Limerick Education Centre CPD Calendar

This session is aimed at primary and secondary school teachers and middle leaders who want to establish teams in their schools. Participants will be taken through the different stages in the life cycle of a Team and try out various models for teamwork with School Self-Evaluation in mind.

Students with Dyslexia may have very specific difficulties at second level which may make it difficult for them to achieve their potential. SNAs are in a position to provide some valuable support to those students. The webinar sets out practical strategies and resources which could be used.

This course will discuss what is means for a child to be dysregulated, how that might affect their behaviour in the classroom and what strategies you can use to help. 

NQT Support Groups :

Providing informal support to Newly Qualified Teachers

• Opportunity for NQT's to network and get support from each other, share good practice amd ask questions
• Facilitated by trained NQT facilitators
• Monthly meetings

A Support Group for Primary Teachers in Irish.

After you register for your first meeting you will automatically be eligible to attend any further meetings that will take place.

Dates for Term 2 - 26 January, 09 February, 02 and 30 March 2022

NQT Support Groups :

Providing informal support to Newly Qualified Teachers

• Opportunity for NQT's to network and get support from each other, share good practice amd ask questions
• Facilitated by trained NQT facilitators
• Monthly meetings

This Course will be delivered in four parts.  You must register for each session seperately.  This is Session 1 of the 4 part series.

Suitable for:  Primary and Post-Primary (All subject teachers)    

Duration: (1 Hour per week x 4 sessions)  Time:  7pm - 8pm

Session 1: 27 January, Session 2: 03 February, Session 3: 10 February and Session 4: 17 February

This course will help you:

• Understand the climate and nature crisis
• Get inspired, empowered and focus on solutions
• Become a confident communicator
• Enjoy engaging and positive learning

A 2 hour live CPD webinar that gives an overview of the development of the Holocaust before, during and after the Second World War and how to teach it in the classroom.

Change is uncomfortable and fundamental to growth. If you want to change the way of ‘being’, you have to change the way of ‘doing’. This module will prepare participants for the challenges of the modern workplace and help them develop a mindset in which they can deal with, lead, drive, inspire, manage, and implement change.

This webinar is for teachers and concentrates on practical study skills/strategies that help students with dyslexia to achieve their potential.   It might also be relevant to teachers of students with other specific learning difficulties such as ASD or Dyspraxia as they can share some of these difficulties.

Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames, Study and Careers, is delighted to announce that the next ‘Inspiring Ireland Inspiring Students’ interview, in collaboration with ESCI, will be with

Samantha Power Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

on Tuesday, February 1st @ 10am

All behaviour is communication and feelings drive behaviours. This webinar will outline ways in which we can respond to the behaviour, rather than react. It will discuss how to build consistent boundaries and give a feeling of safety and trust, so the children can thrive in the classroom environment. There will be discussion on Gary Landreth’s A.C.T Model to help to deal with big feelings and Dr. Dan Siegel’s “Name it to Tame it”. It will give ideas for supporting regulation, so you can establish a safe learning environment that will help all of the children flourish.

Relational work has been identified in research as the principle vehicle for change. This webinar will explore the research showing the effectiveness of Relationship-Based Practice. Schools are places where many relationships take place, the relationships with children, with their parents, with colleagues and also with ourselves.

Two part series taking place on February 02 and 09, 2022 from 6.30pm - 8.00pm

This webinar is for teachers who have been allocated some SEN classes and have not received any formal training on SEN teaching.  Although the course deals in particular with dyslexia, many of the strategies and resources will also help when working with students with other specific learning difficulties such as Dyspraxia and Autistic Spectrum.

We are pleased to offer training in the FRIENDS RESILIENCE programmes to all Limerick schools.  Training is offered to class teachers, Special Education Teachers and principals.

On completion of the training course, teachers will be registered as certified facilitators with FRIENDS RESILIENCE.

This will enable schools to order course books and access resources through the online hub for use in their schools. In line with current public health guidelines, the programmes will be delivered online.

In line with the requirements of FRIENDS RESILIENCE AUSTRALIA colleagues are required to attend all sessions  for accreditation.

This Course will be delivered in four parts.  You must register for each session seperately.  This is Session 2 of the 4 part series.

