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The main aim of this course is to support teachers in their role as SET in the areas of planning and referrals. This course aims to guide teachers through the continuum of support and the student support file, covering short- and long-term planning. This course aims to provide teachers with the confidence to refer children to outside agencies and will also cover assistive technology applications.

The main aim of this course is to support children with literacy difficulties. Specific assessments and effective tailored interventions will be outlined so you can confidently respond to a child’s needs.

This course aims to explore supporting children with numeracy difficulties as a SET. A comprehensive range of assessments, strategies and resources for supporting these pupils will be outlined and evaluated throughout this course. The role of ICT in supporting these children will also be addressed throughout.

This course aims to support you as SET when working with autistic children. We will examine autism, how it presents and explore practical interventions that you can implement, as an SET. We will also explore how to support the gifted learner.

The purpose of this course is to explain mindset theory and introduce you to fixed and growth mindset as well as grit. In the process, we demonstrate some basic techniques that can be implemented in your classroom, and recommend ways in which you can foster grit in your students. A growth mindset combined with grit can improve students’ well-being and grades.

The aim of this course is to provide early career teachers with the necessary information to support them in securing a teaching position and beginning their teaching career with confidence. This content of the course is multifaceted, and the focus is on a variety of different areas.

The aim of this course is to explore planning in the mainstream classroom. Both short-term planning and long-term planning are addressed. The creation of a weekly teaching timetable is also outlined. Following this, some useful tips and tricks for teachers to know at the start of a new school year are addressed. We will explore classroom management, with a focus on rewards, consequences as well an overview of restorative practice. Furthermore, specific behaviour management strategies will be discussed.

This course will explore assessment, with a key focus on the assessment guidelines for primary schools. Both formative and summative assessment will be addressed. We will also examine the various types of standardised tests, as well as the role of standardised testing. Following this, we will outline the importance of differentiation in the creation of an inclusive classroom and look at practical ways to differentiate for pupil’s learning. Team-teaching will be explored as one such strategy. Finally, we will discuss the importance of communicating effectively and working with parents when teaching in a mainstream classroom.

The purpose of this course is to provide newly qualified teachers with information relevant to teaching the junior classes. Research in the field of education is constantly progressing and changing, therefore, teaching strategies are evolving too. This course will provide teachers with up-to-date evidence-based teaching strategies for supporting young learners in primary schools. Participants will be provided with ideas, strategies and support in literacy, numeracy and Gaeilge. 

The purpose of this course is to explore reading and oral language in the senior classes. We will explore approaches to teaching reading in the classroom with a specific focus on improving comprehension skills. Following this we will explore oral language, an area often overlooked in the senior classroom. We will have an in-depth look at vocabulary and practical ways to improve vocabulary in the senior classes.  Finally we will explore the writing process in the senior classes. 

The purpose of this course is to explore the teaching of maths in the senior classes for newly qualified teachers. We will explore the maths curriculum, providing an overview of the major concepts covered in each of the senior classes. Following this, we will delve into each of the curricular areas, providing practical ideas for teaching the major concepts in the senior classes. All aspects of maths in the senior classes are not covered, however, all major curricular steps are discussed.  

The course aims to offer teachers an insight into management for teachers and, in particular, how everyone plays a part in managing a school environment. It explores key aspects of management such as communication, performance, conflict management, people management, motivation, task and time management and decision-making techniques.

Participants will explore key management techniques, in particular, distributed leadership, and its application to the operation of a school in the context of school improvement.

The aims of this course are to help you better understand educational organisations, and to learn and apply key management and leadership skills, especially in the areas of creativity and innovation, motivation, and time management.

The aims of this course are to help you better understand educational leadership, and to learn and apply key management and leadership skills, especially in the areas of instructional leadership, team building, and emotional intelligence, to bring about improvements in school administration and learning & teaching.

On completion of this course, you will have the skills necessary to apply the School Self-Evaluation Process to the work that you do. You will understand how to identify a focus, how to gather evidence and the kind of evidence needed for the analysis stage of the six-stage process. You will learn how close your practice is to the statements of effective practice and if you are moving towards highly effective practice. From there, you will learn how to develop an improvement plan and put that improvement plan into action. You will also learn what is involved in the monitoring and evaluation stage of the process and what to focus on next.

The purpose of this course is to introduce Restorative Practice (RP) and to pique your interest in the process of implementing RP in your classroom and school. You will be enabled to attempt the application of some of the techniques of the restorative practice, enough hopefully to whet your appetite for further professional development and training in the area.

This Communications course will teach you how to communicate efficiently and effectively in an educational setting and build your communication skills in a comprehensive range of everyday tasks.

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the relevant knowledge, skill and competence to communicate verbally and non-verbally in a comprehensive range of everyday tasks and in work-related tasks independently and/or in a supervisory capacity.

This Personal & Professional Development course is designed to expand your personal and professional skills in order to enhance your career potential in the education industry.

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill, and competence to utilise a range of advanced personal and interpersonal skills in a variety of personal, civic and specific vocational contexts, operating autonomously and or in a supervisory capacity.

This Team Leadership & Development course will allow you to gain valuable leadership and team management skills. This course aims to equip the learner with the relevant knowledge, skill and competence to work as an effective leader and member of a team, independently and or in a supervisory capacity.

This Conflict Management course will explain the role, function, and forms of expression of conflict & demonstrate good practice in managing conflict in any educational context.

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence required to critically engage with the theory and practice of conflict management in educational settings.