1. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Students as Learning Experience Designers Project Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 15.7.2011

2. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 The Team Bowie Chan Hilda Chan Emily Cheung Bernadette Lai Caryl Lau Gigi Leung Jasmine Leung Rainbow Liu Cordelia Ngai Sr. Anita Kwok Ms. Lo Y.Y. Ms. Innerve Ng Mrs. May Chan

3. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Essence of Student LED Project Students as learners and organizers design learning activities for themselves and others to experience and reflect to learn Teachers as facilitators provide tools to students at their planning, implementation, reflection and evaluation stages Expected outcome includes students stating explicitly what they have learnt and how they will transfer this learning

4. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 School’s Agenda To enhance teachers’ skills in facilitating students’ learning from quality reflection To establish with time a perpetuating system to provide service experiences as part of the senior OLE curriculum To realize the school target “Self-directed Learning” in a non-academic context

5. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 The Project – teacher-centred stage Teacher- advisors Promoting Recruiting core Given training and working framework Preliminary planning, adjusting mindset to prepare for uncertain output of students Promotion of project to S.4 students Invitation to target students by personal contact High profile individual & group interviews of all student applicants Confirmation of enrolled core members

6. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Confirmation of enrolled core members

7. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 The Project – student-centred stage Core Group Recruiting Service Preliminary plan of project & service events Teachers’ input if needed – learning objectives, success criteria, timeframe, trouble shooting Recruiting and training peer volunteers in S.4 Teaching primary students to make cookies Fun day with cookies at home for the aged Various facilitators as trouble shooters & cheer-leaders during organizing period

8. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Recruiting and training peer volunteers

9. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Teaching children to make cookies

10. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Teaching children to make cookies

11. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Fun day for home for the aged

12. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 The stage of critical guidance Reflection - 1 Reflection - 2 Report Teachers to facilitate in-depth personal reflection by core group on A,S,K acquired Their anticipated impact in a new context Core group to facilitate in-depth personal reflection by peer volunteers on A,S,K acquired Their anticipated impact in a new context Poster presentation to participants of pilot scheme Sharing of learning experience with school- mates at school assembly in the new school year Core members as mentors of a new core group

13. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 The stage of critical guidance

14. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Poster presentation

15. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Poster presentation

16. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 How it turned out Reflection - 1 Reflection - 2 Report On site evaluation by core group & peer volunteers of organizing skills with sharing of learning points Social worker as facilitator EDB staff, by questioning, elicited learning points of unique significance at the personal & team levels Teachers privileged to observe Poster presentation to participants of pilot scheme (Teachers reflecting as learners) Teachers as facilitators to frame in-depth reflection on attitude, skills & knowledge acquired Further presentation to focus on what’s been learnt

17. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Specific features identified Highly responsible core group, self-driven with great autonomy, fair mastery of necessary skills & common purpose; got things done on their own Emphasis on initiation of a school culture of self-directed learning and pre-occupation of teachers might have undermined their facilitating role

18. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Tangible & Intangible Project Outcomes for Students Successful self-organized service experiences Learning points captured at on-site evaluation with volunteers Transfer of learning facilitated by delayed but repeated in-depth reflection Presentation relating how changes acquired would affect behaviour in future context

19. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Expect the unexpected

20. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學

22. Leadership Collaboration Communication

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24. Mutually Supporting Learners 40+ volunteers (Could have learnt more?) 9 core student- organizers 3+ advisors

25. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Learning points for teachers High-profile selection process helps informulating learning objectives Print-out frameworks, designated meeting dates, etc. could definitely enhance reflection to elicit learning points for personal growth at various stages Right decision in whether to prompt and guide or to step back and let go is crucial to optimize learning

26. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Learning points for teachers Trusting core members’ potential and allowed them to work on their own There was a clear framework but needed to emphasis, deliver and follow-up 2 models for deeper reflection –PIE – Planning  Implementation  Evaluation –ASK – Attitudes, skills, knowledge

27. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Visit of EDB staff

28. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Impact on the School Know more substantially how to develop teachers in prompting students’ in-depth reflection Prepared to put in more effort in holding teachers firmly to common objectives, focus and mentoring strategies for similar projects

29. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Impact on the School Strengthened confidence in continual provision of learning-oriented & self- initiated service projects involving S.5, S.4 as core members and S.2 as volunteers School target of “Self-directed Learning” can now be extended to cover the non- academic aspects

30. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 School’s Agenda To enhance teachers’ skills in facilitating students’ learning from quality reflection To establish with time a perpetuating system to provide service experiences as part of the senior OLE curriculum To realize the school target “Self-directed Learning” in a non-academic context

31. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Celebration of learning outcomes

32. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會蕭明中學 Professor Edmund Ko (HKUST) Staff of EDB Hong Kong Association of Heads of Secondary Schools