Non-specialist Staff - (NOVEMBER 1998)

2. Clerical Assistant

To be eligible for appointment to the grade of Clerical Assistant paid out of the Salaries Grant, a candidate must:

(a) have completed Secondary IV (all subjects) in a registered school; and

(b) be fluent in Cantonese and have a good working knowledge of English.

3. Special Driver

To be eligible for appointment to the grade of Special Driver, a candidate must:

(a) have an appropriate valid driving licence to drive a registered school bus with 30 or more seats; and

(b) have acceptable driving experience, preferably not less than 5 years.

4. Motor Driver

To be eligible for appointment to the grade of Motor Driver, a candidate must:

(a) have an appropriate valid driving licence; and

(b) have acceptable driving experience, preferably not less than 5 years.

Note: Starting from the 2021/22 school year, all newly jointed drivers in special schools should be ranked at Special Driver. Serving Motor Driver will be accommodated until natural wastage or appointed to Special Driver upon meeting the corresponding requirements.

(updated on 1 September 2021)

5. Artisan II

To be eligible for appointment to the grade of Artisan II, a candidate must:

(a) have knowledge and ability to work as a physiotherapy attendant; and

(b) be fluent in Cantonese and be able to write Chinese and have some knowledge of English.

6. Workshop Attendant, Watchman and Cook

For the appointment to the grades of Workshop Attendant, Watchman and Cook, no special qualifications are required.

7. Teacher Assistant

To be eligible for appointment to the grade of Teacher Assistant, a candidate must:

(a) have completed Secondary V (all subjects) in a registered school; and

(b) be fluent in Cantonese.

8. School Executive Officer

The guides to appointment in respect of the grade of School Executive Officer is at Attachment L.

(updated on 1 September 2019)

Appendix 4/Attachment A

Guides to Appointment Aided Special Schools

Principal I

(For information: This document is not part of any agreement of service)

1. Qualifications and Experience

for Appointment:

(a) Normally - Promotion

Promotion rank for Principals II or Principal Graduate Masters/Mistresses or Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses or Senior Primary School Master/Mistress in the primary section of aided special schools.

(updated on 1 September 2022)

(b) Exceptionally - Direct Entry

Candidates should have fulfilled all requirements for normal promotion to this rank and have successfully completed a course of training in special education recognised by the Permanent Secretary. The Permanent Secretary may require the School Management Committee to submit justifications for the exceptional nature of the proposed promotion/

appointment for which the Permanent Secretary will have discretion either to approve or reject having regard to the special circumstances.

(updated on 1 September 2021)

2. Duties: Principal of a special school operating Secondary I-VI and with 18 or more equivalent ordinary secondary classes.

(updated on 1 September 2020)

3. Salary Scale: MPS Point 45 - Point 49 4. Promotion Prospects: Nil

5. Any Other Remarks: With effect from the 2002/03 school year, a School Head appointed by direct appointment to a head post in another aided school at the same substantive rank of his/her former head post without a break in service is allowed to retain the salary pay point he/she received in the former post; if there is a break in service, he/she should be remunerated at the minimum point of the pay scale.

Appendix 4/Attachment B

Guides to Appointment Aided Special Schools

Principal II

(For information: This document is not part of any agreement of service)

1. Qualifications and Experience

for Appointment:

(a) Normally - Promotion

Promotion rank for Principal Graduate Masters/Mistresses or Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses or Senior Primary School Master/Mistress in the primary section of aided special schools.

(updated on 1 September 2022)

(b) Exceptionally - Direct Entry

appointment for which the Permanent Secretary will have discretion either to approve or reject having regard to the special circumstances.

(updated on 1 September 2021)

2. Duties: Principal of a special school operating secondary classes and with 12 to 17 equivalent ordinary secondary classes.

(updated on 1 September 2020)

3. Salary Scale: MPS Point 40 - Point 44 4. Promotion Prospects: Principal I

Appendix 4/Attachment C

Guides to Appointment Aided Special Schools

Principal Graduate Master/Mistress

(For information: This document is not part of any agreement of service) 1. Qualifications and

Experience for Appointment:

(a) Normally - Promotion Promotion rank for

(i) Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses; or (ii) Senior Primary School Masters/Mistresses

in the primary section of aided special schools solely for the case of Principal Graduate Masters/Mistresses serving as heads of special schools with both primary and secondary sections.

