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College Partnership Secures
International Fund for Ireland Funding
(L-R) Professor Peter Finn, Dr Patricia Eaton
& Dr Anne Heaslett
Dr Anne Heaslett, Principal of Stranmillis University
College and Professor Peter Finn, Principal of St Mary’s
University College congratulate Dr Patricia Eaton, who led the
joint Stranmillis and St Mary’s team that secured £839k
(1 million Euro) to deliver the CREDIT programme (Classrooms Re-imagined:
Education in Diversity & Inclusion for Teachers Programme)
allocated under the International Fund for Ireland Sharing in
Education Programme.
Dr Heaslett commented:
“We were delighted with last week’s announcement
from the International Fund for Ireland and would highly commend
the work of Dr Eaton and her team drawn from both Colleges.”
The Programme sets out to provide training courses for existing
teachers across Northern Ireland in primary and post-primary schools
to assist them in developing awareness and practical skills in
dealing with division, diversity, inclusion and community relations
in both the classroom and the wider school environment. Central
to the project is the opportunity for teachers to embed the practices
in their classrooms.
Professor Peter Finn, Principal of St Mary’s University
College, said:
“I am delighted that St Mary’s and Stranmillis
University Colleges will jointly deliver a project to support
the continuing professional development of teachers, particularly
as it will be in the area of education for community relations
and community cohesion. I believe that the International Fund
for Ireland has recognised both the great potential of the University
Colleges in successful CPD work and our long track record of jointly
delivering the Initial Teacher Programme of Diversity and Mutual
Understanding.”
Planning will now begin to offer the CREDIT programme in the
2011 — 12 academic year. Dr Patricia Eaton, Professional Development
Coordinator at Stranmillis said:
“Too often short term training courses have limited
impact on practice so this programme sets out to transform classrooms
by giving teachers time and space to reflect on their practice,
to work with other schools and agencies and to really re-imagine
the way education in diversity and inclusion is incorporated into
their classrooms.”
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