COMPENDIUM TO CODE OF AID FOR AIDED SCHOOLS

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COMPENDIUM TO

CODE OF AID FOR

AIDED SCHOOLS

(Release 1.13, Nov 2018)

Education Bureau

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Section 1 Calculation of Staff Establishment

Section 1A Staff Establishment of Aided Secondary Schools Attachment A Teaching Staff Establishment Attachment B Language Improvement Measures

Attachment C Manning Scale of Laboratory Technicians Section 1B Staff Establishment of Aided Primary Schools

Attachment A Teaching Staff Establishment in Aided Primary Schools Operating Bi-sessional Classes

Attachment B Teaching Staff Establishment in Whole-day Aided Primary Schools Section 1C Staff Establishment of Aided Special Schools

Attachment A Ranking of Principal of Special Schools Attachment B Teaching Staff Establishment for Primary

Classes in Special Schools Attachment C Teaching Staff Establishment for

Secondary Classes in Special Schools Section 2 Salary Scales

Section 3 Letter of Appointment or Contract of Service and Payment of Salaries on Appointment, Resignation, Retirement or Termination of Appointment

Section 4 Qualifications for New Recruits

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Attachment A Training Requirements for Promotion of Teachers

Section 6 Conditions and Procedures for Termination of Service or Dismissal of Teachers and Specialist Staff

Section 7A Leave Entitlement

Section 7B Conditions for Employment of Short-term Supply Staff Section 8 Allowances

Attachment A Special Education Programmes in Ordinary Aided Secondary/Primary Schools

Section 9 Administration Grant for Aided Secondary Schools Section 10 Administration Grant/Revised Administration Grant for

Aided Primary, Special Schools and Boarding Section of Aided Secondary Schools

Section 11 Expanded Operating Expenses Block Grant (EOEBG) Section 12 Teacher Relief Grant (TRG)

Section 13 Non-Recurrent Grants

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Section 1 Calculation of Staff Establishment

1. This Section provides details about the criteria and basis for calculating the staff establishment of aided secondary, aided primary and aided special schools as follows:

Section 1A – Staff Establishment of Aided Secondary Schools Attachment A Teaching Staff Establishment

Attachment B Language Improvement Measures

Attachment C Manning Scale of Laboratory Technicians Section 1B – Staff Establishment of Aided Primary Schools

Attachment A Teaching Staff Establishment in Schools Operating Bi-sessional Classes

Attachment B Teaching Staff Establishment in Whole-day Schools Section 1C – Staff Establishment of Aided Special Schools

Attachment A Ranking of Principal of Special Schools

Attachment B Teaching Staff Establishment for Primary Classes in Special Schools

Attachment C Teaching Staff Establishment for Secondary Classes in Special Schools

2. Schools operating combined levels of classes i.e. both secondary and primary classes such as “through-train” school, or combined session i.e. both whole-day and bi-sessional classes such as “mixed-mode” school, should refer to the relevant Sections and Attachments in calculating the staff entitlement of the school.

3. “Through-train” primary and secondary schools, though are considered as separate entities with respect to staffing establishment, can flexibly deploy teachers among the linked schools provided that the teachers concerned are kept within the approved establishment of their respective schools.

4. For a school that operates combined levels or sessions of classes where each of the level or session is entitled to a separate headship post in accordance with the calculation of teaching staff establishment, only one of the headship posts should serve as “Principal” as defined in the Education Ordinance, if the school is under one school registration.

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Section 1A Staff Establishment of Aided Secondary Schools

(I) Teaching Staff Establishment 1. Basic Provision

With effect from the 2012/13 school year, the teacher-to-class ratios¹ for secondary schools are as follows:

 1.7 teachers per junior secondary class

 2.0 teachers per senior secondary class Additional Provision

Starting from the 2017/18 school year, the above teacher-to-class ratios are increased by 0.1 teacher per class, i.e. Additional Provision. The additional teaching post(s) so created is/are at the rank of Graduate Master / Mistress (GM) and not included in calculating promotion posts and graduate teacher ratio.

Each school is provided with a Principal and its teaching staff entitlement is calculated according to its class organization and the corresponding teacher-to-class ratios. The teaching staff entitlement calculated should be retained at 1 decimal place.

The overall teaching staff entitlement of a school includes the additional teachers of appropriate grades as provided and specified in sub-paragraph 3 below.

(updated on 1 September 2017)

2. Graded Post within the Establishment

The ratio² of graduate teacher posts in aided secondary schools is 85%

with effect from the 2009/10 school year.

The number of posts in each grade should be determined by making reference to Attachment A.

1 The teacher-to-class ratios have embedded the provision of additional teachers to all schools including the teachers for split-class teaching, school librarians, additional Chinese language teachers, additional teachers for remedial teaching, counselling and extra-curricular activities and additional non-graduate teachers under Education Commission Report No. 5.

Upon the implementation of the New Senior Secondary (NSS) academic structure from the 2009/10 school year, the teacher-to-class ratios for secondary schools, as stipulated in the report “The New Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education” published in May 2005, are as follows:

 From the 2009/10 school year to the 2011/12 school year (i.e. up to the double cohort year), the teacher-to-class ratios are 1.7 teachers per junior secondary class, 1.9 teachers per senior secondary class in the new system and S5 of the pre-NSS system, and 2.3 teachers per S6 and S7 class of the pre-NSS system.

 In and after the 2012/13 school year, the teacher-to-class ratio for senior secondary class is revised to 2.0 teachers per senior secondary class (S4 to S6).

2 With effect from 1 September 2008, the previous upgrading provisions for Expansion of Graduate Posts in Secondary Schools and Graduate Posts for Practical, Technical or Cultural Subjects has been subsumed under the enhanced graduate teacher ratio.

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(updated on 1 September 2017) 3. Additional Teachers

(a) Additional teachers of English are provided to individual schools which adopt Chinese as the medium of instruction for subjects other than language subjects, practical and technical subjects, Chinese History, Chinese Literature and English Literature. The purpose of the additional teachers is to help schools that adopt Chinese as the medium of instruction to strengthen the teaching of English. The eligibility for additional teachers of English is determined in accordance with the amount of Chinese language instruction offered.

Details concerning the calculation of additional teachers of English are in Attachment B.

(b) Enhanced Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Scheme

NETs will be provided as additional English teachers regardless of the choice of medium of instruction (MOI), in the following scale –

Total no. of Operating Classes No. of additional NET

Below 40 1

40 or above 2

One more NET may be employed to fill one of the additional English teacher posts at GM rank allocated to them in accordance with Attachment B.

(updated on 1 April 2013)

(c) With effect from 1 September 1996, new schools are provided with one additional Graduate Master/Mistress in the initial two years of operation.

