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

• Cater for learner differences ¹
• Devise open and flexible framework
• Adapt contents of various key learning areas (KLAs) and integrate different elements to ensure students' balanced development
• Develop students' nine generic skills (collaboration skills, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking skills, IT skills, numeracy skills, problem-solving skills, self-management skills, study skills)

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

• Adopt a sound mechanism to coordinate curriculum policies of various KLAs
• Participate in curriculum decisions; exchange information and opinions on curriculum matters

• Establish a sound evaluation mechanism to monitor and review the curriculum implementation
• Give timely feedback to teachers concerned and conduct concrete follow-ups subsequently

• Demonstrate great flexibility and responsiveness with continuous expansion of the repertoire of teaching methods and technologies
• Critically monitor implementation of activities/programmes, making timely modifications; evaluate outcomes and the impact on students
• Have clear objectives and targets for English Language teaching.
• Demonstrate exemplary teaching strategies that provoke thinking and arouse interests
• Organize life-wide learning activities
• Apply pedagogical skills in an integrated manner
• Provide safety guidelines and facilities

• Take a lead in exploring the various factors that affect student needs
• 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

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

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

• Handle contingencies and discipline problems properly
• Effectively organize learning activities, adjust the time and tempo of teaching flexibly
• Create an atmosphere conducive to learning

• Master the contents and teaching skills of the KLAs
• Good linguistic knowledge of English and related skills
• Good knowledge of second language acquisition and bilingualism
• Good knowledge of English language education
• Well acquainted with the development of the teaching profession
• Good knowledge of social-cultural aspects of English
• Good general knowledge and cross-disciplinary knowledge

• Create a stimulating and harmonious learning atmosphere

• Help students apply what they have learnt to their daily life
• Provide students with adequate and equal opportunities to participate in activities

• Through continuous feedback, encourage students to strive for improvement and build a positive learning attitude, with a view to achieving learning objectives.

• Formulate or assist in formulating a whole-school policy on assessment according to the curriculum goals and school needs
• Policy explained to students and parents, with clearly defined objectives, criteria and guideline
• Assessment system is in line with the school's policy and maintains fairness and openness
• Suitably adopts formative and summative assessments
• Frequency and arrangement of assessments are both appropriate
• Conduct timely, holistic and concrete reviews and follow-ups
• Review constantly the various assessment modes and aligns them with the current curriculum objectives

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

• Give appropriate reinforcement and encouragement
• Give timely and useful feedback to help students improve
• Prepare clear, comprehensive marking schemes with appropriate weighting
• Identify students' strengths and weaknesses
• Provide students with direction for improvement

• Record students' assessment information systematically and accurately so as to keep track of their learning progress

• Use assessment information to diagnose and evaluate the effectiveness of learning and teaching
• Use assessment results consistently 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

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

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

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

• Recognize and value students' achievement and potential
• Encourage students to develop upon their strengths, take risks in 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 interdisciplinary collaboration
• Promote updating of subject matter knowledge among colleagues in response to current curriculum developments
• Take the initiative in exchanging ideas on good teaching practice, with a view to developing the school as a professional learning community
• Produce exemplary teaching materials, conduct scholastic and/or action research and contribute articles on teaching related topics
• Support the work of other teachers and disseminating exemplary teaching practices for continuing personal and professional development
• Lead or participate in professional development of novice teachers e.g. mentoring program
• Assume a leadership role in promoting close coordination among departments/committees

• Establish and maintain respected professional status in the community
• Assume a leadership, facilitating or co-ordinating role in community services or voluntary work

• Able and willing to reflect on and evaluate critically their English teaching experiences
• Conscientious and committed to teaching
• Demonstrate a positive but critically aware approach towards curriculum innovations in ELT

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge about current educational practices and policies, like 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 in showing sensitivity to social / community issues

• Organize school-based activities for the learning and teaching of English Language Education KLA
• Develop school-based curriculum and schoolwide activities that contribute to the effective learning of language

• Have thorough understanding of and great sensitivity towards the diverse family factors that may affect students' learning processes
• Establish effective communication with parents to support students' learning
• Win support of the broader community in achieving school goals and priorities