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Family, School, Community Educational Partnership |
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The Family School Community Educational Partnership (FSCEP) project was a four-year educational partnership initiative that worked with five primary schools, all of which self-selected to be part of this project. The FSCEP project set out to nurture effective educational partnership relationships between the home, school and community. In doing so, it acknowledged the pre-existing work being done by the Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) coordinators and sought to bring an added support and dimension to this work. |
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The rationale for working in partnership is rooted in the recognition that significant benefits accrue to the child when the key stakeholders in the child’s life work together. These benefits are discussed at length within the literature review, the research findings, and the conclusions and recommendations section. |
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League o' Legends Soccer Tournament |
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On Thursday June 11th 2009, Mary Immaculate College played host to an inaugural school soccer tournament involving 23 teams from 13 local primary schools. The League o’ Legends tournament, which attracted over 150 children to the College, represented a joint venture between TED, a long-standing College initiative that works directly with primary and post-primary schools, and the PLUS schools network comprising representatives from 18 local Limerick schools. The main focus of the tournament was to generate a sense of collegiality among local schools and provide a fun day for the pupils, whilst also affording local schools with an opportunity to visit a third-level college and utilise the award-winning Tailteann sports complex located at Mary Immaculate College. |
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Mission Transition Evaluation |
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Targeting Educational Disadvantage have recently secured an evaluation tender for a local transition programme entitled Mission Transsition.The overall aim of the evaluation will be to assess the overall success of Mission Transition in achieving its aims and objectives by exploring the design, development, implementation and impact of the project. |
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OSCAILT Network |
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In the spring of 2008 the Limerick Regional offices of the Department of Education and Science (DES) were successful in their bid for Dormant Accounts Funding. They secured 1.7 million, and established the Dormant Accounts (Educational Disadvantage) Fund ‘to enable DEIS band 1 Schools in Limerick city to open after school hours to maximise community use of school premises and facilities’. A total of 22 schools, 16 Primary and 6 Secondary are involved in this initiative. |
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Updated ASSET Pack now available to download |
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Mary Immaculate College offers a certificate of participation and attendance to adults who have undertaken a thirty-hour training programme in after school support. ASSET represents an immense growth area in education. The need to support children in the context of their own communities and the empowerment of those communities to meet the needs of the young learners is of immense value to the adult learner, the child and the community. |
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Dealing with Challenging Behaviour Presentation |
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SEN seminar facilitated by Dr. Patricia Daly entitled ‘Dealing with Challenging Behaviour’ will be held on Wednesday March 11th. As well as delivering a presentation, Promoting Active Student Responding as Prevention & Positive Reductive Strategies, Patricia will facilitate a brief Q & A session on practical areas of SEN. A number of sample SEN resources will also be made available for perusal on the day. |
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Dr. Frank Howe visits Behaviour Management Group |
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A pilot Behaviour Management Programme currently being facilitated by TED staff & Prof. Claire Lyons, MIC welcomed expert input from Dr. Frank Howe recently. Dr. Howe holds a PhD in Counsellor Education from the Union Institute. Areas of special interest include abuse prevention and treatment, classroom management, economic education and entrepreneurship. Dr. Howe is a Professor in the Department of Education and teaches Classroom Management and Human Growth and Development courses in the Longwood College Teacher Preparation Programme, Virginia. He is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and in Spring 2002 was awarded the first Senior Specialist Grant for Ireland. |