New Gaeltacht Placement – Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht
July 9, 2012
At its meeting on 28 May 2012, the Council approved a report which sets out a series of changes in relation to the Gaeltacht placement, as undertaken by student teachers (primary).
The report arose from the Council’s new accreditation criteria, published in June 2011, (Initial Teacher Education: Criteria and Guidelines for Programme Providers), which provide, inter alia, for “an extended and reconceptualised Gaeltacht residency which will now form part of the overall programme and be under the direct jurisdiction of the teacher education providers.” It has been developed having regard to the Council’s “three I’s” of innovation, integration and improvement, and it will be a reference point for the Council when reviewing programmes of initial teacher education for professional accreditation purposes.
Among other things, the report provides for:
- a new name for the Gaeltacht Placement – the “Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht”
- the placement duration to be extended to four weeks, to take place in two blocks of two weeks
- greater collaboration between HEIs and Gaeltacht colleges in designing courses and in monitoring student teachers’ attendance
- a common course content across all HEIs, to be adapted to cater for students of different levels of linguistic competency, with specific provision made for the needs of native and of other highly competent speakers assessment of student teachers’ learning during the Tréimhse based on agreed learning outcomes
- courses being delivered by primary school teachers, insofar as possible quality assurance of the Gaeltacht courses.
The report also makes a number of other recommendations in relation to teachers’ competence in Irish throughout their career.
In adopting the report, the Council also adopted the following motion:
“The Council calls on the Department of Education and Skills to set up a programme of financial support for student teachers, targeted at those in most need, to facilitate their participation in the Gaeltacht placement programme. This is a required element of programmes of initial teacher education (primary) and, as such, is a necessary condition for registration. Irish is our first national language, and is a core subject in the Primary School Curriculum. In these contexts, and in light of the emphasis on widening access to third level, we feel that such a programme of financial support would be both innovative and socially progressive.”
The views of Council, as expressed in the above motion, have since been formally conveyed to the Minister for Education and Skills.
Click here to download the report
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Scléip 2012 on Raidió na Gaeltachta
July 6, 2012
Raven Productions and Raidió na Gaeltachta recorded the regional heats and final of Scléip 2012 and broadcast the programmes on the dates below:
- Leinster Heat: 9th June 9.00 am
- Munster Heat: 16th June 9.00 am
- Ulster Heat: 23rd June 9.00 am
- Connaught Heat: 30th June 9.00 am
- Final: 7th July 9.00 am
Did you miss Scléip on Raidió na Gaeltachta? Listen back to the programme online!
Congratulations again to the winners and their schools and many thanks to Fiachna Ó Braonáin and his team at Raven Productions who recorded the competition this year on behalf of Raidió na Gaeltachta.
Grúpa nua tuistí agus leanaí bunaithe i gCeatharlach
July 5, 2012
Folúntas: Iúil 2012: Oifigeach Gaeilge in Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath, Post páirtaimseartha chun tréimhse saoire mháithreachais a chlúdach
July 4, 2012
Deireadh le samhail
July 4, 2012
Múinteoir Gaelscoile
July 4, 2012
Cúntóir riachtanas speisialta
July 4, 2012
Deireadh leis an tSamhail Nua Mhaoinithe agus Aitheantas do Riachtanais Earnáil na Gaelscolaíochta
July 3, 2012
Bainisteoir / Stiúrthóir Naíonra
July 2, 2012
Cúntóir riachtanas speisialta, Co. Dhún na nGall
July 2, 2012
