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Quality School Improvement Project - Aspiration for QSIP’s History of Professional Support to Local Schools
Quality Education and School Improvement
Tong Choi Wai 優質學校改進計劃：
by Dr. QSIP-SDL

Project Director, Quality School Improvement Project No. of No. of Learning QSIP-SLD 透過全校式
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Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research Project School 優質學校改進計劃： 照顧學習差異
School Units 學習差異支援 50 P, 29 S, 1 SS
Primary School 168 247
Instead of treating a school as a collection of Secondary School 213 357 48 P, 175 S
individual programs and members with individual
goals, school improvement endeavours should create Special School 25 40 Business- Project WeCan
a unity of purpose amongst all stakeholders to help Total 406 644 University-
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teacher and student reach their full potential. Only Partnership 學校起動計劃
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With over a decade's solid work in university-school Improvementmprovement 26P, 24S6P, 24S6P, 24S6P, 24S6P, 24S 23P, 17S 8P, 5S 優質學校改進計劃
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partnership, QSIP has provided comprehensive
school-based support to over 400 local schools from 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
various sectors (including primary, secondary and
special schools) and in different contexts. With the
substantial support of the Education Development QSIP stresses the integration of research knowledge to social responsibility with the university’s
Fund, the Quality Education Fund, and corporate
49 and practical wisdom as it delivers its support. professional knowledge in supporting comprehensive 50
donations, QSIP has developed a series of extension The critical mass of passionate educators and school improvement. Project WeCan, a 10-year B-U-S
projects specifically focusing on supporting initiatives practitioners with a rich knowledge base and partnership programme jointly launched by QSIP and
ranging from comprehensive school improvement,
Quality School Improvement Project (QSIP) is a professional expertise, indeed forms a strong core Wharf Limited in 2011, is the pioneering endeavour
comprehensive, interactive and organic project catering for learning diversity, business-university- of support for the implementation of the project in such collaborations. The project started with 10
which aspires to create an environment conducive to school partnerships and special education, all of by connecting theory and practice. The team also partner schools in 2011 and the number of partner
which share the same rationale and core values
quality education and school improvement through as their parent project of creating an environment encourages teachers to strengthen their professional schools has increased to 50 in 2015-2016, indicating
university-school partnership. Inspired by the school autonomy and education values in continual that the support offered by the project is much valued
improvement rationale enacted in the Accelerated conducive to quality education. QSIP has received collaboration. Such professionalism is essential for by the community and that the project is undergoing
Schools Project (ASP), which was launched by Prof. total funding of over 300 million Hong Kong dollars building trust with schools for influential development. continual development.
Henry Levin of Stanford University in the late 80s, over the years in supporting various initiatives in
enhancing teaching and learning, school leadership
QSIP was established in 1998 with the enormous training, and school improvement. Building on the knowledge and experience gained By contributing its knowledge, experience, innovation,
support of the Faculty of Education and the Hong from building teacher capacity, enhancement of and professional support to practitioners, QSIP
Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKIER). teaching and learning, and facilitating school aspires to encourage continuous development
improvement while facing education and curriculum in the education community. The collaboration
At its initial stage of implementation, the professional reforms, QSIP is currently leading a new development between universities and schools also enriches the
support provided by QSIP was generally built on trend of school improvement and partnership, which conceptualisation of wisdom from the frontline, which
insights borrowed from the western experience. is the “B-U-S” model. The “B-U-S” partnership strengthens teachers’ professionalism and empowers
Following the pilot scheme in the first few years, encompasses the business sector, schools and their professional development.
its solid theoretical foundation and concerted universities, which connects corporate commitments
practical effort helped the team to develop several
school improvement principles adapted to the local
education context in Hong Kong. “Unity of Purpose”,
“Empowerment Coupled with Responsibility”, and
“Building on Strengths” were identified to be the
crucial factors for successful school improvement.