Curriculum Leadership Development (CLD) Programme: Theme-based Workshop on Managing Change and Experience Sharing on Looking at Student Work

Date :

11 March 2016(Friday)

Time :

Workshop: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Experience Sharing: 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Place :

Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Morning Session: Room WP01

Afternoon Session: Room W420

Objectives of the Workshop :

To help the participants understand

• how people respond to change

• the factors that affect the success or failure of a change

• how to manage the change process

Objectives of the Sharing Session :

• To provide an opportunity for the curriculum leaders to apply the knowledge they have learnt from the 'Managing Change' workshop through devising a change management plan for their own school(s)

• To provide a platform for the participants of the Curriculum Leadership Development programme to share their experience in looking at student work, the difficulties or challenges they encountered and the possible solutions

9:00 am - 9:05 am

9:05 am - 9:10 am

To respond to the updated curriculum reform, middle managers need to implement some new curriculum focuses. It is necessary for them to learn how to lead the team to manage the change process.

9:10 am - 9:25 am

People react to change in different ways. This part of the workshop helps teachers reflect on their (un)successful experience and get to know different factors (scale, communication, vision etc.) that affect their change management.

9:25 am - 9:55 am

Most factors, apart from money and time, are related to the stakeholders involved. Therefore if we want to lead the changes, we need to address their concerns.

9:55 am - 10:25 am

The Concerns-based Adoption Model was used to help participants understand the stakeholders' concerns. The model starts from level 0 to level 6. Each stage shows how ready the stakeholders are when they are facing change. After finding out the individuals' and the school's concerns, the management can give suggestions and take actions to address each of the concerns.

10:25 am - 10:40 am

10:40 am - 11:40 am

This part of the workshop guides teachers to follow the 8 steps of the Kotter's change model to promote e-learning to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching in schools.

11:40 am - 12:00 pm

To ensure successful implementation of the new initiatives, curriculum leaders have to understand the internal turmoil every person experiences with a change event, help each person feel more comfortable with change and the process of change.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Following Kotter's 8-Step Change Model, teachers from each school plan a new initiative to be implemented in their own schools in 2016/17.

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

This part of the sharing session provides an opportunity for the curriculum leaders to share their experience in conducting "looking at student work" in their own schools after attending the respective workshop in March 2016..

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm