{"id":710,"date":"2023-05-02T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/?p=710"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:06:09","slug":"gno-sa-phobal-tri-ghaeilge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/2023\/05\/02\/gno-sa-phobal-tri-ghaeilge\/","title":{"rendered":"Gn\u00f3 sa Phobal tr\u00ed Ghaeilge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImageIs \u00e9ard at\u00e1 i gceist le Gn\u00f3 sa Phobal in \u00c9irinn (<\/em>https:\/\/www.bitc.ie\/<\/em><\/a>) n\u00e1 gluaiseacht le haghaidh athr\u00fa inbhuanaithe <\/em>i gc\u00farsa\u00ed<\/em> gn\u00f3. T\u00e1 cl\u00e1r iar-bhunoideachais ag an eagra\u00edocht dar teideal Saothar an tSaoil agus tugann s\u00e9 deis do dhalta\u00ed iar-bhunoideachais sa Dara Bliain bualadh le fostaithe \u00f3 chomhlacht \u00e1iti\u00fail le n\u00edos m\u00f3 a fhoghlaim faoi shaol na hoibre. In 2022 ba \u00ed \u00e1r scoil i mB\u00e9al an \u00c1tha M\u00f3ir, Gairmscoil Ch\u00fa Uladh<\/a>, an ch\u00e9ad scoil in \u00c9irinn leis an chl\u00e1r a re\u00e1cht\u00e1il tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge. Sa bhlag seo, ins\u00edonn an m\u00fainteoir Staid\u00e9ar Gn\u00f3, Nuala McCool, n\u00edos m\u00f3 d\u00fainn f\u00e1 dtaobh de.<\/em><\/p>\n

Agus m\u00e9 ag obair mar Chomhordaitheoir Teagmh\u00e1la Baile, Scoile agus an Phobail (CTBSP) i nGairmscoil Ch\u00fa Uladh in 2016, d\u2019fhiafraigh \u00e1r gComhordaitheoir Cl\u00e1r Cr\u00edochnaithe Scoile (CCS), Sadie Kelly, d\u00edom an mbeadh sp\u00e9is againn i gcl\u00e1r gn\u00f3 at\u00e1 \u00e1 thairiscint do scoileanna dar teideal Gn\u00f3 sa Phobal (BITC).\u00a0 Is \u00e9ard a bh\u00ed i gceist sa chl\u00e1r BITC n\u00e1 cl\u00e1r s\u00e9 seachtaine do dhalta\u00ed an dara bliain; tig ionada\u00ed \u00f3 chomhlacht \u00e1iti\u00fail isteach sa scoil agus cuireann s\u00e9\/s\u00ed na dalta\u00ed ar an eolas faoi cad a dh\u00e9anann siad; buaileann na dalta\u00ed le baill foirne agus cluineann siad faoin d\u00f3igh a ndearna siad dul chun cinn \u00f3n am ar fh\u00e1g siad an scoil go dt\u00ed go bhfuair siad an post at\u00e1 acu sa chomhlacht anois.<\/p>\n

Mar mh\u00fainteoir Staid\u00e9ar Gn\u00f3 d\u00fairt m\u00e9 gur bhre\u00e1 liom p\u00e1irt a ghlacadh de thairbhe gur \u00e1bhar \u00e9igeantach \u00e9 agus de bharr go gcuirfeadh an cl\u00e1r sin len\u00e1r gcuid teagaisc agus foghlama, ach mar gheall go raibh an scoil ag glacadh p\u00e1irte sa Sc\u00e9im Aitheantais, sc\u00e9im a bhfuil s\u00e9 mar aidhm aici \u201ca chinnti\u00fa go bhfuil taith\u00ed ar oideachas tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge at\u00e1 ar ardchaighde\u00e1n agus iomchu\u00ed ar f\u00e1il do na daoine \u00f3ga uile at\u00e1 ina gc\u00f3na\u00ed i limist\u00e9ir Ghaeltachta agus sa chaoi seo le tac\u00fa le h\u00fas\u00e1id na Gaeilge mar phr\u00edomhtheanga na dteaghlach agus na bpobal Gaeltachta”, d\u2019fhiafraigh m\u00e9 an bhf\u00e9adfa\u00ed an cl\u00e1r a re\u00e1cht\u00e1il tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge.<\/p>\n

Mar a tharla s\u00e9, ba \u00e9 sin an ch\u00e9ad uair riamh in \u00c9irinn a bh\u00ed scoil ag iarraidh go mbeadh an cl\u00e1r \u00e1 re\u00e1cht\u00e1il tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge. Mar sin, chuaigh Sadie i dteagmh\u00e1il le foirean BTIC f\u00e1 dtaobh de. Ar an drochuair, \u00e1fach, n\u00ed raibh comhlacht ar bord acu ag an am sin a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh freastal ar \u00e1r n-\u00e9ileamh.<\/p>\n

