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to build professional leadership learning communities that
help Hong Kong students toward happier and more
productive school lives. The Sponsorship Programme places a
premium on supporting BPs’ school reform efforts, and in
conjunction with the EDB, to explore ways to assist BPs to
slip more easily and productively into their roles. In addition,
it seeks to build a culture of principals-helping-principals
which can endure beyond formal structures and the time
frame of the programme itself. It is assumed that the
Sponsorship arrangement will be as beneficial to experienced
principals – be it in different ways - as it is for BPs.

BPs will be sponsored by experienced principals who target
their partners’ leadership and school needs. Blue skies
Sponsors will furnish learned know-how and an external
perspective in order to help new principals deal successfully
with everyday issues while keeping their sights set on the
ultimate improvement of their school, and student
outcomes. The blue skies structure provides BPs with timely
access and individual guidance and support from Sponsor
principals who have proven their effectiveness in schools.

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