(d) With effect from 1 September 2006, additional graduate teachers are provided to individual schools with academic low achievers in Secondary 1 – 3. An additional 0.7 Graduate Master/Mistress per class of territory bottom 10% students enrolled and an additional 0.3 Graduate Master/Mistress per class of territory Band 3 students enrolled not within the Bottom 10% are provided. From 2009/10 school year onwards, the calculated number of additional teacher should be retained at 1 decimal place.

(e) Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)

Starting from the 2017/18 school year, an additional teaching post at the GM rank is provided by phases in 3 years to each public sector ordinary secondary school to facilitate the assignment of a designated teacher to take up the role of SENCO to coordinate matters relating to special educational needs. The post will not be included in calculating promotion posts and graduate teacher ratio in the teaching staff establishment. (updated on 1 September 2017)

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4. Fractional Graduate Master/Mistress (GM) Post

The fractional GM post is worked out by adding up the fractional entitlements, if any, in (I)1, i.e. overall establishment deduced from teacher-to-class ratios, and (I)3, i.e. additional teachers. Any whole number of the sum is added to the GM establishment. Both the fractional and whole number GM posts do not count towards the calculation of promotion posts and the graduate teacher ratio. Schools may keep the fractional GM post in the teaching staff establishment or opt for encashing the fractional GM post, which is calculated on the basis of the mid-point of GM teachers.

(updated on 1 September 2017) 5. Flexibility in Staff Structure

In view of the variety of curricula and of class organisations within the aided sector, the Incorporated Management Committee and the Principal of a school may propose for the approval of the Permanent Secretary a staff-structure for the school with a higher number of non-graduate posts than the standard manning scale subject to the following conditions – (a) (i) Among the graduate teaching posts, the proportion of Senior

Graduate Master/Mistress (SGM) and Principal Graduate Master/Mistress (PGM) posts should not exceed five-twelfths.

This proportion excludes one Graduate Master/Mistress (GM) post upgraded to SGM in a secondary school with 15 or more classes with effect from 1 September 1994.

(ii) Among the non-graduate teaching posts, the proportion of Senior Assistant Master/Mistress (SAM) posts should not exceed one-quarter; and the combined proportion of SAM and Assistant Master/Mistress (AM) posts should not exceed one-half. The upgrading arrangement of an SAM post to a PAM post for a secondary school with 24 or more classes has ceased since 1 September 2008 upon the enhancement of the graduate teacher ratio.

Note: With effect from 1 September 2008, serving PAMs with a recognised degree plus teacher training (or equivalent) may apply for re-grading to SGMs to fill up new SGM posts created under the enhanced graduate teacher ratio. Upon successful re-grading or natural wastage of a serving PAM, the practice of upgrading an SAM post to a PAM post will cease with immediate effect. The respective proportions of SAM, AM and Certificated Master/Mistress (CM) posts will not be affected by the cessation of this practice. If a serving PAM teacher does not apply for re-grading to SGM, he/she can continue to be accommodated in his/her existing rank of PAM holding against an SGM post created under the enhanced graduate teacher ratio accordingly. (updated on 1 September 2008)

(iii) The proportion of graduate teaching posts in the Basic Provision should not exceed 85% of the teaching staff entitlement,

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calculated according to the approved teacher-to-class ratios.

(iv) In calculating the proportions of promotion posts, posts provided for the Principal and those out of the Basic Provision should be excluded, except additional teachers in paragraphs 3(a).

(b) No serving teacher's service may be terminated for the purpose of taking advantage of this provision.

(c) When a staff structure of a school has been approved and implemented which involves a greater proportion of non-graduate teachers and additional AM or SAM posts beyond those provided on the above basis, the proportion of graduates should be raised as and when AM and SAM posts fall vacant. The Permanent Secretary may, however, approve the school to replace a departing Certificated Master/Mistress with a Graduate Master/Mistress to meet a demand for graduate teachers on justifiable grounds, subject to no overall increase in the number of promotion posts.

(II) Non-teaching Staff Establishment A. Educational Psychologists

1. The Education Bureau creates additional educational psychologist (EP) posts in aided ordinary schools and invites school sponsoring bodies (SSBs) to apply for these posts under the School-based Educational Psychology Service (SBEPS) starting from the 2008/09 school year.

Each EP post awarded to the SSB is employed as a non-teaching specialist staff of a base school under its sponsorship to provide SBEPS for schools assigned by the Education Bureau and such schools are not limited to those belonging to the same SSB operating the base school.

2. The EP posts created in aided ordinary schools are combined establishment, with the ranks of EP I and II. Candidates having fully met the entry requirements for EP I, with at least 3 years of satisfactory service as an EP II, can be considered for direct appointment to EP I. Candidates not fully meeting the above criteria may be appointed as EP II, should they meet the entry requirements for this rank. Guides to appointment of EP I and II are stipulated in Sections 4.22 and 4.23 respectively and conditions for promotion of EP are stipulated in Section 4.23.

(Updated on 24 May 2013)

B. Laboratory Technician

The manning scale of Laboratory Technician is shown in Attachment C.

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C. Staff for Boarding Section (applicable to schools with an approved boarding section)

An aided secondary school with an approved boarding section subvented by the Education Bureau may be provided with the following staff:

1. Warden

One warden at the rank of:

(a) Social Work Officer for a boarding section with a capacity of more than 120 boarders; or

(b) Chief Social Work Assistant or Assistant Social Work Officer for a boarding section with a capacity of 120 or fewer boarders.

2. Assistant Warden

An assistant warden at the rank of:

(a) Assistant Social Work Officer for a boarding section with a capacity of more than 120 boarders; or

(b) Senior Social Work Assistant for a boarding section with 60 – 120 boarders; or

(c) Social Work Assistant for a boarding section with less than 60 boarders.

3. Boarding Service Master/Mistress I *

Boarding Service Masters/Mistresses I to be appointed on the following scale:

Week-day ratio

Week-end & Sunday ratio

(in addition to the week-day provision) 1 for 60 boarders 0.5 for 60 or fewer boarders

1 for 61 – 120 boarders 1.5 for 121 or more boarders 4. Boarding Service Master/Mistress II *

Boarding Service Masters/Mistresses II to be appointed on the following scale:

Week-day ratio

Week-end & Sunday ratio (in addition to the week-day provision) 2 for 60 boarders 1 for 60 boarders

5. Clerical Staff

One clerical assistant to be appointed for each boarding section for the calculation of the amount of Administration Grant or the Revised Administration Grant as appropriate payable to it³.

