Toi Shan Association College
School Type
- District: Shatin
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1982
- Sponsor: Taishan Chamber of Commerce Education Organization Ltd.
- Our mission: We believe that every student is capable of success, and that they need a stage to explore and affirm themselves. The school is committed to building an inspiring learning environment where students know how to manage themselves, how to think, and how to establish proper values.
- School Motto: Being Right and Doing Right
- Management Structure: School-based management is practiced, and we strive to build a campus culture of openness, accountability, lifelong learning and continuous improvement.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Chan Sheung-chi
- Current Principal: Tse Man Chung
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 62
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 90%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 53%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 44%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 32%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 23%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 19%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 58%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Putonghua, Chinese History, History*, Comprehensive Humanities*, Mathematics, Technology Education* (Computer, Home Economics, Design and Technology), Integrated Science, Physical Education, Music, Visual Arts
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Civic and Social Development, Economics (S4-5), Chinese History, History, Geography, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Communication and Information Technology, Tourism and Hospitality, Visual Arts, Fine Arts
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
The school is committed to fostering students' language proficiency and has invested more manpower resources in the Chinese and English subjects at all levels of senior secondary education, arranging for students to be grouped into classes according to their abilities so as to cater for their needs more effectively. In order to create a better English learning environment, the school has a weekly English Day, in which students make announcements in English in the morning assembly, and there are also a number of activities such as singing English songs, watching movies, and playing English games at lunchtime, so as to create a relaxing atmosphere for English learning. In addition, the school sponsoring body has employed one additional English language teacher and one English teacher to support the school's language development. Therefore, apart from the two foreign teachers dedicated to teaching English conversation to the students, the English teaching team is also well resourced, which is conducive to students' group learning.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
In addition to tests and examinations, there are classroom performance assessments, homework performance assessments, and project-based learning assessments to assess students' academic performance in a more comprehensive manner.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 4
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 3
School fees:
School fees for Secondary 1 (S1) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S2(S2) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Tuition fees for S5 in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participates in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places (CASPA). Academic Achievement 40%; Conduct 30%; Interview Performance 15%; Extra-curricular Activities and Service Performance 15%.
How is Taishan Chamber of Commerce Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
The school is strict but caring, with a dual classroom teacher system, an emphasis on civic education, and the integration of discipline and counseling to lead students to grow in a supportive and positive manner.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. Promote the development of good learning habits and enhance students' autonomy in learning, so as to cultivate lifelong learning ability. In addition to the design of tiered and diversified assignments to cater for students' learning diversity and the needs of different learning stages, e-learning tools will be further utilized in the future to enhance support for students to do homework or study at home.
2. To establish a STEM Learning Center and launch the "Creativity and Dream Launching Education Program". To strengthen students' ability to apply knowledge and skills in an integrated manner, and to cultivate the creativity and innovative thinking needed by students in the 21st century.
3. Introducing data-based tools for analysis in various areas such as curriculum design, teaching strategies, and coursework assessment, so as to examine learning effectiveness in a specific and focused way and provide feedback on the work of teaching and learning plans, in order to design more curricula that can cater for students' learning interests and abilities.
4. To support the promotion of the school's cross-curricular reading scheme, the school sponsor will fund the renovation of the library in the coming year to create a modern and relaxing reading environment to attract students to stay in the library and to enhance their interest in reading.
5. Actively establish professional learning communities for internal and external teacher teams to utilize their collective professional strengths and to continuously enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.
Teacher professional training and development:
Through professional development workshops and group lesson planning days, teachers are encouraged to work together to prepare lessons, conduct classroom research, and establish a culture of peer lesson observation to develop a learning and teaching model that takes into account the diversity of learning.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school has a Student Support Unit, which is dedicated to assisting students with special educational needs and implementing integrated education. The school adopts a whole-school approach, in which the whole school, except the Support Unit, participates in collaborative work: the Academic Affairs Committee supports learning, the Discipline and Guidance Committee and the Moral and Civic Education Committee support growth, the Further Education and Career Counseling Committee supports graduation pathways, the Co-curricular Activities Committee supports interest and skill development, and the Examinations Unit supports examination adaptation and public examination registration, etc., so as to provide holistic care for students.
The school employs three student counselors and a dedicated English teacher to provide curriculum, after-school support, and growth counseling to students.
School facilities:
The school is equipped with air-conditioning, English resource room, Liberal Studies resource room, multi-media teaching center, multi-media creation room, drama room, activity room, 2 computer rooms, 2 basketball courts, and a 2,200 square meter Millennium Garden.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26487871
- Fax: 26489307
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.tsac.edu.hk
- Address: 10 Yuen Chau Kok Road, Shatin, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
