DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools)

Three Year Plan
The DEIS national action plan for educational inclusion places an increased emphasis on planning at school and cluster level, target-setting, and measurement of progress and outcomes to ensure that investment under the DEIS initiative brings about an improvement in educational outcomes for young people. The focus is outcomes for students rather than inputs by the school - 'what evidence that our interventions are making a difference in our school'.

The Areas Prioritised by DEIS
•Retention
•Attendance
•Literacy
•Numeracy
•Examination attainment
•Educational progression
•Partnership with parents
•Partnership with others — schools, community, external agencies

Core Team (as per DEIS guidelines)
•Principal - Paul Fiorentini
•Deputy Principal/s - John McGuinness/ Owen McConway
•Guidance Counsellor - Liam Harkin
•JCSP Co-ordinator - Finbarr Gallagher
•LCA Co-ordinator - Jim Neary
•HSCL Co-ordinator - Elaine Meehan
•SCP Co-ordinator - Marie Therese McDaid
•SCP Project Worker (DEIS) - Amanda Harkin
•Special Needs Co-ordinator - Catherine Monagle
•Librarian - John Collins
•Head of Maths - Maire Mathews
•Head of English - Mary O'Kane

DEIS Websites/ Links
DEIS Planning in Second Level Schools - http://www.sdpi.ie/sdpi_resources.html