CARMEL DUGGAN NCSE RESEARCH CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 25 TH TH 2015 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR INCLUSION: Scoping provision in Ireland CARMEL DUGGAN NCSE RESEARCH CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 25 TH TH 2015

Rationale Three key aspects:  Central role of teachers and teaching quality in raising achievement (OECD, 2005; OFSTED, 2006; WHO, 2011)  Teachers feel they are not adequately prepared to support students with SEN (Ware et al, 2011; Kinsella et al, 2014; Fortin, 2010; Tangen,2005)  One in four Irish school children have a learning or special education need (Banks and McCoy, 2011).

Objectives Two objectives  To identify and categorise CPD available to teachers in Ireland  To provide a single source of information on CPD for teachers

Process  Identify provision  Collect detail  Categorise in line with agreed template  Verify information  Populate data base  Draft report

CPD – What’s included? Start broad – narrow later:  Open to all teachers  Focused on inclusion, broadly defined  Wide range of themes / approaches  Overseas provision supported by SESS

Breadth of provision  Post-graduate programmes  Term-time short courses  Summer courses  Evening / weekend seminars  One off / repeated / annual provision

Outputs  A summary report overviewing current provision and highlighting issues  A user-friendly updateable electronic database containing profiles of individual opportunities

Timeframe November 2015: Project commences May 2016: First draft for review

Contact details carmelmaryduggan@gmail.com