Welcome to the Agricultural Science website

Thank you for completing the PDST Ag Science Teacher Support Survey in April 2011. To access a summary report click here

Agricultural Science Spring 2012 Autumn Workshops Evaluation

To Register for all courses email your name, mobile number and school details to Brid Finn at sciences@pdst.ie  or fax a completed application form to 061 585065

 More details of upcoming workshops will be uploaded before the end of January 2012

Genetics and Animal Breeding

This course is in collaboration with the Irish Agricultural Science Teachers' Association and is relevant to Agricultural Science, Transition Year Science and Biology teachers.

The workshop will be facilitated by Prof Alan Fahey, UCD and will incorporate many Problem Based Learning activities which the participants will carry out in groups. All these activities will be based on the current agricultural science and biology syllabus. 

The teachers will be provided with different teaching resources (pictures, video clips), worksheets and activities that can be incorporated into their lessons to help them teach this subject area in an easily understandable manner, relating theory to modern practices and developments in agriculture and research in agricultural science.

To apply for a place on any course email your name, number and school details to Bríd Finn at sciences@pdst.ie  or fax completed application form to 061 585065. 

For enquiries tel. 061 585064. Click here to download the application form

Other Local Evening Courses will be organised as the needs emerge and the updates programme for courses will be available on http://pdst.ie

Ag. Science Video Blog  

I invite you to have a look by clicking on the highlighted text and to let us know what you think by submitting a comment on the Forum.

New Agricultural Science Magazine Issue 1 to download  click on the image 

If you are an experienced teacher who is passionate about your subject and wish to work with like minded colleagues I invite you to apply to become a local facilitator.

Local Facilitators are teachers who are willing to volunteer to contribute to CPD in their subject or programme areas or other areas where they have expertise and a willingness to contribute. If you wish to become a Local Facilitator in Agricultural Science, please email timregan@slss.ie

If there is no workshop in your local Education Centre, I invite you to submit a query in the Forum to enquire if there is an interest. Where a need is identified we will try to support. If after 3 weeks there is no interest shown, please email me at timregan@pdst.ie

To ensure that you are notified about all relevant courses, enter your school name, school roll number and your email and mobile details under the Register heading.

 
I urge all teachers to regularly use the website forum and share ideas and thoughts with each other. Exchanging ideas and sharing good practice reaffirms our work as professionals.

This website will be continually updated and contain details of upcoming support courses and evaluated classroom resources. If you use active teaching and learning strategies or have generated a classroom resource which you wish to share with colleagues, please contact me.

Tim Regan National Co-ordinator Maths & Sciences

New Service Provision for Teachers

The Second Level Support Service (SLSS) extend its gratitude to all of you that supported the work of the service throughout the years since its establishment in 2001. A new cross - sectoral service, the Professional Development Service for Teachers  (PDST) was established in September 2010. The PDST subsumed much of the work of the SLSS.

The PDST is happy to inform you that the resources, materials and functionalities of this website will continue to be available to you in the future. 
It is our intention to provide continuing professional development opportunities for teachers of Agricultural Science. A team of enthusiastic colleagues are currently developing exemplar teaching and learning resource materials. Some of these have been uploaded under the Teaching Resources heading.

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