Sheice\u00e1il muid an sc\u00e9al achan bhliain agus lean muid orainn ag l\u00e9iri\u00fa \u00e1r sp\u00e9ise sa chl\u00e1r agus gach bliain d\u2019fhiafraigh BTIC de na comhlachta\u00ed a bh\u00ed p\u00e1irteach sa sc\u00e9im an dtiocfadh leo seirbh\u00eds a chur ar f\u00e1il as Gaeilge ach n\u00ed raibh aon sc\u00e9al dearfach ann. Ina dhiaidh sin tharla an phaind\u00e9im agus n\u00ed raibh an cl\u00e1r \u00e1 re\u00e1cht\u00e1il ar chor ar bith. Mar sin f\u00e9in, in 2021, bh\u00ed l\u00fach\u00e1ir orainn nuair a fuair muid sc\u00e9ala \u00f3n\u00e1r gComhordaitheoir CCS ag r\u00e1 go raibh BTIC amuigh ag earc\u00fa gn\u00f3lachta\u00ed \u00fara don chl\u00e1r, agus th\u00e1inig Optum Ireland chun tosaigh le cur in i\u00fal go mbeadh sp\u00e9is acu an cl\u00e1r a \u00e9asc\u00fa d\u00fainn tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge \u2013 bh\u00ed muid thar a bheith s\u00e1sta!<\/p>\n

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Dalta\u00ed \u00f3n dara bliain i nGairmscoil Ch\u00fa Uladh le Comhordaitheoir SCP Sadie Kelly, Nodlaig Brolly (Optum), Pr\u00edomhoide T\u00e1naisteach Paraic\u00edn N\u00ed Fhaol\u00e1in, Pr\u00edomhoide Ciar\u00e1n Mac Ruaidhr\u00ed agus M\u00fainteoir Staid\u00e9ir Gn\u00f3 Nuala McCool.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Re\u00e1cht\u00e1il Comhordaitheoir R\u00e9igi\u00fanach BTIC an Iarthuaiscirt, Pamela Kearney, cruinni\u00fa Zoom le Nodlaig Brolly \u00f3 Optum Ireland agus muid fein le pl\u00e9 a dh\u00e9anamh ar an d\u00f3igh a dtiocfadh leo \u00e9 a sheachadadh agus f\u00f3s clo\u00ed leis an d\u00f3igh a raibh an cl\u00e1r \u00e1 re\u00e1cht\u00e1il i scoileanna l\u00e1n-Bh\u00e9arla.\u00a0 I m\u00ed Feabhra 2022 thosaigh muid ar \u00e1r gcl\u00e1r s\u00e9 seachtaine le Optum mar an ch\u00e9ad scoil in \u00c9irinn le p\u00e1irt a ghlacadh sa chl\u00e1r sin tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge. Thug Optum d\u00fashl\u00e1n do na dalta\u00ed fosta maidir le taighde a dh\u00e9anamh ar thopaic agus \u00e9 a chur i l\u00e1thair don rang, rud a ullmha\u00edonn go maith iad do na meas\u00fanuithe rangbhunaithe a dh\u00e9anann dalta\u00ed sa Tr\u00ed\u00fa Bliain.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 muid d\u00edreach i ndiaidh t\u00fas a chur leis an dara bliain den chl\u00e1r agus t\u00e1 muid ag s\u00fail go m\u00f3r le Nodlaig agus an fhoireann teacht isteach gach seachtain. Ina theannta sin, tabharfaidh na dalta\u00ed cuairt ar ionad Optum i Leitir Ceanainn i m\u00ed na Bealtaine don tseisi\u00fan dheireanach. Seo an m\u00e9id a bh\u00ed le r\u00e1 ag cuid d\u00e1r ndalta\u00ed: \u201cB\u00edm ag s\u00fail go m\u00f3r le Optum teacht isteach sa scoil mar go mb\u00edonn deis agam n\u00edos m\u00f3 a fhoghlaim faoin d\u00f3igh a n-oibr\u00edonn gn\u00f3lacht agus cuireann s\u00e9 sin go m\u00f3r lena bhfuil \u00e1 fhoglaim agam sa rang Gn\u00f3.\u201d agus \u201cN\u00ed raibh a fhios agam riamh cad at\u00e1 ar bun ag Optum sular th\u00e1inig siad isteach leis an chl\u00e1r Gn\u00f3 sa Phobal a dh\u00e9anamh linne.\u201d Is deis ar d\u00f3igh \u00e9 seo d\u00e1r ndalta\u00ed le f\u00e1il amach go bhfuil deiseanna fosta\u00edochta ar f\u00e1il anseo sa Chontae d\u00f3ibh nuair a fh\u00e1gfaidh siad an scoil. T\u00e1 a fhios acu anois fosta go bhfuil s\u00e9 de n\u00f3s ag Optum scolaireachta\u00ed a bhronnadh ar mhic l\u00e9inn at\u00e1 ag freastal ar OTA (D\u00fan na nGall).<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 muid thar a bheith bu\u00edoch d\u00e1r gComhordaitheoir CCS, de BITC agus de Optum as a bheith s\u00e1sta comhoibri\u00fa linn. \u00d3 thosaigh muidne, t\u00e1 roinnt scoileanna eile i ndiaidh tosn\u00fa ag glacadh p\u00e1irte sa sc\u00e9im tr\u00ed mhe\u00e1n na Gaeilge \u2013 t\u00e1 l\u00fach\u00e1ir orainn go raibh muid ceannr\u00f3da\u00edoch maidir leis sin ar fad.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 agallamh faoin chl\u00e1r le cloiste\u00e1il ar an phodchraoladh \u2018Business Matters\u2019 anseo<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. Craoladh an cl\u00e1r sin ar Highland Radio ar an 16 M\u00e1rta 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Business in the Community through Irish<\/strong><\/p>\n