(updated on 1 September 2022)

(b) Exceptionally - Direct Entry

appointment for which the Permanent Secretary will have discretion either to approve or reject having regard to the special circumstances.

(updated on 1 September 2021)

2. Duties: (a) Head of a special school operating secondary classes and with 11 or fewer equivalent ordinary secondary classes; or

(b) Deputy Head of a special school operating secondary classes and with 12 or more equivalent ordinary secondary classes.

(updated on 1 September 2020)

3. Salary Scale: MPS Point 38 - Point 41 4. Promotion Prospects: Principal I/II

With effect from the 2004/05 school year, aspiring principals are required to attain the Certification for

appointment conditions in force at the time before they could be considered for appointment to principalship. Candidates should have successfully completed a course of training in special education recognised by the Permanent Secretary.

(updated on 1 September 2021)

5. Any Other Remarks: In the case of promotion to Principal II, as the salary scale of a Principal Graduate Master/Mistress overlaps that of a Principal II (MPS Pt 40 - 44), the promotees’ salary scale and incremental date will be determined as follows:

(a) if their pay before promotion is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office by more than one point, they will enter at the minimum and their new incremental date will be determined by the date of their promotion;

(b) if their pay before promotion is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office by not more than one point, they will enter at the minimum and retain their existing incremental date;

(c) if their pay before promotion is not less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office and subject to the maximum point of the new scale not being exceeded, they will enter the new scale at the point which is next above their pay and retain their existing incremental date; and

(d) if the promotees are already receiving the maximum pay of their former office at the date of promotion, they will enter the new scale at the point next above their pay and their new incremental date will be determined by the date of promotion.

(e) With effect from the 2002/03 school year, a School Head appointed by direct appointment to a head post in another aided school at the same substantive rank of his/her former head post without a break in service is allowed to retain the salary pay point he/she received in the former post; if there is a break in service, he/she should be remunerated at the minimum point of the pay scale.

Appendix 4/Attachment D

Guides to Appointment Aided Special Schools

Senior Graduate Master/Mistress

(For information: This document is not part of any agreement of service)

1. Qualifications and Experience for Appointment:

(a) Normally - Promotion/Regrading

(i) Promotion - Promotion rank for Graduate Masters/Mistresses.

(ii) Regrading - A Principal Assistant Master/Mistress with a local first degree plus teacher training qualifications (or equivalent) is eligible for consideration for regrading in his/her serving school as Senior Graduate Master/Mistress. Candidates should have successfully completed a course of training in special education recognised by the Permanent Secretary. (updated on 1 September 2021)

(b) Exceptionally - Direct Entry

(updated on 1 September 2021)

2. Duties: (a) Assist the principal and vice-principal in guiding the work in various functional areas in order to take forward education initiatives in the secondary section of a special school;

(b) Take the lead in diversified professional duties;

(d) Perform other related duties as assigned by the school.

(updated on 1 September 2019)

3. Salary Scale: MPS Point 34 - Point 39

4. Promotion Prospects: Principal Graduate Master/Mistress/Principal II / Principal I

Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Principal Graduate Masters/Mistresses/Principals II/Principals I after they have had at least 3 years of acceptable secondary school experience in the post in the secondary section of an aided special school with proven ability to take charge of an academic subject or to perform other duties of special responsibility; have undertaken training course(s) specified by or acceptable to the Permanent Secretary and have successfully completed a course of training in special education recognised by the Permanent Secretary. With effect from the 2004/05 school year, aspiring principals are required to attain the Certification for Principalship in addition to complying with the appointment conditions in force at the time before they could be considered for appointment to principalship.

(updated on 1 September 2021)

5. Any Other Remarks: (a) In the case of promotion to Principal Graduate Master/Mistress, as the salary scale of a Senior Graduate Master/Mistress overlaps that of a Principal Graduate Master/Mistress (MPS Point 38 - Point 41), the promotees’ salary scale and incremental date will be determined as follows:

(i) if their pay before promotion is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office by more than one point, they will enter at the minimum and their new incremental date will be determined by the date of their promotion;

(ii) if their pay before promotion is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office by not more than one point, they will enter at the minimum and retain their existing incremental date;

(iii) if their pay before promotion is not less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office and subject to the maximum point of the new scale not being exceeded, they will enter the new scale at the point which is next above their pay and retain their existing incremental date; and

(iv) if the promotees are already receiving the maximum pay of their former office at the date of promotion, they will enter the new scale at the point next above their pay and their new incremental date will be determined by the date of promotion.

