Page 4 - Professional Standards for Principals of Hong Kong

Guiding Principles

1. Adopting a student-centred approach

Facilitating the professional growth of principals and teachers and
equipping them for promoting students’ all-round development and
life-long learning
Core Belief

2. Moving towards a core competence approach
“Nurture Learners Today and Leaders Tomorrow”

Describing teachers’ and principals’ competences, which are a
combination of knowledge, skills and values in action.

3. Embedding core values

Manifesting core values and education beliefs teachers and
principals affirm through professional/ ethical practices

4. Alignment with local and international
educational policies and practices

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At the very centre of the T-standard is students’ “all-round development
Making reference to teacher competency frameworks and continuing and lifelong learning”. We hope to nurture the following three attributes in
development policies on teacher professional development of other
countries, and aligning with local educational policies and practices our students :
Whole-person wellness
Key competences for adulthood
5. Flexibility for professional autonomy Change agility for tomorrow

Serving as a reference tool that allows room for interpretation and
flexibility in application by the teaching profession and its supporting
partners