'What happens in the home impacts on the school' [IrishTimes]
- Published: 11 May 2010
EDUCATION PROFILE: Mary Linehan is a home-school liaison officer who provides a crucial link between the two worlds most important in a child’s life – and the recession means she’s now visiting families who would never have needed her help in the past says GRÁINNE FALLER
‘PARTNERSHIP IS brought about by commitment to the demanding and painful work of human relations.’’ The words of the late Dr Concepta Conaty – founder of the home school liaison scheme – ring in the ears of Mary Linehan as she takes a deep breath and rings the doorbell. Her job as a home-school community liaison co-ordinator is bringing her to bigger houses these days.
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