Quality Education FundBriefing on Application

8 May 2013

Programme

申請簡介 2

1. Education Landscape of Hong Kong and Tips on Application

Dr Catherine K K Chan Deputy Secretary for Education

2. Introduction of Priority Themes (By Groups) Group 1: Learning and Teaching Group 2: Support for Students and School Ethos Group 3: Management and Organisation

QEF Secretariat Curriculum Development Institute

3. Application of Information Technology in QEF Projects Information Technology in Education Section

4. Introduction of QEF Application and Assessment QEF Secretariat

5. Sharing by Successful QEF Applicant

Ms Leung Wing-woon

6. Q & A Session QEF Secretariat

Education Landscape of Hong Kong and

Tips on Application

Dr Catherine K K Chan

Quality Education FundBackground Information

• The Quality Education Fund (QEF) was set up in January 1998 with an allocation of $5 billion under the recommendation of the Education Commission Report No. 7 (ECR7).

• The QEF sponsors worthwhile projects that benefit kindergarten, primary, secondary and special education . They should be non-profit making and aim to further enhance the quality of education in line with the prevailing education policies in Hong Kong.

Approval Statistics

• Since its establishment in 1998, the QEF has supported over 8 200 projects at around $4 billion.

• The QEF processed about 383 applications in the 2011/12 school year, among which 135 applications were approved involving a total grant amounting to around $65.8 million.

• In the past five school years, the QEF has approved about 1300 projects. Among these, about 500 projects were targeted at secondary schools as beneficiary.

QEF Funded Projects with Secondary Schools as Beneficiary By Project Categories

from 2007/08 to 2011/12 school year (489)

Learning and Teaching(166)

Management and Organisation (207)

By Priority Themes

Others (74)Student Support & School Ethos (42)

Innovative Project; 30; 41%

Project that builds

on good prac-tices

of pre-viously funded

QEF projec

ts ('Built-

on Project'); 4;

5%

Other Theme; 40; 54%

By Priority Themes

New and Revised Measures in 2013/14

Priority Themes• The QEF has renewed the priority themes on 17 April 2013.

Processing Time• Applications with grant sought not exceeding $600,000 will be

processed normally within three months.• There is no change in the processing time for those above $600,000,

i.e. within six months.

School-based Innovation• The QEF encourages school-based innovative projects which would

cover those with new ideas or practices (e.g. enhancement, adaptation) which serve to supplement or complement the existing practices in individual schools to bring about positive capacity and / or impact on learning and teaching.

Landscape of Secondary Schools

and School-based Support Services

for Secondary Schools

Paradigm Shift on Senior Secondary

• NSS has been implemented since September 2009, as a continuation of education reform on basic education.– New paradigm on senior secondary education: • education for ALL up to S6• teachers become more and more familiar with the NSS

Curriculum and Assessment• schools try their best to cater for students’ diversity• schools pay much more attention to education on

career and life planning to prepare students with new paradigm on multiple pathways

Impact on Junior Secondary

• Schools generally attempt to revise their planning on junior secondary curriculum and assessment to ensure smooth articulation from junior forms to senior forms under NAS– pay more attention to interface between junior

forms and senior forms– start training of high order thinking from junior

forms– further emphasis on assessment for learning

Whole-school Planning• New paradigm on whole-school planning on

curriculum and assessment– vertical (from S1 to S6) and horizontal (different

learning areas) planning– evolving pedagogical changes– extended L&T (e.g. OLE) and reflection (SLP as a

tool) assessment as learning

Effective learning & teaching is the only way for long-term school development, but “learning & teaching” is no longer

restricted in classrooms

School-based Support Services(Secondary Schools 2013/14)

Secondary Schools

School-based Support Advisory Visit

Networks QEF Priority Theme

Languages 100 (LLSS),(50 for Chi. Lang. and 50 for Eng. Lang.)

58 (SPBS), University-School Support Programme(USP)

CD Visit (CDI)

* Effective L&T of Languages

*Catering for diversity

*Assessment Literacy

*Values Education

*Education for Sustainable Development

* Support for Students with Diverse Needs

Liberal Studies

All schools (CDI and HKEAA (DC));

26 (SBCDS)

Districtnetworks (CDI)

Learning community (CDI)

Other subjects

59 (SBCDS) * Creative Arts and Culture Education

OLE/SLP OLE/SLP Learning Network

* Healthy lifestyle and positive development of Students

Whole-school

20 (SBCDS),Whole-school Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity

7 clusters for 35 principals (SPBS),Principal Support Network

Tips on Proposal Writing

Good Project Proposal• The project proposals must demonstrate an innovative element and strive to

meet the criteria in the three areas of “Project Needs”, “Project Feasibility” and “Expected Project Outcomes”.

1) Project Needs - Addressing the needs of schools / education sector; with innovation / school-based innovation; the needs assessment for the project being evidence-based; with realistic project scope, objectives and long-term impact

2) Project Feasibility – With sound conceptual framework and comprehensive project design; with teachers’ involvement to enhance teachers’ and principals’ professionalism; making full use of the existing facilities, equipment and resources; budget commensurate with the goals, project scope, activities, number of direct beneficiaries and end products to be delivered

3) Expected Project Outcomes – Using evidence-based measures to evaluate the expected project outcomes and its effectiveness; its project outcomes/impacts being sustainable; projects / experiences generated / its expected outcomes with good value and potential for wide dissemination or knowledge transfer in the school sector

Reasons for Being Unsuccessful• Lack of clear goals, concrete/comprehensive/feasible project design

– No elaboration on the conceptual framework ; or how to actualize it with realistic implementation plan

• Failing to integrate or align with the school’s development plan– Projects not aligned with the priorities set by schools

• Failing to demonstrate the innovative elements in project aims, conceptual framework and project design– The nature and type of activities are commonly adopted in schools; no elaboration

on the specific needs and innovative elements

• Being not cost-effective with insufficient justifications for the expenditure items– Items requested not commensurate with the project implementation/activities; with

limited targeted beneficiaries

• Lack of sustainability and dissemination plan – Project activities one-off in nature without elaboration on its impact– Without reference/dissemination value to sustain the project impacts/practices

Thank You

Introduction of Priority Themes (By Groups)

優先主題計劃 19

Group RoomGroup 1: Learning and Teaching • Values Education• Catering for Students’ Learning Diversity• Enhancing Assessment Literacy• Effective Learning and Teaching of Languages• Creative Arts and Culture Education

Room WB

Group 2: Support for Students and School Ethos • Education for Sustainable Development• Healthy Lifestyle and Positive Development of Students• Promoting Whole Child Development in Kindergarten

Education• Support for Students with Diverse Needs

Room WP01

Group 3: Management and Organisation• Supporting Effective School Management and Leadership• Teacher Development and Schools as Learning

Organisations

Room W301