香港培訓科組主任領導力的經驗

作為學校中層的科組主任，是一個多角色的混合體，既要教學，又要管理和領導科組，但卻得不到相關的職前培訓，故有些香港學科組主任在管理和領導上會感到力不從心。加上，很多學校每年都有新晉升的科組主任，提供有效培訓以支援中層人員的管理和領導力成長，已成為香港教育界持續關注的內容。香港初等教育研究學會於2012至2013年獲優質教育基金撥款推行“提升小學科組主任的領導力”計畫，目的是向科組主任提供系統培訓、校本診斷、校本教師培訓、友校參觀和行動學習等專業活動，以提升他們領導科組的能力，從而優化其科組管理和促進校務發展。這篇文章的主旨是回顧上述香港專業發展計畫的經驗，並從剖析計畫歷程中顯示參與科組主任在專業社群學習的成長。
As a middle manager of school, subject-head is a mixture of more than one role, and not only has teaching tasks, but also needs to manage and lead the team, but they lack of related pre-service training so that many subject-heads feel powerless in the management and leadership. In addition, there are many newly subject-heads of schools every year, so providing effective training to support the management and leadership for the growth of middle managers has got sustained attention from Hong Kong’s education sector. “Enhancing the Leadership of Subject-Heads in Primary Schools” Program, which was funded by the Quality Education Fund in 2012-2013, has been implemented by Hong Kong Primary Education Research Association, which aims to provide professional development to subject-heads through systematic training, school-based diagnosis, school-based teacher training, schools visits and the action learning, to enhance their ability to lead team and manage the development of the subject. This article reflects the learning process of the participative subject-heads within this program and shares the experience of professional development in Hong Kong schools. Copyright © 2016 by author and Hans Publishers Inc.