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Summer Course Programme 2017 for Primary Teachers

Course Information

Course Full Speech and Language Support for Primary School Children

The aim of this course is to support and develop teachers understanding and skills in the following areas:

What is Communication?

Non-Verbal Communication, Listening and Attention Skills Learning

Memory and Independent Learning Promoting Vocabulary Development

Modifying Adults Speech to Help a Child Understand

Blank Language Scheme

Promoting Vocabulary

Encouraging Expressive Language Development

Promoting Effective Interaction and Social Communication Skills

Supporting Children with Unclear Speech and the Link Between Speech, Language, Reading and Writing

Dates: 3 – 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Ballyfermot Family Resource Centre, Fee: €40

Course Full Occupational First Aid This theoretical and practical course will lead to a FETAC Level 5 qualification - Certificate in Occupational First Aid. The programme is delivered using a variety of tools, including PowerPoint presentations and interactive DVDs using a watch, then practice method. The Occupational First Aid trainer provider has presented this course for many years and she is a qualified primary school teacher and a qualified general nurse. The syllabus for OFA training is as required by the HSA. Topics include:

- Accident scene assessment and management - Internal and external bleeding - Anapens - for use in response to anaphylactic reactions - Asphyxia and ABC drill - Head injuries - Strain, sprain, dislocation and fracture - Burns - Managing medical emergencies - epilepsy, diabetes, fainting, asthma etc. - Cardiac First Response - Use of Defibrillator / CPR - Preparation for certificate examination

Dates: 3 – 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Scoil Mhuire, Woodview, Lucan, Co Dublin Fee: €150

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English in the Junior Primary Classes

This course will focus on the four strand areas of the English curriculum providing participants with ideas for integrating literacy across the curriculum and will also provide classroom management strategies such as Team Teaching.

Please note this course is not designed for Special Schools Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Rd., Tallaght, Dublin 24 Fee: €60

Course Full Professional Support Team Training This course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to be an effective Professional Support Team (PST) member and to support and guide newly qualified teachers (NQTs) through the induction process. . The course is open to teachers who are interested in becoming Professional Support Team members and to teachers who are interested in mentoring newly qualified teachers Each participant must be fully registered with The Teaching Council and have 5 years teaching experience. Please note that:

● attendance at and completion of this course will not guarantee membership of a professional support team. Professional support team membership is at the discretion of the principal.

● participants are required to complete the full 20 hours of the course to be deemed a trained PST member.

Completion of the course will enable participants to

● foster professional relationships, mentor, support and engage NQTs and fellow experienced teachers in professional, reflective dialogue

● conduct and organise classroom observations to enhance teaching and learning ● monitor and review professional practice ● set goals and action plan ● advise NQTs in relation to planning, preparation and effective classroom management

practices ● reflect on their own professionalism and professional vision ● deepen their commitment to ongoing professional development ● become leaders of learning and improvement at school level

Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Course 1: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Rd., Tallaght,

Dublin 24 Course Full Course 2: St Michael’s Special National School, Ballymun, Dublin 10 (Preference for places on this course will be given to teachers from a special school context) Course Full

Fee: N/A

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Course Full Aistear – Play, Literacy & Numeracy (Infants)

Looking for new ideas for teaching literacy and maths in a playful way? Or perhaps, thinking about introducing child-led play in your classroom? If so, then register for this action-packed Summer Course which has been designed by the Association of Teacher/Education Centres in Ireland (ATECI) in collaboration with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). The course links with the new Primary Language Curriculum for junior infants to second class, which emphasises the importance of playful learning experiences for all children. It provides ideas for developing young children’s oral language, emergent writing and mathematical learning in a playful way. This course draws on the key ideas in Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (2009) and provides lots of practical ideas for using these in your infant classroom. Take a look at other teachers’ resources for play and find out how they plan for, resource, support and assess learning through child-led play. You will also hear about a variety of resources available on the NCCA’s website. This course will also link closely with the new Primary Language Curriculum for Junior Infants –Second Class. You will also hear about a variety of resources available on the NCCA’s website which could be useful in your school’s work on self-evaluation and improvement. Dates: Course 1: 3 - 7 July 2017; Course 2: 21 – 25 August 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: For both courses: Castaheany ETNS, Ongar, Dublin 15 Fee: €60

