Droichead  Cluster 1 for Primary 

Tralee Education Centre: SENCO Workshop

‘Support for All, Some, and Few: Provision Mapping as a Strategic Whole School Response to Inclusive and Special Education in Mainstream Schools’.

This presentation and workshop will explore the SENCO role in post-primary schools in Ireland and draw on research findings from a doctoral thesis examining the role. The presentation is aimed at SENCOs in post-primary schools, and members of senior leadership teams, including principals and deputy principals and will demonstrate how the School Self-Evaluation Guidelines, and the Looking At Our Schools Framework (DES Inspectorate 2016) can be used to capture inclusive and special education provision across the continuum of need (NEPS 2010). Provision mapping as a process and as a tool to support the strategic whole school development of inclusive and special education will be presented. Rather than seeing the development of SEN policy and practice as occurring along a parallel track to whole school approaches to learning and teaching, and leadership and management of learning and teaching, this presentation aims to situate responses to inclusive and special education firmly within whole school processes of planning, implementation and review.

Brief biography

Dr. Johanna Fitzgerald is a lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education in Mary Immaculate College. She worked as a post-primary teacher, SENCO and Special Education Teacher for a number of years, both in Ireland and the UK. She also worked with the SESS as an Assistant National Coordinator. She is involved with a number of outreach projects with both the JMB and ETBI, more specifically LCETB and also provides CPD to post-primary schools. Current research interests include:

• leadership in education, with a particular emphasis on developing the role of Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) as strategic leaders;
• teacher professional learning; and
• inclusive and special education

Droichead Primary Cluster 2

NEPS in association with the Education Centre Tralee are giving advance notice of a two-day facilitator training course for the “FRIENDS for Life” programme for Non-DEIS schools, which will take place on:

Thursday 4th & Friday 5th April 2019

This evidence-based anxiety prevention and resiliency building programme is designed for use in schools.   It is particularly suitable for children from 3^rd to 6^th classes as part of their SPHE programme.   An information leaflet is attached. This programme can be used with whole classes or targeted groups and is suitable for a wide range of personnel/facilitators, including: Principals; Deputy Principals; SPHE or Health Promotion Coordinators; Resource/Learning Support Teachers or class teachers.   As this course is in high demand, the numbers of teachers allowed per school are as follows:

There will be a charge of €25.00 for the course (training materials and lunch will be provided by the Education Centre.) Unfortunately, at this time, we will be unable to cover substitution costs.

FRIENDS Resilience no longer allow manuals or activity books to be given to you at training, however, books will be available to view during the training. Following the accredited training, you can then order the books from FRIENDS Resilience as a trained facilitator.

There will be strictly 30 teachers on the course. In the interim, if you have questions, please contact your NEPS Psychologist.   Further information available from Ms. Kay Dowling on 066 7195005 or email kay@edcentretralee.ie

Music workshop for teachers from Junior Infants to Second class

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V2rOjnOUTWSE6T2ij2QrkX8wEWTfO7zf/view?usp=sharing

Please click here to register for this course

https://pdst.ie/onlinebooking?combine=&subject=LCVP&ec_name=Tralee+EC&sector=All

Please click here to register for this course

https://pdst.ie/onlinebooking?combine=solidworks&subject=All&ec_name=Tralee+EC&sector=Post-Primary

Clay workshop with Judy Costelloe with an Easter flavour

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UErJsJmkLeGkgfjRmA1EUG4y7wcTchXl/view?usp=sharing

Following on from an initial meeting on the 30th of January in the Education Centre in Tralee, a Primary Deputy Principal's Support Group has been set up. It will give you the opportunity to share ideas, concerns and good practice going forward. 

Please join us for valuable discussions and network with other Deputy Principals.  We will discuss topics of interest in a relaxed environment.

Reminder: Ready Set Go Maths will take place on Monday at 5pm. If you are unable to attend please cancel your registration. 

Please click on the link below for further information on this Workshop in the Presentation Secondary School in Milltown.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hyh1F02tdHku2Syn7c4pUko08DJokYh5/view?usp=sharing

Please click on the link below to register for this course

https://www.pdst.ie/onlinebooking?combine=&subject=Health%20%26%20Wellbeing&ec_name=All&sector=Post-Primary&page=1

Leading teaching and Learning through School Self Evaluation - An Inspectorate-led seminar

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VN8MVRdqnGwfvsFcps6A4mzkbv4Ad0j1/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OsxZwc06Wr-XN4AeQCJX59a_kfm37yWu/view?usp=sharing

James has been engaged as a pre-retirement advisor by teachers (INTO and others) for over 10 years. Special emphasis will be given to retirement planning, maximising superannuation pension entitlements as well as:

• How to obtain a greater tax-free lump sum other than received from the DES.
• Retiring now using cost neutral early retirement?
• Advantages and disadvantages of AVC’s Vs buying Notional Service
• Last minute AVC to claim back tax – or not?
• Fees and charges – Reduced rates for retirement?
• Estate planning in a tax efficient way, inheritance limits etc.