Curriculum Development Officer (at the grade of Lecturer/Assistant Lecturer) in the Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER) within the Faculty of Education

Duties and Responsibilities

The appointee will be responsible for:

• diagnosing the needs of multicultural students and their teachers through need analysis;
• providing school-based support for our collaborative kindergartens and/or primary schools;
• collaborating with teachers in curriculum development, lesson planning, peer lesson observation and post-lesson debriefing;
• developing pedagogical approaches and materials to cater for the learning diversity of multicultural students;
• promoting learning and teaching (L&T) with assessment data;
• sharing school-based experience and good practices at teacher seminars;
• writing progress reports;
• facilitating the vertical development of project schools at the stage of both kindergartens and primary education to enhance knowledge exchange of experienced project schools with the novice project schools;
• facilitating horizontal development of project schools by providing a platform for the cross-fertilization of ideas and opinions with evidence-based practices in kindergarten and primary education; and
• performing other duties as assigned.

Essential Requirements

Applicants should possess a Master’s degree in Education, Chinese Language or a related discipline, or a Master’s degree with a recognized teaching qualification (e.g. PGDE); and at least 8 years’ experience in teaching or developing school-based Chinese curriculum in local kindergartens/primary schools or equivalent. They should also have a good command of written and spoken Chinese (including Putonghua); and experience in IT applications and Chinese computer operations. Preference will be given to those who have solid experience in teaching multicultural students. Applicants with lower qualifications and/or less experience may be considered for appointment at the grade of Assistant Lecturer.

Applicants who have responded to the previous advertisement (ref. no.: 532430) need not re-apply.

Desirable Attributes

Demonstrated innovation in teaching Chinese language, and knowledge of and experience in Chinese curriculum and assessment in local kindergartens/primary schools, and school-based curriculum development.