CANCELLED Gaeilge Laethúil agus Spraoíúil sa Seomra Ranga

Tar eis an cúrsa seo beidh tuiscint níos fearr ag múinteoirí ar

thábhacht agus ar chur i bhfeidhm an chur chuige cumarsáideach( céimeanna an cheachta) sa cheacht Gaeilge

straitéisí éifeachtachta, praiticiúla gur féidir a chur i bhfeidhm chun cumarsáid a chothú sa seomra ranga

conas tabhairt faoi cheacht cumarsáideach a mhúineadh

Tacófar le múinteoirí straitéisí éifeachtachta, praiticiúla a chur i bhfeidhm chun cumarsáid agus cur chun cinn na Gaeilge a chothú sa seomra ranga agus múinteoirí a chumasú maidir le múineadh na Gaeilge Dataí: 3 - 7 Iúil 2017 Am: 09.30 – 14.00 Ionad: St. Mark’s SNS, Tamhlacht, BÁC 24 Táille: €60

Aquatics, Water Safety and Basic Life Support

This course aims to train teachers in all aspects of swimming, water safety and basic life support appropriate to their level of ability and enable teachers to implement the aquatics and games strands of the 1999 curriculum. The course will also enhance teachers’ swimming, resuscitation and personal safety skills and by extension that of their pupils. Strategies will be included to enable teachers to apply and integrate ICT into their teaching and learning. The course is

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practical and is organised in collaboration with Irish Water Safety (IWS). IWS certification is awarded. Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.45 (Days 1 – 4); 09.30 – 14.00 (Day 5) Venue: Stewarts School/Sports Complex, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 Fee: €60

CANCELLED Séideán Sí & Curaclam Teanga na Bunscoile - Cur Chuige – Naíonáin go Rang 2

An mbeadh suim ag múinteoirí i do scoil i gcúrsa samhraidh? Déanfar múinteoirí a chumasú maidir le cúrsa comhtháite Shéideán Sí. Cúrsa a dhéanann cúram de gach uile ghné den curaclam teanga - an Teanga ó Bhéal, Léitheoireacht agus Scríbhneoireacht a chur i bhfeidhm go héifeachtach sa rang. Dataí: 3 - 7 Iúil 2017 Am: 09.30 – 14.00 Ionad: Scoil Chaitlín Maude, Garrán an Choill, Tamhlacht, BÁC 24 Táille: €60

Course Full Teacher-Artist Partnership as a CPD Model This is a unique summer course that offers teachers the opportunity to explore the nature and educational value of partnerships between teachers and artists in supporting arts education in schools. It potentially improves literacy, numeracy & well-being in all schools including DEIS. Many schools across the country are engaged in projects with artists, ranging from one-off artist visits to longer term projects, and in a variety of art forms. If you are currently engaged in such a project or are planning one for the coming year, then this course will be of interest to you. This course looks at the ways in which working with an artist in school can be enhanced in order to provide meaningful experiences for children and a lasting impact on school practice. Particular emphasis will be on the role of the teacher and artist, their unique contributions to projects and the significant benefits that can accrue from a dynamic teacher/artist relationship in the planning and implementation of projects. Placing the teacher/artist project within the overall Arts Curriculum in schools and exploration of practical issues will be central. The course draws on research in the field and looks at practical teacher/artist projects and partnerships that have been undertaken in schools recently. Various art forms will be explored and participants will have opportunities to explore their own creativity throughout the week. Course tutors are teachers and artists who have been involved in such projects and participants on the course will include both teachers and local artists.

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If you are looking to improve your understanding of arts education, to improve Arts Curriculum integration in your classroom, to work with a Partner in the field of 'The Arts' , to engage with a professional artist as a way of improving your own arts teaching skills? Would you welcome the input and insight of a practising artist while teaching the children in your care? Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Scoil Thomáis, Laurel Lodge, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Fee: N/A

Teach for Tomorrow: Exploring arts-based approaches to development education Overview of course This course will help participants to engage imaginatively with emerging global issues. Through hands-on arts-based activities, it will examine the political, policy and ethical context for development education in Ireland. A combination of appropriate pedagogical approaches and fun creative exercises will enable teachers to bring global issues to life in the classroom. They will also reflect on their own rights and responsibilities as global citizens and consider the ‘teacher stance’ they might adopt when exploring controversial issues with children. The following global issues will be covered for a variety of arts-based methodologies:

Asylum, migration and refugees

Climate change, climate justice and climate action

Action and global citizenship

Global solidarity, human rights and interdependence Methodologies will include creative writing, storytelling, poetry, drama, debate and speech writing. This course is suitable for:

Primary teachers of 2nd-6th class, with a particular emphasis on senior classes

Teachers interested in infusing innovative arts-based methodologies into teaching and learning

Teachers interested in global education and how to approach ‘difficult knowledge’ in the classroom

Note on facilitators:

Aoife Titley is a lecturer in development education and intercultural education in the Froebel

Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education in Maynooth University. She is a former

teacher and is also a doctoral candidate in DCU, specialising in teacher education. Her research

interests include development education policy and practice, widening participation in initial

teacher education, anti-racism in initial teacher education and social justice activism in primary

schools.

