Innovation in Literacy Seminar

The ACJRD held the seminar Innovation in Literacy on Thursday 29th September.

The Green Hall, The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

Seminar Speakers included:

Professor Mark Morgan: Cregan Professor of Education and Psychology, St Patrick’s College Drumcondra

Stephen O'Connor: Organiser, City of Dublin VEC Educational Service to Prisons

Brian Kenealy: Mountjoy Education Unit

Brenda Fitzpatrick: Acting Head Teacher Educational Unit Wheatfield Prison

Jimmy O'Rourke: Arbour Hill & Wheatfield Education Units

Robbie Robinson (tbc): Wheatfield Education Unit

David Ahern: CEO, The Shannon Trust

Please contact the ACJRD office if you have any questions about the seminar or the speakers, either by email enquiries@acjrd.ie or ph 617 4878

Shannon Trust runs the Toe by Toe Reading Plan, an award-winning peer mentoring programme which encourages and supports prisoners who can read to give one-to-one tuition to prisoners who struggle to read. In 2007, they provided resources to teach over five thousand new learners in prison.