Courses

Dec

2018

POST PRIMARY DROICHEAD CLUSTER MEETING 1 - AUTUMN TERM

11-12-2018 0+00:00 -0+00:00

Waterford Teachers' Centre

FREE

Education Centre Website Notice for Post-Primary Schools 2018.19

Notice for Post-Primary NQTs undertaking Droichead as a route of Induction:

Droichead is the sole route of Induction for NQTs with a contract of 200 or more hours in large Post-Primary schools with 400 or more students or in SEN settings.

NQTs who are engaging in the Droichead process must attend one 2-hour cluster meeting per term for the duration of their Droichead process.

Cluster Meetings may only be attended by NQTs who have applied for Droichead to the Teaching Council via the ‘My Registration’ portal on its website www.teachingcouncil.ie and received a confirmation email. The National Cluster Meeting Schedule will accompany the confirmation email and NQTs must register with the Education Centre to attend a cluster meeting.

All NQTs engaging in the Droichead process must attend Cluster Meeting 1 before attending Cluster Meeting 2 and/or 3.

At cluster meetings, NQTs will present Form D to be stamped by the facilitator as proof of attendance. Form D is available at www.teachingcouncil.ie. Please have this form with you on the night.

In addition to this, NQTs who are engaging in the Droichead process should also engage in one other professional learning activity. This may include attendance at an NIPT workshop which NQTs must register with the EC to attend.

Please note that the Teaching Council now allows that NQTs who have fulfilled the 20-hour Induction Workshop Programme requirement prior to applying for Droichead are required to attend Cluster Meeting 1, only.

Please find below the timelines for the incremental growth of Droichead in Post-Primary schools. Schools in any category may opt in to Droichead in any of these years, if they so wish, prior to the dates set out below:

Dates	Post-Primary Schools
2017/2018	Droichead the route of induction for NQTs in SEN settings or in large post-primary schools of 700 or more students
2018/2019	Droichead the route of induction for NQTs in SEN settings and in large post-primary schools with 400 or more students
2019/2020	Droichead the route of induction for NQTs in SEN settings and in post-primary schools with 200 or more students
2020/2021	Droichead the route of induction for all post-primary NQTs

Details

Dec

2018

PRIMARY DROICHEAD CLUSTER MEETING 1 - AUTUMN TERM

12-12-2018 0+00:00 -0+00:00

Waterford Teachers' Centre

FREE

Education Centre Website Notice for Primary Schools

Notice for Primary NQTs undertaking Droichead as a route of Induction:

From September 2017, Droichead is the sole route of Induction for NQTs in SEN settings.

From September 2018, Droichead is the sole route of Induction in large primary schools of 16 (or more) classroom teachers.

NQTs who are engaging in the Droichead process must attend one 2-hour cluster meeting per term for the duration of their Droichead process.

Cluster meetings may be attended only by NQTs who have applied for Droichead to The Teaching Council via ‘My Registration’ portal on its website (www.teachingcouncil.ie) and received a confirmation email.

The National Cluster Meeting Schedule will accompany the confirmation email and NQTs must register with the Education Centre to attend a cluster meeting.

All NQTs engaging in the Droichead process must attend Cluster Meeting 1 before attending Cluster 2 and/or 3.

At cluster meetings, NQTs will present Form D to be stamped by the facilitator as proof of attendance. Form D is available at www.teachingcouncil.ie. Please have this form with you on the night.

In addition to cluster meetings, NQTs who are engaging in the Droichead process should also engage in one other professional learning activity. This may include attendance at an NIPT workshop which NQTs must register with the EC to attend.

The Teaching Council now allows that NQTs who have fulfilled the 20-hour Induction Workshop Programme requirement prior to applying for Droichead are required to attend Cluster Meeting 1, only.

Please find below the timelines for the incremental growth of Droichead in primary schools. If they wish, schools in any category may opt in to Droichead, prior to the dates set out below.

Dates	Primary Schools
2017/2018	Droichead the route of induction for NQTs in SEN settings or in large primary schools where there is a principal and 24 or more mainstream (classroom) teachers
2018/2019	Droichead the route of induction for NQTs in SEN settings and in large primary schools with 16 or more classroom teachers
2019/2020	Droichead the route of induction for NQTs in SEN settings and in all primary schools with administrative principals
2020/2021	Droichead the route of induction for all primary NQTs

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Jan

2019

POST PRIMARY: LEARGAS INFORMATION SESSION

08-01-2019 0+00:00 - 10-12-2018 0+00:00

Waterford Teachers' Centre

Dear Principals, EAL Coordinators & SENCOs,

Recently Education Centre Directors met with Deirdre O Brien of Léargas to learn of the possibilities of local schools and individuals accessing funding to facilitate projects that encourage European exchange, co-operation and learning.

Their Erasmus+ programme aims to modernise and improve the quality of teaching, training and youth work across Europe, and to support the development, transfer and implementation of innovative practices.

We hope to organise a national mobility consortium whereby WTC as an Education Centre can act as a coordinating organisation and apply for funding on behalf of a group of second level schools.

As more and more non-English speaking students are enrolling in your schools each year, teachers are now finding themselves coming face to face with migrants from continents outside of Europe.

While schools are offering some language support, many teachers feel that all of these pupils needs are not being met. Many teachers believe that they need to develop their skillset to integrate these pupils better and help them function in the mainstream.

To address this, we propose to apply for an Erasmus+ mobility grant to explore the practices/ approaches that other European schools have in place.

In order to inform your schools about this initiative and Léargas projects in general, we will host an Information Meeting in our Centre at 3 pm on Tuesday, 8th January 2019. (Refreshments available from 2.45 pm)

Deirdre O Brien, Léargas Coordinator and Narrell Byrne, EAL Teacher, who has experience of engaging in Léargas initiatives, will attend to provide information and share their experiences and expertise.