Suitable for:  Primary and Post-Primary (All subject teachers)    

Duration: (1 Hour per week x 4 sessions)  Time:  7pm - 8pm

Session 1: 27 January, Session 2: 03 February, Session 3: 10 February and Session 4: 17 February

This course will help you:

• Understand the climate and nature crisis
• Get inspired, empowered and focus on solutions
• Become a confident communicator
• Enjoy engaging and positive learning

Course Introduction:

Collaborative Play, using Lego, is an effective form of therapy for children with a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties including depression, anxiety, aggression and social issues. Children use play as a form of communication in everyday life. In Collaborative Play children use play to express themselves. Children enter into a dynamic relationship with the play facilitator, i.e. the teacher, which enables them to express, explore and make sense of areas such as turn-taking, sharing and eye contact.

Many child psychiatrists and psychologists believe that therapeutic play is an integral way to teach social skills, calm anxiety, and improve self-esteem in children with ASD/ADHD and related neurobiological conditions. 

Play is a child’s natural way of recovering from daily emotional upheavals. Many children best express and challenge themselves through play. Using games and activities to encourage growth and a sense of wellbeing is the cornerstone of therapeutic play. Learn how you can teach valuable life skills to children of all ages with these recommended Lego sets and games.

During this course, you will learn how to slow down from 5th gear and find the pause button so that you can meaningfully recharge your batteries and enjoy a healthy work life balance. Perfect timing to learn some tricks and tips to use with mid-term break coming up.

Developing the Role of the Deputy Principal.  Community of Practice. Avail of the opportunity to reflect upon and discuss your present role as a Deputy Principal with peer support. 

Remaining Dates for Term 2 - 07 Feb, 07 Mar and 04 Apr 2022

This webinar is designed for mainstream teachers who have students with dyslexia in their classes.

Freckle is a new Maths product from the Accelerated Reader company and is designed along the same lines. It is an online resource which gives a baseline test initially which establishes the students’ strengths and weaknesses in Maths. The programme then provides personalized support material in areas required and this is done in a fun and engaging way. Assessment tests can be administered at intervals to check progress.

Puppets are a fantastic tool for the classroom. This course is largely based on Siobhán Prendiville’s amazing work with puppets in therapeutic and educational settings. Siobhán’s background is in primary teaching and she is now an experienced child and adolescent psychotherapist, who specialises in play therapy and has many years of experience working with puppets. The course will outline ways in which you can use puppets effectively across the curricular areas. Puppets can help to increase attention, learning and are fun and engaging.

We are delighted to welcome Fiodhna Gardiner-Hyland to deliver this course.  Fiodhna is a lecturer in language and literacy education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

The areas which Fiodhna will look at are - 

1. Exploring common literacy challenges for EAL learners 
2. Examining both explicit and implicit literacy teaching approaches for EAL learners 
3. Participants receiving a pamphlet of online resources, websites, applications 
4. Introducing the TEAL Project, Limerick 

This Course will be delivered in four parts.  You must register for each session seperately.  This is Session 3 of the 4 part series.

Suitable for:  Primary and Post-Primary (All subject teachers)    

Duration: (1 Hour per week x 4 sessions)  Time:  7pm - 8pm

Session 1: 27 January, Session 2: 03 February, Session 3: 10 February and Session 4: 17 February

This course will help you:

• Understand the climate and nature crisis
• Get inspired, empowered and focus on solutions
• Become a confident communicator
• Enjoy engaging and positive learning

The aim of this workshop is to equip participants with skills to run productive and successful meetings.

This Course will be delivered in four parts.  You must register for each session seperately.  This is Session 4 of the 4 part series.

Suitable for:  Primary and Post-Primary (All subject teachers)    

Duration: (1 Hour per week x 4 sessions)  Time:  7pm - 8pm

Session 1: 27 January, Session 2: 03 February, Session 3: 10 February and Session 4: 17 February

Overall this course will help you:

• Understand the climate and nature crisis
• Get inspired, empowered and focus on solutions
• Become a confident communicator
• Enjoy engaging and positive learning

Wellbeing is defined as being happy, healthy and comfortable.  

This program is designed to help you create a school environment that promotes wellbeing and enhances focus and productivity.

This course is aimed at mainstream and Special Education Teachers at post-primary. 

The course will give an overview of Autism.

• It will highlight the educational consequence of Autism
• Whole school approaches to Autism will be identified
• Assessments and evidence-based interventions will be highlighted.