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welcome
… to the Spring 2018 edition
of TY UPDATE, the first one
for 2018.
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With the cold weather behind us
(holding thumbs…) and Easter
around the corner, we’re headed
for the final stretch of
yet
another year, and what a year
it’s been…
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A special TY Update welcome to
Aidan Clerkin who featured in
our March 2017 edition and who
has agreed to a regular
contribution to this magazine.
His research-based perspective
on Transition Year is much
appreciated.
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In this edition we look at the
innovative and exciting Future
Leader TY programme. We also
update you on our series of
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Critical Thinking workshops,
phase one of which we ran with
St. Aloysius Secondary School in
Cork. Association’s very
successful
wheelchair
competition.
We’ve introduced a new regular
column “TeachShare” (think
TeachMeet in print), a platform
for teachers to share projects
and ideas. In this edition
English teacher Patrick Huff
shares how he empowers
students to engage critically
with news media. We’re encouraged by the
feedback and input we receive
about TY Update, both critical
and complimentary. Keep
sending us your ideas and
comments so we can make this
magazine better and more
relevant with each edition.
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We would love to hear from you.
If you have ideas, comments or
articles you’d like to share
please contact us.
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Gerry Jeffers returns to us with
his ever insightful comment on
TY. In this edition he discusses
the importance of parental input
into the school TY programme.
We catch up with Jiang O’Neill,
our TYI Ambassador, and we
also cover the Irish Wheelchair
About TY Update!
TY Update is a quarterly publication by TYI (Transition Year
Ireland). The magazine is sent to Principals, Guidance
Counsellors and TY Coordinators at all schools that offer TY.
The extended circulation includes parents, external service
providers and other interested parties. extended!
About the Editor!
Edwin Landzaad has over 10 years experience in 3rd level
education as Lecturer, Head of Department and Head of
School (Architecture). He has a strong interest in In - Service
Learning and is co- founder of Transition Year Ireland
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Thank you as always to our
contributors, advertisers and
especially you, the reader. We
hope you get as much out of
reading it as we do out of
putting it together
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Ed
Previous editions of this publication can be found at THIS LINK
Thinking about TY at a time of Systemic Change
Future Leaders TY Programme
Respecting Parents’ views on TY
Richard Burke TY Personified Awards 2018
Transition Year from the Inside
TY EXPO 2018
What’s the Scoop…?
Critical Thinking Workshop Phase 1
Irish Wheelchair Association Competition
TY EXPO 2018 Listing
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