Use of CEG

Immanuel Lutheran College
Plan on Use of Capacity Enhancement Grant
(2005/2006)

I. Objectives

1. to employ part-time tutors for S.5 and S.7 examination preparation program

2. to employ teaching assistant and IT assistants to help relieving teachers’ non teaching responsibilities (e.g. camp liaison, transportation liaison, data entry, record filing and teacher substitution)

3. to employ teachers in non-subvented terms to enhance the teaching of English and to develop life-wide learning experiences of students (e.g. in Music or P.E.)

II. Strategies

Project 1 - Setting up of S.5 and S.7 study rooms and tutorial classes, from November 2005 to May 2006

target – 60 S.5 & S.7 students for study rooms and 240 student-sessions for tutorial classes
l 4 to 10 alumni / parents of ILC to be in charge of study rooms; 6 to 12 alumni of ILC, preferably university students, as tutors for tutorial classes

time – 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., every week day for study rooms; two and half hours for each session on weekends and school holidays for a tutorial class

duration – from November to May, except public holidays

estimated expenditure
	Study rooms
-	on basic of $35 / hour for each person-in-charge of the study room
-	1 tutor every evening
-	100 days
	Sub-total: $35 ’ 5 hours ’ 2 classes ’ 100 days
	= $35,000
	Tutorial classes
-	on basic of $400 / session for each tutor
-	80 sessions
	Sub-total: $400 ’ 80 sessions = $32,000
Total expenditure: $35,000 + 32,000 = $67,000

Project 2 - Hiring of teaching assistants

objectives
– to help releasing teachers non-teaching activities e.g. collecting fees and reply slips,
- to help preparing teaching materials
- to help teachers in curriculum development such as in project work and activity organization
- to help substituting classes if necessary, not more than 20 periods a week
- to help invigilation work in tests/examinations

qualification required – university graduates or post-secondary diploma holders
no. of assistant – 1
employment terms – on contract basis
salary per month, excluding MPF, $8,000
estimated expenditure: $8,000 ’ 1.05 ’ 12 months
= $ 100,800

Project 3 - Hiring of IT assistants

objectives
– to help releasing teachers non-teaching activities e.g. collecting fees and reply slips,
- to help preparing IT teaching materials
- to help data entry and filing of records
- to help invigilation work in tests/examinations

qualification required – secondary school graduates, post-secondary diploma holders are preferred
no. of assistants – 2
employment terms – on contract basis
- salary per month, excluding MPF, $4,500 each
estimated expenditure: $4,500 ’ 2 ’ 1.05 ’ 12 months
= $ 113,400

Project 4 - Hiring of teachers in non-subvented terms

objectives
– to enhance the teaching of English by reducing class size in junior forms, and to develop life-wide learning experiences of students

qualification required: university graduates with relevant professional training
no. of teachers: 2.6 or equivalent
employment terms – on contract basis
- salary per month, including MPF
estimated expenditure = 534,924

III. Overall Estimate

Total estimate of the above 4 projects will be around $816,124 which exceeds the CEG of $421,601. The school will adjust the arrangement according to needs, outcome, and current financial situation that the grant will be utilized for the best interest of students and will cover the deficit from SBM grant, subscription and non-standard item charges.

IV.?Evaluation

The Administrative Council will monitor the progress of the four projects and report to the SMC for amendment and evaluation. Individual projects will be evaluated as follows:

	Performance Indicators	Assessment Mechanism	Person-in-charge
Project 1	80% of the enrolled students will achieve 80% of attendance; 75% will indicate that the classes are “helpful”.	Attendance will be recorded; a survey will be conducted to collect participants’ feedback at the end of the classes.	Ms. Ho S.C.
Project 2	75% of teachers will indicate that the TA in one way or other alleviate their workload.	A survey will be conducted by the end of each term to collect teachers’ feedback.	Mr. Lau Y.S.
Project 3	75% of teachers will indicate that the ITA in one way or other alleviate their workload.	A survey will be conducted by the end of each term to collect teachers’ feedback.	Mr. Lau Y.S.
Project 4	Students will generally be able to make improvement in English; 75% of the students in smaller English classes will indicate that the arrangement is “helpful” to their learning. Students will have more opportunities to participate in athletic and/or cultural activities	Assessments of students’ performance in English will be made by class English teachers at regular intervals; a survey will be conducted to collect students’ feedback at the end of the school year. Evaluated in Administrative Council meeting	Ms. Ho S.C.