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This
department is established in 1999. There are four
classes divided by age. Class size ranges between 10
and 20 students. The age of the students is from 3 to
6.
There are
two major purposes for the KD. One is to provide a
safe, healthy, and joyful environment for children from
the community in Chutung area in which they can grow to
be a person of wisdom, courage and kindness. The other
is to provide opportunities for the children to be
exposed to English and western culture so that they can
develop multi-cultural and broad-minded characters to
bridge communication difficulties among peoples.

The English
teacher is usually required to work from 8:00 to 5:00
Monday through Friday. Two or three times in each
semester (there are two semesters in a year), teachers
are required to attend an extra-curriculum activity or
open house on one of the Saturdays/Sundays or weekday
evenings. Besides classroom teaching, teachers are
required to attend meetings, develop curriculum &
materials, assess students’ performance and take field
trips. The English teacher works independently with the
children when the class size is smaller than 15
students. A Chinese speaking assistant is available
when the teacher needs him/her. There will be a all-day
assistant that stays in class when the number of the
students is more than 15. |