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Summer Programme 2015
Programme Details
• Unless indicated all courses cost €75
• Unless indicated all courses commence on Wednesday 1st July and run until Friday 21st August 2015
• Registration and payment commences on Wednesday 8th April
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Face to Face courses.
Planning and Implementing a Play-based
Curriculum in the Junior Classroom
Maths Problem Solving:
A process, not a product!
This online course focuses on a process led approach to maths problem solving across all
class levels. It includes an exploration of maths language and maths thinking. It looks at the
school environment and the curriculum with Maths eyes. It presents a series of problem solving
strategies, a tool kit and a framework to support maths problem solving. It also explores the role of the
teacher as facilitator of the process, eliciting, supporting and extending maths thinking and understanding and the
role of the teacher in designing problems that are real and centred in pupils’ own experiences.
The course is enhanced by video footage of various approaches in action in the classroom.
It also suggests a variety of approaches and methodologies, including peer tutoring, to support the areas of literacy
and numeracy. The course is enhanced by video footage of various approaches in action in the classroom.
DATES: July 1st to 7th 2015
VENUE: Our Lady of Fatima NS., Barntown, Co.Wexford
COST: €50
CONTACT: Elaine McMahon, Our Lady of Fatima NS., Barntown, Co.Wexford
This online course explores the pupil behaviour/learning dynamic and the influence of
pupil/teacher interaction on behaviour. It appraises how positive learning behaviour can be
supported through a whole school approach.
Leadership focused courses.
Classroom management to promote positive behaviour is explored as is the importance of teaching positive
behaviour. Strategies to deal with inappropriate individual behaviour are appraised and possible links between
behaviour and specific learning needs/difficulties/disabilities are explored.
Key Skills for Good School Leadership!
Learning Through Play
NEW!
This online course will explore the concept of learning through play including:
• Current trends and research in the pedagogy of play.
• Role of the teacher and the benefits and challenges of play in the classroom
• Importance of play as pedagogy; concept of sustained shared thinking;
• Aistear assessment guidelines; pretend, socio-dramatic and small world play.
• Planning for play; language development; inclusion of play in the School improvement Plan
Developing Mindfulness and Wellbeing in Primary
School Children
NEW!
Experience the benefits of incorporating simple and powerful techniques into the classroom. The benefits of
introducing mindfulness and wellbeing into daily life are beneficial and well documented. This course is especially
designed to benefit both children and teachers in the classroom. Videos, articles, relaxations and teaching tips are
used in each module.
• Enhances the SPHE module for children
• Cultivates mindfulness in teachers, encouraging its development in children
• Enhances positive mental, emotional and physical health
• Reduces stress, increases calm and contentment
• Encourages a skilful response in challenging classroom situations
• Improves concentration, co-operation and group discussion
• Increases empathy and understanding
Equal Eyes
Social Justice and Equality Issues in the Classroom
• Notions of Equality
• Human Rights and Responsibilities
• Child Labour
•Gender
• Trade Justice
NEW!
This online course supports teachers who may be moving from working in mainstream classes
into the area of Special Needs Education. It will explore the role of the Learning Support/
Resource teachers. Systems of identifying pupils in need of supplementary teaching will be
examined as will the administration of diagnostic tests.
The following courses are offered on behalf of Ceol
Ireland
CEOL Ireland Stages 1-8 Programmes
These online courses by CEOL Ireland will lead teachers through the Ceol Ireland Music
Programmes for each particular class level – Junior Infants to 6th Class. Each programme
fully complements all strands of the Music curriculum for the particular class level and
delivers a complete music programme for an entire school year including:
• 30 weeks of progressive lesson plans, with support resource materials.
• Video tutorials that take the teacher through how to teach all the lessons.
• Online access to the course and support for the 2015/2016 school year.
Further details about all the Ceol programmes on www.ceolireland.ie
Each course costs €100
SALF: Self-Assessment & Learning Folders
Using Assessment for Learning strategies, this multimedia rich online course clearly outlines
the steps involved in creating, compiling and completing Self-Assessment and Learning
Folders with Junior, Middle and Senior classes in primary schools. It includes strategies
for recording children’s progress across all curriculum subjects, personal interest surveys for
children, together with a challenging and engaging project work menu designed to provide
differentiated starting points. The course also outlines how the folders support the involvement of parents and others in
the assessment and learning process. SALF provides a concrete link that bridges communication with an individual child,
his/her peers and all who engage with the child. The folders are used as an ‘Assessment for Learning’ strategy where
pupils document why and how they ‘come to know’ what makes for a good piece of work in a given area. They then use
those criteria when making judgments about what and why to select certain pieces for inclusion at any given time.
