COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
MR.
TOM COSTELLO
COMMUNITY EDUCATION OFFICER
ANN
MCNAMARA
Community Education Facilitator
STEPHANIE
O'CONNOR SHAW
Adult
Education Resource Worker
County Roscommon V.E.C.
Castlecourt House
Roscommon
Phone:
090 6630581
‘ … a process of communal education towards empowerment
, both at an individual and a collective level.
Such an approach to community education sees it as an interactive
challenging process, not only in terms of its content but also in terms of its
methodologies and decision making processes.’
Learning for Life: White Paper on Adult Education
July 2000
Community
Education Facilitator
The Community
Education Facilitator has responsibility for :-
Promoting the development
and nurturing of new community based learning groups;
Providing support to new and
existing community based learning groups in the from of technical,
administrative and educational inputs;
Developing and encouraging
partnerships and links with statutory and other providers;
Promoting the role of the
sector in supporting outreach and referral to the statutory sector;
Liasing on accreditation and
certification issues;
Helping community education
interests to access funding;
Networking of groups both
nationally and locally and supporting their participation in community fora
Sharing good practice from
the sector and supporting the mainstreaming of lessons into national policy
and practice;
Reporting to the Local Adult
Learning Boards.
Under the Back to Education Initiative, 10% of the places
and funding will be allocated on an ongoing basis exclusively for the
development of community education. The
Back to Education Initiative runs until 2006.
This initiative is in addition to the Adult Literacy and Community
Education Scheme (ALCES) which fund various educational
courses/programmes/classes for adults and communities.
Other initiatives are operated by the Department of Social Community and Family
Affairs and the local development initiatives of the Area Based Partnerships.
Funding of (£3.5m) €4.45m has been allocated under the
Education Equality Initiative to address the current gaps in provision for
educationally disadvantaged women and men.
Contacts
Queries
Re: Community Education Courses:-
Tom Costello
Adult Education Organiser
County Roscommon V.E.C.
Lanesboro Street
Roscommon
Phone: 090 6626151 /
6626774
Queries re: Back to
Education Initiative
B.T.E.I. – Community Strand
Ann
McNamara
Community Education Facilitator
Co. Roscommon VEC
Castlecourt House
Roscommon
Phone:
090 6630581
