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TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS
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APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND OF SPECIAL-RESOURCE-REVISED RESOURCE CLASSES TO ATTEND A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE OFFERED BY SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN SEPTEMBER.
APPLICANTS MUST BE QUALIFIED TEACHERS WITH RECOGNISED TEACHER TRAINING AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERVISOR OR HEAD OF THEIR SCHOOLS.
PART-TIME TEACHERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND QUALIFIED GRADUATE TEACHERS MAY ALSO APPLY FOR THE COURSE ALTHOUGH PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO FULL-TIME AND NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS.
IF ADMITTED TO THE COURSE, FULL-TIME TEACHERS OR HEAD TEACHERS WILL BE AWARDED A SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWANCE IN THE FORM OF ONE PAY INCREMENT.
UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, ANOTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWANCE WILL BE AWARDED AT A RATE OF TWO PAY INCREMENTS, TOGETHER WITH A CERTIFICATE FOR TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.+
THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE WILL INCLUDE STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDERN; SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROVISION; LEARNING AND BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS AND NEEDS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THE ORGANISATION AND OPERATION OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL- RESOURCE-REVISED RESOURCE CLASSES.
THE COURSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE TUTORIALS, SEMINARS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS. TEACHERS ATTENDING THE COURSE WILL BE SUPERVISED AND ADVISED IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS.
IN ADDITION, EACH TRAINEE WILL STUDY IN DEPTH ON ONE OF THE SEVEN AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF HAND ICAPPED CHILDREN HE WILL BE TEACHING IN SEPTEMBER AND THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE COURSE.
THE SEVEN AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION OFFERED ARE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, VISUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN, MALADJUSTED AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, AND CHILDREN WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROBLEMS.
APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, HONG KONG, THE DEPARTMENT' KOWLOON SUB-OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON; AND SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT 6 CALDECOTT ROAD, KOWLOON, AND ITS ANNEXE AT 8 YUEN CHAU KOK ROAD, SHA TIN, NEW TERRITORIES.
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH SUPERVISORS OR HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION JOINT SELECTION BOARD, CARE OF SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ANNEXE IN SHA TIN, ON OR BEFORE MAY 31.