教區學校業外校董經驗分享嘉賓交流互相切磋

Experience Sharing Session for School Managers of Diocesan Schools

教區學校中央校董會於七月廿六日舉行教區學校業外校董經驗分享會。出席的中央校董會成員包括教育事務主教代表胡路明、主教代表助理陳繼賢及何嘉璇、李烱輝、劉超賢、葉錦元和陳順清。共有十七位業外校董參加這個聚會。

是次分享會由主教代表領禱作開始。胡路明其後感謝各位校董接受主教的邀請，以專業知識協助教區學校發展全人教育。為使大家清楚認識教區辦學組織及情況，李烱輝介紹天主教教育推行架構、辦學團體架構及現時天主教學校的類別及數目。劉超賢則精要地闡釋公教教育的憧憬和使命是信仰與教育的結合，以基督的博愛及服務精神與中華瑰麗的文化為根基，培育青少年的靈、德、智、體、群、美六育，教導他們熱愛生命、追求真理。葉錦元隨即說明教區學校校董會及校董的權責及須知事項，亦同時簡介政府即將立法設立法團校董會的一般概況。介紹完畢，各校董均對成立法團校董會表達了疑惑及憂慮，並踴躍交流意見、分享經驗。

經討論後，各校董俱認為要維護天主教教育理念及使命，需要由有共同信念的專業人士建立一支團隊，出任校董一職，亦應聯絡及邀請有相同理想的校友及家長參選出任校董。校董須多交流、分享，建立共識，以鞏固校董隊伍的一致性。此外校長、主任及中層管理員是推動及執行政策的核心，應多加以培訓。至於法團校董會的會章，各校董均認為教區可先行制定，交教統局審議，然後提供各校作範本。以上的建議，中央校董會表示會作詳細考慮。關於校董們顧慮的法律責任及保險問題，主教代表則表示總務長康神父已在跟進。整個分享會在輕鬆愉快的氣氛中結束。其後與會者一同共進午餐。

An experience sharing session for School Managers of non-education sector was held by the Central Management Committee for Diocesan Schools on 26^th July 2003. Members of the Committee included Miss Alice Woo the Episcopal Delegate for Education, Mr. Peter Chan and Miss Jessie Ho, Assistants to the Episcopal Delegate, Mr. Li Quing Fai, Mr. Peter Lau, Mr. William Yip and Ms Mary Chan. Seventeen School Managers attended this session.

Miss Alice Woo began the session with an opening prayer and a vote of thanks to School Managers who had kindly accepted the Bishop’s invitation to offer their professional expertise serving Diocesan Schools. To enhance the Managers’ understanding of Catholic Education in Hong Kong, Mr. Li Quing Fai introduced to them the Structural Organization for the Promotion of Catholic Education, and also the Sponsoring Bodies of Catholic Schools in Hong Kong. Mr. Peter Lau expounded on the Vision and Mission of Catholic Education. Mr. William Yip presented the roles and responsibilities of School Managers of Diocesan Schools, bringing to light the future legislation of Incorporated Management Committee. After these presentations, the School Managers then enthusiastically engaged in discussion and expressed their genuine concern and worries about the forthcoming Incorporated Management Committee. As all agreed it was the mission of Catholic schools to promote Christ’s teaching of love and service and invaluable essence of Chinese culture, therefore it was significant that School Management Committees of Catholic schools should be in strong support of this direction. The Managers proposed that professionals, parents and alumni sharing the same vision and mission should be invited to join as School Managers of the Sponsoring Body or be encouraged to participate in the election as School Managers respectively. More sharing among School Managers to build up and strengthen the common consensus on school mission would be essential. To enable Diocesan School Principals and middle managers to implement the Catholic mission, staff development programmes on promotion of catholic education should be provided for them. The participants further opined that the constitution for Incorporated Management Committee in line with Catholic vision and mission could be pro-actively drafted by Catholic Diocese for Education and Manpower Bureau’s adoption before its release of sample constitution. To all these constructive suggestions, the Central Management Committee agreed to give favourable consideration. With regard to the concern about the legal liabilities and insurance policy for School Managers, Miss Woo explained the issue had been followed up by Fr. E. Khong, the Procurator. The sharing session then ended with a happy lunch for all participants.