Deputy Principals’ Conference 2021 – Book your place before the break!
- Published: 21 October 2021
This year’s event will be held on Thursday, 11 November from 9:30am to 3:30pm. For more information and to book your place, click here
Featured Keynote Speaker:Harold Hislop, Chief Inspector at the Department of Education
Dr Harold Hislop became Chief Inspector at the Department of Education and Skills in 2010. Prior to joining the Inspectorate, Harold taught at primary and university level and worked as an education and development officer at the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment during the development of the Primary School Curriculum.
Since 2010, he has led a series of reforms in the inspection and evaluation of schools in Ireland and has lectured to international conferences on evaluation and inspection in France, Ireland, the UK, Malta and Abu Dhabi.
He is a member of the senior management team at the Department of Education and was closely involved in the development of the Department’s Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2011-2020, which includes a broad range of actions for system improvement in the early childhood, primary and post-primary sectors. He is a current member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation at the OECD.
Featured Seminar: Ready, Set, Differentiate
In this hands-on and practical session, Mags and Andrea will explore how to plan for and organise effective differentiation to create an inclusive classroom experience for children. They will outline a range of useful teaching approaches and learning strategies, based on their shared years of teaching experience. Central to their approach will be the inclusion of the voices of key stakeholders, most especially children.
By the end of their session, Mags and Andrea hope that their Deputy Principal colleagues will have considered differentiation in a new or refreshed way and gain some practical ideas and approaches as they return to their own schools.
Presenters: Mags Jordan and Andrea Roche both work in Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts, Wexford, a DEIS Band 1 school of almost 600 pupils. Mags is Principal and Andrea is SEN Coordinator. Both are Wexford natives.
Q&A Facilitator: MJ Malone, Deputy Principal of Clarecastle NS, Clarecastle, Co. Clare
