2020/2021 Newsletter No. 4

This year, we are very pleased to have invited The Honourable Bernard Charnwut Chan, GBM, GBS, JP (陳智思議員), Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council, and Professor Mok Ka Ho Joshua (莫家豪教授), Vice President, Lingnan University, to be our keynote speakers. The theme is “Colloquy on Education: Opportunities and Challenges”
《從教育熱話中，如何看香港教育的危機、良機、契機……》. Besides, Professor Ho Sui Chu Esther (何瑞珠教授) will update you about the Survey “Student Withdrawal from School and Teacher Turnover” we are working on.

Please check the programme HERE and register by clicking this link by 22 November 2021 (Monday). We look forward to meeting you in our AGM. The minutes of AGM 2020 is attached HERE for your perusal.

According to our Articles of Association, the Executive Committee shall consist of 9 elected members. The term of office of the following Executive Committee members will expire on the day of the AGM:

The term of office of the following Executive Committee members will expire on the day of the AGM:
1. Dr Lau Yiu Hung (Vice Chairman)
2. Mr Cheng Kai Lam Joe (Hon Secretary)
3. Dr Cheng Kin Tak Samuel
4. Ms Lin Mau Tong Kitty

In view of this, we need to nominate a total of 4 replacements. Please note that for any Executive Committee member whose term of office expires and is still a serving principal, he/she can be nominated for re-election.

The other serving Executive Committee members are:
1. Mr Lin Chun Pong (Chairman)
2. Ms Chan Shin Kwan (Vice Chairman)
3. Ms Pang Wai Lan, Helena (Hon Secretary)
4. Ms Yau Kit Ying, Veronica (Hon Treasurer)
5. Mr Wan Ka Kit, Andy

The Executive Committee can co-opt up to a maximum of 6 members for a period of one year. Co-opted members in 2020-2021 are:
1. Ms Chan Shuk Man
2. Mr Mak Man Chiu
3. Mrs Tam Cheung Kit Ying, Grace

We invite you to send in your nominations by filling out the nomination form HERE and return it to us by 1 November 2021 (Monday). Members are reminded to obtain the consent of the nominee(s) before returning the form. To avoid last-minute confusion, nomination from the floor during the AGM is discouraged.

To subscribe, please fill out the relevant membership form, Full/Associate Member or Life/Affiliated Member, which can also be found on the Association website, and return it together with a cheque to Ms. Yau Kit-ying Veronica, our Hon. Treasurer.  We sincerely appeal to your support.

The HKAHSS is organizing a Happy Hour Forum themed “Building Resilience in the Face of Change” on 4 November 2021 (4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) at Tack Ching Girls’ Secondary School. This provides an opportunity for us to brainstorm ideas regarding Staff Deployment, Staff Development, and Sustainability of Principals and Vice-principals under the current circumstances for effective school management and future school development. You are sincerely invited to join our Happy Hour Forum. To enroll, please click HERE and complete the form by 1 November 2021. All Principals and Vice-principals are welcomed.

To further facilitate exchanges of experience and strategies and to inspire each other in planning the way ahead, a sharing session on “Leadership Strategies on Promoting Self-Regulated Learning 2021” has been rescheduled to be held on 29 October 2021 (3:00-5:15p.m.). Let’s learn and work together to promote SRL in Hong Kong.

SRL Festival 2021-22 has been scheduled between November 2021 and January 2022. A total of 109 open classes will be offered by 19 schools. The peer lesson observation and post-observation sharing would certainly provide good learning opportunities for professional growth. You and your teachers are cordially invited to join this Festival. For details, please click HERE.