Innovation in Literacy Seminar 2011
The ACJRD held the seminar Innovation in Literacy on Thursday 29th September
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: Wheatfield Education Unit
David Ahern: CEO, The Shannon Trust
From the right
Pictured from left to right: Jimmy O’Rourke, Bill Faloon, Helen Cauley, David Ahern, Brian Kenealy, Robbie Robinson, Stephen O’Connor, Maura Butler & Prof. Mark Morgan
To view videos of some of the speakers please see the ACJRD channel on youtube. Unfortunately we were not able to include videos of all speakers due to sound quality issues.
Below you will find the slides from each of the presentations on the night.
Please contact the ACJRD office if you have any questions about the seminar or the speakers, either by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or ph (01) 878 2592 . 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.