A series of 6 webinars starting Monday September 21st at 7p.m and continuing on October 5th; October 19th; November 9th; November 23rd & December 7th 

Language is at the centre of the learning process and central to the curriculum. This Webinar Series aims to demonstrate how language underpins all areas of the curriculum. We aim to provide teachers with knowledge related to speech, language (both oral and written) and communication skills. We also aim to provide strategies to support a teacher’s own individual teaching and learning practice in relation to children with different speech, language and communication abilities.

Each webinar in the series is linked and knowledge and strategies will be shared and discussed.  We aim to have interactive discussions.

Facilitators:

Ms. Trina Corry, BSc. MSc. CORU SL008352

Trina is a Clinical Specialist SLT who has worked with teachers throughout her career. Trina has a strong commitment to ensuring that the partnership with our colleagues in education is pivotal to ensure children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SCLN) achieve the best intervention to achieve to their potential. Trina is involved in consultative projects, provision of DLS training, peer supervision, working with her professional body IASLT, research and student education.

Ms. Clare Carroll, PhD., MSc., BSc. CORU SL020076

Clare Carroll, PhD, is a registered speech and language therapist and a lecturer at National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.  Clare has a wealth of clinical experience from working in the Irish Health Service and in private practice. She is passionate about collaborative working with children, parents, teachers and health and social care professionals. She is interested in learning more about how interventions can be informed by the people who need them, in particular, understanding what is important to people with communication difficulties. An overview of publications is available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/health-sciences/ccarroll/

Webinar 1:

To understand how language is at the centre of the learning process and central to the curriculum.

To link how language underpins all areas of the curricula

Webinar 2:

To learn knowledge and strategies relevant to receptive language in supporting pupils across different areas of the curriculum

Webinar 3:

To learn knowledge and strategies relevant to competence and confidence in using language (speech) in supporting pupils across different areas of the curriculum

Webinar 4:

To learn knowledge and strategies relevant to competence and confidence in using language (expressive language) in supporting pupils across different areas of the curriculum

Webinar 5:

To learn knowledge and strategies relevant to literacy (Part 1) in supporting pupils across different areas of the curriculum

Webinar 6:

To learn knowledge and strategies relevant to literacy (part 2) in supporting pupils across different areas of the curriculum

To identity strategies for collaborative working children with different speech, language and communication abilities and their families and other professionals.

To further understand how language underpins all areas of the curriculum.

Oral Language is the basis for reading and writing.
Much research has shown that  good oral language skills are essential for successful literacy and will support children's ability to become more effective communicators in an active way.
Lot of simple ideas ready to use for the development of oral language and vocabularly development skills with the child after time away from school.

Monday 21st September @ 7.00 p.m.

The A.G.M. of Athlone Education Centre will be held Tuesday, 22^nd September 2020 @ 4.30pm. All Primary and Post Primary teachers are welcome. You are requested to register in advance if you wish to attend so that the link for the meeting and relevant documentation may be forwarded to you. 

Webinar 1 – Geographical Skills - Ordnance Survey 1

 
Target Group: 

 Post Primary Geography Teachers / Leaving Cert Cycle Geography Teachers

This course is designed to help teachers teach Leaving Cert geography Ordnance survey from the basics.  It will go through all aspects of Ordnance Survey and will explain how to make maximum use maps.scoilnet.ie in the classroom.  It will also touch on ArcGIS mapping in the classroom.

This course could also be of interest to children who cannot currently attend school. 
It would be an excellent resource for teachers to upload to google classroom so as to allow their students revise the topic.  Powerpoint presentations will be used in webinar 2 to help identify the physical landscape in maps.

Learning Outcomes:

·      Measuring scale

·      Reading & recording four & six figure grid references

·      How to tell direction on a map

·      How to read and construct cross sections (higher level only)

·      How to sketch maps

·      How to calculate area on a map

·      Understanding settlement patterns on a map

Webinar 2 – Geographical Skills - Ordnance Survey 2

Learning Outcomes:

·      Understanding the physical landscape on Ordnance Survey maps :

®River features

®Coastal Features

®Glacial Features

®Karst features

·      Urban functions on an OS map

Bain taitneamh agus tairbhe as Gaeilge a labhairt. Comhrá, craic, comhluadar agus cairde nua ar líne. Méadaigh do stór focal, labhair faoi théamaí difriúla agus bí muiníneach as an teanga a labhairt.

Seisiúin Comhrá Neamhfhoirmiuil ar line do mhúinteoirí bunscoile agus méanscoile! Bíodh cupán tae agus comhrá agat! Bain triail as!

This webinar explores the field of distance learning in the event of an unexpected school closure in line with DES guidelines. It looks at strategies and supports for pupils with special educational needs.

Facilitated by Geraldine O' Loughlin & Marie Ryan NCSE. 

Geraldine O Loughlin is a teaching Principal of Scoil Mhuire Náisiunta, Corofin, Co Clare. She has a graduate Diploma and a Masters of Education in the area of Special Education. She is currently on secondment with the National Council for Special Education, working as a member of the Primary Inclusion Team.

Marie Ryan is Principal of Birdhill National School, in County Tipperary. She has a background in Special Education, including a Masters Degree in Special Education and 12 years experience in St Vincents Special School, Lisnagry. She is currently on secondment with the National Council for Special Education.

Both facilitators are passionate about the area of Special education and the provision for pupils with special educational needs.

Webinar 2 – Geographical Skills - Ordnance Survey 2

Learning Outcomes:

·      Understanding the physical landscape on Ordnance Survey maps :

®River features

®Coastal Features

®Glacial Features

®Karst features

·      Urban functions on an OS map

This unconscious bias workshop is designed to create an awareness, among members of school management and teachers of all subjects, about the barriers that can inhibit students from engaging in particular subjects at primary and secondary school. Investigating your own personal unconscious biases and the biases of your students can impact student interactions and student-teacher relations within the classroom. Focussing on strategies to minimize negative biases around the school and promote inclusivity and diversity in the classroom is one of the core outcomes of this workshop.