天主教教育事務處與香港教育學院 簽署第三份合作協議

Catholic Education Office and HKIEd Sign third Agreement for Collaboration

為提高教與學素質，造福香港天主教學校與師資培訓，天主教教育事務處於2003年11月11日與香港教育學院（教院）續簽一份為期五年的合作協議書，進一步鞏固及增進雙方的學術交流及夥伴關係。

 協議書由天主教教育事務主教代表胡路明女士及香港教育學院校長莫禮時教授代表簽訂。

 這是第三份教院與天主教教育事務處聯合簽訂的合作協議，首份協議早於九七年簽訂，教院日後將與該處及其聯屬學校合作展開多項協作計劃，包括： 

?         選派香港教育學院講師於天主教香港教區屬下學校，包括幼稚園、小學及中學短期任教；

?         加強雙方在香港教育學院學員教學體驗計劃內的協作；

?         發掘及提供在天主教學校進行研究的機會；

?         為天主教學校提供教師發展及諮詢服務；及

?         合辦研討會及學術會議。

 過往六年，雙方一直保持緊密合作，攜手開展各式各樣互惠模式的協作項目，當中包括「講師駐校計劃」。該計劃安排教院講師到天主教聯屬學校內任教，從中豐富其教學經驗，同時為這些學校提供專業諮詢服務。由於效果良好，及後推展至其他學校。

 雙方的支援及協作涉及多方面事務。除教院學生可被派往天主教學校進行教學實習、汲取教學實況經驗外，學校校長更為教院擔當首批「榮譽面試委員計劃」的榮譽面試員，該計劃專為改善教院遴選新生程序而設的。

 鑑於雙方存在長久密切聯繫，使教院得以在廣大的學校網絡中，順利試驗及推展不少嶄新的教學啟導培訓項目及研究發展協作活動，當中包括「夥伴學校計劃」、「創展協進計劃」以及「教學啟導與中學課堂教學評估計劃」等。

The Catholic Education Office (CEO) and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) extend their collaborative partnership by signing a five-year agreement on 11 November 2003.  The agreement is designed to ensure a sharing and supportive relationship between the two parties for quality teacher education and bringing benefits to local Catholic schools.

 The agreement was signed by Ms Alice Woo Lo-ming, Episcopal Delegate for Education of the HK Catholic Diocese and Professor Paul Morris, President of the HKIEd.   

This is the third collaborative agreement between the CEO and the HKIEd since 1997.  The agreement encompasses collaboration in a number of areas, such as:- 

?         Attachment of selected HKIEd staff in Catholic schools in Hong Kong under the Sponsoring Body of “The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong”;

?         Enhanced cooperation in the operation of field experience for HKIEd students;

?         Opportunities for research in Catholic schools;

?         Provision of teacher development and consultancy services to Catholic schools; and

?         Organisation of joint conferences, seminars and academic meetings between the two parties.

 Over the past six years, HKIEd and CEO have joined hands to develop various mutually beneficial exchange projects, such as the “Lecturer Attachment Scheme”.  The scheme, which enabled HKIEd’s teaching staff to refresh their teaching experience and provide consultancy services and professional support to the Catholic schools, has been expanded to other schools. 

 There has been cooperation in other fields as well.  While HKIEd students were allowed to be placed for field experience in CEO schools, the Catholic school principals were the first to joined HKIEd’s “Honorary Interviewers Scheme” which was designed to enhance the effectiveness of the Institute’s admission interviews.  The close relations with the CEO have enable the HKIEd to experiment many innovative teaching and mentoring programmes such as the “Partnership School Scheme”, the “Progressive & Innovative Primary School Project”, and the “Secondary Teaching Evaluation and Mentoring Project”.