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天主教教育事務處 乘悉尼天主教教育事務總監 Brother Kelvin Canavan訪港之便，特別為全體天主教學校校監及校長安排一日的研討會及工作坊。目的是借鏡悉尼天主教學校成功的經驗，提升本地天主教學校的質素。
這次活動於六月二日在聖瑪加利大堂區中心禮堂舉行。共有一百八十多位中、小，幼校監校長出席。研討會於上午九時開始，由Brother Kelvin介紹英國，蘇格蘭及澳洲的學制，它們的共通點 ，從而深入淺出，引用數據，講解訂立學校目標及理念的重要性，並詳盡分析學校自評的運作、策略管理及校長的專業領導。作為一位教育領導，校長們必需以教與學為本，配合校本的領導，達致提升學生的學習成效。Brother Kelvin 關注是次活動最重要的目的，是探討如何強化天主教學校及突顯教會辦學理念。Brother Kelvin 更特別指出作為天主教學校領袖的使命。天主教學校的校長，除了作為教育領袖外，亦是一位宗教領袖，有著不可推卸的宗教使命。研討會中，亦談及天主教學校與堂區及家長的伙伴關係。講�竻韝ㄝ仱捋P各小組的討論，與各組成員交流心得。
下午的環節是由曾在本年三月到訪悉尼的校長與眾人分享心得及經驗，並由悉尼Casimir Catholic College 校長 Mr. Merv McCormack講解天主教學校的專業領導，如何把宗教理念滲透在每個學科及學習領域之內。其後，各參與的校監及校長分組討論撰寫一份如何突顯天主教辦學特色的學校發展計劃。
整個研討會及工作坊於下午四時結束，全體與會者均對於策略領導，訂立長遠的教育目標，學校自評的方法，𡯁其作為宗教學校領袖的使命，有更深入的了解。
The Catholic Education Office (CEO) of Hong Kong Diocese invited the Supervisors and principals of all Catholic schools to come on 2nd June for a day-long seminar in the Parish Hall at St. Margaret’s Parish Centre. The aim of the event was to learn from the successful experience of Sydney CEO in strategic planning and external school review and most important of all, in strengthening the Catholic identity to make our schools better.
Brother Kelvin Canavan, Executive Director of Schools in Sydney, and Mr. Merv McCormack, principal of Casimir College in Sydney were invited as guest speakers to conduct the seminar and workshop. Brother Kelvin compared the education system of England, Scotland and Australia and pointed out the importance of developing a systemic plan with clearly articulated initiatives and goals that could be assessed by a well managed internal process carried out in individual schools by all stakeholders. The end product of the whole mechanism was to bring about effective teaching and learning. Another very important message Brother Kelvin would like to convey was to strengthen the Catholic identity of Catholic schools. Principals of Catholic schools were not only leaders for learning, but also religious leaders with a Catholic mission.
In the afternoon session, some Hong Kong principals who had visited Sydney in March gave a sharing session on the good practices they had observed in Sydney Catholic schools. Then the principal of Casimir College, Mr. Merv McComack, explained the dual role of a Catholic school principal, stressing that a religious leader should look after the spiritual development of students. With the help of the facilitators, participants worked in groups to prepare an annual strategic plan focusing on how to strengthen Catholic identity in schools.
The event ended at around 4:00 pm. with participants having a better insight into strategic leadership and management, external school review as well as the role of a religious leader.