KWETB
UPDATE ON INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENTS IN KWETB
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
set-up and induction of over 100 new staff
members across KWETB.
I congratulate and welcome each and every
new member of staff and I look forward to
their contribution to KWETB. Amongst those
recruited are a number of key management
appointments to whom I wish to draw
attention:
• Brenda Lynch, Acting Adult Education
Officer
• Maria Lally, VTOS Co-ordinator, Wicklow
Town Further Education and Training
Centre
• Michelle Tierney, VTOS Co-ordinator,
Newbridge Further Education and Training
Centre
• Una Burke, VTOS Co-ordinator, Athy
Further Education and Training Centre
• Mick O’ Byrne, Principal, Confey College,
Leixlip
• Ciaran Keegan, Principal, Naas Community
College
• Gerard O’ Leary, Principal, Celbridge
Community School
• Mary Cullen, Deputy Principal, Confey
College, Leixlip
• Caroline Herity, Deputy Principal, Pipers Hill
College, Naas
• Oliver Stack, Deputy Principal, Coláiste Chill
Mhantáin, Wicklow Town
• Clare Garrihy, Deputy Principal, Maynooth
Post Primary
• David Healy, Acting Deputy Principal,
Arklow Community College
KWETB is continuously developing and will
be opening two new Schools this September.
Education Officer Patricia O’ Brien and the
Senior Management Team with new Principal
Ciaran Keegan are all working hard on the
preparation and organisation of the new Naas
Community College. In addition, KWETB
has joint patronage with Educate Together
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for the new Celbridge Community School
with the new Principal Gerard O’ Leary. This
partnership is very successful and this is down
to the commitment of all involved. I would like
to take this opportunity to wish both schools
every success in their preparation, planning
and openings in September 2015 and every
success into the future.
Alongside the development of our schools
section, our Further Education and Training
(FET) sector is also experiencing significant
change and development. The development of
the KWETB FET Service Plan 2015 was initiated
at a two-day seminar on the 26th and 27th
January and I clearly signalled the changes
which are expected in our provision from 2015
into the future. I especially emphasised the
need for the realignment of FET programmes
with labour market needs; the expansion
of learning choice and the elimination of
duplication for learners; and most importantly,
increasing the participation of the long
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