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1. School Self-Evaluation/School Improvement Plan

2. Student Voice

3. Student Wellbeing

4. Digital Technologies

5. Learning Intentions & Success Criteria

6. Effective Questioning & Classroom Discussion

7. Formative Feedback

8. Student Collaboration

9. Student Reflection

10. Managing Information & Thinking

11. Being Creative

12. Communicating

13. Working with Others

14. Staying Well

15. Managing Myself

16. Being Numerate

17. Being Literate

18. Assessment

19. Reporting

20. Cross-curricular

21. Co-Curricular

22. Differentiation/UDL

23. Cultural Diversity

24. L1/L2 LPs

25. Showcasing Business Studies

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Introduction

Related School-wide Initiatives

What does it mean for Business Studies?

Classroom Strategies in Action

Further Supports/Resources

Periodic Review

To be reviewed periodically

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Cross curricular benchmarks and strategies

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- display keywords
- flags - sense of identity and belonging
- cultural day
- could look at doing up a calendar of cultural - events happening during the year
- welcome signs in different languages
- room allocated to students at lunch for prayers
- Business in the Community link - talk to people from diverse backgrounds

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- videos - Two teachers website, more accessible, subtitles in different languages
- current and relevant
- visual supports - labelled posters
- keywords in different languages
- using material from different cultures/communities
- CBAs -culturally relevant
- allow students to research in first language
- buddy up students with same language if appropriate
useful links for EAL: https://www.scoilnet.ie/go-to-post-primary/clsupports/

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In Irish primary and post-primary schools there is an increase in the number of learners whose home language is neither English nor Irish. We aim to provide school staff with a collection of practical and useful resources to both promote inclusion and diversity, and encourage language development.

Diversity & Inclusion

Teaching & Learning Resources

PDST Supports

Junior Cycle

An Intercultural Look at our Schools. A toolkit for self-evaluation and supporting cultural and linguistic diversity in our schools.

English Language Support Teachers' Association of Ireland providing high quality support, professional development opportunities and networking for teachers.

This education pack is aimed at teachers who wish to familiarise their students with facts and information about refugees.

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Official education portal of the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland. Curriculum focused resources and support for primary and post primary teachers.

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Introduction

We are a multi-cultural city centre school with over 30 different nationalities

Being culturally diverse means that we need to be mindful of cultural differences and that these are celebrated

Related School-wide Initiatives

We host an annual Intercultural day where all of the different nationalities are celebrated

A weekly focus on an individual nationality/culture, e.g. greeting in that language

Flags of the various countries displayed in the school

EAL team in operation working on various initiatives and sharing them with all staff

What does it mean for Business Studies?

Creates extra challenges in the Business studies classroom

Use translating apps so that students can communicate regardless of language level

Use web translator to translate class notes & class tests into the various languages

Where possible select businesses from the student's home country to use as examples in the classroom

Classroom Strategies in Action

Pair the student up with a fluent English speaker for support

Have differentiated worksheets for all but particularly for EAL students

Reduced workload for EAL students while they are acquiring the language

Have a key word list for all

Get students to create posters in their own language - display these in the classroom

Student has use of dictionary

Group work

Further Supports/Resources

https://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/en/translate-english-to-ukrainian_en_uk

https://www.flashacademy.com

https://www.folens.ie/sites/default/files/bulk_upload/ukrainian-booklet-post-primary-folens.pdf?utm_source=dynamics365&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ukrainian-booklet&utm_term=teachers#msdynttrid=iXyprr_JzggdmkT9w3ummpcvWUNNcDbu7DC07Y3nm8g

Periodic Review

To be reviewed during departmental meetings

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pdst website - support for EAL under Literacy section

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pdst website - support for EAL under Literacy section

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EAL | PDST

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Click on the image below to access a series of PDST supports for culturally and linguistically diverse learners

Welcome to the Post Primary EAL page of our website. You will find a range of useful resources, pedagogical strategies and active learning methodologies on this page.

Students for whom English is an additional language may require support and scaffolding.

There is no such thing as a 'typical' EAL learner.

Each student will have a different background and life experience.

Each student will have different pastoral, social, linguistic, academic, and cognitive needs based on their background and life experience.

To avail of school support in the area of EAL, please follow this link to our online form.

This section will be routinely updated with information on news and events.

An intercultural Look at our Schools Toolkit

An excellent tool for post-primary schools in Ireland wishing to address the intercultural dimension in the school.

Check it out here: https://ilaos.ppli.ie/

Margaret Mary Grant is the Administrator for Post Primary EAL. She can be contacted at margaretmarygrant@pdst.ie

Margaret Mary is based in Laois Education Centre, Block Rd, Beladd, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

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Welcome to the Post Primary EAL page of our website. You will find a range of useful resources, pedagogical strategies and active learning methodologies on this page. Students for whom English is an additional language may require support and scaffolding. There is no such thing as a 'typical' EAL learner.