Debbie Thomas is a children’s author and development educator with a background in BBC radio

and development journalism. She has lived in South Africa and Bangladesh, where she worked for

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aid agencies, and now runs creative writing and development education workshops in primary

and secondary schools around Ireland. She is an author-facilitator on Irish Aid’s WorldWise

development education programme and a Writer in Schools for Poetry Ireland.

Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Scoil Thomáis, Laurel Lodge, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Fee: €60

Course Full Literacy and Numeracy through Visual Arts in NCAD and its environs

This course will take place in the National College of Art & Design and topics will include:

- how to enhance Literacy and Numeracy skills through the medium of drawing, ceramics and fabric and fibre

- the development of numeracy skills through the exploration of patterns and tessellations - the exploration of Literacy and Numeracy in an expressive manner through the use of

drawing, ceramics and fabric and fibre - the development of an appreciation for the use of Visual Art in the acquisition of language

and development of verbal fluency, proficiency in word identification and the ability to clarify thought through illustrations.

- Teachers will also experience a wide variety of assessment approaches (Afl, Aal and Aol) and assessment strategies for application in their own classes.

- Teachers will have the opportunity to develop Visual Art schemes of work and lesson plans. Dates: Course 1: 3 – 7 July 2017 Course 2: 21 – 25 August 2017 Time: 09.45 – 14.30 Venue: (for both courses) National College of Art & Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 Fee: €60

Course Full Exploring Numeracy and Literacy through Printed Textiles in the NCAD

Over the course of five days participants will explore Literacy and Numeracy through Printed Textiles in NCAD with artist Mel Bradley. Participants will be introduced to various ways of print/mark making on fabrics. Participants will learn the basic technical skills required for: Silk Screen, Transfer, Painted Screen and Multi-process printing on fabrics. Teachers will also experience a wide variety of assessment approaches (Afl, Aal and Aol) and assessment strategies for application in their own classes. Fabrics are not included in the course fee but will be available to purchase from the tutor. Dates: 3 – 7 July 2017 Time: 09.45 – 14.30 Venue: National College of Art & Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 Fee: €60

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CANCELLED Supporting PE in an Inclusive Environment

Dublin West Education Centre, together with South Dublin Co. Sports Partnership, is offering a summer course for primary school teachers that will address many of the elements of the PE Curriculum. The course will provide daily tuition in dance, orienteering, athletics and gymnastics and will also incorporate elements from the new Coaching Ireland certified Coaching Children course where the concepts of physical literacy and holistic development are covered. For schools that are looking to provide the primary PE curriculum and indeed attain the Active School Flag this course is a must. Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Collinstown Park Community School Fee: €60

Trauma is Catching

This course is aimed at teachers and school leaders dealing with children whose challenging behaviour can disrupt teaching and learning and cause secondary trauma in peers and in those adults working with them. Children who have been or are in the care of Tusla CFA or who have experienced trauma or attachment difficulties may not respond to commonly used classroom management and behaviour management strategies. Through better understanding of attachment and the needs of children suffering loss and trauma, teachers may help them to regulate themselves and derive full benefit from their school life. This course aims at giving teachers and school leaders a greater insight into the behaviour and needs of children in care or all those who’ve suffered loss and trauma and will support them to develop policies and practices to respond positively as individuals and as a school team. Facilitators are Christina Enright, RN, BSc Psychology, Dip in Family Therapy, MA Child Psychotherapy, who over the past sixteen years has worked with children, adolescents and their families in a variety of settings, including schools. Her experience includes direct work, parenting assessments, consultation to staff teams as well as service development and clinical supervision and Anne McCluskey, BEd, BSc Behavioural Science, M Equality Studies who is the principal of a DEIS primary school and is a foster carer. Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Our Lady of the Wayside NS, Bluebell, Dublin 12 Fee: €60

