Margaret Flood

Margaret FloodMargaret Flood is an Assistant Professor in Inclusive Education and the MAP Academic Advisor for the Education Department. Her experience in inclusive and special education includes teaching, teacher professional learning design and delivery, policy development and curriculum design. Before joining Maynooth University in 2022, Margaret was the Education Officer with responsibility for Inclusive Education and Diversity at the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). She led and collaborated on inclusive curriculum review and design projects across primary and post-primary. Margaret also worked in the teacher professional development service, Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) where she designed and delivered continuous professional development training on specific curriculum programmes for students with intellectual disabilities, inclusive practices in the mainstream classroom, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). As a Fulbright Scholar, in 2021 Margaret worked with Lynch School of Education and Humanities at Boston College and CAST to explore equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice through the lens of UDL.

Publications

The Outcomes of Collaborative Whole-School Professional Development on Teachers' Inclusive Practices in a Mainstream Secondary School
The Outcomes of Collaborative Whole-School Professional Development on Teachers' Inclusive Practices in a Mainstream Secondary School
Margaret Flood, Anna Logan. © 2024. 19 pages.
The outcomes of a collaborative whole-school model of professional development on teachers' learning to enact an inclusive education initiative, in a mainstream post-primary...
Special Education Policy in the United States and Ireland: Comparisons and Analysis Through the Lens of Universal Design for Learning
Special Education Policy in the United States and Ireland: Comparisons and Analysis Through the Lens of Universal Design for Learning
Andrea R. Harkins-Brown, Margaret Flood. © 2023. 30 pages.
A global human rights and social justice agenda has influenced governments to recognize their responsibility to achieve a system of inclusive education for students with...