Day One: Wednesday 21st February 2018 | ||
Time | Event | Speaker |
9.00 – 9.20 | Registration | Tea/Coffee |
9.20 – 9.30 | Welcome | NAVC Chairperson |
9.30 – 9.45 | Key Note Address | Representative from GRETB |
9.45 – 10.45 | Inclusive Education | Ann Heelan, Executive Director, AHEAD |
10.45 – 11.00 | Tea/Coffee | |
11.00 – 11.30 | Presentation of PhD Research findings | Eileen Mc Partland, VTOS Co-ordinator, Liberties College |
11.30 – 12.30 | Updates from SOLAS | Dr. Bryan Fields, Director, FET Strategy & Research, Solas
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12.00 – 12.30 | VTOS Review and future directions for VTOS
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Gerard Griffin, National Co-ordinator |
13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
14.00 – 14.30 | Plenary Discussion | |
14.30 – 16.15 | Using the Consensus Workshop Method to explore “Strategies for VTOS Co-ordinators to respond effectively to the changing landscape of the FE sector whilst continuing to meet the needs of learners and staff” | Miriam O Donoghue, National Manager, FESS |
16.15 – 17.00 | Election of Officers | AGM |
Day Two: Thursday 22nd February 2018 | ||
9.00 – 9.30 | Registration | |
9.30 – 9.45 | Welcome | Representative from GRETB |
9.45 – 10.45 | Updates from QQI | Andrina Wafer, Head of Lifelong Learning, QQI |
10.45 – 11.00 | Tea/Coffee | |
11.00 – 12.00 | Literacy | Inez Bailey, CE, NALA |
12.00 – 13.30 | Wellbeing | Jacinta Kitt, Author and Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin and Marino Institute of Education |
13.30 – 14.00 | Plenary Discussion & Close | Followed by lunch |