Opening of the Teachers' Professional Development Centre at the University of Saint Joseph
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Video filmed and produced by the TDM-Teledifusão de Macau, S.A.
聖若瑟大學教師專業發展中心於二零二三年三月二十八日開幕，校方還與八所本澳學校及一所大灣區研究中心簽署首批教研合作協議。開幕式於下午三時在青洲校舍花地瑪百年顯現紀念堂舉行。中聯辦教青部長李雪飛、天主教澳門教區主教李斌生、教青局長龔志明、聖若瑟大學校長麥侍文、中華教育會會長陳虹及天主教學校聯會會長周伯輝出席主禮。
The Teacher's Professional Development Centre of University of Saint Joseph was opened on 28 March 2023, and the first batch MOU signing ceremony was held at 3 p.m. at the Auditório Centenário de Fátima of the Ilha Verde Campus in which collaborative memoranda were signed between the University and eight local schools together with one research centre in the Greater Bay Area. The ceremony was officiated by Mr. Li Xuefei, Director of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR; D. Stephen Lee Bun-Sang, Reverend Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Macao; Mr. Kong Chi Ming, Director of the Education and Youth Development Bureau (D.S.E.D.J.); Professor Stephen Morgan, Rector of University of Saint Joseph; Ms. Chan Hong, President of the Chinese Educators' Association of Macau; and Father Chow Pak Fai, President of Macau Catholic Schools Association.
龔志明致詞時強調，當局持續從各方面推動教學質素提升，拓展及支持教學人員多元化培訓活動。相信上述中心的設立，將極大地為學校、機構等教學人員接受優質專業培訓提供條件和場地，推動本澳乃至大灣區的教育發展，同時能加強高等及非高等教育的聯繫、協作和交流。
In his speech, Mr. Kong stressed that D.S.E.D.J. strives to promote the quality of teaching and learning in all aspects and to develop and support diversification of training activities for local teachers. It is believed that the establishment of the Centre will provide necessary conditions and venues for schools and institutions to receive quality professional training, so as to promote the development of education both locally and in the Greater Bay Area, sufficiently strengthening the links, collaboration and exchanges between tertiary and non-tertiary education.
教師專業發展中心主任鄭蘊雯表示，開辦學位後教育文憑課程的十年間，已培養逾一千二百名畢業生，中心將以提供特定課程、活動、研討會及資源共享等作為主目標，冀藉此支持教學工作人員的專業發展，為本澳和灣區建立專業在職教師持續發展平台。
Professor Isabel Tchiang, Director of the Centre, revealed that their School of Education had nurtured over 1,200 graduates through the offering of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Education Programme over the past decade. The Centre will set out to provide designated courses, activities, seminars and resource sharing to support the professional development of teachers and to establish a platform for the continuous development of professional in-service teachers in Macao and the Greater Bay Area.
Source: Macao Daily (Chinese version only) and Macao Radio News
Link to the Teachers' Professional Development Centre of University of Saint Joseph