Dr. Michael Redmond Assistant General Secretary, JMB, Opening the Seminar.
Our annual JMB Seminar for school personnel from within the DEIS programme was kindly hosted by Principal Ann Marie Leonard and her school community at Beneavin College, Finglas, on Thursday 14th March 2024 .
The event will had three key elements on policy, professional learning, and practice. Presentations from the event are linked below.
Presentations
Áine O'Keefe, Director TESS - The Tusla Education Support Service - Current Developments and Future Directions
Lisa Kelly, Oide Senior Leader and Dr. Alan Kinsella Oide Leadership Coordinator Oide Schools' Support Service - Teacher and School Leader Professional Learning Opportunities for Schools within the DEIS Programme
Ideas Worth Stealing. Schools Share their Staff and Student Engagement Initiatives.
Student Engagement and Outcomes - John Rowe and Davina Brady St. Laurence College, Loughlinstown.
Student Wellbeing: Check and Connect Days - Pádhraic gibbons and Nuala Brady, Our Lady of Mercy Sec. School, Drimnagh
DEIS Effectiveness: Staff Structures and Statistical analysis of Data - Brian Bergin and Colm Fitzgerald, St. Paul's Secondary School, Monasterevin
Our Business in the Community - Partnership with Gas Networks Ireland - Jason Poole Beneavin College
Link to Keynote Address Video
Keynote Address Slides
Workshop 1
Developing the Senior Leadership Team as Leaders of Learning
Ms. Claire Ryan, Ms. Sandra Campion & Ms. Jennifer Skelton, Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny
Link to presentation
Workshop 2
Realising the Potential of Middle Management as Leaders of Learning
Ms Marian Moran, Ms Jenny Dalton, Mr Simon Carey, & Mr Bryan O’Dowd
Link to Presentation
Workshop 3
Establishing Effective Subject Departments
Dr Mary Nihill, Mr Fergal Brennan & Mr Ken Maher
Link to Presentation
Workshop 4
Looking Ahead to More Tailored Senior Cycle Pathways
Mr Barry Slattery, Mr Joe Leonard & Ms Fiona Bourke
Workshop 5
Supporting your Board of Management in its Leadership for Learning Role
Ms Orlaith O’Connor & Ms Becky Galligan
Workshop 6
Scheduling a Changing Curriculum.
Meeting the challenges of negotiating and implementing effective and compliant timetables.
Mr Paul Savage & Mr Patrick Traynor
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Keynote address
Professor Deborah Robinson, Head of the Institute of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
2025 Workshops
NCSE Relate - Supporting School Staff to Understand and Reframe Student Behaviour
› Sharon Healy, Specialist Lead for Behaviour for Learning and Wellbeing
› Gary Levins, Post Primary Behaviour for Learning and Wellbeing Advisor
- Placing relationships at the heart of understanding and supporting students
- Understanding ‘Regulation First’ approaches
- The Eight Principles: practical strategies and opportunities for reflective practice
Universal Design for Learning in Action
› Mr Billy Redmond, Principal, and Ms Fiona Keilthy, Deputy Principal, North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School
- Placing relationships at the heart of understanding and supporting students
- Understanding ‘Regulation First’ approaches
- The Eight Principles: practical strategies and opportunities for reflective practice
Special Education Teacher Allocation and Provision - One School’s Experience
› Ms Richel Long, Principal, Christ King Secondary School, Douglas, Cork
- Placing relationships at the heart of understanding and supporting students
- Understanding ‘Regulation First’ approaches
- The Eight Principles: practical strategies and opportunities for reflective practice
Providing for Exceptionally Gifted and Talented Students
› Professor Niamh Stack, Head of Psychology, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
- Identifying exceptionally able students and pinpointing their particular needs
- Strategies to support engagement across, and beyond, the curriculum
- How your SET team can become enablers of high-capacity student outcomes
Pathways Through Mainstream Schools for Young People with Disabilities
› Dr Rory O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, School of Policy & Practice, DCU
- Identifying exceptionally able students and pinpointing their particular needs
- Strategies to support engagement across, and beyond, the curriculum
- How your SET team can become enablers of high-capacity student outcomes
SET Guidelines and the Indicators of Effective Practice - How Schools can use these to Reflect-on and Develop Practice
› Ms. Shirley Murphy, Department Inspectorate, and, › Dr. Pauline Kerins, NEPS
- Identifying exceptionally able students and pinpointing their particular needs
- Strategies to support engagement across, and beyond, the curriculum
- How your SET team can become enablers of high-capacity student outcomes
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