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Information sheet on the

Newly Appointed Principal (NAP)
Professional Portfolio

1. Nature and Purposes

● A NAP Professional Portfolio is one of the
requirements set out for NAPs in the Guidelines
for Principals’ Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) issued in Education
Department Circular Memorandum No.
279/2002 (CM279/2002) dated 19 September
2002.

● It is a collection of materials demonstrating the
NAP’s CPD during each of the first two years of
their principalship and should be developed
upon the outcomes and follow-up actions of
their Needs Assessment.
● The materials documented in the NAP Profes-
sional Portfolio should demonstrate the NAP’s
values, knowledge, skills and attributes in one or
more of the following six core areas of leader-
ship listed in the Principals’ CPD framework:

1. Strategic direction & policy environment
2. Learning, teaching & curriculum
3. Teacher professional growth & development
4. Staff & resources management
5. Quality assurance & accountability
6. External communication & connection to the
outside world

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