduce the new resource publication, NETworking: Social Issues in the English Classroom, the workshop aims at demonstrating the adaptation of its content for use in the English classroom. This workshop will focus on using Forum Theatre as a strategy to facilitate discussions on social issues.

Participants will
• explore the process of using Forum Theatre;
• practise facilitating discussions on social issues using Forum Theatre;
• adapt the Forum Theatre process to address diverse student learning needs; and
• obtain resource materials for teaching with social issues.

For details of the conference, please refer to here.

11 Dec 2009

1(AA): 2009/12/5(Sat) 09:00-12:00(AM), 2009/12/12(Sat) 09:00-12:00(AM) & 2009/12/19(Sat) 09:00-12:00(AM)
2(AB): 2010/1/15(Fri) - 09:00-12:00(AM), 2010/1/15(Fri) - 13:00-16:00(PM) & 2010/1/16(Sat) 09:00-12:00(AM)
3(AC)): 2010/1/23(Sat) - 09:00-12:00(AM), 2010/1/30(Sat) - 09:00-12:00(AM) & 2010/2/6(Sat) 09:00-12:00(AM)

Secondary ENGLISH LANGUAGE Panel Heads and Teachers

Objectives of the course:

1. To enhance participants' confidence, knowledge and skills in using drama to promote English Language learning.
2. To provide a range of hands-on activities for participants to explore the use of drama techniques as English Language teaching strategies.

For details of the conference, please refer to here.

25 Nov 2009