(b) The salary scale and incremental date of a Senior Graduate Master/Mistress regraded from the rank of Principal Assistant Master/Mistress will be determined as follows:

(i) If immediately before regrading, his/her pay is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new office, he/she will enter at the minimum and the incremental date will be determined by the date of regrading.

(ii) If his/her pay is the same or more than the minimum of the pay scale and not more than the maximum of the pay scale of the new office, he/she will continue to receive his/her existing pay in the former post. The new incremental date will be determined by the date of regrading;

(iii) If he/she is regraded on his/her incremental date, for the purpose of these rules, his/her pay before regrading will be taken to be the pay he/she would have received on that date had he/she not been regraded; and

(iv) If the date of regrading falls on or between the 1st and the 15th day of the month, the incremental date will be taken to be the first day of that month. If the date of regrading falls on or between the 16th day and the end of the month, the incremental date will be taken to be the first day of the following month.

(updated on 1 September 2008)

Appendix 4/Attachment E

Guides to Appointment Aided Special Schools

Graduate Master/Mistress

(For information: This document is not part of any agreement of service) 1. Qualifications and

Experience for Appointment:

(a) New Recruitment

A degree from a local university, or equivalent (the degree means a Bachelor degree); or Note: Preference will be given to candidates with a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary.

(b) Regrading

A Certificate Master/Mistress, Assistant Master/Mistress or Senior Assistant Master/Mistress with a local first degree or equivalent is eligible for consideration for regrading in his/her serving school as Graduate Master/Mistress. (updated on 1 September 2008)

2. Duties: (a) Coordinate and discharge diversified professional duties;

(b) Undertake class teaching in the secondary section of a special school;

school.

(updated on 1 September 2019)

3. Salary Scale: (a) MPS Point 17 - Point 33 for those appointed before 1.4.2000.

(b) MPS Point 12 - Point 33 for those appointed between 1.4.2000 and 31.7.2007 (both dates inclusive).

(d) MPS Point 15 - Point 33 for those appointed on or after 1.10.2010.

Note: Graduate Masters/Mistresses will not be allowed to proceed beyond the salary bar specified below without acquiring a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary:

(a) Bar at MPS Point 27 for those appointed between 5.12.1980 and 31.8.1997 (both dates inclusive)

(b) Bar at MPS Point 22 for those appointed between 1.9.1997 and 31.3.2000 (both dates inclusive)

(d) Bar at MPS Point 22 for those appointed between 1.8.2007 and 30.9.2010 (both dates inclusive)

(e) Bar at MPS Point 20 for those appointed on or after 1.10.2010

With effect from 1.8.2007, the salary bar would be set at 5 pay points above the prevailing starting salary and would be adjusted automatically whenever there is a change in the starting salary in the future. A serving untrained GM without a break in service is subject to the adjusted salary bar or the highest salary bar point he/she has ever experienced in the appointment as GM, whichever is the higher.

(updated on 1 September 2010)

4. Period of Probation: 2 years

5. Promotion Prospects: Senior Graduate Master/Mistress

Graduate Masters/Mistresses will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses provided they have obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary, have successfully completed a course of training in special education recognised by the Permanent Secretary; and have had 5 years of acceptable secondary school experience in a graduate post in an aided or assisted private school and have clearly shown ability to take charge of an academic subject or to perform other duties of special responsibility in a secondary school; and have undertaken training course(s) specified by or acceptable to the Permanent Secretary.

