JCPandA 2022-2025 Affiliated Schools Application

I. ABOUT THE SCHOOL

1. Name of school

English*

Chinese*

2. School background

Year of establishment*

Address*

School Sponsoring Body (if applicable):

No. of teachers (excluding principal):*

No. of students:*

School principal:

Name:*

Contact phone no.:*

Email address:*

3. Contact person

Name:*

Position held:*

Mobile phone no.:*

Email address:*

II. SERVICE NEEDS

1. Please describe the current approach/implementation of social-emotional learning (“SEL”) in your school. In your opinion, is there any area of enhancement in SEL in your school? *

2. Please share with us the profile of your students and your assessment of the social-emotional development and needs of your students. *

3. How will mindfulness education address the needs of the students? What are the project goals and objectives (e.g., to support students to deal with emotional challenge through mindfulness, to cultivate a supportive and enabling environment in school, etc.)? Please describe what is the mindful school culture you like to create with your teachers and students through the project? *

III. IMPLEMENTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Implementation plan

A. Teacher Training and Professional Development*

Example: The core group members of the mindfulness school culture project will receive an 8-week mindfulness course. They will receive 3-day Teach Paws training to acquire the teacher qualification in teaching Paws b. …

B. Mindfulness Training for Students*

Example: All the P.4 students will receive the Paws b course in their life education curriculum in the academic year after the core group members have completed the training. Booster session will be offered to these students in the following years before their graduation. Students of the other grades will attend a workshop on mindfulness and stress reduction …

C. Cultivation of Mindfulness Culture in School*

Example: Mindfulness practice is integrated in our morning assembly…

D. Research and Evaluation*

Example: We shall work closely with the team from the HKU for the research and evaluation. The evaluation strategies include questionnaire survey that involves teachers, students, and probably parents.

2. School support

a. Which grade(s) of students and which class session(s) will the mindfulness courses (i.e. paws .b course, .b course) be delivered?*

e.g. delivered in life education lessons for all F.1 students

b. How many lessons and teaching hours per week?

No. of lesson / week*

No. of teaching hour / week*

3. Core group in school

Core group member 1:

Position*

Others: Please specify

Name:*

Mobile phone no.:*

Email address:*

Core group member 2:

Position*

Others: Please specify

Name:*

Mobile phone no.:*

Email address:*

Core group member 3:

Position

Others: Please specify

Name:

Mobile phone no.:

Email address:

Core group member 4:

Position

Others: Please specify

Name:

Mobile phone no.:

Email address:

Core group member 5:

Position

Others: Please specify

Name:

Mobile phone no.:

Email address:

Core group member 6:

Position

Others: Please specify

Name:

Mobile phone no.:

Email address:

4. Student profile

a. No. of students beneficiary

(1) Mindfulness Training:*

(2) Mindful School Culture:*

b. Students with SEN

Number:*

Percentage (%):*

c. Students’ economic profile (Please fill in the percentage of number of students in the school for each kind of financial subsidy.)

CSSA (%):*

School Textbook Assistance (full grant) (%): *

School Textbook Assistance (half grant) (%):*

IV. SCHOOL’S UNDERTAKING

I confirm that, *

(Please fill in full name of your school)

(“the School”) will participate in the JC PandA Project (“Project”) as one of the affiliated schools, with following commitments:

1. The school will form and maintain a core group of five to six members;
2. The school will send school staff to attend an eight-week mindfulness course organised by the HKU team or other recognised organisations as the pre-requisite of the mindfulness teacher training;
3. The school will send eligible school staff to attend a three- or four-day mindfulness teacher training, and allow them to teach Paws b to primary school students or .b to secondary school students;
4. The school will facilitate trained school staff to teach Paws b or .b courses as part of the social emotional curriculum to at least one grade in the school for the following three years after they have completed the training;
5. The trained school staff will participate in regular practice sessions and supervision meetings organised by the HKU team;
6. Other than implementing mindfulness courses, the school will work with the HKU team to experiment ways to develop mindfulness culture in school, such as integrating mindfulness into various subjects, making use of the PandA mobile app, and attending seminars hosted by the Project; and
7. The school will collaborate with the HKU team in the research of the effectiveness of mindfulness.

Signature of school principal

Signature*

Please fill your full name printed on identity document.

Date*

For any enquiry, please contact the project team by email (jcpanda@hku.hk) or by phone at 3917 5176.

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