She instilled a fresh, lively, open and progressive atmosphere in the primary school during her eight-year stay. When, in 1955, the then Minister of Education, Chang Chi-yun, decided to set up a permanent Elementary School Teachers 'In-Service Education Center to raise the standard of primary school teachers, Dorothy Kao was invited to take charge of the planning work.
民國四十四年，張其昀先生擔任教育部長時，為了提高國民小學教師素質，決定成立一個永久性的國民學校在職教師研習會，請高梓主持籌備工作。在一年的籌備期間，高梓每個星期台北、新竹兩地跑，她經常邀請許多專家和小學老師座談，大家集思廣益，為這個全國第一個長期性的在職教師研習會打好了基礎。