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Sharing from participant schools

Islamic Primary School
How we supported non-Chinese students to learn during the epidemic

Mr MOK Hon Wai Home, school and community communication coordinator
Ms KO Tak Yin Teaching and teachers professional development coordinator

Background of the initiative
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 last year, teachers and students have been greatly affected in terms
of teaching and learning. Teachers needed to change from face-to-face teaching to online teaching,
and students from physical lessons to online learning.

But for a group of grass-roots families, learning online at home is
not easy. First, their homes may lack space and a quiet
environment, making it difficult for students to concentrate
on their classes. Second, do they have software and hardware at
home that supports online learning? On the other hand, online
learning has also embarrassed some teachers, who are
overwhelmed when the school requires them to produce short
films and conduct live teaching online.

Fortunately, we were able to take the Service Leadership 3Cs for
Entrepreneurial Teacher Leaders training organised by The
Education University of Hong Kong. We had the chance to learn
how to apply entrepreneurial thinking and practice the 3Cs –
Doing things right (Competence), doing the right thing (Character)
with the right heart (Care). We agree that in a rapid-changing
environment, leaders do not only need managerial experience or
power. They also need empathy to lead their colleagues from crisis
to opportunity, working together with their colleagues, allowing
The school provides free computers and
teachers to experience success, accumulating successful mobile data devices for families with poor
financial capacity by applying for
experiences, and driving other teachers to practice together. different external resources.

What has been done?
We arranged workshops and training courses for teachers to support them to adapt to the
changing teaching environment, such as preparing e-resources, using e-learning platforms,
using equipment, and teaching using software. We also recorded the workshops and produced
videos for teachers to revisit the content of these workshops.

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