Other Support Services and National Programmes
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| JCSP: Junior Certificate School Programme | The Junior Certificate School Programme is a national Department of Education and Science Programme within the Junior Certificate aimed at students who may leave school early. | |
| Junior Certificiate Mathematics Support Service | Junior Certificate Mathematics Support Service is based in Carrick on Shannon Education Centre. The site includes solutions to past exam papers and reference to a large number of active learning methodologies. |
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| Junior Certificiate Science Support Service | Junior Certificate Science Support Service is based in Sligo Education Centre. Lots of very useful syllabus and classroom materials available on the site, as well as contact details for its personnel. | |
| LCA: Leaving Certificate Applied | Gives a good overview of the LCA programme in its FAQ section, and all modules are available to download. LCA may be suitable for some students with SEN. |
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| LCVP: Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme | Details on the LCVP programme. It has some good support materials available for download in its Resources section. |
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| LDS: Leadership Development for Schools | The LDS team works with primary and post-primary principals, its Misneach programme for newly-appointed principals being a particular focus of its work. It has produced a number of publications on school leadership and professional development which are available to buy. | |
| PPDS: Primary Professional Development Service | The Primary Professional Development Service (PPDS) subsumes and develops the work of the former PCSP and SDPS. The overarching aim of the service is the development of schools as professional learning communities in which teacher learning is closely linked with school improvement and development and pupil progress. | |
| SDPI: School Development Planning Initiative (Post-Primary) | Guidelines on planning for second-level schools are included, also contact details for all members of SDPI team. A useful presentation on planning for special needs students (powerpoint presentation) is included. |
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| SLSS: Second Level Support Service | SLSS co-ordinates the work of the support services at second level including JCSP, LCA, LCVP and CSPE. It is based in Blackrock Education Centre. It has co-ordinators and regional development officers in each region of the country. | |
| SPHE: Social, Personal and Health Education | This is a post-primary support service only. Contains guidelines, resources and exemplar materials for teachers to download. |