3 Schools that opt for the Administration Grant for their boarding section will pay the salaries of their clerical and janitor staff through the Administration Grant, and those that opt for the Revised Administration Grant will pay the salaries of their janitor staff through the Revised Administration Grant and the actual salaries of the other staff through the Salaries Grant.

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6. Cook

Cooks to be appointed on the following scale:

Number of boarders Number of cooks

39 or less 2

40 – 79 3

80 or more 4

7. Watchman

Two watchmen for each boarding section.

8. Janitor Staff *

Janitor staff to be appointed on the following scale for the calculation of the amount of Administration Grant or the Revised Administration Grant as appropriate payable to it⁴:

Week-day ratio

Week-end & Sunday ratio

(in addition to the week-day provision) 1 for 100 boarders 0.6 for 100 or fewer boarders

* Guidelines in calculating the number of staff of Boarding Service Masters/Mistresses I, Boarding Service Masters/Mistresses II and Janitor Staff –

(a) Individual fractions of these three grades will be added together and the fraction resulting, if any, will be rounded up to the next whole number;

(b) When fraction arises in either rank of boarding service master/mistress I and boarding service master/mistress II, it will be rounded up to the next whole number of boarding service master/mistress I; when fractions arise in both ranks of boarding service master/mistress I and boarding service master/mistress II, the fraction in boarding service master/mistress I will be rounded up and the fraction in boarding service master/mistress II will be rounded down;

(c) The difference between the total number of the three grades calculated as per paragraph (a) above and the total number of boarding service master/mistress I and boarding service master/mistress II calculated as per paragraph (b) above is to be appointed as janitor staff.

4 Schools that opt for the Administration Grant for their boarding section will pay the salaries of their clerical and janitor staff through the Administration Grant, and those that opt for the Revised Administration Grant will pay the salaries of their janitor staff through the Revised Administration Grant and the actual salaries of the other staff through the Salaries Grant.

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Section 1A/ Attachment A

Teaching Staff Establishment in Aided Secondary Schools

(The number of posts in the table below includes teachers provided according to the teacher-to-class ratios under new senior secondary academic structure, i.e. Basic Provision.)

No. of posts in each rank

Total Staff Graduates Non-graduates

Entitlement Principal SGM GM Total SAM AM CM Total

7 1 2 3 5 0 0 1 1

8 1 2 4 6 0 0 1 1

9 1 3 4 7 0 0 1 1

10 1 3 5 8 0 0 1 1

11 1 3 5 8 0 1 1 2

12 1 4 5 9 0 1 1 2

13 1 4 6 10 0 1 1 2

14 1 5 6 11 0 1 1 2

15 1 5 7 12 0 1 1 2

16 1 5 8 13 0 1 1 2

17 1 6 8 14 0 1 1 2

18 1 6 8 14 0 1 2 3

19 1 6 9 15 0 1 2 3

20 1 7 9 16 0 1 2 3

21 1 7 10 17 0 1 2 3

22 1 7 11 18 0 1 2 3

23 1 8 11 19 0 1 2 3

24 1 8 12 20 0 1 2 3

25 1 8 12 20 1 1 2 4

26 1 9 12 21 1 1 2 4

27 1 9 13 22 1 1 2 4

28 1 10 13 23 1 1 2 4

29 1 10 14 24 1 1 2 4

30 1 10 15 25 1 1 2 4

31 1 10 15 25 1 1 3 5

32 1 11 15 26 1 1 3 5

33 1 11 16 27 1 1 3 5

34 1 12 16 28 1 1 3 5

35 1 12 17 29 1 1 3 5

36 1 12 18 30 1 1 3 5

37 1 13 18 31 1 1 3 5

38 1 13 18 31 1 2 3 6

39 1 13 19 32 1 2 3 6

40 1 14 19 33 1 2 3 6

41 1 14 20 34 1 2 3 6

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42 1 15 20 35 1 2 3 6

43 1 15 21 36 1 2 3 6

44 1 15 22 37 1 2 3 6

45 1 15 22 37 1 2 4 7

46 1 16 22 38 1 2 4 7

47 1 16 23 39 1 2 4 7

48 1 17 23 40 1 2 4 7

49 1 17 24 41 1 2 4 7

50 1 17 25 42 1 2 4 7

51 1 17 25 42 2 2 4 8

52 1 18 25 43 2 2 4 8

53 1 18 26 44 2 2 4 8

54 1 19 26 45 2 2 4 8

55 1 19 27 46 2 2 4 8

56 1 20 27 47 2 2 4 8

57 1 20 28 48 2 2 4 8

58 1 20 28 48 2 2 5 9

59 1 20 29 49 2 2 5 9

60 1 21 29 50 2 2 5 9

61 1 21 30 51 2 2 5 9

62 1 22 30 52 2 2 5 9

63 1 22 31 53 2 2 5 9

64 1 22 32 54 2 2 5 9

65 1 22 32 54 2 3 5 10

66 1 23 32 55 2 3 5 10

67 1 23 33 56 2 3 5 10

68 1 24 33 57 2 3 5 10

69 1 24 34 58 2 3 5 10

70 1 25 34 59 2 3 5 10

71 1 25 34 59 2 3 6 11

72 1 25 35 60 2 3 6 11

73 1 25 36 61 2 3 6 11

74 1 26 36 62 2 3 6 11

75 1 26 37 63 2 3 6 11

76 1 27 37 64 2 3 6 11

77 1 27 38 65 2 3 6 11

78 1 27 38 65 3 3 6 12

79 1 27 39 66 3 3 6 12

80 1 28 39 67 3 3 6 12

81 1 28 40 68 3 3 6 12

82 1 29 40 69 3 3 6 12

83 1 29 41 70 3 3 6 12

84 1 30 41 71 3 3 6 12

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85 1 30 41 71 3 3 7 13

86 1 30 42 72 3 3 7 13

87 1 30 43 73 3 3 7 13

88 1 31 43 74 3 3 7 13

89 1 31 44 75 3 3 7 13

90 1 32 44 76 3 3 7 13

91 1 32 44 76 3 4 7 14

92 1 32 45 77 3 4 7 14

93 1 32 46 78 3 4 7 14

94 1 33 46 79 3 4 7 14

95 1 33 47 80 3 4 7 14

96 1 34 47 81 3 4 7 14

97 1 34 48 82 3 4 7 14

98 1 34 48 82 3 4 8 15

99 1 35 48 83 3 4 8 15

100 1 35 49 84 3 4 8 15

101 1 35 50 85 3 4 8 15

Note:

(a) Ranking of Principal

The ranking of Principal of an aided secondary school is determined by the number of classes of the school in accordance with the following scale:

Number of Classes Ranking of Principal

24 or more Principal I

15 to 23 Principal II

14 or fewer classes Principal Graduate Master/Mistress

(b) Starting from 2009/10 school year, the ratio of graduate teacher posts is 85%. The 85% graduate post entitlement of a school is worked out based on the total number of teaching posts provided under the revised teacher-to-class ratios under the new senior secondary (NSS) academic structure as announced in the report on “The New Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education”.

