Professional Development Programmes
for Heads and Teachers of Pre-primary Institutions
(Web Version)
(2015/16)
Curriculum Development Institute
Education Bureau
July 2015
Details of the programmes will be uploaded by stages onto the Training Calendar System of the Education Bureau.
School heads and teachers may make reference and registration at the website http://tcs.edb.gov.hk
Preface
sharing and promoting the capacity building among colleagues.
Design & Focus of Programmes
Purpose of Booklet (Web Version)
As a close partner with schools, the Curriculum Development
Institute (CDI) has systematically organised a series of Professional
Development Programmes (PDPs) on curriculum development for
school heads and teachers. The purposes are to help them achieve
personal learning goals, gain professional knowledge, develop
pedagogical and leadership skills suited to the needs of their students
and contexts of their schools.
To enable schools to plan and co-ordinate the professional
development of teachers at the school level for the 2015/16 school
year, CDI has prepared this Booklet on Professional Development
Programmes for Heads and Teachers of Pre-primary Institutions. It
is available at the website: http://www.edb.gov.hk/cd/pdp/kg. The
programme information on the web will be revised or updated in
response to changing needs and circumstances.
Based on the changes in the education arena, schools may have
already identified school-based capacity building needs for their
teachers. We hope that schools could make full use of these courses
organised by CDI in raising the awareness and knowledge of
different topics among the participating teachers. Upon the return
to their schools, they may integrate what they learnt with their
school-based professional development programmes in professional
The design of the programmes aims to sustain the full
implementation of the “Guide to the Pre-primary Curriculum (2006)”
since the 2007/08 school year so as to further enhance the quality of
pre-primary education. With reference to the feedback of school
heads and teachers collected through various channels, the areas that
require greater emphasis for further professional capacity building
are thus included. The PDPs to be offered in this school year focus
on the following:
i)
Strengthening leadership and management by enhancing the
curriculum interface between early childhood and primary
education, planning in school-based curriculum and
assessment, etc.; and
ii)
Enhancing learning and teaching effectiveness, especially
through acquiring knowledge of the brain’s executive
functions and catering for learner diversity.
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Organisation of Booklet (Web Version)
Feedback
PDPs in this Booklet (Web Version) are presented in two
categories: “(A) Curriculum Management, Leadership and Planning”
and “(B) Sustaining Curriculum and Assessment Reform”, which
include a variety of programmes on different curriculum emphases,
teaching and learning strategies for various curriculum areas and
CDI would take into consideration of feedback from school
heads and teachers on courses delivered this year and continue to
design appropriate programmes to meet the needs in the coming
years. All views and suggestions from school heads and teachers
are welcome and please send them to:
courses for specific groups of school personnel (e.g. school heads,
middle managers and new teachers). Each programme is indicated
in its title whether it is a “new”, “re-run” (programme content
identical or with minor adaptations) or “refreshed” (programme
content with more than 50% updates) item. School heads, teachers
and other members of the staff may quickly identify programmes
that may interest them through browsing the first three columns of
the tables which indicate the theme, the target group and the title of
the programmes.
Kindergarten and Primary Section
Curriculum Development Institute
Education Bureau
13/F Wu Chung House
213 Queen’s Road East
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
or e-mail to: scdokpkg@edb.gov.hk
Teachers’ professional development cannot be accomplished
merely through self-learning, but also with the professional
development opportunities offered by the programmes, which are
desirably complemented by doing in real classroom and school
settings, professional discourse, collaboration and sharing among
teachers. Through different forms of learning and the dynamic,
interactive knowledge exchange process, teachers’ professional
knowledge is enhanced and the development of schools as learning
communities is facilitated.
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Contents
(A) Curriculum Management, Leadership and Planning…………………………………………...……………………...
1
(B) Sustaining the Curriculum and Assessment Reform……………………………………………………...……………
3
I.
Curriculum Emphases………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3
II.
Effective Learning and Teaching………………………………………………………………………………………………
4
III. Enhancing Assessment Literacy………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6
IV.
6
Induction Course for New Teachers……………………………………………………………………………………………
(A) Curriculum Management, Leadership and Planning
(A) Curriculum Management, Leadership and Planning
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
Curriculum
Interface
Target Group
H
M

T
Title
Whole-school Curriculum
Planning Series:
 (1) Ready Children –
Appropriate
Expectations (New)
Max.
Duration
No. of
Enrolment per Event
Events
per Event (hours)
2
80
3
Mode
Available in
Year/
Month
School
Year
Seminar &
Oct to Nov
Workshop
2015
Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
Section
Remarks
In order to raise
KG teachers’
awareness of
children
competencies and
to give primary
school teachers a
clearer picture of
what to expect
from their new P1
students, a set of
clear but
Ms Cindy
non-prescriptive
MOU and
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Ms
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CHEUNG
aged 5 to 6 is being
Man-yi
formulated. This
programm aims at
introducing the
formulation of the
learning outcomes
and let KG teachers
as well as primary
school teachers
discuss the
appropriateness of
the draft learning
outcomes together.
H = Heads of Pre-primary Institutions; M = Middle Managers / Coordinator Teachers; and T = Teachers
1
(A) Curriculum Management, Leadership and Planning
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
School-based
Curriculum
Planning
Target Group
H
M
T
Title
Implementation of the
Pre-primary Curriculum
Guide Series:

(1) Curriculum
Understanding and
Implementation (Re-run)
Max.
Duration
No. of
Enrolment per Event
Events
per Event (hours)
6
40
12
Mode
Available in
Year/
Month
School
Year
Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
Section
Remarks
This is a programme
commissioned to
tertiary institutions
to support teachers
for implementing the
“Guide to the
Lecture &
Ms Christy
Kindergarten
Oct to Mar 2015/16
2892 5832
Pre-primary
Workshop
HO
and Primary
Curriculum (2006)”,
focussing on
designing integrated
learning activities
and assessment for
learning.
H = Heads of Pre-primary Institutions; M = Middle Managers / Coordinator Teachers; and T = Teachers
2
(B) I. Curriculum Emphases
(B) Sustaining the Curriculum and Assessment Reform
I. Curriculum Emphases
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
Target Group
H
Catering for
Learner
Diversity
Catering for
Learner
Diversity
M

Title
T
Implementation of the
Pre-primary Curriculum
Guide Series:
 (2) Young Children
Development and
Learner Diversities
(Re-run)
(3)



Catering for Young
Children’s Diverse
Learning Needs
(Refreshed)
Max.
Duration
No. of
Enrolment per Event
Events
per Event
(hours)
4
1
40
80
Mode
Available in
Year /
Month
School
Year
Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
Section
Remarks
6
In order to facilitate
the implementation
of ‘Comprehensive
Child Development
Service’, we
collaborate with the
Department of
Health to provide
Ms Cindy
Kindergarten
Workshop Nov to Jan 2015/16
2892 5908
the programme
MOU
and Primary
which aims at
helping teachers to
interpret and
manage learning,
behavioural,
emotional and
social problems for
needy children.
3
Seminar &
Experience Feb to Mar
Sharing
2016
Contents also
Ms
include catering for
Kindergarten
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the learning needs
and Primary
Man-yi
of non-Chinese
speaking children.
H = Heads of Pre-primary Institutions; M = Middle Managers / Coordinator Teachers; and T = Teachers
3
(B) II. Effective Learning and Teaching
(B) Sustaining the Curriculum and Assessment Reform
II. Effective Learning and Teaching
Target Group
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
Title
H
Brain
Development
and Early
Learning
Pre-primary
Leaning and
Teaching
Resources
Available in

M
T

Effective Learning and
Teaching Series:
 (1) Executive Functions
and Early Childhood
Education (New)

(2) The Effective Use of
Pre-primary ETV

Learning and Teaching
Resources (New)
Max.
Duration
No. of
Enrolment per Event
Events
per Event (hours)
1
4
80
80
3
3
Month
Year /
School
Year
Jan
2016
Mode
Seminar
Seminar &
Experience
Sharing
Jan - Feb
2016
Contact Person
Remarks
Name
Tel. No.
Section
Ms Christy
Kindergarten
2892 5832
HO
and Primary
Curriculum
Resources
Dr CHENG
Section/
2339 3137
Mei-yi
Educational
Television
Unit
The programme
includes an
introduction of
pre-primary ETV
learning and
teaching resources,
and experience
sharing in using
pre-primary ETV
learning and
teaching resources to
enhance learning and
teaching.
H = Heads of Pre-primary Institutions; M = Middle Managers / Coordinator Teachers; and T = Teachers
4
(B) II. Effective Learning and Teaching
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
Language –
Second
language
(English)
Target Group
H
M
T
Title
Max.
Duration
No. of
Enrolment per Event
Events
per Event (hours)
Mode
Available in
Year /
Month
School
Year
Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
Section

Exposing Children to
English through Stories
(New)
2
25
16
Workshop
Nov/
Mar
2015/ Ms Carmen
Language
3741 2431
2016
KUNG
Education
Language –
Second
language
(English)

Exposing Children to
English through Listening

and Speaking Activities
(New)
2
25
16
Workshop
Dec/
May
2015/ Ms Carmen
Language
3741 2431
2016
KUNG
Education
Language –
Second
language
(English)

Exposing Children to
English through Drama
Activities (Re-run)
1
25
8
Workshop
Feb/Apr
2016
Ms Carmen
Language
3741 2431
KUNG
Education
Language –
Second
language
(English)

Exposing Children to
English to Phonics
(Re-run)
2
25
16
Workshop
Mar/May
2016
Ms Carmen
Language
3741 2431
KUNG
Education
Remarks
H = Heads of Pre-primary Institutions; M = Middle Managers / Coordinator Teachers; and T = Teachers
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(B) III. Enhancing Assessment Literacy
III. Enhancing Assessment Literacy
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
Performance
Assessment
Target Group
H
M


T
Title
No. of
Events
Organising Assessment Data
for Reflections (Re-run)
2
Max.
Duration
Enrolment per Event
per Event
(hours)
40
6
Mode
Workshop
Available in
Year/
Month School
Year
Apr to
Jun
Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
2016 Ms Christy HO 2892 5832
Section
Remarks
Kindergarten
and Primary
(B) IV. Induction Course for New Teachers
IV. Induction Course for New Teachers
Curriculum
Area /
Theme
Induction
Course for
New Teachers
(Kindergarten)
Target Group
H
M
T
Title
The Latest Development of
 Curriculum and Learning &
Teaching (Refreshed)
No. of
Events
1
Max.
Duration
Enrolment per Event
per Event
(hours)
200
1
Mode
Seminar
Available in
Year/
Month School
Year
Aug
2015
Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
Ms Christy HO 2892 5832
Section
Remarks
In collaboration
Kindergarten
with HK
and Primary
Teachers’ Centre
H = Heads of Pre-primary Institutions; M = Middle Managers / Coordinator Teachers; and T = Teachers
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