Course Full Nurturing Wellbeing Through Mindfulness

Due to the nature of our work as teachers, we all benefit from opportunities to nurture our wellbeing - which can be quite depleted at the end of the year. The combination of personal and professional content in this course ensures an holistic developmental journey enabling participants to reflect with greater clarity on their own wellbeing, that of their pupils and the wider school community. Internationally research proves that mindfulness helps reduce stress, anxiety, exhaustion and increases clarity of thinking, improves our relationship with ourselves and others, our performance at work and our physical and mental health - enhancing our overall wellbeing. To bring mindfulness to children and young people it is necessary to begin with teachers, other school staff and all adults involved in the child’s educational journey. Through this course participants will be enabled to:

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• learn practical ways to feel calmer and more present in their work and communication

Practice guided mindfulness meditations

Practice journaling and enquiry as part of mindfulness

cultivate compassion for self and others

experience ‘in-person’ mindfulness teaching, offering a model for those who go on to teach children/ young people

The course links closely with ‘Well-Being in Primary Schools – Guidelines for Mental Health

Promotion’. Schools are now working on consolidating the good practices already in place in their

schools and seeking out relevant CPD opportunities, programmes etc. that will build on and

complement mental health and wellbeing strategies already in place and enhance the whole

school approach.

Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: St. Ultan’s Primary School, Cherry Orchard Avenue, Dublin 10 Fee: €60

Course Full Teaching Children to Move Well and Often This course is being offered in collaboration with PDST

This PDST Summer course will greatly enhance PE teaching and learning in your classroom. Experienced PDST advisors and associates have designed a course to give teachers practical PE ideas for each class level from Infants – 6th.

Covering Athletics, Gymnastics, Games and Dance with a focus on fundamental movement skills interwoven throughout the week, your pupils will become aware of how to move and the importance of moving well for life long participation in physical activity.

A variety of assessment strategies, including checklists, peer observation and pupil self-assessment will also be explored. An opportunity to explore the use ICT in PE will be provided throughout the week with a focus on using iPads and smart phones to supplement learning.

You will leave this course with a bank of practical classroom ideas and a renewed enthusiasm for teaching PE through the lens of fundamental movement skills.

Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Oblate Hall, Inchicore, Dublin 8 Fee: €60

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CANCELLED A Problem Solving Approach to Teaching and Learning Maths for 1st – 6th Class

Teachers

This course is being offered in collaboration with the PDST Primary Numeracy Team

Teachers, Maths class can be the best part of you and your pupils’ day!

This PDST Summer course will greatly enhance the maths teaching and learning in your classroom. Experienced PDST advisors have designed a course to give teachers practical maths ideas for each class level from 1st – 6th. It emphasises the necessity of hands-on experiences and talk and discussion, for enhancing pupils’ understanding of maths concepts with problem solving as a core purpose of maths teaching and learning. Covering Measures, Fractions, Place-value, Shape and Space, Mental Maths with a Problem Solving focus interwoven throughout the week, your pupils will be communicating, reasoning and problem solving with a new confidence in their abilities and an understanding that there are multiple strategies and solutions to real-life maths problems. A variety of assessment opportunities, including journaling and pupil self-assessment will also be explored. You will leave this course with a bank of ideas and a renewed enthusiasm for hands-on maths teaching with your pupils.

Day 1 – Problem Solving -a skill and methodology Day 2 – Fractions and Place Value Day 3 – Mental Maths – multiple strategies for solving problems Day 4 – Problem Solving with Shape and Space Day 5 – Problem Solving with Measures - including all strand units

Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: St Brigid’s NS, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Fee: €60

Course Full Well-being, Positive Psychology and Mindfulness in the Classroom

This course provides an understanding of the science of Positive Psychology and offers practical and evidence-based strategies for supporting children’s and teacher well-being. They are linked to the SPHE curriculum. The course aims to: Provide an understanding of the science of Positive Psychology and explore the evidence

available to support the benefits of positive psychology strategies Explore the benefits of enhancing well-being and, in particular, the link between well-being,

learning and successful school outcomes Provide a range of evidence-based strategies that can enhance the well-being of children

and their learning in the classroom Understand how each well-being intervention is grounded in the SPHE curriculum and can

be supported by the SSE process Consider strategies that, if applied, enhance teacher well-being

Dates: 3 - 7 July 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: St Brigid’s NS, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Fee: €60

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Creative Writing and Special Educational Needs

