Opening of Teachers’ Professional Development Centre and First Batch MOU Signing Ceremony Ceremony
Opening of Teachers' Professional Development Centre and First Batch MOU Signing Ceremony Ceremony
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22/03/2023
The “Opening of Teachers’ Professional Development Centre and First Batch MOU Signing Ceremony Ceremony” is scheduled on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 3 PM at the Ilha Verde Campus, Fátima Auditorium.
Opening of Teachers’ Professional Development Centre and First Batch MOU Signing Ceremony Ceremony
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 3 – 4 PM
Venue: Auditório Centenário de Fátima, Ilha Verde Campus
Programme Rundown:
15:00 Event Starts
15:05 Introduction of Guests by the MC
15:10 Welcome Remarks by Professor Stephen Morgan, the Rector of USJ
15:15 Speech by Mr. Kong Chi Meng, the Director of DSEDJ
15:20 Inauguration of Teachers’ Professional Development Centre (TPDC)
15:25 TPDC Plaque Giving
15:30 Introduction of TPDC by the Centre Director
15:35 Introduction of Teaching and Research Partnership by the Dean of School of Education
15:40 MOU Signing and Plaque Giving
15:50 Speech by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, the Bishop of Macau and the Chancellor of USJ
16:00 Ceremony Concluded
ABOUT THE CENTER:
The USJ Teachers’ Professional Development Centre (TPDC) prepares school teachers for a lifelong passion of educating and learning. The TPDC is part of the School of Education at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Macao.
Mission:
The mission of the TPDC focuses on making a practical contribution to the ongoing improvement, updating and development of teachers, teaching assistants, and the overall teaching and education fields in Macao and the Greater Bay Area. This will enable teachers to become recognised experts in teaching. The TPDC also promotes effective student learning.
Goals:
- To support, develop and enhance the quality of teaching and learning through the provision of specific programmes, activities, workshops, resources and services supporting the professional development of teaching staff;
- To support, develop, demonstrate, disseminate and promote the latest and updated developments and research into instructional design, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation; and
- To establish and operate a professional ongoing in-service teacher development program in Macau and across the wider Greater Bay Area.
For more information, please visit: https://www.usj.edu.mo/en/tpdc/
