2005-2006

Capacity Enhancement Grant
Proposals

Plan on Use of Capacity Enhancement Grant

Name of School:YuenLongMerchantsAssociationSecondary School

School Year:2005-2006

Task Area

/ Major Area(s) of Concern / Implementation Plan / Benefits Anticipated (e.g. in what way teachers’ workload is alleviated) / Implementation Schedule / Resources Required / Performance Indicators / Assessment Mechanism / Qualification Expected / Routine Work / Person-in-
charge
Curriculum Development / To enhance students’ Chinese language proficiency / To employ 1 or 2 teaching assistant(s) to prepare and design teaching materials concerning Chinese Language, Chinese Literature and Putonghua and to launch various language-related activities. /
  1. Chinese language teacher will have more time to prepare and introduce the project-based learning in. S1 andS3 as well as the new C.E. syllabus .
  2. All Chinese language teachers will have more time to prepare and launch the new syllabus of Chinese language as well as the Chinese Literature.
  3. Students’ language proficiency (including Chinese language and Putonghua) will be enhanced.
/ From September 2005 onwards for 11 months. / Salary for 1 teaching assistantfor 12 Months ($11,000 per month) plus 5%MPF for 12 months,
i.e.
$11,000x12+5%
=$138,600 /
  1. Students’ examination result;
  2. Students’ participation in various competitions including the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival;
  3. Students’ incentive to learn Chinese Language, Chinese Literature and Putonghua;
  4. Students’ incentive to read and write Chinese.
/
  1. Performance appraisal on the teaching assistant.
  2. Students’ response and feedback.
  3. Students’ performance in various competitions and extra-curricular activities.
  4. Students’ examination result
/
  1. University Degree Holder (major in Chinese Language or related subjects);
  2. Certificate holder of the Test of Proficiency in Putonghua(普通話水平測試) conducted by the HKEAA
    OR
    the Certificate holder of the Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi(普通話水平測試) conducted by Guojia Yuyan Wenzi Gongzuo Weiyuanhui(國家語言文字工作委員會)
    OR
    the Certificate holder of the Putonghua Language Proficiency Training Courses or equivalent;
  3. experience in choral speech training.
/

Daily routine work

1:30-3:00/3:40
  1. to prepare and design teaching materials concerning Chinese Language, Chinese Literature and Putonghua;
  2. to assist Chinese language teachers to launch the project-based learning;
3:00/3:40-5:00
  1. to assist teachers organizing various language-related activities
Special Duties in different periods
Sept. to Dec.
3:00/3:40-4:30
  1. to teach the Putonghua tutorial class for S.1 students;
    (1 class each week)
  2. to train students participating the choral speech competition(Chinese section);
  3. to train those students participated the solo verse speaking or solo prose speaking(Putonghua section).
    (3 training sessions each week).

Feb. to April & May to June

3:00/3:40-4:30
  1. training S.1 to S.4 students’ oral speaking;
    (2 groups per week, every group consists 15 pupils);
  2. Putonghua tutorial class for S.2-S.3 students.
    (2 classes each week)

May to early July

1:30-5:00
  1. to assist teachers organizing various language-related activities
/ Miss Ng Fung Shan
Mr. Chan Kwok Wing