This course is being offered in collaboration with the Ark This inspiring course aims to empower teachers to approach creative writing in the English curriculum with a greater self-confidence and expertise. Published writer, poet and primary school teacher Nell Regan will deliver course content that will develop and enhance your skills, helping you to build a resource of new ideas and approaches to literacy that is focussed on directly improving pupils’ learning outcomes. You will experience a range of practical creative methods to link with national priorities around literacy including provision of support material and information about on-line resources and software useful for literacy in terms of ICT in the classroom. Throughout the course, effective reflective and evaluative practises will be applied to develop stronger self-awareness and facilitate the setting of achievable individual professional development goals. This will also enable you to apply these methods to group and school self-evaluation to improve learning outcomes in schools. By the end of the course teachers can be expected to have gained:

An in-depth understanding of the role and possibilities of creative writing in developing literacy skills including the skills of children with special needs as well as those over the 10th percentile.

A variety of new strategies and skills which they will be able to use in the classroom and resource room and share with colleagues.

You will be able to continue to develop your expertise in this area throughout the school year with the range of resources (web based and other) that you will be introduced to.

You will have been supported to become a leader in creative writing in your school, equipped with the experience and understanding of how to successfully implement creative writing activities with students.

You will see the power of creative group processes to develop a positive learning environment in the classroom and thus contributing to improved learning across the curriculum.

Teachers will have increased ability to reflect with awareness on individual, group and school performance in the area of creative writing and be able to set achievable goals for themselves and their classes/schools. Dates: 4 – 7 July 2017 Time: 10.00 - 15.00 Venue: The Ark, 11a Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Fee: €100 (€90 for ArkEd members)

Applications to be made online directly to the Ark – click here for details:

http://ark.ie/events/view/creative-writing-special-educational-needs

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Restorative Practices Skills for Positive Classroom and School Norms

This course is being offered in collaboration with Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI)

Restorative Practices (RP) are both a philosophy and a set of skills that have the core aim of building strong relationships and transforming conflict in a simple and emotionally healthy manner. This course will:

Provide participants with knowledge and understanding of the use of RP in schools;

Skill participants to use RP to support their teaching practice;

Skill participants to use RP to support their work and life outside the classroom;

Inspire and enable participants to use restorative skills in their work and life; and

Explore the potential of a Restorative approach for creating and maintaining a positive relational environment in the classroom and school as a whole.

What participants had to say in 2016:

“This course was hugely informative and so practical. I feel as though I am leaving the

course with realistic, manageable ideas for using Restorative Practice in the classroom.”

“I found the course so empowering and feel that I will be able to implement what

I have learned not only in school but in my own life.”

“I think this course should be taken by all teachers, both primary and post primary. It has

given me the knowledge, skills and confidence to practice R.P. in my classroom.”

Dates: 10 – 14 July 2017 Time: 10.00 – 13.00 & 13.45 – 15.00 Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Fee: €100

Applications to be made directly to CDI - for further information and/or booking enquires please

contact Linda Mullally on 01 4940030 or Linda@twcdi.ie

Other Venues and Dates 2017:

Course Venue Address Course Dates (10am – 3pm Each Day)

National College of Ireland Mayor Square, IFSC, Dublin 1 3rd

– 7th

July

Scoil Mhuire Naofa Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork 3rd

– 7th

July St Marks Senior National School Maplewood Rd, Springfield, Tallaght, D24 21

st – 25

th August

National College of Ireland Mayor Square, IFSC, Dublin 1 21st

– 25th

August

Scoil Mhuire Naofa Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork 21st

– 25th

August

Music Making from Scratch through Samba Drumming and Percussion For teachers who need an new avenue to explore the delivery of music confidently – no musical

experience necessary

Participants will be using pulse, tempo, tones, prepared instruments, homemade instruments, the human voice and the human body. Background will be given on the use of percussion on a local

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and global scale. The group will learn concentrating/focusing techniques, ways of exploring individuality in musical expression as well as experiencing first hand ensemble music making and the many elements surrounding performance. Continually exploring the element of self esteem through personal achievement. The objective of the course is to give all of the participants the ability to use music/percussion in their classrooms with the participation of all students. Dates: 14 – 18 August 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Fee: €60

A Visual Arts Approach This course is being offered in collaboration with the Ark

This hands-on, creative course focuses on a visual arts approach to exploring narrative, literacy & other subjects. The aim of the course is to enable participants to start the new school year with an enhanced tool box of skills and knowledge, in order to effectively deliver the visual arts curriculum in the classroom. Participants will be engaged ‘hands-on’ throughout this course so learning will be through doing. Working in teams and individually, you will cover a range of curriculum strands including drawing, painting, print, 3D construction, fabric and fibre. A strong emphasis will be on building skills and confidence. The group will also explore how visual art can be used to engage with aspects of the English, SPHE, History and Maths curriculum, as well as to promote visual literacy approaches. School self-evaluation exercises will be incorporated as an integral part of the course. This course will appeal to teachers of all levels of experience and will be facilitated by the visual arts and education specialist and founder of Art to Heart, Jole Bortoli. This is a continuing professional development opportunity not to be missed!

