Experience Sharing

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Experience Sharing

• Schools
• 1. Ning Po College
• 2. Fanling Rhenish Church
• Secondary School
• 3. Lee Kau Yan Memorial School

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Visions

• Remove students anxiety in language learning
• Rebuild students language ego and self-esteem
• Ensure students can receive quality language
  training

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Directions Goals

• Coherent school-based English language curriculum
  (S.1S.7)
• Integration of formal and informal curricular

• Short TermPrepare students for the public
  examinations,
• Eg. TSA, NSS
• Long Term---Equip students with a reasonable
  level of language proficiency

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Administrative issuesDemarcation of workload

• Regular
• A. Coordinators form coordinators SBA
  coordinators
• B. Activities English Day, sharing at morning
  assembly, Newsletter, EES programs, Speech
  Festival
• Irregular
• Escort students to different venues for life-wide
  learning activities and territory wide
  competitions

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Basic criteria

• Panel members strengths Right person for the
  right job.
• Eg. NetDebate, Anita CarrieChoral Verse
  Speaking, John ManOnline program
• Flexibility feasibility
• Foster ownership
• Coordination with the other departments
• Panel heads have a bigger share provide timely
  assistance
• A non-threatening environment
• New teachers work with experienced teachers

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Monitoring progress of Work

• Panel committee meetings
• Intranet
• Reminder
• Students feedback
• Products (Eg. Newsletter) Status reports
• Consultation with coordinators
• Display concerns

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Channels for communication

• Form coordinators function coordinators
• Formal informal sharing
• Documents Scheme of work, circular, minutes,
  reminders
• The majority of English teachers are in the staff
  room of the 4th floor
• More desirableone staff room for all English
  teachers

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Resources Management

• Manpower
• Deploying Net English teachers
• Strengths and interest
• Teaching more able learners less able learners
• References Book inspection, Class Observation,
  Students feedback, Exam results
• Setting higher expectations and heavier workload
  for teachers teaching more able learners

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Budgets

• Solicit support from school management
• Understand the difficulties of school management
• Monitor programs and ensure money is well spent

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Academic Issues

• Foundation building S.1S.3
• Strategies
• Formal curriculum comprehensive and coherent
  (Refer to scheme of work)
• S.1S.3 (The same teacher teaching the same
  group)
• Tailor materials for learners of diverse
  abilities set higher expectation for more able
  learners

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Boost Academic Results

• Understanding the requirements of the new
  curriculum
• Understanding the needs of students
• Soliciting help from school management and other
  stakeholders
• Work as a team

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Life-wide learning

• Try out new approaches
• Community resources
• Understand students needs
• Promotion English Department Other Departments
  Teams
• Cross-curricular activities
• Teachers enthusiasm and initiatives