香港資優教育學院 The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education

School Nomination 2011-12

The HKAGE invites secondary school teachers, school social workers and school educational psychologists to nominate their gifted students with outstanding performance/great potential in Humanities, Leadership, Mathematics or Sciences to join the HKAGE. School Nomination 2011-12 starts from 9:00 a.m., 5 September 2011 and ends at 5:00 p.m., 14 October 2011.

Online Nomination Platform

The Online Platform will be available from 9:00 a.m., 5 September 2011 to help you in the nomination process. It can be accessed at http://nomination.hkage.org.hk The benefits are:

IT IS EASY TO USE:

Easy access to information by schools and HKAGE authorized persons
It takes only a few steps to complete the forms
The HKAGE will demonstrate the process at the briefing sessions and a user manual can be downloaded from the Platform or the HKAGE website

IT IS CONVENIENT:

Schools can track the data submission process online
There is electronic notification of nomination status and related reminders

IT IS SECURE:

The level of data accuracy and protection is enhanced

TOGETHER WE CAN HELP THE ENVIRONMENT:

It reduces the use of paper

Please refer to the School Nomination invitation letter for the username and password assigned to your school coordinator. Please complete the online nomination and return the Submission Checklist with supporting documents before the nomination deadline at 5:00 p.m., 14 October 2011.

Reference Materials

Details and documents have been sent to all secondary schools (including government schools, aided schools, schools under DSS and ESF, non-profit making private schools and international schools) at end of August 2011. Related documents are downloadable at the links below:

Briefing Sessions

Briefing sessions will be held for school principals, teacher representatives, school social workers and school educational psychologists to familiarize them with the School Nomination arrangements. The sessions will cover:

Introduction to Gifted Education in Hong Kong
Identification and selection of the gifted
Learning opportunities at the HKAGE
Overview of School Nomination
Demonstration of Online Nomination Platform
Teacher’s sharing on nomination experience

Please click rundown for details of the briefing sessions.

Briefing session presentation materials are downloadable at the links below:
Introduction to Gifted Education in Hong Kong and Identification & Selection
Overview of School Nomination
Teaching’s Sharing – Fukien Secondary School
Teaching’s Sharing – Ju Ching Chu Secondary School (Kwai Chung)

School principals or representatives are welcome to attend any one of the following sessions. Please submit via the online application platform on or before the registration deadline.

Date and Time	Venue	Online Registration	Registration Deadline
20 September 2011 (Tuesday) 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Room WB, West Block, Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon	Application closed	18 September 2011 (Sunday)
21 September 2011 (Wednesday) 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Lecture Hall, Ju Ching Chu Secondary School (Kwai Chung), 1-11 On Chit Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories	Application closed	19 September 2011 (Monday)
22 September 2011 (Thursday) 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Room T12, The Island Learning Centre, The Open University of Hong Kong, 4/F Shun Tak Centre, 168 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong	Application closed	20 September 2011 (Tuesday)

Workshop on Test Administration (Non-verbal reasoning test)

All student nominees have to undertake an online non-verbal reasoning test after the submission of nominations. Schools are kindly requested to arrange the test at your premises and details will be provided via email to the school coordinators in mid of October 2011.

School representatives who are going to administer the test are invited to attend the following workshop. Please submit via the online application platform on or before 28 September 2011 (Wednesday).

Date and Time	Venue	Online Registration	Registration Deadline
30 September 2011 (Friday) 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Room W422-423, West Block, Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon	Application closed	28 September 2011 (Wednesday)

Selection Tests and Interviews

The Selection Tests for shortlisted nominees in Humanities, Mathematics and Sciences domains have been scheduled on 26 November 2011 (Saturday) within the time frame from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Interviews for shortlisted nominees in Leadership domain will be held from November 2011 to January 2012.

Coordinators of the School Nomination will be informed in writing of the names of the shortlisted nominees and the test and interview schedule around mid November 2011.

Admission Results Announcement

Coordinators of the School Nomination will be informed in writing of the names of the admitted students in February 2012. Individual students will receive the Admission Letter from school.

Student Orientation

An orientation ceremony followed with talk and sharing sessions will be held as a warm welcome to the new student members on 28 February 2012 (Tuesday) afternoon. Please login the Online Application Platform below for further details and application.

For enquiries, please contact us at 3940 0180 or 3940 0178.

Orientation Day Registration

Date and Time	Venue	Online Registration	Registration Deadline
28 February 2012 (Tuesday) 2:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.	Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC), 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon	Application closed	26February 2012 (Sunday)