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Suggested learning time: approximately 60 minutes

Roles and Functions of School Managers – Pursuing Excellence with Poise and Ambition
(Speaker: Dr SETO Mei-yee (Teacher manager) and Sr CHEUNG Suk-yuen, Christina (Former principal), Precious Blood Secondary School)

Roles and Functions of School Managers – Pursuing Excellence with Poise and Ambition

Questions

  1. How does a teacher manager participate in the discussions of the IMC in a personal capacity?
  2. How does a teacher manager offer opinions from the perspective of teacher professionalism so as to facilitate school development?
  3. A teacher manager is a member of the management authority, but not a representative of teachers.  How should the two roles be clarified?

Roles and Functions of School Managers – Reason and Compassion through Open Dialogue
(Speaker: Mr TANG Chung-yin (Former teacher manager) and Ms POON Wing-yi, Ruby (Principal), Yuen Long Public Middle School Alumni Association Tang Siu Tong Secondary School)

Roles and Functions of School Managers – Reason and Compassion through Open Dialogue

Questions

  1. How does a teacher manager understand the concerns of the school management and balance the needs of the frontline teachers?
  2. How does a teacher manager consider the needs of the school and offer opinions from the perspective of overall school development?
  3. How does a teacher manager assist the school with the planning of long-term development?

Suggested Follow-up Activities

Please read Section 40AS - Provisions Applicable to Alternate Managers of the Education Ordinance.

Please read paragraphs 2.2, 2.3.2, 2.4 and 2.5 in Section 2 “The School-based Management Governance Framework” of the School Managers’ Handbook.

Reflection Activities: (It is suggested recording the key points during the reflection process.)

  • Please think carefully and list the characteristics, strengths, areas for improvement, resources and other support systems of the IMC of your school.
  • Do you find it difficult to be a teacher manager?  How do you overcome the challenges?
  • How do you equip yourself to discharge the duties of a teacher manager?

Quiz: Facts about Teacher Managers
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