Course cost €69
What is meant by leadership?
Leading your school
Leadership Skills
Delegating and empowering leadership across the school
Organising and supporting yourself as a school leader
The course seeks to support teaching, administrative and aspiring school leaders and includes practical, on the
ground presentations and explorations of practice. This course is enhanced by video excerpts and experiences of
school leaders at work.
Newly Appointed Principals Residential Blended Course
Managing Behaviour: STOP, THINK, DO!
The online modules on what is meant by leadership and leading a school prepare participants for
more in-depth face-to-face sessions on the role and responsibilities of the principal, school structures
and administration, legislation governing schools, people management and communication skills, delegating and
empowering others and self-care and support.
The all inclusive cost of this course is €180 and will run from 19th - 21st August 2015.
Supporting School Leaders – Blended Course
NEW!
This blended course seeks to support existing school leaders. The online modules will reflect
on the meaning of leadership and the challenges of leading the school.
The face-to face sessions will look at current challenges and trends, administration, people
management and delegation. The sessions will explore conditions of employment and how
changes impinges on school Leadership. The face-to-face element will be held in the INTO Learning
Centre in 38, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 from 1st - 3rd July 2015.
The online course in Early Childhood education aims to re-acquaint teachers with the work of
the infant classes.
• It looks at teaching methodologies and gives sample lessons in each of the methodologies.
• It gives a rationale for play, describes how to set up a play sequence and how to use role-play
in the infant classes.
• It examines some of the content objectives for literacy and provides examples of how to implement them.
• It also focuses on oral language games, classroom management strategies, classroom organisation and assessment.
Participants will listen to podcasts, examine video footage, read text, access websites and have
the opportunity to post thoughts and reflections to a forum.
Course cost €69
Innovative assessment for literacy and numeracy
Strategies for supporting pupils will be explored and the area of administration and record keeping will
be examined. Participants will also consider how the strategies explored could support school improvement within the
context of School Self-evaluation.
NEW!
VENUE: Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Dún Chaoin, Trá Lí, Co Chiarraí
DATES: 6-10 Iúil, 2015
COST:€100
CONTACT: Nuala Uí Ghearailt/ Sean O Cathain
h: 066 915 5286 h: 066 9159837
s: 066 915 7408 e: [email protected]
m: 087 653 4633
e: [email protected]
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3. 4. 5. Teaching and learning in the early childhood setting
The areas will be explored form a personal/information and curriculum perspective. Each module will highlight curriculum
pedagogies, cross curricular integration of the themes and appraise a variety of resources and supports. Participants will
explore their own perceptions of social justice and equality issues.
Tá an cúrsa/scoil samhraidh seo dírithe ar mhúinteoirí nach bhfuil an teanga ar a dtoil
acu, chomh maith leo siúd go bhfuil sí go líofa acu. Beidh ceardlanna/gníomhaíochtaí ar
ábhair éagsúla mar shampla: amhránaíocht agus filíocht. Beidh roinnt den chúrsa dírithe
ar Mhodhanna Múinte na gaeilge. Beidh siúlóidí agus turas ar oileán chomh maith le
h-imeachtaí oíche.
This online course will explore 5 main leadership areas:
The following courses are offered in collaboration
with Marino Institute of Education.
This online course will explore 5 areas of social justice and equality:
Cumársaid, Comhluadar & Craic 2015
The following courses are offered in collaboration
with Outside the Box.
This blended course seeks to support teachers taking up the role of principal for the
first time in September. It consists of 2 online modules and a 3 day/2 night residential
experience in the Tullamore Court Hotel.
Register for this innovative online course to explore mindfulness, attention, awareness, and
relaxation in daily life.
Moving from Mainstream to LSRT
NEW!
This face-to-face course will introduce the concept of a Balanced Literacy Framework in the
primary school. Participants will experience workshops in reading and writing at all levels of
the primary school and will be enabled to embed literacy skills within reading and writing
workshops. The course will be held in the newly built primary school in Barntown, Wexford and
be delivered by trained facilitators in the Write to Read methodology including Dr. Eithne Kennedy of
St.Patrick’s College in Drumcondra.
Promoting and Supporting Positive Behaviour
in the Primary School
NEW!
DATES: July 1st to 7th 2015
VENUE: An Mhodhscoil, Luimneach
CONTACT: Diarmuid O Murchú, An Mhodhscoil
July 1st to 7th 2015
CONTACT: Tina Jones, St.Colmcille’s JNS, Knocklyon, Dublin 16.
St.Colmcille’s JNS, Knocklyon, Dublin 16.
Write to Read
This online course explores the concept of multiclass teaching from a classroom
management, literacy and numeracy perspective. It appraises strategies for classroom and
behaviour management and explores learning styles and multiple intelligences.
