The Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) programme has opened for applications since the 14th March 2022. LINC is a free higher education Level 6 programme designed to enhance and support the inclusion of children with additional needs in Early Learning and Care (ELC) settings and graduates of the programme can take up a leadership role of Inclusion Coordinator within their ELC setting
The LINC Programme will be delivered wholly online for the 2022/2023 academic year and this will ensure that eligible staff who work in full-time employment will be able to engage with the programme.
The application deadline for the LINC Programme is the 8th April 2022 and further information on how to apply can be found on www.lincprogramme.ie
Welcoming the announcement of the seventh intake onto the LINC programme, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman T.D., said:
“The LINC Programme has been a key contributor to the success of the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) in supporting the inclusion of children with disabilities in the ECCE programme. I am hugely appreciative of the excellent work of the LINC team at MIC and of the commitment of early learning and care practitioners in fostering an inclusive culture in their services. The impact of the LINC programme since its inception has been extremely positive and I encourage practitioners to avail of this opportunity.”