(c) Two posts in the rank of Principal Graduate Master/Mistress (PGM) are provided in an aided secondary school with 15 or more operating classes to be offset by an equivalent number of Senior Graduate Master/Mistress (SGM) posts.

(d) The upgrading arrangement for a Senior Assistant Master/Mistress (SAM) post to a Principal Assistant Master/Mistress (PAM) post for a secondary school with 24 or more classes has ceased since 1 September 2008 upon the enhancement of the graduate teacher ratio. With effect from 1 September 2008, serving PAMs with a recognised degree plus teacher training (or equivalent) may apply for re-grading to SGMs to fill up new SGM posts created under the graduate teacher ratio. Upon successful re-grading or natural wastage of a serving PAM, the practice of upgrading an SAM post to a PAM post will cease with immediate effect. The respective proportions of SAM, Assistant Master/Mistress (AM) and Certificated

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Master/Mistress (CM) posts will not be affected by the cessation of this practice. If a serving PAM teacher does not apply for re-grading to SGM, he/she can continue to be accommodated in his/her existing rank of PAM holding against an SGM post created under the graduate teacher ratio accordingly. (updated on 1 September 2008) (e) One post in the rank of Graduate Master/Mistress (GM) is upgraded to SGM for an

aided secondary school with 15 or more operating classes.

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Section 1A/ Attachment B Language Improvement Measures

Major items of the improvement measures, which are designed to discriminate positively in favour of the use of Chinese as the medium of instruction, and at the same time strengthen the teaching of English and Chinese, are as follows: –

1. Additional Teacher of English (a) Secondary 1 to 3

(i) Additional teachers of English are provided to secondary schools in which full use is made of Chinese as the medium of instruction (MOI) in Secondary 1 to 3 to strengthen the teaching of English. The allocation of additional teachers of English to individual schools will be based on the following scale –

Total no. of Secondary 1 – 3 classes No. of additional teachers of English

14 or below 1 (1 graduate)

15 – 23 2 (1 non-graduate, 1 graduate)*

24 – 29 3 (1 non-graduate, 2 graduates) 30 – 35 4 (2 non-graduates, 2 graduates)

* See Attachment B1 for principles of calculation

(ii) With respect to schools using both English and Chinese as the medium of instruction for different subjects and in different classes, the following rules are applied to determine the number of additional teachers of English to be given –

Let T = Total number of teaching periods in subjects other than language subjects (i.e. English, Chinese, Putonghua, etc.), practical and technical subjects (i.e. Visual Arts [formerly known as Art and Design], Home Economics, Design and Technology, Computer and Information Technology, Physical Education, Music, etc.) and Chinese History in Secondary 1 to 3.

C = Total number of teaching periods in subjects other than language subjects (i.e. English, Chinese, Putonghua, etc.), practical and technical subjects (i.e. Visual Arts [formerly known as Art and Design], Home Economics, Design and Technology, Computer and Information Technology, Physical Education, Music, etc.) and Chinese History in Secondary 1 to 3 in which Chinese is used as the MOI.

 Secondary schools with a total of 3 – 14 Secondary 1 to 3 classes - If C is less than 50% of T, no additional teacher of English

will be given.

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- If C is 50% or more of T, one additional graduate teacher of English will be given.

will be given.

- If C is between 25% and 74% of T, one additional non-graduate teacher of English will be given.

- If C is 75% or more of T, two additional teachers of English (a graduate and a non-graduate) will be given.

will be given.

- If C is between 25% and 74% of T, two additional teachers of English (a graduate and a non-graduate) will be given.

- If C is 75% or more of T, three additional teachers of English (2 graduates and a non-graduate) will be given.

will be given.

- If C is between 25% and 74% of T, three additional teachers of English (2 graduates and a non-graduate) will be given.

- If C is 75% or more of T, four additional teachers of English (2 graduates and 2 non-graduates) will be given.

(b) Secondary 4 to 5

(i) To strengthen the teaching of English in senior forms, schools under the following categories are provided with an additional graduate teacher of English –

 Schools with a total of four or more Secondary 4 to 5 classes and their C to T ratio is equal to or larger than 0.25; or

 Schools with less than four Secondary 4 and 5 classes and their C to T ratio is equal to or larger than 0.5,

where T = Total number of teaching periods in subjects other than language subjects (i.e. Chinese, English, French, Chinese Literature, English Literature, Putonghua, etc.), practical and technical subjects (i.e. Visual Arts [formerly known as Art and Design], Home Economics, Design and Technology, Computer and Information Technology, Physical Education, Music, etc.) and Chinese History in Secondary 4 and 5.

C = Total number of teaching periods in subjects other than language subjects (i.e. Chinese, English, French, Chinese

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Literature, English Literature, Putonghua, etc.), practical and technical subjects (i.e. Visual Arts (formerly known as Art and Design), Home Economics, Design and Technology, Computer and Information Technology, Physical Education, Music, etc.) and Chinese History in Secondary 4 and 5 in which Chinese is used as the MOI.

(ii) A subject or class will be considered as being taught in Chinese only if all related textbooks, school examinations and tests materials in that subject are also conducted in Chinese.

(iii) Principals are reminded that additional teachers of English are provided in order to improve students' language ability. This provision must not be exploited to reduce the number of periods taught by any teacher in any subject.

(c) Schools may opt for encashment of the additional English teaching posts entitled since the 2006/07 school year to enhance the flexibility in the deployment of resources to strengthen the teaching of English.

(updated on 1 April 2013) 2. Additional Teaching Spaces

(a) To enable split-class English Language teaching to be carried out in junior secondary forms, extra accommodation is provided. As the split classes are smaller in size, they can be accommodated in half-sized classrooms.

Hence schools eligible for one or more additional teachers of English will be allowed to partition some of their existing classrooms to create the additional rooms required. Individual schools will be informed of the maximum number of classrooms to be partitioned and converted into smaller rooms for split classes in English in accordance with the maximum number of additional teachers of English provided for such classes.

(b) The partitioning can either be of a fixed or movable type, depending on the preference of schools. Individual eligible schools will be invited to make application to the Permanent Secretary to carry out the work as a major repairs project.

3. Additional Teaching Aids

To further support the teaching of English, schools which are eligible for one or more additional teachers of English will be provided with a one-off library grant for the purchase of additional reading materials in English as well as other teaching/learning aids.

