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Workshops for those working with unmarried parents

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop for Workers working with Unmarried Parents

Free Workshops aimed at those in the North - East Area (Cavan, Louth, Meath & Dublin)

Full details here
Location : Treoir, Dublin 1
Contact : Bella 01 6700120

National Forum for Adult Literacy Tutors 2012

The event is free for adult literacy tutors.
The 2012 National Forum for Adult Literacy Tutors takes place on Saturday 28 January 2012 in All Hallows College in Dublin.
The theme of this year’s forum will be on keeping adult literacy students actively involved in the learning process. There will be speakers from Ireland and Scotland, as well as 7 different workshops to choose from. The presentation will look at building on students’ connections with family, work and community as well as transformative learning theory. The event is free for adult literacy tutors. For more information contact Sandra Peel in NALA at speel@nala.ie

Programme

• 10.30 Registration: Tea and Coffee
• 11.00 Welcome address Chair: Gretta Vaughan, Chairperson of NALA
• 11.10 NALA update Inez Bailey, Director, NALA
• 11.20 Transformative learning theory and the importance of story in adult literacy
  Margaret O’Brien, Lecturer in Adult Literacy Studies, Literacy Development Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology
• 11.45 Building on students’ connections with family, work and community Kathy Maclachlan, Adult Literacy Consultant, Scotland
• 12.05 How I work on my learning needs and goals with my tutor Olive Phelan, Adult literacy student and facilitator, An Cosán, Tallaght, Dublin 24
• 12.15 Questions and answers
• 1.00 Lunch
• 2.00 - 4.00 pm. Workshops:
  • A. Enabling students to take responsibility for their own learning – Maura McNamara, Adult
    literacy trainer.
• B. ‘It’s not all about hard sums’: Building everyday numeracy into adult literacy provision -
  Louise Conroy, Maths, Computers and Communications Tutor, Youthreach Dungarvan.
• C. Adult literacy students’ needs and goal setting with mixed level groups - Janna Tiearney,
  Programme Developer, Co. Cavan VEC.
• D. Integrating literacy into other subject areas – Bláthnaid Ní Chinnéide, Integrating Literacy
  Coordinator, NALA.
• E. How to use the internet to resource your teaching and learning – Fiona Murphy, Adult
  Literacy Tutor, South Westmeath VEC.
• F. Lesson planning - Germaine Cahill, Adult literacy trainer.
• G. How to review students’ progress - Helen McHugh, Adult literacy trainer and tutor, Co.
  Donegal VEC.
• 4.00 Close

Information on the presentations and workshops:

Presentations:
Transformative learning theory and the importance of story in adult literacy
'Once upon a time’ ... This presentation will examine the role of story in supporting the development of writing and reading. Links will be made with the ideas of Paulo Freire and transformative learning theory, examining the idea that we can transform our lives through writing. The importance of the imagination and the arts in developing a sense of well-being, both in individuals and society, will also be explored.

Building on learners’ connections with family, work and community
The presentation will explore the meaning of a social practices model of adult literacies in theory and in practice. It will consider the relevance of social practices and the learning theories that underpin it, to literacies learners’ families, communities and working lives.
It will also link the model to social theories of adult learning - for example factors that motivate and keep people engaged in learning.

Workshops:
A. Enabling learners to take responsibility for their own learning
Encouraging learners to take responsibility for their own learning is a very important part of the work of a tutor. Facilitating the learners to make decisions about what they wish to learn, which activities they will engage in and how they will show that they have satisfactorily completed the task is empowering. The workshop will cover the use of learning contracts, setting goals, learning journals, learning styles, listening and building confidence.

B. It’s not all about hard sums: Building everyday numeracy into adult literacy provision
This workshop will provide tutors with ideas which they can further develop, a list of resources, and practical examples for integrating numeracy into their given subject. The topics covered will include everyday numeracy, developing your ‘mathematical eyes’, integrating numeracy and fun with numbers.

C. Students’ needs and goal setting with mixed level groups
This workshop will examine the difficulties of teaching a mixed level group. For example finding the appropriate resources and materials, organising the class, making sure all learners are challenged and interested, determining individual needs and so on. The workshop will also look at suggestions for effective mixed level teaching, e.g. promoting learner self-awareness, learning at their own pace, the sharing of information, independent learners, etc.

