Background, Mission and Objectives
Background
The Quality School Improvement Project (QSIP) was established by the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKIER) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1998, dedicated to promoting school improvement through school-based professional support. Grounded in the philosophy of “comprehensive school improvement”, QSIP aims to foster professional collaboration that integrates theory and practice, supporting schools in enhancing their work across the domains of “Management and Organisation”, “Learning and Teaching”, and “Student Support and School Ethos”.
Over the past two decades, QSIP has evolved from a project-based programme to an organisation that supports school improvement through a diversified platform. In addition to implementing funded projects, QSIP also provides customised “school-based professional support” services tailored to the unique needs of individual schools through self-financed initiatives. Since its establishment, the QSIP team has served over 710 local schools of various types, covering more than 75% primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. Furthermore, QSIP has extended its support to schools in the Mainland China, Macau, and Taiwan, offering “Train-the-Trainer” programmes and professional support.
Mission
Actualizing the philosophy of comprehensive school improvement, in the capacity of external change agents, to develop indigenous school improvement trajectories and strategies for enhancing professional capacity at schools to lead sustainable development.
Objectives
- Strengthen the professional leadership of school leaders and middle-level leaders
- Develop an evidence-based self-improvement mechanism at schools
- Create an environment and a culture conducive to sustainable school development
- Strengthen teachers’ professional capacity for the enhancement of learning and teaching effectiveness
- Consolidate and disseminate school improvement knowledge and experience through inter-school and inter-regional networks