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Section 1A /Attachment B1 Principles of Calculation of Additional Teachers of English

A standard-sized secondary school (6664422) in which full use is made of Chinese as the medium of instruction in Secondary 1 to 3 will be provided with two additional teachers of English to enable English classes in at least Secondary 1 – 2 to be split for more effective teaching. The requirement for two additional English teachers is calculated as follows:

(a) No. of Secondary 1 – 2 classes: 6 x 2 = 12.

(b) No. of English periods per class per week (Curriculum Development Committee recommendation): 7

(c) No. of additional English periods necessary for split classes in Secondary 1 – 2: 12 x 7 = 84.

(d) Normal 5-day weekly teaching load per English teacher: 30

(e) Total no. of additional English teachers required: 84 ÷ 30 = 3 (rounded up).

(f) No. of additional English teachers already approved in September 1982 for remedial teaching in English: 1

(g) Therefore no. of additional English teachers to be provided: 3 – 1 = 2.

With a total of three additional teachers of English, a school should be able to split all the English classes in Secondary 1 and 2 for small-group teaching and have six periods of remedial teaching in Secondary 3.

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Section 1A/ Attachment C Manning Scale of Laboratory Technicians

1. The manning scale of Laboratory Technicians is based on the number of practical periods in the whole school in accordance with the number of operating classes and the curricula adopted and calculated as follows:

No. of practical periods per week for the whole school * No. of Laboratory Technicians =

54

* The number of practical periods per week for the whole school is the sum of the total number of practical periods of the approved classes at the junior secondary levels per week, the total number of practical periods of the science subject groups at the senior secondary levels per week, and the total number of additional practical periods (i.e. 1.3 practical periods multiplied by the number of S1 – S3 approved classes) per week. Schools are advised to refer to the relevant circular currently in force for calculation.

2. The following rules will also apply in the above manning scale:

(a) any fraction of a post of Laboratory Technician of half or above will be considered as one post;

(b) for a developing school where less than two Laboratory Technician posts are justified, any fraction derived will be considered as one post; and (c) the maximum number of Laboratory Technicians should not, in any case,

be greater than the number of laboratories in the school.

3. In the calculation of the number of practical periods per week, the following standard numbers of practical periods for different curricula in each of the junior secondary classes / senior secondary science subject groups are to be used:

Level Subject

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6

Science (S1-3) 4 4 4

Biology (S4-6) 4 4 4

Chemistry (S4-6) 4 4 4

Physics (S4-6) 4 4 4

Integrated Science (S4-6) 4 4 4

Combined Science (S4-6) 4 4 4

The calculation of practical periods is based on 5 teaching days per week and 40 minutes duration per practical period. For schools assigning practical periods less than the “standard numbers” in the table above to each of the junior secondary classes / senior secondary science subject groups, the actual number of practical periods should be used in working out the manning scale.

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If the assigned practical periods are more than the “standard numbers” in the table above, the “standard numbers” will be used in the calculation.

4. (a) One of the Laboratory Technician posts provided will be ranked at Laboratory Technician I in a school where there are four or more laboratories and three or more Laboratory Technicians; and

(b) One Laboratory Technician I post will be provided at the initial stage for a developing school planned to have four or more laboratories and three or more Laboratory Technicians by the third year of its operation.

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Section 1B Staff Establishment of Aided Primary Schools

A. Teaching Staff Establishment 1. Staffing Ratio

(a) (i) Basic Provision

The teaching establishment of an aided bi-sessional or whole-day primary school is calculated respectively on the basis of 1.4 or 1.5 teachers per class, including the additional provision calculated on the basis of 0.1 teacher per class for the full implementation of specialised teaching in English Language, Chinese Language and Mathematics since the 2007/08 school year. In order to avoid the use of fractions of a teacher, the number of teachers resulting from the application of the 1.4:1 or 1.5:1 formula should be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

The only exception to the general rule is that schools operating only one class will be staffed with 1.5 teachers. The teaching posts provided under the teacher-to-class ratios above are referred to as basic provision.

(ii) Additional Provision

With effect from the 2017/18 school year, the teacher-to-class ratio of public sector primary schools is increased by 0.1 teacher per class, i.e. additional provision. The additional teaching post(s) so created is/are at the rank of Assistant Primary School Master/Mistress and not included in calculating the ratio of graduate teacher posts in the teaching staff establishment.

(b) In schools with 6 or more classes, the calculation is exclusive of the post of the Principal of the school.

(c) Aided primary schools are staffed with teachers at the grades of Certificated Master/Mistress (for non-graduate teachers) and Primary School Master/Mistress (for graduate teachers).

(d) Each primary school is entitled to have 65% of its teaching staff in the graduate gradefrom the 2017/18 school year onwards, and should put in place a reasonable grade structure.

(updated on 1 September 2017) 2. Recommended Grade Structure

The recommended grade structure is as follows:

(a) The headship and the deputy headship posts should be at the graduate level;

(b) 65% of the senior teacher posts should be graduate teacher posts; and

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(c) The remaining graduate teacher posts should be allocated to the basic rank teacher level.

(updated on 1 September 2017) 3. Alternative Grade Structure

Notwithstanding (2) above, a school has the flexibility to determine an alternative grade structure, and the following should apply:

Grade structure with the number of Primary School Master/Mistress posts exceeding the prescribed percentage of the senior teacher posts:

(a) The sponsor/Incorporated Management Committee should consult all the teaching staff and obtain their consensus before determining the grade structure.

(b) The headship and the deputy headship posts should remain at the graduate level.

(c) Flexibility may be allowed in determining the percentage of graduate teacher posts in the senior teacher rank and the basic rank, subject to the total number of senior teacher posts, graduate teacher posts and the staff entitlement in each school not being exceeded.

(d) The sponsor/Incorporated Management Committee should forward the proposed grade structure with justifications to the Education Bureau for endorsement. It should also consult all the teaching staff and obtain their consensus before proposing any subsequent changes to the grade structure adopted six months in advance. Prior consent from the Education Bureau should be obtained before implementation.

(updated on 1 September 2016) 4. Ranking of Teaching Staff

(a) Principal of School

(i) The ranking of Principal for a bi-sessional/whole-day school is shown in Attachment A/Attachment B respectively.

(ii) In bi-sessional schools with 25 classes or more where each session is considered as a separate school in the calculation of teaching staff establishment, two headship posts will be provided, one of which will serve as “Principal” as defined in the Education Ordinance if the bi-sessional school is under one school registration.

