Clare Education Support Centre
Director: Martin Moloney
Address: Government Buildings, Kilrush Rd., Ennis, Co. Clare
Tel: (065) 6845500
Email: director@clareed.ie
Web: www.clareed.ie
Eircode: V95 F782
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: @ClareEdCentre
Clare Education Centre, formerly known as Ennis Teachers; Centre, has, since 1972,
supported the in-service needs of Clare teachers. The Centre is located in a purpose-built
complex at Government Buildings, Kilrush Road, Ennis.
The main functions of Clare Education Centre include a requirement to support the in-
service needs of the state and to identify and support locally identified needs. To this end
Clare Education Centre has a strong tradition in the development and provision of local
courses and school based initiatives. In addition to the functions noted above Clare.
Education Centre has, in recent years, been involved in Intercultural Projects with Centres in European Union countries. Clare Education Centre is the administrative centre for the following programmes:
Centre for School Leadership (CSL)
Geraldine McNamara, Administrator
P: 065 68 45510 W: www.cslireland.ie E: office@cslireland.ie
Centre for School Leadership (CSL) has responsibility across the continuum of leadership
development commencing with pre appointment training through to induction of newly
appointed principals to continuous professional development throughout the leader’s
career.
PDST Leadership Programme
Linda Hogan, Administrator
P: 065 68 45520
W: www.pdst.ie
E: lindahogan@pdst.ie
PDST Leadership Programme facilitates training programmes for Principals and Deputy Principals including Misneach, Forbairt and Tánaiste.
Maths Recovery and Mata sa Rang
Clara Carr, Administrator
P: 065 68 45507
W: www.mata.ie
E: mathsrecovery@pdst.ie
Maths Recovery (MR) is a numeracy programme available to DEIS Urban Band 1 & 2 schools.
Maths Recovery offers a unique approach to extending children’s number knowledge,
understanding and strategies. Mata sa Rang (MsR) is a classroom approach to MR which
was developed by Dr. Noreen O’Loughlin, MR Ireland and is available to both rural DEIS and
non-DEIS schools. It is delivered nationwide by MR teachers through the Education Centre
Network.
Leaving Cert Applied, PDST, Politics and Society, History, Geography, Religion
and Classics
Karen O’Loughlin, Administrator
P: 065 68 45504
W: www.pdst.ie/lca / www.pdst.ie/sc/politicsandsociety
E: lca@pdst.ie / karenoloughlin@pdst.ie / politicsandsociety@pdst.ie
Leaving Certificate Applied is a distinct, self-contained Leaving Certificate programme. It is designed for those students who do not wish to proceed directly to third level education or for those whose needs, aspirations and aptitudes are not adequately catered for by the other two Leaving Certificate programmes. Politics and Society is a new Leaving Certificate subject which was examined for the first time in 2018 in forty-one phase one schools nationwide.
SENO
The Special Education Needs Organizers (SENO) for the area are also based in the centre -
065 68 64851 & 065 68 44523.