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May 2010

The Inspection report for Navan Travellers Education Centre is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

April 2010

The Inspection report for Tara Education Centre is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

February 2010

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, has launched an interactive website to improve teaching and learning of spoken Irish in post-primary schools.Visit www.education.ie to read the Department of Education and Science press release or go to www.abairleat.com

December 2009

The Inspection report for Birr Centre for Education and Development is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

November 2009

The National Association of Travellers’ Centres have produced a DVD profiling Travellers and employment in Ireland, as well as an accompanying educational pack to support workers in developing career paths with Travellers in Ireland. Training for trainers is being offered countrywide on this workshop, and participants and host-organisations are currently being sought. Further details from Martina Breen martinabreen@mac.com

October 2009

A new play launches in December from the Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre. Same Difference is written by Michael Collins and directed by Mick Rafferty, and will run at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin on the 3-5th December. Tickets are €14/€12 and are available by calling 01 881 9613 or via www.projectartscentre.ie. For further information please contact travellerwagonwheel@hotmail.com

September 2009

Click here to find the dates for the Standard School Year 2009/2010.

July/August 2009

GreenIT is an Irish owned company which specialises in providing efficient recovery solutions for end of life IT equipment. Rather than recycling IT equipment GreenIT will first investigate reusing the equipment. All equipment is data cleansed and certified. For suitable equipment reuse options include donation to local schools, purchase options for employees etc.Visit www.greenit.ie for more information.

June 2009

The Inspection report for St. Joseph’s Traveller Education Centre, Finglas is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

May 2009

The Inspection report for Tullamore Traveller Training Centre is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

April 2009

The Inspection report for St. Oliver’s Senior Traveller Training Centre, Cloverhill Road, Clondalkin is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

March 2009

Read the article by Orla Kenny, Creative Director, Kid's Own Publishing Partnership, about the process through which young Traveller and settled children worked together to create 'Cant Turn Back', a book which honours and revitalises an appreciation of Cant - the Traveller language. This article was published in the March edition of IN2 - click here to view the article. The book can be ordered from Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership.

February 2009

The Inspection report for Riverside Senior Traveller Training Centre, Co. Limerick is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

January 2009

Do you know someone who: would like to improve their reading, writing or number skills; help their children with their homework: or write to friends and relatives? Visit www.takethefirststep.ie to find out how to help them.

December 2008

The Inspection report for Tullamore Senior Traveller Training Centre is now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

November 2008

Saviours, an Irish boxing documentary has recently been released. Click here to read the Irish Film & Television Network review.

October 2008

Traveller students double in post-primary schools in six years according to Minister O'Keeffe - click here to find out more.

September 2008

Inspectors reports for St Fiachra’s Training Centre, Letterkenny and CEART Senior Traveller Education Centre, Wicklow are now available on the Department of Education and Science website.

April 2008

December 2007

September 2007

  • Joe Saunders did an evaluation of the Leaving Cert Applied programme in St. Joseph's Training Centre in Ennis. Click to view the cover page and main document.

July/August 2007

  • 50% of Travellers die before 39 a new study has found - click here to find out more.

May 2007

  • Senior Traveller Training Centre's offer a variety of learning opportunities, depending on their location and size. Click here to go directly to information provided by Qualifax on the courses in each STTC centre.

March 2007

  • The Quality Framework Initiative have designed three templates which are related to Guidelines for Programme Planning - click here to view.

February 2007

  • Guidelines for Programme Planning for staff of Youthreach & Senior Traveller Training Centres have been provided by the Quality Framework Initiative - click here to view (PDF file Size 1.9 MB)

December 2006

November 2006

October 2006

  • The NCVA Support Service was set up by the National Council for Vocational Awards in 1997 to support centres offering NCVA Modules and Awards. The Support Service is a full-time, year-round consultancy service - visit their website at www.sfe.ie for more information on the resources and services they offer.

August 2006

  • The Quality Framework Initiative resources on the STTC website have now been updated and extended - click here to view the complete list of documents.

June 2006

  • The results of a Survey of Traveller Education Provision, were published in May 2006 by the Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Science. The report shows there has been significant progress in Travellers access to and participation in primary and post primary education. Almost all travellers attend primary school and there has been a three-fold increase in the number of students attending post primary schools in the past eight years. Click to access a summary of the report and the full report in html format.

January 2006

  • The Workforce Development Co-ordinator with the Adult Literacy Resource Institute at the University of Massachusetts is Jennifer Rafferty. Her email address is Jennifer.Rafferty@umb.edu. UMB has Communities of Practice which are web-based facilities which connect a wide range of stakeholders interested in sharing and exchanging information, learning and best practice – particularly as it relates to adult literacy. Jennifer recommends some useful web sites: www.alri.org; www.alri.org/literacylist.html; www.alri.org/harness.html; and www.literacytent.org

    Anne Serino is the director of Adult and Community Learning Services at Massachusetts Department of Education. Her email address is aserino@doe.mass.edu. She is interested in making contact and in sharing information on how they develop literacy skills needed to qualify for further education, job training, and better employment. ACLS provides a range of educational services for adults from basic literacy and numeracy to high school equivalency and adult diploma programmes.

    Prof. Marilyn Cochran-Smith of Boston College is a specialist in teacher and tutor training in the areas of adult education and adult literacy. Prof. Cochran-Smith’s address is cochran@bc.edu

    Click to view two recent papers entitled: Less may be more: Rethinking adult literacy volunteer tutor training by Alisa Belzer and Reading in and out of class: A study of 3 adult literacy learners by Alisa Belzer and Sandra Abrams, Rutgers University.

June 2004

May 2004

March 2004

  • Details of the Horsemen Project can be found at www.horsemenproject.org This project includes; the evaluation of the present courses that are available by the providers of the Horsemen Study modules in the participating countries; a consultation process to identify the present skills of Travellers and Roma in horse care; the development of courses that integrate the evaluation and consultation processes with the support of the accrediting bodies in each of the partner countries; and the implementation of the pilot course in Ireland, Spain, and Hungary.

April 2003

  • Horsemen Project: funding has been approved from January 2003 to January 2005 - a 3 year timescale. The STTCs will be involved in piloting the programme with Exchange House being used as a conduit for ascertaining the perspective of Travellers in relation to their innate skills in horse-keeping. Read Gerard Griffin's brief synopsis of the Horsemen Project. or click here to see photos taken at the Horsemen Conference held in Ennis in March 2003.

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