D. Integrating literacy into other subject areas
This workshop is intended mainly for subject teachers, vocational instructors and tutors working in further education and community education and training programmes, such as Youthreach, VTOS, PLC’s. The workshop will consider teaching and learning methods that overcome literacy barriers to learning in the main subject as well as methods to help learners develop the relevant language, literacy and numeracy. It will also consider a whole-centre approach to literacy across the curriculum.

E. How to use the internet to resource your teaching and learning
This workshop aims to assist the tutor in using the internet to source up to date and relevant learning materials suitable for adult learners. It will give ideas on how these materials can be incorporated into lesson plans and adapted to suit learners in Ireland. Finally, it will also look at the use of the internet to assist teaching, allowing students to learn interactively and through a multisensory approach.

F. Lesson Planning
This workshop will look at what you should keep in mind when planning a lesson. We will discuss how to prepare your lesson and how to assess progress. We will also examine the resources available to tutors and how they can be used to full advantage.

G. How to review students’ progress
In this workshop, we will discuss and explain the meaning and purpose of review and what we mean by learners’ progress in adult basic education. We will also identify different methods of review and show how to use these methods to track and record learner’s progress. This will demonstrate the importance of reviewing progress in actively involving the learner in the learning process and sustaining students' motivation.

There is free parking available at All Hallows College.
There is no charge for attending this event.

Click here for Booking form

Cork Traveller Health Seminar for Service Providers
The Traveller Health Unit
You are cordially invited to Cork Traveller Health Seminar for Service Providers

In response to the findings of the All Ireland Traveller Health Study 2010 a national study of Traveller life, education, employment, accommodation & health

Tuesday January 31st, 2012 10am - 3pm
Cork City Hall (Millennium Hall)
Opening Address Mr. Tim Lucey, Cork City Manager,
Keynote Address Mr. Pat Healy, Regional Director of Operations, HSE
RSVP: by Friday January 20, 2012 to
Ms. Valerie Murphy at 021-4921642 or Valerie.Murphy@hse.ie

Key findings of All Ireland Traveller Health Study

The All Ireland Traveller Health Study measured the effects of the social determinants of health on Travellers in Ireland. The social determinants are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.

• The Traveller population in the island of Ireland was estimated at 36,224 in 2008 Life expectancy at birth for male Travellers is 62 years which is 15 years less than men in the general population. This is equivalent to the life expectancy of the general population in the 1940s.
  
• Life expectancy at birth for female Travellers is now 70 years which is 11.5 years less than women in the general population, and is equivalent to the life expectancy of the general population in the early 1960s.
  
• Traveller infant mortality is almost 4 times higher than infant mortality in the general Irish population.
  
• Travellers, in particular males, continue to have higher rates of mortality for all causes of death.
  
• There have been improvements in Traveller women?s health, notably a narrowing the gap in life expectancy between Traveller and non-Traveller women. Uptake of cervical screening high and uptake of breast screening is at rates similar to the general population.
  
• Just under half of all Travellers feel discriminated against. This is experienced in all aspects of life such as in work, in school, getting accommodation & in getting healthcare.
  
• Suicide rates are nearly 7 times higher in Traveller men compared with the general male population.
  
• Education levels are very low with only about half of Traveller adults having completed at least primary school education.
  
• However, more than 90% of 14 year olds are now in school or training centres.
  
• Most Travellers (76%) live in a house and of those living in houses, more than half (57%) are provided by the Local Authority

APPETISER Training Course

Romania

15-19 February 2012

Apply by 13th November 2011.

Appetiser aims to give a strong positive first experience of international youth work and motivate participants to use the “Youth in Action” Programme.

The entire idea of the seminar is to give a feeling of what it means to work with young people in an international setting. It is about giving a space for participants to explore the advantage of “internationality” themselves.

Target Group: Project managers, Youth leaders, Youth workers

There will be 30 participants from around Europe (Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Croatia, Switzerland, Turkey& Belgium(FL)) present, and the Irish National agency can support 3 people to attend the training course.(One person per organisation)

Costs:

Travel Costs to the Appetiser Training Course are covered by Léargas and Training & Accommodation costs are covered by the Romanian National Agency however; there is a €50 participation fee payable by selected participants/ organisations.

All selected applicants must attend the full duration of the programme and be available for a preparatory Skype call.
Apply here by 13th November 2011.

Trisha Dalton
Action 1 Project Officer
Léargas
189-193 Parnell Street
Dublin 1
IRELAND
Tel: + 353 1 8871218
Fax: +353 1 8731316

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