ACCS Information Note

The Secretary,
Board of Management,
each Community and Comprehensive School.

Members of the Executive of ACCS.

 

Dear Secretary,

 

Reminder: Special Needs Assistant (SNA) National Training Programme – A Webinar for School Leaders
Thursday, 10th April 2025: 4:00pm – 4:45pm

 An email was sent to all schools last week by the NCSE informing them of the upcoming webinar for principals on the Special Needs Assistant (SNA) National Training Programme. Atlantic Technological University (ATU) has been appointed to continue the delivery of the National Training Programme for SNAs from September 2025. This course is fully funded by the Department of Education.

This webinar will include:

  1. An introduction to the Programme

  2. The context of the Programme from the NCSE, DE and ATU

  3. An overview of the Programme

  4. The application process

  5. A live Q&A segment

The webinar will be approximately 45 minutes in length.

The link to register for the Webinar can be found in the attached notice or below:

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dd620e0f-3b48-4ce9-bdf2-1c2ffc3a8fb8@47855545-00bb-4800-a65f-e79104ec0fc4

We encourage all Principals / Deputy Principals to attend this webinar and to promote the course among the SNAs working in the school.

Áine O'Sullivan

SNA National Training Programme