News and Events
- Overview
News and Events
New Director - August 29th 2011
Congratulations to Triona Lynch who was recently appointed Director of St. Joseph's Education Centre.
Green Flag - November 24th 2010
Congratulations
to the Environmental team at St Joseph's Education Centre who are preparing
to fly their flag high. The Flag was awarded to St Joseph's team for
all their hard work on the 'Litter and Waste' theme. They are currently
working on the 'Energy' theme and will hope to apply for their second
flag early next year. One of the projects undertaken last year was to
get involved with An Taisce's National clean up. The team at St Joseph's
collected almost ½ a tonne of rubbish around their local area.
St Joseph's was one of the first Traveller Training Centres to be awarded
the Green Flag. At the centre we are very committed to reducing waste,
recycling and reusing resources as much as possible. In our engineering,
woodwork and crafts we reuse materials in our projects. Recycling in
the centre has been part of the daily routine for years and we are delighted
to obtain the green flag in recognition of all the great work done to
date. The flag raising event takes place on the 24th November to celebrate
the awarding of the flag.
New Boss at Ennis Traveller Education Centre - November 23rd 2010
The
day Brian Crossan decided to go for a diploma in education leadership
was the moment he made one of life’s most important decisions.
Today he is manager of St Joseph’s Education Centre on Gort Road
Industrial Estate in Ennis... Click
here to read the article in the Clare People.
The Teach Report - June 23rd 2010
The
Teach Report, commissioned by the National Association of Travellers’
Centres (NATC), will be launched on June 23 2010. The report written
by Dr Niamh Hourigan lecturer in Sociology at UCG and Maria Campbell
lecturer in Education at St Angela’s College Sligo deals with recent
criticism of the Traveller Education Centres regarding the poor rate
of progression by Travellers from the Centres into mainstream, further
and higher education and the workforce. Its findings examines the reasons
why there has been a low rate of progression to date and attempts to
map the way forward in terms of adult education for Travellers in 21st
century Ireland.
Read More
TV3’s The Truth about Travellers
St
Joseph’s Education Centre was featured on TV3’s The Truth about
Travellers. Here is a clip from the series featuring some of our learners
and our Director Helen O’Sullivan
Aontas Adult Learner Week February 22nd – 26th
Celebration of Learning
St. Joseph’s Education Centre celebrated Aontas Adult Learner Week for the second year running. The week started with ‘ The Celebration of Learning’ at the Auburn Lodge, Ennis where learners from St. Joseph’s Education Centre received LCA and FETAC Awards for the 2008/09 academic year.
The day also celebrated students’ achievements in others areas such as
- Cook –it Programme
- Best New Student
- Most Helpful student
- Best Attendance
- Best Humoured
There was a great turnout for the day from both Learners and their families as well local politicians and VEC staff.
Green Day
Roisin Garvey from An Taisce gave a presentation on Green Issues. This was
a very informative presentation and increased our awareness of Green Issues
and will no doubt help with our endeavour to attain our green flag. Kathleen
Turner from the Irish chamber Orchestra was due to give a voice workshop but
this was cancelled due to the sad and untimely death of William Carr.
Volunteering
Some of our learners took part in a presentation at the Adult Education Centre
in Clonroad on’ Volunteering in the Community.’
Bowling
Staff and learners took part in a bowling competition at Ennis Leisure Centre.
This event always proves to be great fun for everyone taking part and has
the benefit of improving the morale of learners and staff alike.
Lobbying
for Learning
A discussion took place on the role our politicians play in promoting
life long learning in the community.
