As an organisation we seek to achieve a high quality of teaching that promotes ISL and Deaf culture. We also aim to ensure quality resources and offer continued professional development to all our members through workshops and further training.
We are The Council of Irish Sign Language Teachers (CISLT). In line with Deaf culture CISLT have a sign name and it is a compound of the sign for teach + together. We decided on this sign name because we are an organisation of teachers that work together as a group of professionals. CISLT was set up as a voluntary independent organisation in 2018. Our membership consists of graduates from the Centre of Deaf Studies Trinity College, Bristol University or equivalent awards.
As an organisation we seek to achieve a high quality of teaching that promotes ISL and Deaf culture. We also aim to ensure quality resources and offer continued professional development to all our members through workshops and further training. Our membership has a wide range of expertise and we connect to share and advise our knowledge of curriculum planning, assessment methods, teaching methods and do so on all educational levels.
The mission of the Professional Council of Irish Sign Language Teachers’ organisation is to increase the understanding, respect, and equality of qualified ISL teachers and their diverse communities by:
Providing high quality teaching that promotes Irish Sign Language (ISL) and Deaf Culture
Promoting high quality resources, and continued professional development (CPD) throughout Ireland
The Council of Irish Sign Language Teachers (CISLT) was formally set up following a workshop on the 13th January 2018 in the Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin. The setting up of the Council was initiated by Teresa Lynch, Christopher Jones and Kevin Mulqueen. The workshop was attended by eighteen Active members and two Students members.
The original Committee that were nominated at the workshop were, Patrick A Matthews, Edward Power, Christopher Jones, Karol McGuirk and CDS Student representative Eimear Mowlds.
We are now starting to see The Council of Irish Sign Language Teachers growing from strength to strength. CISLT are delighted that, as an organisation, it works together with its members, to secure the use of qualified teachers and improve access to quality teaching around the island of Ireland.
