Aims

• Empowering teachers to strengthen holistic curriculum planning to optimise English language learning and teaching

• Nurturing curriculum leadership in teachers

• Enhancing teachers' leadership capabilities to improve subject management and sustain changes

• Empowering curriculum leaders to respond to various curriculum initiatives and integrate them into the school curriculum

• Empowering teachers to optimise their school English Language curriculum

• Providing a platform for teachers to inquire into topics of common interest, both collectively and individually, share school-based experiences and resources, and network with other like-minded professionals

Modes of support

Supporting schools in implementing different foci of support through diversified support activities, which include the following in general:

• regular on-site meetings (e.g. collaborative lesson planning, reviewing and optimising the school English Language curriculum)

• lesson study/lesson observation and post-lesson discussion

• school-based/inter-school professional development activities (e.g. workshops, sharing sessions, lesson observation)

Enhancing target teachers' curriculum leadership capabilities through diversified support activities, which include the following in general:

• theme-based workshops

• flipped learning

• regular on-site support/meetings (e.g. collaborative lesson planning, intra-school lesson study/lesson observation and post-lesson discussion)

• inter-school networking activities (e.g. inter-school lesson observation, sharing of school-based experience, inter-school visits)

Engaging participants in professional exchanges through diversified support activities, which include:

• theme-based workshops

• inter-school networking activities (e.g. inter-school lesson observation, inter-school visits, experience sharing)

• 1 to 2 face-to-face/online meetings with language support officers (e.g. consultation, collaborative lesson planning)

Expectations on participating schools

• Schedule regular collaborative lesson planning periods for collaboration with language support officers and arrange time for professional exchange activities such as peer lesson observation

• Identify 2-3 teachers (e.g. preferably panel chair, vice-panel chair) to be developed into curriculum leaders

• Schedule regular collaborative lesson planning periods for collaboration with language support officers and arrange time for professional exchange activities such as peer lesson observation

• Make time for the teachers involved to attend workshops/sharing and inter-school networking activities

• Identify 2-3 teachers who are enthusiastic about implementing curriculum initiatives

• Make time for the teachers involved to attend the theme-based workshops, inter-school networking activities and face-to-face/online meetings with language support officers

• Encourage the teachers to share school-based experiences and resources, and network with other like-minded professionals

Related support programmes
(For details, please refer to the corresponding attachments.)

For primary schools:

• Programme code: L10

English Language Education in Primary Schools: Renewing and Optimising the Primary English Language Curriculum through Holistic Curriculum Planning

For secondary schools:

• Programme code: L9

English Language Education in Secondary Schools: Renewing and Optimising the Secondary English Language Curriculum through Holistic Curriculum Planning

For primary & secondary schools:

• Programme code: L11

Curriculum Leadership Development Programme for English Language Teachers (with special focus on the various curriculum initiatives)

For primary schools:

• Programme code: L7

Learning Community for Primary Chinese Language and English Language Teachers: Integrating Priority Values into Chinese and English Language Cross-curricular Learning to Cultivate Essential Qualities of a Good Citizen among Students
(For both Chinese Language and English Language teachers)

• Programme code: L16

Learning Community for Primary English Language Teachers: Integrating Curriculum Initiatives into the Primary English Language Curriculum

For secondary schools:

• Programme code: L14

Learning Community for Secondary English Language Teachers: Integrating Curriculum Initiatives into the Secondary English Language Curriculum

• Programme code: L15

Learning Community for Secondary English Language Teachers: Integrating Media and Information Literacy into English Language Learning and Teaching

For primary & secondary schools:

• Programme code: L12

Learning Community for English Language Teachers: Building a Smoother Interface between the Upper Primary and Junior Secondary Levels

How to apply

• Online application: https://clo.edb.gov.hk

• Application period: 22 March – 30 April 2024

• Announcement of the allocation results: 21 June 2024