N1 Cluster Hong Kong Learning Journey cum WALS International Conference
30th Nov to
Case Study – The HKMA K S Lo College Experience (Parallel Session 3)
The school began its LS journey in 2001 by establishing a sense of urgency when it looks hard at the college's competitiveness and market position. There was a risk of school closure due to decline in student population. This was then followed by creating and communicating a Vision to the staff in the following years.
The Principal presented the Win-Win-Win situation where
Teachers would acquire new knowledge and skills and became better employability and more competitive in job market. Students would also better in learning performance with value-added education. Eventually, school would continue and no closure!
Learning Points from the college's journey of change:
- Starts small and assemble a group with enough power to lead the change effort.
- Provides support in terms of common time teaching slots; deduction of teaching load and collective decision making.
- Good and healthy departmental culture with strong sense of security is the key to success LS journey.
- Project Empowerment and Delegation.
- Bringing in external / expert support from HKIEd.
- Fully autonomous by encouraging risk taking and new ideas from teachers.
- Create short-term Wins:
- Emphasis on Team Spirit.
- Sensitive to students' learning through student interview.
- Teaching becomes more reflective.
- Experience-sharing with whole school on a Staff-Development Day.
- Consolidating improvements and institutionalize LS as a key component of the corporate culture.
We hope to continue LS as an effective Professional Development tool as it allows teachers to:
- Put equal emphasis on different stages of planning, teaching and evaluating of a lesson.
- Get constant feedback from students
- Find out real cause of learning difficulties
- Reflect on our own teaching
Jane Cheng
HOD Maths
Bowen Sec School
Tel: 63851041
Fax: 63856559
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