Special Education Seminars for Primary Teachers February – March 2013

Course Title:Assessment and Individual Planning for Pupils with

Special Educational Needs

The Special Education Support Service (SESS), under the auspices of Teacher Education Section, Department of Education and Skills is providing a one day continuing professional development course on the above topics in your region for teachers working with pupils with special educational needs in primary schools. These courses are open to one full-time Resource/Learning Support teacher and one mainstream class teacher per school.
Aims:
  • To outline a variety of assessment methods, including formal and informal procedures
  • To enable teachers to utilise assessment to establish a baseline, identify needs, plan and identify areas for improvement, track and monitor progress
  • To provide information on assessment tests regarding language, literacy and numeracy
  • To outline information contained in an individual education plan
  • To explain the steps involved in the planning process
  • To provide information on setting targets for students with special educational needs
Registration commences at 8.45am
Date / Venue / Date / Venue
February 19 / Galway Education Centre / February 20 / Limerick Education Centre
February 21 / Clare Education Centre / February 25 / Laois Education Centre
February 25 / Talbot Hotel, Wexford / February 25 / Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel, Killiney, Co.Dublin
February 26 / Athlone Education Centre / February 26 / Gallaghers Hotel, Letterkenny
February 26 / Waterford Teachers Centre / February 26 / Regency Hotel, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
February 27 / Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar / February 28 / Kilkenny Education Centre
February 28 / Sligo Education Centre / February 28 / Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin
March 4 / Tralee Education Centre / March 4 / Navan Education Centre
March 5 / Kildare Education Centre / March 5 / West Cork Education Centre
March 6 / Cork Education Support Centre / March 13 / Monaghan Education Centre
March 19 / Carrick on Shannon Education Centre

Application Procedures

  • Please note that these courses are for teachers as outlined above.
  • The course will run from 9.00am - 3.00pm. Please note registration commences at 8.45am.
  • Participants will require permission from the Board of Management to attend. Typically, substitution for this seminar will only be allowed by the Teacher Education Section, DES, to classroom teachers who have primary responsibility for pupils with a special educational need & if it is deemed absolutely essential by the Principal. Please contact the SESS before the seminar if you require substitution.
  • To reserve a place on the above seminar please complete a separate application form for each applicant (forms can be photocopied) and return to Special Education Support Service, Cork Education Support Centre, The Rectory, Western Road, Cork or fax 021-4255647
  • Closing date for applications is two weeks before each seminar.
  • Please ensure application forms are completed fully including teacher numbers and mobile telephone numbers. Please be advised that incomplete application forms will be returned.
  • Successful applicants will be notified by post.

Special Education Seminars for Primary Teachers

Assessment and Individual Planning for students with Special Educational Needs

Application Form

Please insert venue & date you wish to attend: ______

Name
Teacher Payroll No. / Teaching Council No.
E-mail
Mobile No.

**NB Applications cannot be processed if any of the above information is not provided. This will cause a delay in your application being processed and may result in you missing a place on this course

School Name
School Address
School Roll Number / School Telephone Number

Setting in which you teach (please tick as appropriate)

Resource/Learning Support / Special School / Special Class / Mainstream Class

Additional Support required (please tick as appropriate)

Braille / Large Print / Sign Language Interpreter
Soundfield System / Wheelchair Access / Other

Newcomer Students

Male / Female / Total
Number of Newcomer Students
Number of Newcomer Students with SEN

Newcomer students are defined in the ' Intercultural Guidelines' (NCCA, 2005:169) as "students who arrive into a classroom from a country or background that is different from that of the majority of children in the classroom".

Applicant’s signature: ______

Principal’s signature: ______