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►	 T-craft3 – Three-tier mentorship scheme to           ►	 T-bridge – Bridging the theory-practice gap
    provide quality on-site support for practitioners       through feasibility studies on how best to
    transitioning into new career stages (student           improve the design and delivery of teacher
    and novice teachers, middle leaders and newly-          preparation programmes, e.g. clinical model,
    appointed principals);                                  so as to help novice teachers better meet the
                                                            challenges in schools.
►	 T-share – Reinforcement of professional learning
    communities for networking, sharing, interactive    COTAP aspires to create new impetus through its
    exchange and collaboration within the teaching      strategies in close collaboration with the teaching
    profession, so as to build a vibrant learning       profession and schools, and together scale new
    profession to drive robust school leadership,       heights in school effectiveness, teacher quality
    and promote innovations and improvement in          and student performance. COTAP will continue to
    pedagogy and student development;                   communicate and work closely with all stakeholders
                                                        to take forward its recommendations in the first
►	 T-applause – Promotional and contribution            phase of work and start its deliberation of issues in
    schemes to celebrate achievements of                other specific areas in the future months (including
    high-performing practitioners, in recognition,      developments in the kindergarten (KG) sector,
    and for promotion, of the professionalism and       support for students with special educational
    status of the teaching profession, to help attract  needs, non-Chinese speaking students and other
    and retain talent; and                              emerging issues).

Be a windrider breaking wild waves.

                                                            – History of Song of the Southern Dynasties

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