Cavan – Lisa Reilly

Hi everyone, my name is Lisa Reilly and I am both honoured and proud to be this year’s Cavan Rose. I am 26 years old and from the parish of Ballinagh in the beautiful County Cavan. After receiving my Honours Degree in Early Childhood Care and Education, I was accepted into the University of Edinburgh to complete a Professional Graduate Diploma in Primary Education. After qualifying, I completed my first two years of teaching in a primary school in Edinburgh. Being a home bird, I decided to move home to Ireland last June. On my return I was lucky enough to secure a job in HOPE Montessori and Autism Unit in Dublin. This experience was extremely rewarding and I loved every minute of working with the amazing staff and fantastic children. This post provided me with the opportunity to train in ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis) which is the use of techniques and principles to bring about meaningful and positive change in behaviour, widely used when working with children with Autism. I now teach in two amazing inner city schools in Dublin, as a Resource teacher and love every minute. Children really are the funniest people! I hope to complete a Masters in Leadership and Management in Education in the near future, with the aim to excel within the Department of Education as a head teacher and maybe one day become an inspector for the department. I also teach English to foreign students from all over Europe each summer in Dublin City University as part of Education First international language school. I am known to be a very sociable person and love spending time with family and friends. I am honoured to be the ambassador for Cavan in the Rose of Tralee 2016.