To be a Regional NET Coordinator under the Regional NET Coordinating Team (RNCT). The duties are:

• (a)to act as a curriculum leader and collaborate with Native-speaking English Teachers (NETs) and other English teachers in the development of a school-based English Language curriculum and the implementation of the recommendations from the secondary English Language curriculum documents issued by the Curriculum Development Council (Hong Kong);
• (b)to build and maintain regional networks for English teachers to share resources and partake in activities related to English language learning and teaching;
• (c)to organise and conduct district, regional and school-based workshops, seminars and experience-sharing sessions;
• (d)to plan and conduct professional development activities for secondary English teachers, including NETs;
• (e)to develop effective learning and teaching strategies/activities and resource materials for English language teaching, particularly in the areas of literacy development and e-learning;
• (f)to promote professional exchanges within schools through collaborative lesson planning and co-teaching and provide school-based support for teachers' professional and curriculum development;
• (g)to organise and conduct territory-wide competitions to enhance secondary students' interest and motivation to engage in English activities;
• (h)to act as first point of call for NETs with enquiries relating to deployment or other issues relating to their employment;
  • (i)to provide pastoral support for NETs who are new to the NET Scheme;
• (j)to collaborate with other members of the Regional NET Coordinating Team (RNCT) and contribute to the work of the RNCT as an effective member;
• (k)to consult and report regularly to the supervisors on work progress; and
• (l)to perform any other duties with regard to the NET Scheme as and when required by the Secretary for Education or such other officers as the Secretary for Education may nominate.

Applicants should be native-speakers of English or have native-speaker English competence#, and should possess:

• (a)a Hong Kong bachelor's degree majoring in English Language or English Literature or English Studies or Linguistics* or Modern Languages* OR a Hong Kong Bachelor of Education degree (majoring in English), but not specialising in primary education, obtained after 3 years' full-time study, or equivalent;
• (b)at least five years' post-graduate teaching experience in the local education system (preferably in teaching English at secondary level or above);
• (c)a Teaching English as a Foreign Language or a Second Language (TEFL/TESL) qualification at least at diploma level; and
• (d)a Post-graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) majoring in English from a Hong Kong tertiary education institution or equivalent. Experience in promoting literacy development and/or e-learning at the secondary level will be an advantage.

Applicants who possess a Hong Kong bachelor's degree in other academic subjects, or equivalent AND at least five years' post-graduate teaching experience in the local education system (preferably in teaching English at secondary level or above) AND either a TEFL/TESL qualification at least at diploma level, or a PGDE from a Hong Kong tertiary education institution or equivalent specialising in secondary education may also apply. These applications may only be considered when there are positions left unfilled by applicants meeting all the qualification requirements.

# Native speakers of English are people who acquire the language in infancy and develop the language through adolescence and adulthood within a community where English is spoken as the first language. Native-speaker English competence refers to the ability to use English fluently and spontaneously, to give grammatically accurate responses in communication and to write or speak creatively. Non-native speakers of English, i.e. people who have not acquired the language in early childhood, are also suitable for employment as NETs if their English competence is not different from that of native-speakers in terms of fluency, accuracy and creativity in language use.

* A degree in Linguistics or Modern Languages should be one in which English is the major language studied.