(b) Senior Teacher

The provision of senior teachers is included in the manning scale in Attachment A for primary schools operating bi-sessional classes at the ratio of one senior teacher for every four classes and Attachment B for whole-day primary schools at the ratio of one senior teacher for every three classes. The rank of a senior teacher will be Senior Primary School Master/Mistress (SPSM), Primary School Master/Mistress (PSM) or Assistant Master/Mistress (AM) as appropriate. Senior

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teachers are required to undertake specific duties in addition to class teaching. The Incorporated Management Committee or Principal of a school may exercise discretion in the allocation of duties to senior teachers as well as the re-distribution of their duties in the light of the school’s entitlement of senior teachers. In a primary school with 12 – 23 classes, one PSM post will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for the deputy head, and in a primary school with 24 classes or more, two PSM posts will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for deputy heads.

Teachers in the PSM or AM rank may be appointed by promotion or direct appointment to take up the deputy head posts. (updated on 1 September 2008)

(c) Class Teacher

The rank of class teachers is Assistant Primary School Master/Mistress (APSM) or Certificated Master/Mistress (CM) as appropriate. The provision of class teachers is included in the manning scale in Attachment A for primary schools operating bi-sessional classes and Attachment B for primary schools operating whole-day classes.

5. Additional Teacher

(a) Student Guidance Teacher

For schools without the student guidance service grant or not being served by Student Guidance Officer, an additional post at the PSM (under sponsor-based entitlement) or AM rank for Student Guidance Teacher (SGT) is provided to a school with 18 or more classes or shared by 2 schools each with 5 – 17 classes under the same sponsoring body. In connection with the enhancement of graduate teacher ratio under 1(d), 2 and 3 above –

(i) for a sponsoring body entitling to one SGT only for the schools under it, the SGT post is included in the teaching staff entitlement of the base school for working out the graduate post entitlement of that school and the SGT will be considered together with other teachers in the school for re-grading; and

(ii) for a sponsoring body entitling to two or more SGTs, the following options are given –

 The SGT post be included in the teaching staff entitlement of each individual base school for working out the graduate post entitlement of the school and the SGT be considered together with other teachers in the school concerned for re-grading; or

 A graduate post entitlement equivalent to 65% of the SGT posts entitled be provided to the sponsoring body, and the appointment of SGTs at the PSM rank be considered separately under the same sponsoring body.

For (ii) above, the option, once made, is irrevocable under normal circumstances.

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(b) Teacher-librarian

A school meeting one of the following conditions is entitled to the provision of one additional CM post for undertaking the duties of a teacher-librarian –

(i) each whole-day primary school with three or more ordinary classes

(ii) each bi-sessional primary school with 12 or more ordinary classes

(iii) two bi-sessional primary schools housed in the same premises with a total of 12 or more ordinary classes (i.e. the number of a.m.

ordinary classes plus the number of p.m. ordinary classes)

This teacher-librarian post is a regular post in addition to the normal teaching establishment of a school calculated under paragraph 1 (a) and (b) above. The service of a teacher-librarian is counted as teaching experience for promotion purposes in aided primary schools.

A school, upon the provision of this additional post, may deploy a teacher at the AM/PSM rank to fill the teacher-librarian post. For appointment as a teacher-librarian, a teacher should have a minimum of two years’ teaching experience and preferably the relevant professional qualification in librarianship. Upon appointment a teacher-librarian is required, where appropriate, to complete a part-time day-release training course or other professional training course organised by the Education Bureau.

(c) Additional Senior Teacher Post of English

An additional senior teacher post, to be offset by a post in the rank of CM or APSM as appropriate, is provided to each school that operates six or more classes to provide curriculum leadership in the teaching of English to improve co-ordination, planning and methodology. In an aided bi-sessional primary school with a total of 25 classes or more for both sessions, each session is considered as a separate school.

The conditions for promotion/appointment to the additional post are at Section 5.

(d) Primary School Curriculum Leader

With effect from the 2007/08 school year, an additional post for Primary School Curriculum Leader at the PSM rank is provided to a primary school with 12 or more approved classes, and for a primary school with 6 to 11 approved classes, the post is at the APSM rank.

(e) Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)

Starting from the 2017/18 school year, an additional teaching post at the APSM rank is provided by phases in 3 years to each public sector ordinary primary school to facilitate the assignment of a designated teacher to take up the role of SENCO to coordinate matters relating to special educational needs. The post will not be included in calculating the graduate teacher ratio in the teaching staff establishment. (updated on 1 September 2017)

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B. Non-teaching Staff Entitlement 1. Educational Psychologists

(a) The Education Bureau creates additional educational psychologist (EP) posts in aided ordinary schools and invites school sponsoring bodies (SSBs) to apply for these posts under the School-based Educational Psychology Service (SBEPS) starting from the 2008/09 school year.

Each EP post awarded to the SSB is employed as a non-teaching specialist staff of a base school under its sponsorship to provide SBEPS for schools assigned by the Education Bureau and such schools are not limited to those belonging to the same SSB operating the base school.

(b) The EP posts created in aided ordinary schools are combined establishment, with the ranks of EP I and II. Candidates having fully met the entry requirements for EP I, with at least 3 years of satisfactory service as an EP II, can be considered for direct appointment to EP I. Candidates not fully meeting the above criteria may be appointed as EP II, should they meet the entry requirements for this rank. Guides to appointment of EP I and II are stipulated in Sections 4.22 and 4.23 respectively and conditions for promotion of EP are stipulated in Section 4.23.

(Updated on 24 May 2013)

2. Primary School Assistant Social Work Officers

The Education Bureau creates additional Assistant Social Work Officer posts in aided ordinary schools and invites aided primary schools to apply for creating these posts starting from the 2018/19 school year. Guide to appointment of Primary School Assistant Social Work Officer is stipulated in Section 4.24.

(Updated on 1 September 2018)

The following scales should apply in determining the clerical and janitor staff entitlements of a school for the purpose of calculating the amount of Administration Grant or the Revised Administration Grant as appropriate payable to it⁵:

1. Clerical staff

(a) Bi-sessional schools

No. of classes Rank and no. of clerical staff entitled

1 – 3 Nil

4 – 11 1 Clerical Assistant

5 Schools that opt for the Administration Grant will pay the salaries of their clerical and janitor staff through the Administration Grant, and those that opt for the Revised Administration Grant will pay the salaries of their janitor staff through the Revised Administration Grant and the actual salaries of the clerical staff through the Salaries Grant.

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No. of classes Rank and no. of clerical staff entitled 12 – 23 1 Assistant Clerical Officer

24 or more 1 Assistant Clerical Officer + 1 Clerical Assistant In bi-sessional schools with 25 classes or more, each session will be considered as a separate school in the calculation of the clerical staff establishment.

