Evidence of Excellence

• Formulate curriculum goals, policies and a strategic curriculum development plan to meet the language learning needs or development of SEN students

• Demonstrate curriculum leadership/active contribution to the development of language curriculum for SEN students
• Adopt a inter-disciplinary approach and involve all stakeholders in the planning and implementation of language curriculum

• Devise open, flexible, individualized and integrated language/communication training programs for SEN children

• Adopt a curriculum rich in language stimulation to enhance students' development in listening, speaking, reading, writing with respect to nine generic skills especially communication skills

• Cater for learners' ability, needs, and linguistic differences 1

• Arrange learning time appropriately and flexibly to maximize the effect of language learning, development and/or enhancement

• Monitor and review the language curriculum implementation
• Give timely feedback to other colleagues and parents concerned and conduct concrete follow-ups subsequently

• Have clear objectives and targets for language teaching
• Select appropriate teaching activities that match curriculum objectives and students' needs
• Demonstrate exemplary teaching strategies that promote language or communication skills, provoke thinking and creativity, and stimulate interest in learning
• Organize life-wide learning activities and experiences for language learning, development and/or enrichment
• Apply pedagogical skills in an integrated manner in language teaching
• Demonstrate great flexibility and ingenuity in the use of teaching methods and technologies
• Critically monitor implementation of activities/programmes, make timely modifications, and evaluate outcomes and the impact on students
• Relate language learning to daily routine at home and in school
• Use a variety of resources and activities to facilitate language development
• Create a stimulating and harmonious atmosphere conducive to language learning

• Enhance, through effective language teaching, learning in physical, intellectual, communicative, sensory, social and emotional skills
• Adopt diversified teaching strategies and learning materials that take into account students' different needs in language learning
• Promote collaboration among colleagues and parents for more effective and timely efforts to identify and support students' needs
• Encourage reciprocal verbal and non-verbal communication

• Demonstrate effective application of the contents and teaching skills of language education
• Good subject knowledge and knowledge in language development

• Help students apply language skills they have learnt to their daily life
• Provide students with adequate and equal opportunities to participate in language activities
• Through continuous and timely 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 policy on assessment according to the curriculum goals and students' abilities and needs
• Explain language policy to students, other professionals and parents with clearly defined objectives, criteria and guideline
• Involve parents in gathering data for assessment
• Use formative and summative assessment to evaluate progress and effectiveness of programs

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

• Use performance data and information from teachers, other professionals and parents to make appropriate modification in language teaching strategies, learning environments and the curriculum

Evidence of Excellence

• Understand the impact that disabilities (visually impaired, hearing impaired, mentally handicapped, maladjusted, and physically handicapped, autism, and learning difficulties) have on language, cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of students.
• Adopt a lively and interactive approach

• Be fair and give due respect to students' different viewpoints and care about their feelings

• Cater for school-based student-oriented needs by appropriate adaptation of the curriculum to help students obtain the desired learning outcomes
• Have appropriate expectable on students' learning

• Recognize and value students' achievement and potential
• Make positive impact on students for whole-person development and the development of generic skills

• Inculcate language skills to facilitate social interaction

Evidence of Excellence

• Take the initiative in exchanging ideas on good teaching practices, with a view to developing the school as a professional learning community
• Produce exemplary teaching materials, conduct scholastic or action research and/or contribute articles on teaching related topics
• Support the work of other teachers and disseminate exemplary teaching practices for continuing personal and professional development
• Lead or participate in professional development of novice teachers, e.g. mentoring program
• Promote close coordination among committees/departments

• Plan and conduct workshops and conferences for professional colleagues and parents
• Assume a leadership, facilitating or coordinating role in community services or voluntary work
• Contribute in language curriculum development working groups, e.g., in CDI

Evidence of Excellence

• Conscientious and committed to providing language education of the highest quality
• Committed to developing the potential strengths and abilities of children with disabilities
• Able and willing to reflect on and evaluate critically their language teaching experiences
• Conduct action research (on language education) to inquire into own teaching practice and change teaching practice in response to results of action research
• Demonstrate a positive and critical towards curriculum innovations in language education

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge about current educational practices and policies, such as 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 language learning and teaching
• Develop school-based curriculum and schoolwide activities that contribute to the effective learning of language

• Have thorough understanding of and 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