Limerick Education Centre CPD Calendar

The objective of this important seminar is to highlight these changes and to facilitate a conversation which will enable teachers and parents to support and develop resilient young people and give them tools to be ready to cope with change as they transition from primary to second-level.

A live 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.

Sensory play has countless benefits including the development of gross and fine motor skills, supporting language development, problem solving skills and social interaction. This course will outline what sensory play is and why we use it with the children we work with.

This webinar provides an introduction to and overview of SEN provision in primary mainstream schools and is particularly relevant to newly appointed SETs.

Third Meeting of Limerick SENCO Forum Primary CoP.  If you are a Principal, D. Principal, SEN Co-ordinator, Special Education Teacher, Special Class Teacher in a primary or special school in Limerick City/County and would like to engage in the network, please feel free to join us.

In this session we will focus on how specific Accessibility features built into iPad can support students to develop their reading fluency and comprehension.   The course is specifically suitable for SNAs and Teachers within a Special Education Needs setting. It is also be applicable to teachers from Primary settings.

This webinar looks at the changing environments and challenges facing children with Dyspraxia/DCD during the transition from primary school to secondary school. The webinar aims to provide families with a greater understanding of the challenges their child may face during this transition. Pro-active planning and preparation will also be discussed.

Learn about the range of Apple technologies available to assist with managing iPad’s in your classroom and school.  Find out about Apple School Manager and how it works with Jamf School to easily install apps and manage restrictions on your iPads while also creating a Safe Environment for your pupils to work within.  Find out how the Classroom app can assist with classroom management of iPad’s to easily lock, mute or lead devices into certain apps or weblinks.

Are you interested in presenting a short 10 minute piece to your peers about an ICT resource that you are excited about using and willing to share? Do you wish to attend such an event and listen to inspired teachers share their work?

A Support Group for Primary Teachers in Irish.

Once your register for your 1st meeting you will be included in any meetings after that take place after that.

This webinar looks to provide teachers and SNAs with ideas, skills and strategies to help develop and promote positive mental health for children in the school setting. The webinar focuses on enabling teachers and SNA to help children develop health promoting skills such as positive problem solving and coping strategies to foster independent self -management and regulation.

This webinar will also look at strategies to help children manage and balance areas including self-care, productivity and leisure in their own lives.

A Support Group for Primary Teachers in Irish.

Once your register for your 1st meeting you will be included in any meetings after that take place after that.

This course will explore the practice of yoga for teachers to allow them to help children in their school to promote their health and wellbeing.  For more information click into the course.

This course is primarily designed for primary and post primary school learning support / resource teachers who work with pupils who have special educational needs (S.E.N).

Tablet devices are being used in schools and classrooms across the country. This  summer course aims to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to effectively use tablets to enhance teaching, learning and assessment. 

Participants on this course will explore a range of digital tools that they can easily integrate into their classroom. Simple changes in the teaching, learning and assessment tools can increase active learning, cut down on the time spent searching for resources and sources of information and facilitate engaging forms of assessment!

Teachers will interact and experiment with an array of tools, websites and technologies throughout the course. They will use these tools in activities that can be adapted and replicated in their own classrooms.

The dictionary definition of Wellbeing is about being happy, healthy and comfortable.  Stress and mental health problems are reaching epidemic levels in the world today.  Wellbeing is the antidote.  Its importance is being recognized in all arenas of life - at work, at home, in business, politically and in schools.  Giving children, the adults and leaders of the future a strong foundation in wellbeing and what it takes to create and maintain positive personal wellbeing is an essential life skill.  This course will give participants a strong foundation in personal wellbeing and tools and strategies to promote it with their students and in their classroom and schools.

Restorative Practice (RP) is a philosophy and a set of skills that build and maintain relationships and, when the need arises (as it will from time to time), helps you respond to conflict. In many ways RP is things you do, and includes values you have, already but just never thought about. For more information on this course, please click on the link above.

This course will explore the practice of yoga for teachers to allow them to help children in their school to promote their health and wellbeing.  For more information click into the course.

The overall aim of this trauma informed course is to empower teachers to be the agent of change in helping the dysregulated child to regulate within the school environment and beyond.  For more information click into the course.