1225. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of primary and post-primary teachers who engaged in Department-funded continuous professional development in each of the past five years; the breakdown of those figures, by primary and post-primary level, continuous professional development undertaken within the additional in-school hours provided for under public service agreements…
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1226. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers, in each of the past five years, who have undertaken continuous professional development specifically related to supporting pupils with additional and special educational needs, including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyspraxia and dyslexia; the breakdown by category of need, by primary and post-primary level, and by hours o…
1227. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assessments that have been carried out by her Department of teachers' capacity to engage in continuous professional development during the school year; whether any analysis has been conducted on barriers to participation, including substitution cover, timetable pressures and workload; whether any reports arising from such assessments will be pub…
1228. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of hours of the additional in-school time provided for under public service agreements were used nationally for continuous professional development in each of the past three school years; the proportion of this time that was allocated to training in special educational needs, student wellbeing and behavioural or emotional support, and sub…
1229. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the continuous professional development currently provided to support teachers in managing increasingly complex classrooms, including cultural and linguistic diversity, mixed-ability teaching, trauma-informed practice and behavioural support; the number of teachers who have participated in such training in each of the past three years; whether she c…
1230. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted a national survey, audit or questionnaire of schools and principals to assess teachers' professional development needs, capacity to access continuous professional development and priority training areas; if not, whether she will commit to establishing a formal needs-assessment process; the proposed timeframe for …
1231. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanisms in place to measure the effectiveness and outcomes of Department-funded continuous professional development; whether data is collected on the impact of such training on classroom practice and student outcomes, particularly for pupils with additional and special educational needs; the details of any evaluations carried out in the past …
1232. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has set participation targets or benchmarks for teacher engagement in continuous professional development; if so, to outline those targets; if not, whether she will commit to establishing national benchmarks, particularly in the areas of special educational needs, behavioural support and wellbeing; and if she will make a state…