Graduate Programmes & Research Office

(GPR)

Professional development courses

Postgraduate programmes; Masters, PhD

Leadership programmes

Key Roles

Leadership programmes

• Superintendents

• Potential Principals

• Heads of Department

• Senior Teachers

• Master Teachers

• Special Education Principals

Key Roles

A total framework developed for Lifelong Learning for teachers

Helps teachers to upgrade in knowledge, skills and qualifications

Attain further formal certification through a building block approach

Professional Development Courses

Professional Development Continuum Model (PDCM) Chart

Professional Development Continuum Model – Specific

features

Addresses the needs of teachers in enabling them to keep abreast with knowledge and skills

Enables teachers to accumulate academic credits based on a modular approach and at their own pace

Enables teachers to obtain formal certification in the process

By research and by coursework

Enable teachers to specialise in different disciplines

Encourage teachers to be involved in research

Build up a pool of Master and PhD graduates in the teaching profession

Postgraduate Programmes(Master and PhD)

Leader for Leader Programme (LLP) • Changing educational landscape

• A shift from the competency-based model to focus on knowledge creation

• 3 weeks executive programme to challenge thinking of superintendents

• Principles of leadership a key emphasis

• Overseas visit/External Perspective

• Leadership framework as deliverable

Leadership Programmes

Leaders in Education Programme (LEP) • Changing educational landscape

• A shift from the competency-based model to focus on values and mindset change

• 6-month executive programme to equip potential School Principals

• Innovation being a key emphasis

• Industrial attachment

• Overseas visit

• Journal and future school project

Leadership Programmes

Diploma in Departmental Management

(DDM)

• 17-week course for Heads of Department

• Emphasis on innovation

• Elements of self-learning

• Support for Principal

Leadership Programmes

Leaders in Education Programme

International

• 2-week course for principals in the region

• Understand school leadership in the new

landscape – an environment of continual

change

• 15 – 26 August 2005

Leadership Programmes

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