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Graduate Programmes & Research Office (GPR). Professor Lee Sing Kong Dean Graduate Programmes & Research. A/P Steven Tan Associate Dean Professional Development. Ast/P David Ng Associate Dean Leadership Programmes. A/P Augustine Tan Associate Dean Academic Research.
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Graduate Programmes & Research Office (GPR)
Professor Lee Sing Kong Dean Graduate Programmes & Research A/P Steven Tan Associate Dean Professional Development Ast/P David Ng Associate Dean Leadership Programmes A/P Augustine Tan Associate Dean Academic Research A/P Lionel Mendoza Associate Dean Educational Research
Key Roles • Professional development courses • Postgraduate programmes; Masters, PhD • Leadership programmes • Potential Principals • Heads of Department • Senior Teachers and Master Teachers
Professional Development Courses • A total framework developed for Lifelong Learning for teachers • Helps teachers to upgrade in knowledge, skills and qualifications • Attain further formal certification through a building block approach
Professional Development Continuum Model – Specific features • Addresses the needs of teachers in enabling them to keep abreast with knowledge and skills • Enables teachers to accumulate academic credits based on a modular approach and at their own pace • Enables teachers to obtain formal certification in the process
Postgraduate Programmes (Master and PhD) • By research and by coursework • Enable teachers to specialise in different disciplines • Encourage teachers to be involved in research • Build up a pool of Master and PhD graduates in the teaching profession
Leadership Programmes • Leaders in Education Programme (LEP) • Changing educational landscape • A shift from the competency-based model • to focus on values and mindset change • 6-month executive programme to equip • potential School Principals • Innovation being a key emphasis • Industrial attachment • Overseas visit • Journal and future school project
Leadership Programmes • Diploma in Departmental Management (DDM) • 17-week course for Heads of Department • Emphasis on innovation • Elements of self-learning • Support for Principal
Leadership Programmes • Leaders in Education Programme International • 2-week course for principals in the region • Understand school leadership in the new • landscape – an environment of continual change • One intake per year