Provisional dates for the next few meetings after this one: 

Tuesday  25^th Feb, March 24^th.   April 25^th and May 28^th.

This session aims to bring together a network of teachers working in Special Education in Kerry Primary schools. The network aims to provide professional learning, support and networking opportunities for teachers. Margaret Egan will facilitate the establishment of the network and will support its development over time. The practical implementation of the network will be decided by its members and professional learning needs will also be identified by members. If you are a special education teacher or SEN Co-Ordinator in a primary school in Kerry and would like to find out more about the network please join us.

Dr Margaret Egan is a Lecturer in the Dept. of Educational Psychology, Inclusive and Special Education at Mary Immaculate College.  She was a Deputy Principal and SEN Co-ordinator for many years before joining the Faculty of Education at MIC.  Margaret is Course Leader of the Post Graduate Diploma in Special Education, which is a cross-sectoral, Level 9 programme for qualified teachers in practice.  She teaches at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Margaret is actively engaged in Communities of Practice with a number of schools.  Her interests are in Inclusion Policy and Practice; Language and Literacy for students with additional needs;  Social and Emotional Learning, for all students, including those with Autistic Spectrum Difference (ASD) and Positive Behaviour Support for students with attention and behaviour needs. Margaret is currently supervising a number of Masters and PhD students in these fields. Two of her doctoral students, in Educational Psychology (DEPsych), graduated in October 2019. 

It would be fantastic to have every Special Ed teacher in Kerry at this meeting. 

Our first quiz of the year "TEAM MATHS" for Leaving Cert Higher Level students will take place on Friday 24th January 2020, in the Canteen of the IT Tralee SOUTH Campus at 7:00pm sharp.

Schools can register up to 3 teams with a fee of €20 PER TEAM.  Due to the failure to elect a National Council this year, there will be no National finals for this quiz.

Past questions can be viewed on http://www.imta.ie/team-math-past-questions/

You can register your team(s) by texting Mike Lynch on 087 2202444 stating your school and number of teams.  Payment will be accepted on the night.