6, Any Other Remarks: (a) Direct entrants with a Degree but no Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or Teacher’s Certificate or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary, will enter at the minimum of the salary scale;

(b) Direct entrants with a Degree plus an appropriate Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or Teacher’s Certificate or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary, will enter at the third point in the salary scale;

(c) With effect from 1.9.1995, holders of a non-local degree with an appropriate Post-Graduate Certificate in Education obtained from a local university will enter at the third point in the salary scale, irrespective of whether the non-local degree is equivalent to a non-local degree;

(d) Entrants having teaching experience acceptable to the Permanent Secretary will be awarded increments in the salary scale;

(e) Serving Graduate Masters/Mistresses who acquire an appropriate Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary after pursuing a full-time or part-time course will be awarded 2 additional increments if they entered at the first point in accordance with paragraph 6(a) or have not been previously awarded additional increments on the strength of such, provided that the maximum of the salary scale is not exceeded;

(f) Graduate Masters/Mistresses not possessing an appropriate Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Permanent Secretary but appointed prior to 1 September 1978 will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses provided that they have completed training as specified by or acceptable to the Permanent Secretary.

(g) With effect from 1 September 2003, an untrained teacher regraded from a non-graduate rank to Graduate Master/Mistress, who subsequently acquires acceptable teacher training qualification, will:

(i) be eligible for the award of 2 additional increments if, other than through possession of recognised experience, he/she entered at the minimum point of the Graduate Master/Mistress pay scale prevailing at the time he/she was regraded, provided that the maximum of the pay scale is not exceeded; or

(ii) be eligible for the award of 1 additional increment if, other than through possession of recognized experience, he/she entered at 1 point above the minimum point of the Graduate Master/Mistress pay scale prevailing at the time he/she was regraded, provided that the maximum of the pay scale is not exceeded; or

(iii) not be eligible for the award of any additional increment if, other than through possession of recognised experience, he/she entered at 2 or more points above the minimum point of the Graduate Master/Mistress pay scale prevailing at the time he/she was regraded.

(updated on 1 January 2014)

(h) The salary scale and incremental date of a Graduate Master/Mistress regraded from the rank of Senior Assistant Master/Mistress, Assistant Master/Mistress or Certificated Master/Mistress will be determined as follows:

(i) If immediately before regrading, his/her pay is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new office, he/she will enter at the minimum, and the new incremental date will be determined by the date of regrading.

(ii) If his/her pay is the same or more than the minimum and not more than the maximum of the pay scale of the new office, he/she will continue to receive his/her existing pay in the former post.

The new incremental date will be determined by the date of regrading;

(updated on 1 September 2010)

Appendix 4/Attachment F(i)

Guides to Appointment Aided Special Schools

Principal Assistant Master/Mistress

(For information: This document is not part of any agreement of service) 1. Qualifications and

Experience for Appointment:

(a) Normally - Promotion

Promotion rank for Senior Assistant Masters/

Mistresses. (Please refer to 5. Any Other Remarks.)

(b) Exceptionally - Direct Entry N.A.

(Note: Starting from the 2019/20 school year, teachers cannot be directly appointed to fill a non-graduate post at the promotion rank, except for the redeployment of teachers from one school to another under the same school sponsoring body.) (updated on 1 September 2019)

2. Duties: (a) Coordinating pastoral care and extra curricular activities and attending to special needs of pupils in junior forms in addition to teaching duties in the secondary section of a special school.

(b) Performing duties of special responsibility in the capacity of Deputy Head of a special school operating a secondary section.

3. Salary Scale: MPS Point 34 - Point 36 4. Promotion Prospects: Nil

5. Any Other Remarks: Starting from the 2008/09 school year, Principal Assistant Masters/Mistresses with a recognised degree plus teacher training (or equivalent) may apply for regrading to Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses in his/her serving school to fill up new Senior Graduate Master/Mistress posts created under the enhanced graduate teacher ratio. Candidates should have successfully completed a course of training in special education recognised by the Permanent Secretary. (updated on 1 September 2021)

(a) Upon successful regrading or natural wastage of a serving Principal Assistant Master/

Mistress, the practice of upgrading a Senior Assistant Master/Mistress post to a Principal Assistant Master/Mistress post will cease with immediate effect. The respective proportions of SAM, AM and CM posts as stipulated in this Code of Aid will not be affected by the cessation of this practice.

(b) If a serving Principal Assistant Master/Mistress does not apply for regrading to Senior Graduate Master/Mistress, he/she can continue to be accommodated in his/her existing rank of Principal Assistant Master/Mistress to hold against a Senior Graduate Master/Mistress post created under the enhanced graduate teacher ratio accordingly.

(updated on 1 September 2008)

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