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Education Centres, Adult Literacy
Service, Community Education, VTOS,
and KAGS itself.
Special Presentation
A special feature of this year’s event
was presenting a cheque to Junior
Locke, Tralee Area President, Society
of Saint Vincent de Paul, as a token of
Kerry ETB’s gratitude for the continued
SVP educational funding support of
learners. A specific fundraising event
was organised by Kerry College of
Further Education (KCFE), and a
cheque was presented by Brian Harkin,
Principal, and Kay Lanigan Ryan,
Course Coordinator for Professional
Cookery, of KCFE.
Front Row: Aoife McCormack, County Adult Literacy Coordinator, Catherine Galway, Youth
Mentor Project
Back Row: Louise Nagle, IT Tralee Careers Officer, Frank Heffernan, Asst Principal Officer
DSP, Emmett Spring, Jobs Club Facilitator, Joe Brennan, VTOS/Youthreach Coordinator ]
Group work
Following the presentations,
participants were facilitated by Louise
Nagle, Career Guidance Counsellor
with the Institute of Technology,
Tralee, focussing, first in small groups,
then collectively, on identifying and
prioritising key recommendations for
change. The top five issues identified
by the participants of this year’s event
were:
1) Confidence Building – core basic
skills nurtured and enhanced,
“Initial Intervention”.
2) Earlier intervention in schools for
personal development of children/
young people at risk. Focus on
core competencies development,
guidance and information on
accessing services. (Primary &
second-level)
3) More Level 2, 3 and 4 QQI
programmes with assessments,
with built-in supports e.g.
transport.
4) A supported and responsive
system that recognises the need
for the development and delivery of
learner-centred courses.
Attendees at the KAGS Annual Inter-Organisational Presentations Day
Key principles:
• Respond to an individual
(learners) action plan
• Integrated
• Collaboration
• Holistic
• Advocacy
• Equal access
5) More support for young people
(especially 17½ year-olds)
financial, guidance, learning
support, family centred support.
What next?
It was agreed that the key issues
and recommendations for change
identified would be brought back to
each organisation attending in order to
help effect change. It was unanimously
agreed by those in attendance to run
the event again in 2016 (the event
is now scheduled for 18 November
2016).
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