Second Phase of the Jockey Club Diversity at Schools Project (Learning Support Team)

In this project, project members take up the role as the Learning Support (LS) Team to collaborate with three units in HKU and PolyU to provide learning support and training plus research assistance to the participating primary and secondary schools. The duration will be three years and the amount of funding for EdUHK project team is $15,710,000. At the end of the project, the LS team will maximize the school-based resources (e.g. manpower, expertise, funding on hiring other professional etc.) provided by the Government to better support students with diverse learning needs. Moreover, the LS team will also extend support coverage from that provided by an individual (Learning Support Assistants, LSAs) to a team (the school-based learning support team) to support students with specific educational needs across Tiers 1 to 3. the LS team will also connect different stakeholders and segregated school-based support into a cohesive and student-oriented support plan through professional communication and the (electronic Individualized Education Program) eIEP module in the Data Management Platform (DMP). seconded teachers.

Funding Source: HK Private Fund - Charities/Foundations^^