Transition Times: Whether you're a pupil, teacher or parent, welcome to the new transition-year programme, writes Michael O'Leary.
It's a new beginning for me, too, as I take over the role of national transition-year co-ordinator.
To schools that are taking on transition year for the first time, I also wish you the very best of luck. I know this will be a rewarding experience for everybody.
Transition year is all about the students, and as you embark with hope and expectation on the challenges ahead,
I wish each one of you an enjoyable 12 months of new and varied experiences.
This is a year that will change you personally, socially and academically. Make the most of it.
To the teachers and transition-year co-ordinators who apply themselves so enthusiastically to developing the transition-year programme, remember that the Second Level Support Service is here to help with any issues that arise during the year.
Details of transition-year
cluster meetings, workshops
and modular courses are available on the service's website,www.slss.ie, and in the Services for Post Primary Education brochure,
which is now available in
schools.
You can always contact us at times of need at Blackrock Education Centre, Kill Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin (01-2365023).
The Second Level Support Service would also like to thank everyone who supports transition year. It's a unique programme that has far-reaching consequences for each young adult that takes part. Let the fun begin.
