Professor Emer Ring, Mary Immaculate College
Presentation on 'Building an inclusive education system - Reflecting on the last two decades and the major reform agenda'
Prof Emer Ring is Dean of Early Childhood and Teacher Education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Previously Emer was Head of Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies. Emer’s teaching experience spans the role of mainstream primary teacher, literacy and numeracy support teacher and teacher of children with special educational needs. Emer has also worked as a senior Department of Education inspector across early intervention, primary, post-primary and special school settings. As Dean, Emer currently leads and manages one of the largest education faculties in Ireland, which provides a wide range of programmes from early childhood to post-primary at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Emer has engaged in lecturing, undergraduate, post-graduate and practicum supervision across various programmes. Emer has led a wide range of research in education related to early childhood, primary, post-primary, and special school contexts, including presenting at conferences and seminars nationally and internationally and publishing widely. Together with colleagues, Emer led the design, development and evaluation of the multiple-award winning Leadership for INClusion in the Early Years (LINC) Programme focused on supporting inclusion in early childhood settings. Emer also volunteers as a Director of the National Autism Charity, AsIAm and is a member of the board of management of Redhill Special School.
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