(b) Whole-day schools

No. of classes Rank and no. of clerical staff entitled

1 – 3 Nil

4 – 11 1 Clerical Assistant

12 – 23 1 Assistant Clerical Officer + 1 Clerical Assistant 24 or more 1 Assistant Clerical Officer + 2 Clerical Assistants 2. Janitor staff

One janitor staff may be allowed for every four or fraction of four classes and special purpose rooms in use for the AM or whole-day session and one janitor staff may be allowed for every eight or fraction of eight classes and special purpose rooms in use for the PM session. If the total includes a fraction of 0.5 or above, it will be rounded up to next whole number.

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Section 1B/ Attachment A Teaching Staff Establishment in Aided Primary Schools

Operating Bi-sessional Classes under the 1.4:1 Teacher-to-Class Ratio

(including Additional Posts for Specialised Teaching) and the Ratio of One Senior Teacher for Every Four Classes,

i.e. Basic Provision

No. of Classes *

Rank of Principal

No. of Deputy Head

(SPSM) @

No. of Senior Teachers # (excluding Deputy Head,

if entitled)

No. of Class Teachers #

Total No. of Staff (including

Principal) 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI

– – – – – – – – – – – 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6

0.5 2 4 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 14 14 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 23 25 26 28 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 37 37 39 40

1.5 3 5 6 7 10 11 13 14 15 17 18 20 21 22 24 25 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 38 39 41 42 43 45 46 48 49

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No. of Classes *

Rank of Principal

No. of Deputy Head

(SPSM) @

No. of Senior Teachers # (excluding Deputy Head,

if entitled)

No. of Class Teachers #

Principal) 35

36

HMI HMI

2 2

6 7

41 42

50 52 (updated on 1 September 2017)

* In a bi-sessional school with 25 classes or more, where each session is considered as a separate school in the calculation of teaching staff establishment, two headship posts will be provided, one of which will serve as “Principal” as defined in the Education Ordinance if the bi-sessional school is under one school registration.

@ In an ordinary primary school with 12 – 23 classes, one PSM post will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for deputy head, and in an ordinary primary school with 24 classes or more, two PSM posts will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for deputy heads.

# The respective numbers of senior teachers (excluding the deputy head) and class teachers by rank (i.e. by PSM, AM, APSM and CM) entitled by a school should be determined in accordance with the grade structure it has adopted or as endorsed by the Education Bureau as appropriate, subject to the total number of graduate teacher posts entitled by the school not being exceeded.

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Section 1B/ Attachment B Teaching Staff Establishment in Whole-day Aided Primary Schools

under the 1.5:1 Teacher-to-Class Ratio

(including Additional Posts for Specialised Teaching) and the Ratio of One Senior Teacher for Every Three Classes,

i.e. Basic Provision

No. of Classes

Rank of Principal

No. of Deputy Head

(SPSM) @

No. of Senior Teachers # (excluding Deputy

Head, if entitled)

No. of Class Teachers#

Principal) 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM SPSM HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMII HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI HMI

– – – – – – – – – – – 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9

0.5 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 14 16 17 18 19 21 21 23 24 25 26 28 28 30 31 32 33 35 35 37 38 39 40 42

1.5 3 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 25 27 28 30 31 33 34 36 37 39 40 42 43 45 46 48 49 51 52 54

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No. of Classes

Rank of Principal

No. of Deputy Head

(SPSM) @

No. of Senior Teachers # (excluding Deputy

Head, if entitled)

No. of Class Teachers#

Principal)

36 HMI 2 10 42 55

@ In an ordinary primary school with 12 – 23 classes , one PSM post will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for deputy head and in an ordinary primary school with 24 classes or more, two PSM posts will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for deputy heads.

# The respective numbers of senior teachers (excluding the deputy head) and class teachers by rank (i.e. by PSM, AM, APSM and CM) entitled by a school should be determined in accordance with the grade structure it has adopted or as endorsed by the Education Bureau as appropriate, subject to the total number of graduate teacher posts entitled by the school not being exceeded.

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Section 1C Staff Establishment of Aided Special Schools

SCHOOL SECTION

A. Teaching Staff Establishment 1. Staffing Ratio

Basic Provision

Upon the implementation of the New Senior Secondary (NSS) academic structure from the 2009/10 school year, the staffing ratios for primary classes and junior secondary classes are 1.7 teachers per class, and the staffing ratio for senior secondary classes is 1.9 teachers per class. These staffing ratios have embedded the Additional Teachers for All Special Schools⁶. With effect from the 2012/13 school year, the staffing ratio for senior secondary classes of special schools offering the ordinary curriculum will be 2.0 teachers per class. The teaching posts provided under the teacher-to-class ratios above are referred to as the Basic Provision.

Additional Provision

Starting from the 2017/18 school year, the above teacher-to-class ratios are increased by 0.1 teacher per class, i.e. Additional Provision. The additional teaching post(s) so created in the secondary section is/are at Graduate Master/Mistress (GM) rank and not included in calculating promotion posts and graduate teacher ratio. For the primary section, the additional teaching post(s) so created is/are at the rank of Assistant Primary School Master/Mistress (APSM) and not included in calculating the promotion posts and ratio of graduate teacher posts in the teaching staff establishment.

The number of teachers will be calculated separately for the primary and secondary sections. Any decimal teacher entitlement arising from the calculation of the foregoing staffing ratios will be provided as GM and APSM in the secondary and primary sections respectively. Schools may keep the fractional teacher posts, which will not be counted towards the calculation of promotion posts or graduate teacher ratio, in the teaching staff establishment. Alternatively, schools may opt for encashing the fractional teacher posts calculated at the mid-point salary of GM and APSM respectively.

(updated on 1 September 2017) 2. Ranking of Teaching Staff

(a) Principal of School

In schools with more than 3 classes, the calculation is exclusive of the

6 Additional Teachers for All Special Schools include Resource Teacher for Supportive Educational Programmes, Teacher Librarian and teacher for spilt-class teaching.

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post of the Principal of the school. The ranking of Principal is shown in Attachment A.

(b) Senior Teacher

Senior teachers for the primary section are included in the teaching establishment. The rank of a senior teacher should be Senior Primary School Master/ Mistress (SPSM), Primary School Master/

Mistress (PSM) or Assistant Master/ Mistress (AM). Senior teachers are required to undertake specific duties in addition to class teaching.

In a primary special school or special school with primary section with 12 – 23 equivalent ordinary primary classes, one PSM post will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for the deputy head, and in a primary special school or special school with primary section with 24 equivalent ordinary primary classes or more, two PSM posts will be re-ranked to the SPSM rank for deputy heads. For special schools with both primary and secondary sections, they are allowed to opt for the provision of deputy heads either at the secondary level or the primary level, but not both. The option once made is irrevocable.

