Paula Harte HND. (Early Childhood Studies) BSc. (Early Childhood Care and Education) (ECCE) BSc. (Hons) (Early Childhood Care Health and Education) (ECCHE) is the LINC Programme Tutor for the Letterkenny Centre at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Paula previously worked at the North West Regional College (NWRC) Derry~Londonderry as an Associate Lecturer and Placement Officer in the ECCE field of study. She has also worked as a lecturer on the Level 7 and Level 8 ECCHE Programmes of study at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LyIT) and is currently employed on the Level 7 part-time ECCE Programme. Additionally, she has been employed by the Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) as a tutor on the Level 6 ECCE programme. Paula, has also worked as a substitute teacher, classroom assistant and as assistant manager in a pre-school setting. She has also availed of ECCHE Staff Mobility training in an international context at Queen Maud University, Trondheim, Norway. Paula is currently pursuing her Professional Doctorate in Early Childhood Studies (DChild) in the School of Sociology Social Policy and Research at Queens University, University Square Belfast.