Hong Kong Centre for the Development of Educational Leadership
香港教育領導發展中心
Leadership Training
HKCDEL was established under the auspices of the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKIER) in late 1998 as a major vehicle for advancing the practice, understanding, and development of leadership at all levels of education. Through working closely with practicing educational leaders, the Centre aims to provide quality research, development, and training activities for educational leaders in Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific Region, and the wider international community.
Leadership Enrichment and Development Programme for Non-teaching Education Professionals (NTEPs)
(2022/23, 2023/24)
To cope with the challenges of the education system and the ever-changing societal needs, Non-teaching Education Professionals (NTEPs) have to develop their professional knowledge and skills through continuing professional development (CPD) to keep abreast of the latest trends and demands. Enhancing leadership and management training is an important step towards nurturing a learning and professional team, it is therefore crucial to have in place a leadership enrichment and development programme for NTEPs who play an important role in planning, coordinating, and monitoring school development work in various areas for the betterment of students. The Programme aims at enabling NTEPs to possess a wider perspective of leadership, enriching their leadership and management skills to perform their leadership role.
Programme for Leadership Enhancement for Serving Vice-Principals (LVP)
(2022/23)
Vice-principals, who assume the responsibility of school leaders in the absence of the principals, play important roles in planning, coordinating, and monitoring school development work in various areas for the benefit of students. Under school-based management, it is crucial to have in place a team of vice-principals who can demonstrate leadership of considerable scope and depth. Especially during the changing time when new challenges creep in, questions of how to bring new vitality and enable sustainable development are inevitable for our serving school leaders.
To respond to the need and to answer the burning questions, we provide this timely leadership training program for our professionals to take in new theoretical knowledge as well as practical experience. By delivering cutting-edge leadership topics, this program intends to inspire participants to reflect critically on their everyday work and to develop their personal philosophy of school leadership. Through interacting activities, it intends to create a professional learning community for practitioners to establish rapport with each other, and exchange their thoughts and emotions. Field visits in business organizations or NGOs will also enable our participants to gain insights beyond the school context, and learn more about the organizational management culture, staff development strategies, marketing, and administration, etc.
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Recent Completed Programmes
Programme on Legal Matters in the School Context for School Principals
(2017/18)
School principals are entrusted by their school sponsoring bodies to manage their schools as a legally-bound, negligence-free, cohesive, organic, conscientious, dynamic, caring, and supportive entities in which the rights of teachers and students are respected. To this end, the Programme on Legal Matters in the School Context for School Principals was designed as an introductory course for serving principals to understand various respects of law relevant to the school context and its implications for school administration. The programme sought not only to familiarize the principal participants with the essential legal concepts and relevant ordinances pertaining to school operations but also to help them develop a pro-effective-governance attitude as well as a risk management mindset. The programme further equipped the participants with legal knowledge to identify and tackle legal problems relating to negligence, student discipline and employment.
The Programme on Legal Matters in the School Context for School Principals in the 2017/18 School Year was organized by a joint unit under the auspice of The Chinese University of Hong Kong comprising the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Administration and Policy and the Hong Kong Centre for the Development of Educational Leadership.
The programme aimed at achieving three major objectives: (1) To introduce to school principals various aspects of the law that has important bearing on school operation; (2) to probe into key issues in school education from the legal perspective; and (3) to gain insights into these key issues from the sharing of practical experiences of veteran school principals, particularly in better governance and risk management.
Leadership Development Programme for Middle Leaders of Primary School
(2020/21)
The programme, which is built on a sound theoretical framework informed by research findings on the educational context in Hong Kong, is intended to equip middle leaders of primary schools with the theoretical and applied leadership knowledge, as well as the skills to assist school heads in managing and leading successfully in schools; to strengthen their confidence in applying the acquired knowledge and skills in their own school contexts; to enhance the professionalism and competence of middle leaders with the ultimate goal of improving students’ learning; and to bridge the gap between school heads and teachers. The programme is aimed at enhancing the competence of middle leaders of primary schools in the following aspects: 1) School Leadership and Administration, 2) Curriculum, Learning and Teaching, and 3) Student Support and Partnership.
