MSS Major Concerns Goals for 20032004

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• MSS Major Concerns (Goals) for 2003-2004

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Purpose of identifying major concerns for a
school year

• Participation
• ? shared major concerns, priorities set
• Understanding
• ? major concerns are clear to all
• Commitment
• ? efforts and resources will be directed
• to the major concerns

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• Concerted efforts
• ? Improve students learning
• performance
• Enhance development of the
• school and its accountability

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Major concerns (Specific Goals) for 2003-2004

• i.       Reinforcing Language Competency in
  students
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• ii.      Developing Reading Culture in the school
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• iii.     Reinforcing Critical Thinking Skills in
  students
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• iv. Reviewing the School Self-evaluation
  Mechanism

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EMB Circular , June2003

• Enhancing School Development and
  Accountability through School Self-evaluation
  (SSE) and External School Review (ESR)

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SMI (1991) ? School-based Management (2000)

• Effective schools / School Improvement
• l    Clear School Vision Mission and School
  Goals
• l    Systematic Planning Implementation
• l    Monitoring Evaluation
• l    Reporting
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• l    Participation of all stakeholders
• Transparency
• Accountability

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• Assumption
• All public sector schools are operating within
  the
• School-based Management Framework
• Enhancement of School Development and
• Accountability
• Quality Assurance Inspection (QAI) 1997
• Measure against a set of Performance Indicators
• (PI) under 4 Domains

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• QAI ? External School Review (ESR)
• Jan., 2004 July, 2007
• Focus of ESR
• Schools self evaluation tools
• Self-evaluation data/ information
• (evidence and data -based)
• Process of self-evaluation

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What are schools required to do now?

• Conduct context analysis (SWOT)
• How good is our school? Parents, students, staff,
  alumnae
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• Develop/Finalise the evaluation tools for the 4
  domains e.g. stakeholder surveys

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• Collect data/evidence on activities addressing
  the major concerns student performance
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• Data analysis
• Appraise the effectiveness of school development
  and programmes
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• Identify areas of improvement
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• Formulate a School Development Plan
• (3-year) ? Annual School Plan

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Anytime from Jan. 2004, the school will have to
undergo ESR

• July 2004
• School Development Plan for 2004-2007
• Annual School Plan for 2003-2004
• Nov. 2004
• Annual School Report of 03-04 to be uploaded

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Mandatory Items in Annual School Report of 03-04

• 1.     No. of active school days
• 2.     Lesson time for the 8 KLAs
• 3.     Composition of SMC
• 4.     Students attendance
• 5.     Destination of exit students
• 6.     Teachers qualification experience (LPR)
• 7.     Teachers professional development
  (Principals CPD)
• 8.     Students reading habit
• 9.     HKAT
• 10.  HKCEE
• 11. HKALE