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Explore professional development courses and postgraduate programs at the Graduate Programmes & Research Office (GPR) under the leadership of Professor Lee Sing Kong and his team. The courses offered cater to teachers, potential principals, and heads of departments, focusing on lifelong learning, skills upgrading, and formal certification. The continuum model emphasizes modular learning and self-paced progress, while postgraduate programs in research and coursework aim to specialize teachers in various disciplines and engage them in research activities. Leadership programs like the Leaders in Education Programme (LEP) and Diploma in Departmental Management (DDM) provide innovative approaches and international exposure for aspiring school leaders. Join us in shaping the future of education leadership!
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Graduate Programmes & Research Office (GPR)
Professor Lee Sing Kong Dean Graduate Programmes & Research A/P Steven Tan Associate Dean Professional Development Ast/P David Ng Associate Dean Leadership Programmes A/P Augustine Tan Associate Dean Academic Research A/P Lionel Mendoza Associate Dean Educational Research
Key Roles • Professional development courses • Postgraduate programmes; Masters, PhD • Leadership programmes • Potential Principals • Heads of Department • Senior Teachers and Master Teachers
Professional Development Courses • A total framework developed for Lifelong Learning for teachers • Helps teachers to upgrade in knowledge, skills and qualifications • Attain further formal certification through a building block approach
Professional Development Continuum Model – Specific features • Addresses the needs of teachers in enabling them to keep abreast with knowledge and skills • Enables teachers to accumulate academic credits based on a modular approach and at their own pace • Enables teachers to obtain formal certification in the process
Postgraduate Programmes (Master and PhD) • By research and by coursework • Enable teachers to specialise in different disciplines • Encourage teachers to be involved in research • Build up a pool of Master and PhD graduates in the teaching profession
Leadership Programmes • Leaders in Education Programme (LEP) • Changing educational landscape • A shift from the competency-based model • to focus on values and mindset change • 6-month executive programme to equip • potential School Principals • Innovation being a key emphasis • Industrial attachment • Overseas visit • Journal and future school project
Leadership Programmes • Diploma in Departmental Management (DDM) • 17-week course for Heads of Department • Emphasis on innovation • Elements of self-learning • Support for Principal
Leadership Programmes • Leaders in Education Programme International • 2-week course for principals in the region • Understand school leadership in the new • landscape – an environment of continual change • One intake per year