Plan on Use of Capacity Enhancement Grant

Name of School: YuenLongMerchantsAssociationSecondary School

School Year: 2005-2006

Task Area / Major Area(s) of Concern / Implementation
Plan / Benefits Anticipated (e.g. in what way teachers’ workload is alleviated) / Implementa- tion Schedule / Resources Required / Performance Indicators / Assessment Mechanism / Person-in-charge
  1. To help organizing and filing the department documents and teaching materials
  2. To prepare teaching materials for all S.1-S.5 teachers regularly
  3. To prepare lessons for Language Arts Lessons
4. To monitor some after-school English activities or programmes /
  1. To teach one class of Form Two English
  2. The arrangement of all English resources in the Language Laboratory
/ To employ one part-time English Teacher/ teaching assistant / 1) To provide clerical support for after-school courses;
2) To prepare teaching materials, especially the teaching materials for the School-based Assessment and Language Arts for the coming academic year;
3) To teach one class of junior form and this allows school to pilot smaller classes teaching in Sec. Four;
4) To ease English teachers’ work load by helping English teachers preparing the teaching notes;
5) To create more space and time for English teachers to teach effectively;
6) To help English teachers prepare, photocopy and distribute the English teaching notes on time for S.1-S.7 students. / 1/9/2005 to 31/8/2006 / Monthly salary of one part-time English teacher
$12,000x12
months =rounding up to $144,000+ 5% MPF=
$151,200 / S.1-S.4 English Coordinators and English Subject-in- charge / Performance Appraised by the English Subject-in- charge / TSE Wing-cheung

Plan for Capacity Enhancement Grant

Name of School: YuenLongMerchantsAssociationSecondary School

School Year: 2005-2006

Task Area / Major areas of concern / Implementation
Plan / Benefits
Anticipated / Duration / Resources required / Performance
Indicators / Assessment
Mechanism / Persons
In-charge
MMLC technical support, curriculum development and
Capacity for teachers’ self-advancement /
  1. To offer technical assistance and support to teaching staffs concerning the use of the MMLC.
  2. To help teachers prepare teaching materials/resources, which are to be used in the MMLC.
  3. To install software to the system in the MMLC upon request by teachers.
  4. To be responsible for the booking and return of equipments provided in the MMLC.
  5. Any other possible duties related to teaching in the MMLC.
/ To employ one full time MMLC teaching assistant. /
  1. To enable teachers to use MMLC effectively.
  2. To enable teachers to save more non-teaching time in effective IT teaching.
  3. To create more space and time for teachers to plane lessons and correct papers.
  4. To provide more space for teachers in self- advancement.
/ From 1/9/2005 to 31/8/2006 / Monthly salary of one MMLC teaching assistant:
$9000x12
=$108,000
+ 5% MPF,
rounding up to $113400 /
  1. Feedback from teachers.
  2. Teachers’ and students’ views on the use of the MMLC in teaching and learning.
  3. Occupancy rate.
/
  1. Performance review on the MMLC and the teaching assistant.
  2. Yearly evaluation.
/ Mr. CHAN Chi-keung
(Chairman)
Ms. KO WONG Sui-yi
Mr. LAU Wah-ying
Mr. YAU Chi-leung.

Plan on Use of Capacity Enhancement Grant

Name of School: YuenLongMerchantsAssociationSecondary School

School Year: 2005-2006

Task Areas / Major Area(s) of Concern / Implementation Plan / Benefits Anticipated (e.g. in what way teachers’ workload is alleviated) / Implementation Schedule / Resources Required / Performance Indicators / Assessment Mechanism / Person-in-charge
  1. To assist School First- Aid team.
2.To enter data for Discipline Section. /
  1. To help the school handle the physically unwell or sick students.
To enhance out door activities.
2.Update SAMS records including late students, merits and demerits, etc. / To employ one full-time
Teaching Assistant.
(Form 5 or above, certificate of First Aid needed, shows interest in outdoor
activities.) / 1.To ease teachers’workload in taking care of students.
To create more space and time for teachers dealing with outdoor activities.
2.To assist discipline teachers in upkeeping records. / 1/8/2005 to 31/8/2006 / Monthly salary of one temporary full-time Teaching Assistant First-aid and Discipline
$8,000×13months＝$104,000＋5%MPF＝rounding up to $109,200 / 1.Number of cases handled in the medical room.
Frequencyofoutdoor
activities attended.
2.Number of entries in SAMS records. / 1.Performance appraisal by the School First Aid team members.
2.Completion of SAMS records in disciplinary matters. / 1.First Aid team.
  1. Discipline
Committee.

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