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EDB Circular Memorandum No. 70/2003

From: Secretary for Education and To: Supervisors / SMC Chairpersons
Manpower and Heads of Government, aided
(including special schools, practical
Ref.: EMB TR/27/TPD schools and skills opportunity

schools), caput and DSS schools
Date: 22 April 2003

Summary
1. This is to inform schools that materials on “Newly Appointed Principal Profes-
sional Portfolio” are available for their reference.

Background
2. The Education Department (now known as the Education and Manpower Bu-
reau) Administration Circular No. 31/2002 on “Principals’ Continuing Profes-
sional Development” dated 17 July 2002 notified schools that from the
2002/03 school year onwards, newly appointed principals (NAPs) in public
sector schools are required, inter alia, to submit annually their Professional
Portfolio to their school sponsoring bodies (SSBs) / school management com-
mittees (SMCs) in the first two years of their principalship.

Details
3. SSBs/SMCs should make use of the NAP Professional Portfolio to guide their
NAPs for continuing professional development. Therefore, NAPs and their
SSBs/SMCs should discuss and agree on development targets, leadership ex-
perience, reflective statements and continuing professional development
plans to be included in the NAP Professional Portfolio as well as the format to
be used.

4. An information sheet on “Newly Appointed Principal Professional Portfolio” is
attached. It outlines the nature, purposes, components, organization, format
and time for submission of the NAP Professional Portfolio, as well as the roles
of SSBs/SMCs. For details and examples of the NAP Professional Portfolio,
NAPs and their SSBs /SMCs are also welcome to visit the website of the
Teacher and Principal Development Section:
(http://www.emb.gov.hk/EDNEWHP/teacher/cpd.p/English/home.thm)

Enquiries
5. For enquiries of this circular memorandum, please call Ms. Shirley Wong on
3150 8036 or Mr. Billy SC Mok on 3150 8011 of the Teacher and Principal
Development Section.

Ms. Susanna CHEUNG
for Secretary for Education and Manpower

c.c. Supervisors and Heads of private independent schools and Heads of Sections – for information

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