Business in the Community Ireland (<\/em>https:\/\/www.bitc.ie\/<\/em><\/a>) is a movement for sustainable change in business. Its post-primary education programme, World of Work, provides Second Year post-primary school students with an opportunity to meet employees from a local company in order to learn about the world of work. <\/em>In 2022 our Ballinamore school, Gairmscoil Ch\u00fa Uladh<\/a>, became the first school in Ireland to deliver this programme through Irish. In this blog, Business Studies teacher Nuala McCool tells us more about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

While I was working as the Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Coordinator in Gairmscoil Ch\u00fa Uladh in 2016, our School Completion Programme (SCP) Coordinator, Sadie Kelly asked if we would be interested in a business programme being offered to schools called Business in the Community (BITC). The BITC programme consisted of a six-week programme for second year students where a local company comes into the school and educates the students on what it is they do, they meet members of staff and get to hear all about how they progressed from school to the position they now have in the company.<\/p>\n

As a Business Studies teacher I said we would love to take part as this is a compulsory subject and this programme would support our teaching and learning, but due to the school having entered the Sc\u00e9im Aitheantais, a scheme which aims to \u201cprovide a high quality and relevant Irish-medium education for young people in Gaeltacht schools [and] to support and encourage the use of Irish in Gaeltacht communities”, I asked if it would be possible to have the programme facilitated through the medium of Irish. As it turned out, this was the first time ever in Ireland a school had asked for it to be provided through the medium of Irish, so Sadie contacted the BITC team about it. But unfortunately, they did not have a company on board who could facilitate our request.<\/p>\n

Each year we checked back and continued to express our interest in the programme and each year BITC would ask the companies involved if they could offer it in Irish but to no avail. Then we entered the pandemic and the programme did not take place. However, in 2021 we were delighted when we received correspondence from our SCP Coordinator to say that while BITC were out recruiting new businesses for the programme, Optum Ireland had come forward to say they would be interested in facilitating the programme for us through the medium of Irish – we were absolutely delighted!<\/p>\n

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Gairmscoil Ch\u00fa Uladh second year students with SCP Coordinator Sadie Kelly, Nodlaig Brolly (Optum), Deputy Principal Paraic\u00edn N\u00ed Fhaol\u00e1in, Principal Ciar\u00e1n Mac Ruaidhr\u00ed and Business Studies Teacher Nuala McCool.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BITC\u2019s Northwest Regional Coordinator Pamela Kearney immediately organised a Zoom meeting with Nodlaig Brolly from Optum Ireland and ourselves to discuss how they could deliver it and still stay in keeping with the way the programme is run in English speaking schools. In February 2022 we began our six week programme with Optum as the first school in Ireland to participate in this programme through the medium of Irish. Optum also set the students a challenge of researching and presenting a topic to the class, which is great preparation for Business Studies classroom based assessments that students complete in Third Year.<\/p>\n

We have just begun our second year of the programme and look forward to Nodlaig and the team coming in each week. The students will also do a site visit to Optum in May for their wrap up session. To quote some of our students: \u201cI look forward to Optum coming in to school because I get to learn more about how a business works and this adds to what I am learning in Business class\u201d and \u201cI never knew what Optum did before they came to do the Business in the Community programme with us.\u201d This is a great opportunity for our students to see that there are employment opportunities here in the County for them when they finish school. They are also now aware that Optum offers scholarships each year for students attending ATU Donegal.<\/p>\n

We are very grateful to our SCP Coordinator, BITC and Optum for working with us. Since we have begun, a number of other schools have also begun participating through the medium of Irish – we\u2019re delighted to have led the way with this approach.<\/p>\n

Listen back to Highland Radio\u2019s \u2018Business Matters\u2019 podcast (16 March 2022) here<\/strong><\/a> to hear an interview about the programme.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is \u00e9ard at\u00e1 i gceist le Gn\u00f3 sa Phobal in \u00c9irinn (https:\/\/www.bitc.ie\/) n\u00e1 gluaiseacht le haghaidh athr\u00fa inbhuanaithe i gc\u00farsa\u00ed gn\u00f3. T\u00e1 cl\u00e1r iar-bhunoideachais ag an eagra\u00edocht dar teideal Saothar an tSaoil agus tugann s\u00e9 deis do dhalta\u00ed iar-bhunoideachais sa Dara Bliain bualadh le fostaithe \u00f3 chomhlacht \u00e1iti\u00fail le n\u00edos m\u00f3 a fhoghlaim faoi shaol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}