All teachers in the PSM or AM rank may be appointed by promotion or direct appointment to take up the deputy head posts. (updated on 1 September 2008)

(c) Teacher Assisting in Speech Therapy (TAST)

A special school for children with hearing impairment (HI) may appoint TASTs at the ratio of 1 for 3 classes of which one post must be offset by a speech therapist.

The number of TASTs is calculated for the school as a whole.

Where fractional staff results, this will be rounded up when it reaches 0.5, otherwise it will be rounded down. The resulting number will then be apportioned between the primary and secondary sections of the special school in accordance with the number of classes in each section, in such a way that no fractional staff for either section will result. TASTs form part of the non-graduate teaching establishment of the school.

(d) Mobility Instructor

A special school for children with visual impairment (VI) or special school for children with visual impairment cum intellectual disability (VI cum ID) may appoint 0.5 mobility instructor per class. Mobility instructors will be apportioned between the primary and secondary sections of the schools in accordance with the number of classes in each section and be included in the calculation of the teaching staff establishment for the relevant section before the rounding up or down of fractional staff. Mobility instructors are reckoned as members of the non-graduate teaching establishment of the school. (updated on 2 February 2015)

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(e) Resource Teacher (RT)

(i) Resource Teacher for Children with Visual Impairment

A special school for children with VI may appoint RTs to teach students with VI (those with total blindness, severe low vision or moderate low vision) who are registered under Resource Support Programme (RSP) and attending ordinary schools or special schools other than those for children with VI, at the ratio of 0.5 RT to 3 students (braille users) and 0.5 RT to 5 students (non-braille users).

RTs for students of ordinary secondary schools and for students pursuing ordinary curriculum in the secondary section of special schools will be reckoned as members of the graduate teaching establishment of the secondary section while those for students of ordinary primary schools and for students of the special schools other than those pursuing the ordinary curriculum will be reckoned as members of the non-graduate teaching establishment of the primary section.

The number of RTs under the RSP included in the staff entitlement is capped. Any additional RTs incurred on top of the capped entitlement would be provided in form of cash grant, i.e.

the Staff Encashment Grant. The Education Bureau may review the cap as and when required. School should refer to relevant circular letter currently in force for the entitlement of the RTs and the amount of the Staff Encashment Grant incurred.

(ii) Resource Teacher for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

A special school for children with mild intellectual disability (MiID) and/or moderate intellectual disability (MoID) and special school for children with MoID and severe intellectual disability (SID) may appoint 1 additional non-graduate RT in its primary section for children with ASD, at the following provision ratio:

No. of children with ASD #No. of RTs provided Every 6 requiring remedial

teaching programme

0.5

# The additional teaching post is approved on the understanding that the operation of remedial teaching programme for autistic children is justified by the actual enrolment of students with ASD in the school.

The post will be clawed back when it is no longer justified. Any fractional RT posts arising from the calculation will be provided as Certificated Master/Mistress (CM) in its primary section.

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(iii) Resource Teacher for Enhanced Support Service (ESS) for Students with Hearing Impairment

A special school for children with HI may appoint

 additional non-graduate RT in its primary section to provide support to students with HI who are attending ordinary primary schools and in need of additional support, at the ratio of 1 teacher for 1 unit. The size of a unit is 1 – 25 students.

 additional graduate RT in its secondary section to provide support to students with HI who are attending ordinary secondary schools and in need of additional support, at the ratio of 1 teacher for 1 unit. The size of a unit is 1 – 20 students.

 additional non-graduate RT in its primary section and additional graduate RT in its secondary section to provide support to students with HI who are attending aided special schools and in need of additional support, at the ratio of 1 teacher for 1 unit. The size of a unit is 1-50 students.

 one senior teacher at Senior Graduate Master/Mistress (SGM) rank to undertake the duties of planning, development and monitoring of ESS for ordinary and special schools, which mainly include –

- planning, developing and implementing the support services for ESS students;

- overseeing the professional advice, counselling and guidance, and training for teachers and parents in centre-based and/or school-based support services;

- enhancing the support of ESS students in need of sign language to assist communication and learning, and providing support for teaching staff in ordinary schools the ESS students enrolled; and

- planning and coordinating the professional development for RTs.

The number of RTs under the ESS included in the staff entitlement is capped. Any additional RTs incurred on top of the capped entitlement would be provided in form of cash grant, i.e. the Staff Encashment Grant. The Education Bureau may review the cap as and when required. School should refer to relevant circular letter currently in force for the entitlement of the RTs and the amount of the Staff Encashment Grant incurred.

(f) Teacher for Senior Secondary Support Programme

Hospital School may appoint 1.5 teachers at GM rank for a Senior Secondary Support Programme. The additional teacher posts will

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not be counted towards the calculation of promotion posts or graduate teacher ratio. The School may keep the fractional teacher post in the teaching establishment or opt for a cash provision calculated on the basis of the mid-point salary of GM.

(updated on 1 September 2009) (g) Low-vision Training Teacher

A special school for children with VI or special school for children with VI cum ID may, subject to the needs identified, appoint not more than 1 additional non-graduate teacher in its primary section for delivering low-vision training programme. The school is entitled to 0.5 or 1 additional non-graduate teacher if the workload of the low-vision training service is below or over 50% of the workload of a full-time teacher respectively. (updated on 2 February 2015)

(h) Additional Senior Teacher Post of English

An additional senior teacher post, to be offset by a post in the rank of CM or APSM as appropriate, is provided to each primary special school/special school with primary section that operates six or more primary classes and adopts the ordinary school curriculum to provide curriculum leadership in the teaching of English to improve co-ordination, planning and methodology. The conditions for appointment to the additional post are at Section 5.

(i) Primary School Curriculum Leader

With effect from the 2007/08 school year, an additional Primary School Curriculum Leader post at the PSM rank is provided for a special school with 12 or more approved primary classes; and for a special school with less than 12 approved primary classes, the post is at the APSM rank. (updated on 1 September 2017)

(j) Expansion of Graduate Post in Special Schools with a Secondary Section

For higher teaching standards, a special school with a secondary section may upgrade a maximum of four non-graduate teaching posts to graduate teaching posts. With effect from 1 September 2008, this provision of graduate posts upgraded from non-graduate posts is subsumed under the enhanced graduate teacher ratio. (updated on 1 September 2008)

(k) Graded Post within the Establishment

The number of posts in each grade is determined by making reference to the following attachments:

Attachment B Teaching Staff Establishment for Primary Classes in Special Schools

Attachment C Teaching Staff Establishment for Secondary Classes in Special Schools (updated on 1 September 2008)