Comhra, ceol agus Craic!
Tá an cúrsa/scoil samhraidh seo dírithe ar mhúinteoirí nach bhfuil an teanga ar a dtoil
acu, chomh maith leo siúd go bhfuil sí go líofa acu. Beidh ceardlanna/gníomhaíochtaí ar
ábhair éagsúla mar shampla:ceol, damhsa,sport, amhránaíocht agus filíocht. Beidh roinnt den
chúrsa dírithear Mhodhanna Múinte na gaeilge.
This face to face course will allow participants to explore the current thinking and trends
in play pedagogy. The course will be held in a newly built junior school in St.Colmcille’s in
Knocklyon, Dublin. Topics which will be explored include:
• Theories of play based curriculum
• Planning for and Assessing play
• Aistear and Siolta frameworks
• Integrating the curriculum using play
• Oral Language, Literacy and Numeracy
development through play
DATES: VENUE: Multiclass Teaching: Management, Literacy and
Numeracy Issues
NEW!
This online course will:
• Explore the benefits and challenges associated with various methods of assessment
for literacy and numeracy.
• Describe innovative approaches that teachers can use for assessment in all curriculum
areas with particular emphasis on literacy and numeracy.
• Support teachers to use the outcomes of assessment to aid planning and inform their teaching
(Assessment for Learning).
Course cost €69
Literacy in the junior classes
This online course explores a wide range of early literacy skills including:
• phonological awareness
• phonics, comprehension
•fluency
• writing
• vocabulary development
It also examines the role of play in relation to literacy learning and the implementation of a guided reading
programme which includes active literacy centres. It addresses teaching methodologies, classroom organisation
and assessment. The course is targeted at primary school teachers who are teaching in the junior classes of primary
school. On completion of this course, participants will be equipped with comprehensive knowledge and skills for
teaching reading, writing and oral language in these classes.
Course cost €69
This multimedia rich online course outlines an evidence-based behaviour management
framework and approach called ‘Stop, Think, Do!’ It is well recognised that pupil behaviour has
a significant impact on teaching and learning at individual, classroom and whole school level.
Pupils who have the skills to manage their emotions and behaviours can better understand
the learning process and relate more constructively to their peers, teachers and school/home
communities. The ‘Stop Think Do!’ approach supports pupil behaviour, learning and motivation through
the explicit and implicit teaching of social skills. Course materials explain this approach to behaviour management
contextualising it, in particular, within the SPHE and English curricula.
Course cost €69
Autism - Inclusion in Mainstream
NEW!
This multimedia rich online course will provide teachers with the necessary knowledge
and understanding of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) to feel confident when including a
child with a mainstream within a mainstream school. Participants will gain knowledge and
understanding of such topics as:
• Contemporary understanding of ASD diagnosis.
• ASD specific assessments tools.
• Identifying pre-requisite skills to enable the student to gain meaningful access to the curriculum. Providing appropriate ASD tasks and activities within schools’ Literacy and Numeracy goals
• Incorporating ASD teaching approaches into a teacher’s existing pedagogical repertoire.
• School Self Evaluation to support the inclusion of pupils with ASD
Course cost €69
The following courses are offered in collaboration
with PDST.
Beyond 2020: Using Technology in the Primary
Classroom
This online course is aimed at teachers who are comfortable users of IT in the classroom.
It is not suitable for beginners. To undertake the course you need to be familiar and
comfortable with email and browsing web pages, unzipping resources, downloading and
trialing web based applications and tools such as, Google Maps, Google Sites, Web 2.0 applications
etc., and ith creating resources and uploading them to an external forum. This will be a challenging and rewarding
course for its intended audience but is not suitable for beginner or only occasional ICT users. Topics covered include:
Programming with Scratch, Cloud Computing, Web 2.0 Applications, Google Maps & Scoilnet Maps in the classroom
and Website Creation with Weebly.
Course cost €25
Using ICT to Support Literacy and Numeracy
of Pupils with SEN
This online course aims to explore how ICT can be used to support the literacy and numeracy
development of pupils experiencing learning difficulties and gifted pupils. The course will
explore in a practical hands-on way in terms accessible ICT tools and practical teaching strategies
with particular reference to free and open source software and internet facilities. Modules include
details on specific literacy and numeracy online resources, creating digital resources and utilising multimedia packages. It is
aimed at both the mainstream classroom and learning support teacher. This course is supported by PDST technology.
Course cost - €25
Further details & Registration www.intolearning.ie
All INTO Learning online courses provide a pdf version of each module.
Most INTO Learning modules are smart technology compatible.