Discusses various concerns of teachers related to program success: an adequate instructional environment in which to learn, ample support services for students and teachers, guidance and counseling services, curriculum and secretarial services, individualized professional development, the need for administrative support, teacher involvement in…

Comprehensive guidance programs are effective in assisting children and young people, along with their parents, to respond to the challenges of life and school. When a strong, comprehensive guidance program is in place, good things happen, such as improvements in academic achievement, students taking more demanding courses, students developing and…

This article presents perspectives of tutors that reflect the current experiences and thoughts from Dun Laoghaire VEC's Adult Education Service's literacy, second chance and community education provision as the adult education service moves towards more accreditation of programmes. This move has been prompted by a number of significant changes and…