• Formulate curriculum goals, policies and a strategic curriculum development plan based on the principle of life-long learning and whole-person development
• Demonstrate leadership and collaboration in the development of school-based curriculum

• Devise an open and flexible framework
• Adapt contents of Chinese and various key learning areas (KLAs) where appropriate
• Cater for students' different abilities

• Arrange learning time flexibly and appropriately to cater for students' learning needs, enrich their learning experiences, and allow a better use of facilities and resources

• Assist in coordinating curriculum plans of Chinese language and various KLAs
• Participate in curriculum decisions and exchange information and opinions on curriculum matters

• Establish a sound mechanism to monitor and review the curriculum implementation
• Review with other teachers the curriculum implementation and conduct concrete follow-ups

• Have clear objectives and targets for Chinese language teaching
• Inspire students to think and motivate them to learn
• Apply pedagogical skills flexibly to cater for students' needs and interests in different teaching environments
• Critically monitor implementation of activities/programmes, making timely modifications; evaluate outcomes and the impact on students

• Promote collaboration among colleagues for more effective and timely efforts to identify and support students' diverse needs
• Adopt diversified teaching strategies and learning materials so as to take into account students' abilities, needs and interests
• Adjust teaching flexibly and give clear feedback to help students improve their learning

• Use appropriate medium of instruction proficiently and accurately
• Give instructions, explanations and demonstrations clearly, lively and systematically
• Use effective questioning techniques
• Encourage and praise students to boost their self-confidence

• Encourage students to respond, enquire and participate in activities
• Encourage students to respect each other, work in collaboration and share ideas

• Effectively organize learning activities, adjust the time and tempo of teaching flexibly
• Create an atmosphere conducive to learning

• Well acquainted with the development of the teaching profession
• Chinese proficiency (including reading, writing , listening and speaking)
• Good subject knowledge (including that of Chinese characters, phonetics, syntax, literature, culture and language education)
• Good knowledge of social-cultural aspects of Chinese Language education
• Good knowledge of Chinese language education (e.g. reading and writing towards learning)
• Good general knowledge and basic cross-curricular understanding
• Good knowledge of the nine generic skills under the new curriculum i.e. collaboration skills, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking skills, IT skills, numeracy skills, problem-solving skills, self-management skills and study skills

• Create a stimulating, interesting and harmonious learning atmosphere

• Help students apply their knowledge of Chinese Language to their daily life
• Provide students of different characters and abilities with adequate and equal opportunities to participate in activities

• Through continuous feedback, encourage students to strive for improvement and build a positive learning attitude

• Formulate or assist in formulating a whole-school policy on assessment according to the curriculum goals of Chinese language and Putonghua teaching in line with school needs
• Explain the policy to students and parents with clearly defined objectives and assessment guidelines, and strive to enhance learning and teaching based on the assessment results
• Suitably adopt formative and summative assessments
• Conduct timely, holistic and concrete reviews on assessment policy and systems to sum up timely effectiveness and inadequacies, and ensure early follow-ups
• Review constantly the various assessment modes and align them with the current curriculum objectives

• Adopt different modes of assessment by various parties
• Provide students with opportunities for reflection through peer assessment and self-assessment
• Design suitable methods of assessment that truly reflect students' performance on knowledge, skills, attitudes and efforts made
• Extensive scope of assessment
• Format and level suit the abilities and needs of students
• Cater for learner differences

• Identify students' strengths and weaknesses
• Give appropriate reinforcement and encouragement
• Provide students with direction for improvement
• Give timely and useful feedback to help students improve their learning

• Record students' assessment information systematically and consistently so that both the school and teachers can keep track of their learning progress for reference in teaching

• Use assessment information to diagnose and evaluate the effectiveness of learning and teaching
• Use assessment results to develop programmes that improve student learning
• Help students understand themselves and set targets for advancement
• Inform parents of their children's learning progress through various means

• Patient, approachable, caring and always ready to encourage students
• Adopt a liberal and democratic approach
• Build up trust and rapport with students

• Fair and able to give due respect to students' different viewpoints and care about their feelings

• Have appropriate expectations on students' learning
• Cater for school-based student-oriented needs by appropriate adaptation of the curriculum to help students obtain the desired learning outcomes
• Inspire students of different background and abilities and motivate them to learn

• Recognize and value students' achievement and potential
• Encourage students to develop upon their strengths, adopt a proactive attitude towards learning and pursue excellence
• Demonstrate rich knowledge and mastery of pastoral care work
• Make positive impact on students for whole-person development and the development of generic skills

• Value professional development and cross-curricular collaboration
• Promote updating of subject matter knowledge among colleagues in response to current curriculum developments
• Take the initiative in exchanging ideas on good teaching practices to promote professional sharing among teachers
• Produce exemplary teaching materials, conduct scholastic or action research, and contribute articles on teaching related topics
• Give support to other teachers, serve as a role model and disseminate exemplary teaching practices for continuing personal and professional development
• Lead or participate actively in professional development of novice teachers e.g. mentoring programme
• Lead or participate actively in collaboration among departments/committees

• Participate actively in development and implementation of education policies of government through various means
• Assume a leading, facilitating or co-ordinating role in community activities

• Devoted and committed to teaching
• Make continuous reflection on Chinese Language teaching
• Demonstrate a positive but critical approach towards innovations in the curriculum

• Keep abreast of current education policies, e.g. the trends and contents of the curriculum
• Demonstrate and model strong ongoing personal and professional growth

Setting himself/ herself as a role mode

• Serve as a role model for students and show sensitivity towards community affairs and social values

• Develop appropriate and systematic school-based curriculum and assessment mechanism for Chinese Language for effective learning. Organize effective and diversified internal and external activities

• Have thorough understanding of the family factors that may affect students' learning processes
• Establish effective communication with parents to support students' learning