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5. EU folio: A Classroom’s ePortfolio Pilot Project
DIRECTIONS
Presenters: Sinéad Tuohy and Ben Murray:
FROM THE SOUTH
Ben Murray (NCCA) and Sinéad Tuohy (JCT) are mentors in
the EUFolio project and have extensive experience in
using digital tools to support teaching and learning.
EUfolio - EU Classroom ePortfolios is a project funded by
the European Commission. The aim of the project is to
design and test innovative ePortfolio models which will
inform and support the implementation of innovative
learning environments using ICT across Europe.
This workshop looks at the findings of the Irish ePortfolio
pilot programme in 26 Irish schools and how ePortfolios
can support formative and summative assessment in
teaching and learning.
6. Strategic Professional Development
in the school improvement process.
Leave the M7 at Junction 10 for Naas. At the
roundabout take the 4th exit, at next roundabout
take first exit & continue forward straight until
you approach traffic lights & take a right onto
ring road. Go straight through first roundabout &
on second roundabout take 3rd exit onto the
Kilcullen road. Continue for 0.5 mile the Killashee
is located here on the left.
Anthony Kilcoyne is the Team Leader for School
Leadership in the Professional Development Service for
Teachers (PDST) in Ireland. PDST provides continuing
professional development and support for teachers and
school leaders. His role includes facilitating structured CPD
and school based, action research opportunities for
aspiring and practising school leaders. He will explore the
theme that one of the keys to school improvement is the
strategic professional development of staff.
“Resilience and support
for successful planning”
FROM DUBLIN
Saturday, 28th February 2015
N7 take Exit 9 for Naas. At first roundabout take
2nd Exit. At second roundabout (Big Ball) take
Presenter: Anthony Kilcoyne
9th NATIONAL CONFERENCE
first exit. Continue straight, at third roundabout
The Killashee House Hotel,
Naas, Co. Kildare
take 2nd Exit. Continue straight ahead through
the town, you will go through 7 sets of traffic
lights. After the 7th set of lights continue out this
road (Kilcullen Road) for 1.5 miles and Killashee is
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Professor John West-Burnham
located on the left.
Online applications available from
www.nspi.ie and www.eckildare.ie
Tel: 045 530200
PRESENTATION:
Practical strategies for the
prevention of burn out in teachers
WORKSHOPS:
Monring and afternoon workshops
Web: www.eckildare.ie
Email: office@eckildare.ie
For presentations from previous
Online Application Forms available from
www.nspi.ie and www.eckildare.ie
NSPI conferences, please see
www.nspi.ie
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Closing date for Applications:
30th January 2015
Early application is advised.
Key note speaker:
Professor John West-Burnham
FROM THE OPERATIONAL TO THE STRATEGIC
This presentation will focus on the centrality of strategic
thinking to any model of effective leadership.
In particular the session will explore the dimensions of the
strategic planning process as an essential precursor to any
model of school improvement planning. The presentation
will stress three key elements of the planning process –
1
Planning as an essentially moral process that is
concerned with translating principle into practice.
2.
Planning as the means of securing a consistent focus
on the core purpose of education – the quality of
teaching and learning and
3.
The importance of planning as a means of securing
teacher commitment and engagement through the
development of scenarios and stories of a preferred
future.
John West-Burnham is a writer, teacher and consultant in
education leadership with a particular interest in leadership
learning and development and learning in schools and
communities. He has been a schoolteacher, teacher trainer,
education officer and has held posts in five universities. He is
Professor of Educational Leadership at St Mary’s University
and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
University of Bristol. John is the author or editor of 26 books
including Education for Social Justice and Rethinking
Educational Leadership and he has worked in 27 countries. He
has been involved in the work of LDS and PDST in Ireland.
Second Speaker Presentation: Gerry Farrell
PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION
OF BURN OUT IN TEACHERS.
In this provocative workshop the current challenges in the
school environment are put in context. Drawing on the
principles of analytic psychology there is an attempt to
explore the opportunities for the building of resilience. By
altering the perspective and seeing the archetypal forces at
work in contemporary problems Gerry Farrell hopes to
challenge and reassure in equal measure. Following the
Hero’s journey in a light-hearted but inspiring style, it is
hoped that teachers will be renewed in themselves and their
profession.
Gerry Farrell was involved in the training of teachers for the
delivery of the SPHE programme in second level schools. He
has also given numerous in-services in schools throughout
Ireland. He worked and researched at the Maudsley hospital
London in the areas of forensic psychiatry, addictions, eating
disorders as well as general psychiatry. He is the former
senior counsellor with the Probation and Welfare services’
treatment centre at Harristown House Castlerea. He was a
Unit Manager at Oberstown for teenagers with challenging
behaviours. He was a tutor at Trinity College Dublin on the
Diploma in Counselling course where he also guest lectured
on “Psychiatry and Counselling”. He lectured at the Institute
of Technology Sligo on Applied Social Care on the degree in
Social Care as well as on the Diploma in Custodial Care for
Irish Prison Officers. He was a tutor for NUI Maynooth on the
Certificate in Addictions studies. He has always had a keen
interest in stress management for staff working in
challenging care or educational environments. His workshops
have a reputation for being energetic thought provoking,
practical and experiential.
www.professionalcounselling.ie
WORKSHOPS
1. AfL – How it can support a whole-school approach
to assessment and planning.
Presenter: Anne Jones (NIPT)
This session will provide an overview of the NIPT Assessment
for Learning Workshop for newly qualified teachers.
Particular attention will be placed on the subject specific A-Z
which was developed by NIPT associates and how they can
be used to support a whole school approach to assessment
and planning"
2. It’s All About The Learning
Presenter: Audrey Doyle
Audrey Doyle is principal of St Joseph's College, Lucan. In
recent years she has led a review of assessment practices
within the school alongside promoting the development
of key skills within teaching, learning and assessment.
Audrey has shared this work with many schools and is
also Associate Trainer with the JCT team. The workshop
outlines the process the school took to introduce AFL, Key
Skills and assessment strategies.
3. Forging the Future through Digital Worlds
Presenter: Kevin Cahill
This workshop will consider contemporary thinking on
intersections between digital technology and the world of
the school. He will address the theory and practice of
digital literacies in second-level school settings as well as
introducing and eliciting practice in schools. He will
consider the power and the pitfalls of the digital
ecosystem. Kevin Cahill is a former post-primary teacher of
English and SEN in Mayfield Community School, Cork
(1999-2014) who is now a lecturer in Education at
University College Cork. His research interests include
digital literacies, equality in education and sociocultural
approaches to learning and identity.
4. Moving Forward with Numeracy
– a Practical Approach
Presenter: Jerry McCarthy
Abstract: This presentation will identify and describe how
school-wide numeracy development can be planned,
initiated and sustained in the second level school context.
Jerry Mc Carthy has been involved in numeracy and
mathematics education for over 40 years. He is an
experienced and well-known provider of numeracy CPD to
second level schools, on third level college courses, in
education centres and at national and international
conferences. He co-planned and developed the multiple
strands of the JCSP Numeracy Strategy. He is a former
Chairperson of the Irish Learning Support Association.