I have worked as a lecturer at the School of Education, University College Cork, since September 2007. Prior to working in UCC, I worked as a primary teacher in three large schools in the Cork area: St Joseph’s Boys’ Primary School, Cobh (1977-1982); St. Mary’s on the Hill, Knocknaheeny (1982-2001); Scoil Niocláis, Frankfield (2001-2007). During my lengthy career as a primary teacher, I taught all class levels - with the exception of 3rd class! - and worked in the area of special educational needs provision as a Learning Support/Resource teacher. While working as a primary teacher, involvements on my part in the provision of professional development opportunities for teaching colleagues included: 1) Acting as a tutor on educational technology courses, facilitated by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO). 2) Acting as a mentor to newly-qualified teachers, as part of the National Induction Programme for Teachers (NIPT). Current responsibilities include: 1) Co-Director of the Postgraduate Diploma in Special Educational Needs programme. 2) Co-ordinator of module ED6306: Inclusion - Special Educational Needs and Intercultural Education, offered as part of the Professional Master of Education (PME) programme. 3) Co-ordinator of module ED6059: Intersections of Identity and Practice in Inclusive Education, offered as part of the M.Ed. (Modular) Degree programme. 4) Co-ordinator of module ED6039: Inclusion of Pupils with Special Educational Needs: Opportunities, Challenges, Dilemmas, offered as part of the M.Ed. (Modular) Degree programme.

I was appointed as a permanent member of staff at the School of Education, University College Cork, in September 2007. Charged with responsibility for both coordinating and teaching on the Department of Education-funded Postgraduate Diploma in Special Educational Needs (PDSEN) course, I immediately embarked on doctoral work, joining the first School of Education Cohort PhD group in 2008. Doctoral Research Thesis Title: Beginning primary teachers' perspectives on becoming a teacher in the workplace: Contextual, emotional, and temporo-spatial dimensions of identity shaping. Thesis Submitted: January 2014 Thesis available on Cork Open Research Archive (CORA) https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/1320 As the shift from the environment of an initial teacher education programme into initial practice in schools is a period of identity change worthy of investigation, my doctoral study focused on the transformative search by nine beginning primary teachers for their teaching identities, throughout the course of their initial year of occupational experience, post-graduation. Privileging ‘insider’ perspectives, the research goal was to understand the complexities of lived experience from the viewpoints of the participating beginning teacher informants. In doing so, my study sought to contribute to an understanding of a crucial, yet under-researched, area of Irish school life. The next phase of my doctoral journey centres on dissemination processes. In addition to conference submissions, I intend to submit articles for publication to a range of peer reviewed journals. Among others, these include: Irish Educational Studies; Teaching and Teacher Education; Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice; Teaching Education; The New Educator. Other dissemination opportunities availed of will include submission of an overview

Teaching Interests: 1) Fostering inclusive cultures/vision at a whole-school level 2) Contextualising inclusive education 3) Fostering inclusive classroom practices: team teaching, differentiation, peer tutoring, co-operative learning 3) Dilemmatic nature of inclusion 4) Stakeholder perspectives vis-à-vis inclusion; parents, pupils, teachers, DE, NCSE, NCCA ........... 5) Sensory impairment: hearing, vision 6) Literacy: Oral language, phonological awareness, reading fluency, writing, comprehension 7) Dyslexia 8) Autistic spectrum disorders 9) Parental - education systems linkages 10) Information technology 11) Research methodologies 12) Initial Teacher Education (ITE) / Induction / Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 13) School leadership 14) Assessment Supervision of Doctoral Students I currently co-supervise five PhD candidates who are undertaking doctoral studies at the School of Education, University College Cork. 1) Student Name: Shirley Murphy Working Title of Doctoral Thesis: Alternative Educational Settings. Co-supervisors: Dr Dan O’Sullivan, Dr Kevin Cahill, School of Education, University College Cork. 2) Student Name: Yvonne Lucey Working Title of Doctoral Thesis: Leadership in Post Primary Settings. Co-supervisors: Dr Dan O’Sullivan, Dr Joseph Moynihan, School of Education, University College Cork. 3) Student Name: Kathleen Foley Working Title of Doctoral Thesis: Practical and sustainable approaches to support impactful Teacher Professional Learning (TPL) for primary teachers. Co-supervisors: Dr Dan O’Sullivan, Dr Kevin