The Reconstitution of Advisory Committee on Teacher Education Qualifications (ACTEQ) to Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals (COTAP)

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the tripartite structural model of "Initial, Professional, Leadership (IPL)" in Staff Development by examining the implications behind the three highlighted development areas of Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals (COTAP) of Education Bureau (EDB) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Through the elaboration of the IPL model, principals and teachers could make better sense of the significance and the work of COTAP. In this paper, the reconstitution of Advisory Committee on Teacher Education Qualifications (ACTEQ) to COTAP is discussed as the policy background for the three highlighted development of COTAP in Initial Teacher Education (ITE), Teachers' Professional Development (TPD) and School Leadership (SL). Through the discussion of these three development areas, the tripartite structural model of IPL in Staff Development was proposed for explanation and discussion. In summary, this paper yields three useful policy implications for principals on Staff Development (SD). As such, principals' and teachers' competence would be enhanced under the model of IPL, thereby students' learning could be benefited in return.