Regional NET Coordinating Team School-based Support Services

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Regional NET Coordinating Team School-based Support Services

Overview

The Regional NET Coordinating Team (RNCT) at the Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Section provides School-based Support Services for secondary schools in Hong Kong to support the implementation of the CDC English Language Education Key Learning Area Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 - Secondary 6) (2017) (including the optimisation of Senior Secondary English Language) and the Enhanced NET Scheme in Secondary Schools.

Through the support, which can be provided either on-site or online, we hope to:

 help secondary schools trial, refine and adopt effective learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) practices that are in line with the emphases of the English Language curriculum in Hong Kong;

 promote sustainable professional collaboration within the English Language panel; and

 promote the sharing of effective LTA practices.

In the school-based support, the RNCT:

 advises teachers on effective LTA practices in the area of support requested by the school;

 co-plans with teachers to develop learning and teaching resources and units of work;

 delivers school-based workshops;

 identifies links between classroom learning and opportunities for authentic language use in the school-based co-curricular programmes;

 facilitates the setting up of physical and/or online networks for the sharing of ideas and resources among schools receiving support in similar areas of the curriculum;

 offers advice on setting up school-based or inter-school competitions to promote the creative and authentic use of English; and

 dispenses advice on the use of community resources to extend students’ English language learning beyond the classroom.

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The Team

William CHENG (Team Leader)

Senior Curriculum Development Officer [email protected]

3549 8339

Adys WONG

Curriculum Development Officer [email protected]

3549 8309

Eva CHIU

3549 8359

Ingrid TO

3549 8313

Stephen COOLEY

Regional NET Coordinator (Hong Kong Region) [email protected] 3549 8361

Christine XAVIER

Regional NET Coordinator (Hong Kong Region) [email protected] 3549 8364

Richard COWLER

Regional NET Coordinator (Kowloon Region) [email protected] 3549 8376

Luana HASELL

Regional NET Coordinator (Kowloon Region)

[email protected] 3549 8337

Catherine LAM

Regional NET Coordinator (NT West Region)

Julien HAWTHORNE Regional NET Coordinator (NT West Region)

John HONE

Regional NET Coordinator (NT East Region)

Curriculum Planning and Development

 Curriculum review and integration of curriculum initiatives and components

 Use of a spiral approach to language skills development in horizontal and vertical curriculum planning

 Integration of the learning elements of the Elective Part into the Compulsory Part of the Senior Secondary English Language curriculum

 Promotion of Values Education through integrating the nine priority values and attitudes such as "Perseverance", "Respect for Others", "Responsibility",

"Commitment" and “Integrity” into the school-based English language curriculum, co-curricular activities (e.g. English Week and school-based competitions) or life- wide learning activities

Support Areas

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Reading across the Curriculum (RaC)/Language across the Curriculum (LaC)

 Development of English and content subject teachers’ understanding of their respective roles when implementing RaC or LaC

 Design of lessons and tasks that establish cross-curricular links and help students relate their learnings to their daily lives

 Design of lessons and tasks that enhance development of students’

reading and writing proficiency across the curriculum

21st Century Literacies Foundational Literacy

 The learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) of decoding and reading comprehension skills and strategies

 The LTA of writing skills and strategies

 The LTA of grammar in context, including text grammar Information Literacy

 Skills for managing, evaluating and making good use of information in the digital age Multimodal Literacy

 Use and production of multimodal texts to enrich reading and writing instruction

 Design of learning tasks and activities in which students access, produce and present multimodal texts using apps or software, such as Flipgrid, Wakelet, Google Jamboard and Keynote

Language Arts

Drama, Puppetry and Object Theatre

 Integration of drama, puppetry and object theatre into the school-based English language curriculum

Film Appreciation and Production

 The development of students‘ ability to

appreciate the literary, dramatic and cinematic aspects of short and feature-length films

 Design of experience to develop students’ ability to create storyboards, write scripts, and film, edit and produce short films

Short Story Appreciation and Production

 Development of students’ ability to understand, appreciate and create short stories

Speaking and Listening

 The LTA of speaking and listening skills

 Increased opportunities for students to engage in, for example, classroom talk, public speaking and debate

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Application

If your school would like support in any of these areas, or an area not listed, please complete the application form which is downloadable using the QR code or the link below.

http://nets.edb.hkedcity.net/page.php?p=267

Upon receipt of your application, we will contact your English Panel to discuss your school's needs and possible mode(s) of support, which can be face-to-face and/or online, depending on the circumstances.

Priority will be given to applications from schools that are committed to:

 supporting collaboration between the English Panel Members, including the NET, in their chosen area;

and

 sustaining the changes brought about by the support.

Classroom Interaction

 Design of tasks that promote principles of cooperative learning: positive interdependence, individual

accountability, equal participation and simultaneous interaction

 Design of lessons to create opportunities and a language environment that facilitate student interaction in English

Online Learning and Teaching

 Design, organisation and facilitation

 Promotion of assessment for/as learning

 Fostering of emotional connectivity among learners