Professional background Elmarie Tipper is a Primary Teacher at an Infant School in Dublin. She has worked in the mainstream classroom, as a special education teacher and in a special class.
Her main interests are in special education, wellbeing and literacy. She is an Assistant Principal 2 leading the Primary Maths Curriculum and Restorative Practice in her school. This year she is engaging in the Autism Friendly Schools initiative with AsIAm. As part of her current role in special education she is dedicated to researching different interventions and programmes that meet the needs of her students.
She is a registered tutor with the Dyslexia Association of Ireland. Elmarie has a passion to meet the individual needs of students and it was this that sparked an interest in Universal Design for Learning. Elmarie completed her Masters in Education (Special Educational Needs) Trinity College Dublin. As part of her Masters she carried out a case study evaluating the implementation of UDL in a senior infant mainstream classroom. Elmarie has presented her research at the International UDL Symposium at Maynooth University in June 2023.
Favourite Quote My current favourite is “bloom where you are planted”.
Fun Fact I was an exchange student with the same Spanish family as Gywenth Paltrow!!!!!
