ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE DRUMCONDRA BEYOND 2000 STRATEGIC PLAN
CONTENTS Introduction Mission Historical Development Market Position Strategic Tracks and Future Goals Future Position
INTRODUCTION Leading position in the education of primary teachers in Ireland 1993: a College of Dublin City University Agreement for Institutional Linkage maintained its identity & preserved its Catholic ethos
Education of primary teachers general and special Emergence of programmes in the humanities Development of postgraduate and continuing education programmes
MISSION St Patrick’s College Drumcondra a College of Dublin City University a Catholic College for the education of primary school teachers
to enhance its role in teacher education both general and special to provide degrees in the humanities to promote academic research to develop postgraduate studies while fostering excellence in all its activities
The College is committed to creating a community of learning in which Catholic religious values and equity are promoted the centrality of the student maintained
The College Community shall view the care and education of children as paramount foster the Irish language cultivate a local, national and international awareness protect and enhance the physical and social environment for students and staff
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT Established in 1875 Initially at 1 & 2 Drumcondra Road Moved to Belvedere House in 1883 Administration in the care of the Vincentian fathers until 1999
Alma mater for many Irish primary teachers Graduates have made a distinguished contribution to the life of the country Originally an all-male College Female students admitted in 1971
Initially a one-year programme Before long this was replaced by a two- year course Links with the Catholic University were always close Eoin MacNeill appointed professor of Irish, 1896
1981/821989/901996/971997/981998/991999/2000 B.Ed B.A. ~~ Pg Diploma M.A. ~~ M.Ed ~~ PhD ~~ 2 Spec Ed Dip Rem Ed Cert Total Students ,1431,3681,542