Seconded Teachers Strategy

• Introduction

It has been an established practice to second teachers from schools to take up professional duties in the Education Bureau. Seconded teachers bring in valuable front-line experience to the Bureau and in return gain useful insight through exposure to new areas of work and collaboration with other educational professionals. The experience has proved to be beneficial to the teachers' professional development as well as service delivery upon their return to schools after secondment. Besides providing an excellent opportunity for cross-exchange of expertise and experience, secondment also enhances partnership between the Bureau and schools.

• Application for the Annual Teacher Secondment Exercise

In the first quarter every year, the EDB will invite schools through EDB circular memorandum to submit applications for Teacher Secondment Exercise. Relevant results are generally announced in June.

• Major Duties

Seconded teachers may be deployed to undertake the following duties on development emphases in relevant subjects/Key Learning Areas below:

1. a. To plan the curriculum and develop necessary resources to support the use of learning and teaching strategies in line with the key emphases of curriculum development.
2. b. To work together with schools and EDB officers to meet the practical needs of schools and disseminate valuable experience as well as good practices to the public.
3. c. To facilitate the building up of a professional community striving for excellence through an ongoing process of curriculum development.