The course will focus on two curriculum areas: drama and music. Working with two outstanding creative practitioners, you will enjoy a week of experiential learning and development. Your confidence and skills in both music and drama will increase through highly participative and inspiring course content. Using themes drawn from SPHE, English and other subjects, participants will explore a variety of imaginative approaches to integrated curriculum delivery. Teachers of all levels of experience will be able to fully engage in this rich week of professional development. Dates: 14 – 18 August 2017 Time: 10.00 – 15.00 Venue: The Ark, 11a Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Fee: €100 (€90 for ArkEd members)

Applications to be made online directly to the Ark – click here for details:

http://ark.ie/events/view/teachers-course-a-visual-arts-approach

Do you want to be a School Leader?

This course will give participants the confidence to see leadership, at all levels, as an attractive career option.

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It will provide participants with:

- an overview and awareness of leadership/management structures in primary school - an awareness of the importance of a positive school culture and strategies to develop such a

culture - an examination of leadership/management opportunities and practical skills for developing

such opportunities Participants will engage with the theory and practicalities of leadership, management, administration and goal setting, learn new skills and develop existing skills in the light of the emerging demands on leaders in primary education. Participants will also learn how to keep abreast of rapidly changing and developing roles as educational leaders and management and curriculum leadership skills will be enhanced. Dates: 21 – 25 August 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Fee: €60

The Leadership Role of the Primary Principal

This course aims to assist principals as they cope with a rapidly changing and developing role. It will enable principals to learn new skills and to develop existing skills in the light of the emerging demands of their role. Principals will be empowered to deal with their changing role and will engage with the theory and practicalities of leadership, management, administration and goal setting Dates: 21 – 25 August 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Fee: €60

Course for Newly Appointed Learning Support Teachers Participants on this course will:

- gain the knowledge and skills necessary to recognise and respond to the needs of students with learning difficulties both through in-class support and through withdrawal in one to one or small group situations. This will be determined by the needs of the children and the school

- engage in drawing up mock IELPs/IEPs/Behaviour Support Plans - will experience a variety of diagnostic tests and what areas they are most suited to. - will be equipped to develop and implement best practice approaches for literacy and

numeracy difficulties - will gain knowledge about whole school policies for L/S, EAL and assessment in line with the

Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. - will be enabled to use data to record scores for children and for the whole school in line with

the Literacy and Numeracy strategy. - will be equipped to support children with learning needs through the transition to secondary

school process - will be familiarised with resources to support children with behavioural difficulties.

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Dates: 21 – 25 August 2017 Time: 09.30 – 14.00 Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Fee: €60

Creative Music and Drama

This course is being offered in collaboration with the Ark Following the huge success in 2013 and 2016, we are excited to present this engaging arts summer course focusing on the two curriculum areas of Drama and Music. Working with two outstanding creative practitioners, you will enjoy a week of experiential learning and development. Your confidence and skills in both music and drama will increase through highly participative and inspiring course content. Using themes drawn from SPHE, English and other subjects, participants will explore a variety of imaginative approaches to integrated curriculum delivery. Teachers of all levels of experience will be able to fully engage in this rich week of professional development. Course content and highlights will include:

Developing confidence and skills to deliver all aspects of the primary school music and drama curricula

Using music and drama to imaginatively respond to themes and concepts in other subjects

Working in teams and individually to bring themes to life through a range of creative approaches

Vocal development: both musical and dramatic voice use Imaginative approaches to literacy and empathy, using both music and drama Applying creative reflective and evaluative practices used by musicians and theatre

practitioners to teachers’ individual professional practices and to school self-evaluation.

Dates: 21 – 25 August 2017 Time: 10.00 - 15.00 Venue: The Ark, 11a Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Fee: €100 (€90 for ArkEd members)

Applications to be made online directly to the Ark – click here for details:

http://ark.ie/events/view/teachers-course-creative-music-drama