Welcome to the Home Economics webpage.

 

Thank you for completing our Home Economics Support Teacher Feedback Survey in April 2011. A summary report is available here

 

New Service Provision for Teachers

The Second Level Support Service (SLSS) extend its gratitude to all of you that supported the work of the service throughout the years since its establishment in 2001. A new cross - sectoral service, the Professional Development Service for Teachers  (PDST) was established in September 2010. The PDST subsumed much of the work of the SLSS.

The PDST is happy to inform you that the resources, materials and functionalities of this website will continue to be available to you in the future. It is our intention to provide continuing professional development opportunities for teachers of Home Economics. We are currently working with enthusiastic colleagues who are developing exemplar teaching and learning resource materials. We have organised resource meetings in February and March where resources will be shared and the exemplar materials disseminated and invite teachers to attend – we will soon be putting dates and venues onto the website.

With your support we aim to identify, disseminate and share good teaching and learning strategies which will enhance the classroom experience for you and your students.
To ensure that you are notified about all relevant courses email your school name, school roll number, your email and mobile details to homeeconomics@pdst.ie (if in doubt register again using the link on the homepage).

If you are an experienced teacher who is passionate about your subject and wish to work with like minded colleagues I invite you to apply to become a local facilitator.
Local Facilitators are teachers who are willing to volunteer to contribute to CPD in their subject or programme areas or other areas where they have expertise and a willingness to contribute. If you wish to become a Local Facilitator in Home Economics, please email timregan@pdst.ie

I urge all teachers to regularly use the website forum and share ideas and thoughts with each other. Exchanging ideas and sharing good practice reaffirms our work as professionals.

This website will be continually updated and contain details of upcoming support courses and evaluated classroom resources. If you use active teaching and learning strategies or have generated a classroom resource which you wish to share with colleagues, please contact cathann@eircom.net .

PDST Home Ec Support Programme will be posted here by the end of January 2012

Support News Autumn 2011: 

Course Participants are invited to please click on the blue font that follows and complete our PDST Home Economics Workshop Evaluation Form

Home Economics as Gaeilge

 This is a national course for teachers who teach Home Economics through the medium of Irish. It will explore common issues that are particular to these teachers and agree on strategies such as a community of practice where support resources and other issues may be shared.

 

Ionad Oideachais	Datá	Am
Ionad Oideachais na Gaillimhe	Satharn, 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2011	9.30 – 15.30.

 

Más féidir leat freastal ar an lá seo, seol teachtaireacht chuig Angela Thompson, in ionad oideachais Loch Garman in Inis Córthaidh ag uimhir theileafón 053-9239121 nó fax ag 053–9239132 nó ríomhphost chuig Catherine ag cathann@eircom.net .

 

Resource Workshops Autumn 2011 For more details click here

  Due to the unprecendented demand for places at these workshops additional courses have been arranged where possible. These are denoted by red text.

Education Centre	IT Room 7-9pm
Drumcondra	Monday 17 October Tuesday November 22 Tuesday November 29
Monaghan	Tuesday 18 October
Navan	Thursday 13 October Thursday October 20
Blackrock	Tuesday 18 October Monday October 24 Wednesday November 23
Dublin West	Monday 10 October Tuesday October 25
Kildare	Tuesday 11 October
Kilkenny	Wednesday 19 October Thursday December 8, 2011
Waterford	Monday 17 October
Co Wexford	Tuesday 11 October
Cork	Tuesday 18 October Wednesday October 19
Limerick	Monday 17 October
Sligo	Wednesday 19 October
Tralee	Tuesday 11 October Tuesday October 25
West Cork	Wednesday 12 October
Athlone	Wednesday 12 October Thursday 17 November Tuesday November 22
Clare	Tuesday 11 October
Galway	Monday 10 October
Laois	Wednesday 19 October
Carrick-on-Shannon	Monday 17 October
Donegal	Tuesday 11 October
Mayo	Wednesday 12 October
Loreto Convent, Letterkenny	Thursday 13 October

If you wish to participate, please complete the application form

 

 

 

 

 

Collaboration Courses

 The PDST has collaborated with the Home Economics Teachers’ Association and St Angela’s College, Sligo to support teachers of Home Economics and looks forward to doing so again throughout the year.

Other Local Evening Courses will be organised as the needs emerge and the updates programme for courses will be available on http://pdst.ie

  

  Note: you will be emailed these details if you have registered your contact details from the link on the left hand side.

 

 

 

New Home Economics Matters Issue 4 September  2010 to download click on the magazine image   

 

 

 

DOLCETA Consumer Education Online website (funded by the European Commission) has been updated. New modules are also in development including Food Safety. The Irish section of the site can be found at  www.dolceta.eu/ireland

 

      
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  PDST Home Economics Contact details:

E-Mail:                 info@pdst.ie

Phone:                 01 – 4358587

Fax:                        01 – 4358596

Address:              Professional Development Service for Teachers, Home Economics, 14 Joyce Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12