Edmund Rice Centre		ER Family		Cork Offices
	Timiri		Vocation		St. Mary's
	St. Helen's		An Tobar

St Mary's Province Education Development Office

The Education Development Office was set up in 1997 as an agency of the Trustees in order to assist them in fulfilling their leadership and management obligations to the schools of the Province. The EDO carries out its duties by:

Developing an understanding of Christian education, where the values of the gospel and the vision of Edmund Rice permeate all aspects of school life.

Facilitating a process through which Trustees, boards of management, principals, teachers, parents and students develop and commit themselves to a shared vision of what it means to be a Christian Brother School.

Offering support to the schools of the Province as they strive to live out that vision.

The Education Development Office carries out a LINK, SUPPORT, DEVELOPMENT role in the network of schools.

Activities undertaken by the Education Development Office

• Boards of Management - In-Service Training, Annual Meeting to consider current educational themes, Visits.

• Principals - Annual Conference, Support meetings, Whole School Development Support Group

• Staff - Staff Development, Subject Support ( Religious Education in association with An Tobar/M.R.E.I. )

• Students - Student Leadership Training Days

• Parents Councils - Visits, National Parents Federation.

• Education Development Fund - Financial and advisory support for schools engaging in school based projects in the areas of Pastoral Care, Counseling, Religious Education and Remedial.

• Newsletter - Published once a term. Used as a vehicle to share good practice and improve communications in the Province.

• External Organisations - Liase with Dept. of Education and Science, A.M.C.S.S., C.O.R.I. etc.

• In conjunction with St. Helen's Education Office and M.I.E. - a series of developmental projects have been organised in the following areas:

• Christian Brother Schools Identity
• Partnership in the Network of Christian Brother Schools
• Developing World Immersion
• Schools Culture and Ethos
• Leaders in Education Course for Primary Schools
• Leaders in Education Course for Post-Primary Schools

Information about the work of the Education Development Office may be had by contacting either Ferdia Kelly ( Director ) or Br. P.J. Connellan ( Assistant Director ) at the following address:

Education Development Office,
The Lodge,
274, North Circular Road.
Dublin 7,
Ireland.

Tel.: 01-8681197
Fax:01-8684044
Email: edo@indigo.ie