In 2000 Compass organised its first Transition Year Programme to Glencree Peace and Reconciliation Centre.
In 2005 Compass introduced the initiative of holding three Interactive Meetings each year. The purpose of these meetings is to provide parents in all Compass affiliated schools the opportunity to attend thought-provoking and interesting
This is a three day trip which now takes place annually in October before the Mid-Term break. All schools affiliated to Compass are notified and can send students to participate. In the first year 14 schools sent students, and since then there has been an average of 12 schools participating each year. To quote from the Programme Overview:“ Being a group of individuals from different schools, who may not know each other well, the emphasis at the beginning will be on identities and socialising. We explore the positive and negative aspects of conflict and diversity, the causes and effects of conflict, our responses to conflict and peaceful transformation. We look at leadership and how people can be empowered to make a difference and promote justice and equality locally and globally.” presentations: to have the chance to network with parents from other schools; and to share ideas and issues of concern. The Interactive Meetings take place in schools over the country, enabling as many parents as possible to attend.
Compass is strongly committed to its role of representing the parents of Compass schools, through the NPCpp to the DES; and to its role of providing information to and listening to parents through its website and Interactive Meetings.
The role of the parent as the prime partner in Education is now recognised without question.