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Aideen Cassidy is currently Assistant Professor in the Institute of Education DCU in the school of Policy and Practice. Her research interests are primarily within the area of educational disadvantage, interventions to improve early school leaving and improve the life chances of those impacted by poverty, teacher training and literacy.

She started her teaching career in DEIS schools in Finglas - Dublin and Jobstown in Tallaght in the early 80s when unemployment was over 80% in these areas. She was an assistant principal and co-ordinator of the SEN Department. She was also adult literacy co-ordinator in Finglas over this time.

After 14 years there she took up a position in the Curriculum Development Unit as National Co-ordinator of the Junior Certificate School Programme, a programme designed and developed to support students who were potential early school leavers. Working in over 200 DEIS schools nationwide during which time she provided professional development across the Junior Cycle to the staff in each school with the team of RDOs and researchers. She also developed the JCSP literacy strategy which was part of the National Literacy strategy and put in place the JCSP Library project where state of the art libraries were established and expert librarians put in place in 30 schools to support the literacy strategy. A bespoke librarian training programme was put in place. The impact of the project was researched and the outcomes very positive. The project continues to thrive and be funded.

Aideen wrote several teacher resource books and support materials for teachers on literacy across the curriculum. Over this period Aideen conducted her EdD studies in Maynooth focusing in on the impact the JCSP literacy strategy on literacy levels of the 2nd level students. In 2011 she took up the position of principal in Beneavin De La Salle College, an all boys DEIS school in Finglas and was there for 11 years until she joined DCU in 2022.

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Employment (5)

Dublin City University: Dublin , Dublin , IE

2022-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Policy and Practice )
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Beneavin de la Salle College: Dublin, County Dublin, IE

2011 to present | Principal
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Irish Department of Education and Skills: Dublin, IE

1996 to 2011 | National coordinator (JCSP)
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Jobstown community college : Dublin, AZ, IE

1986 to 1996 | Assistant Principal (Teacher)
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CDVEC Colaiste Eoin: Dublin , IE

1983 to 1986 (Teacher )
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Education and qualifications (3)

National University of Ireland Maynooth: Maynooth, IE

2008 to 2011 | EdD (Education )
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Open University: Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, GB

1996 to 1998 | Masters (Education)
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University College Dublin: Dublin, IE

1979 to 1982 | BA (Arts)
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Professional activities (9)

Le Chéile Schools Trust: Dublin, Dublin , IE

2023 to 2024 | Director Le Cheile Schools Trust Ireland
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MEL (Lasallian Educational Mission) Committee for Ireland: Dublin , Dublin , IE

2022 to 2024 | Chair of MEL (Lasallian Educational Mission) Committee for Ireland
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Columba Catholic College: Dublin , Dublin , IE

2019 to 2024 | Parish Council for St Columba's Iona Road
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Lasallian Association in Britain: Dublin, Dublin , IE

2018 to 2024 | Chair of National Lasallian Safeguarding Committee
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Localise Volunteering in the Community : Dublin , Dublin , IE

2017 to 2024 | Localise Youth Volunteering national board member
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Lasallian Association in Britain: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2017 to 2024 | District MEL Committee for Ireland Great Britain and Malta
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ASSEDIL Committee Association of Directors of the Lasallian Institutions for Europe and the Middle East: Dublin , Dublin , IE

2019 to 2022 | ASSEDIL Committee Association of Directors of the Lasallian Institutions for Europe and the Middle East (ASSEDIL Committee Association of Directors of the Lasallian Institutions for Europe and the Middle East)
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Scottish Schools Education Research Centre: Dublin, Dublin , IE

2005 to 2012 | PISA National Steering Committee (Department of Education )
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Department of Education and Skills, Ireland: Dublin , Dublin, IE

2000 to 2011 | DEIS National Steering Committee Dept of Education
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Works (5)

JCSP Literacy and Numeracy Initiatives Evaluation

2008 | Report | Writing - review & editing
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Resources for developing a school wide literacy plan. Curriculum Development Unit, Dublin.

Curriculum Development Unit Ireland
2008 | Manual | Funding acquisition, Conceptualization, Resources, Writing - original draft
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Reading Pairs

Curriculum Development Unit Ireland
2007 | Interactive resource | Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization, Writing - original draft
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Room for Reading

Curriculum Development Unit Ireland
2005 | Report | Project administration, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing - review & editing
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Between the Lines

Curriculum development unit
2001 | Edited book
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