Teacher Artist Partnership+ CPD Summer Course & Residency Programme (TAP+) 2025

TAP+ Teacher Registration

The Department of Education is pleased to announce the TAP+ Summer Course registration is now open. (Press Release)  Free to all primary & special school teachers.  Hosted by your local full time Education Support Centre.  Approved and led by the Department of Education and Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI) under Creative Youth 2023-2027.  Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) is a creativity rich summer course that supports professional development through wellbeing, relationships and creative partnership for teachers and creative practitioners. Participants create, explore and collaborate to enhance creativity and arts in education through creative process, critical reflection, collaboration and enjoyment.

Please use the following link to register for the upcoming TAP+ Summer Course link

The closing date for receipt of application is Friday, 20th June 2025.

 Call Out for Creative Practitioners

Announcing a wonderful opportunity for creative practioners of all disciplines to broaden their practice through Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) professional development and in-school residency programme.  Develop creative partnerships with teachers and children.  Receive funded training and residencies that bring the arts and creativity to children all over Ireland through TAP+, an initiative of Creative Youth 2023-27 under Creative Ireland and led by the Department of Education. 

TAP+ Overview

• TAP+ Summer Course running 1st to 5th July 2025 in your local Education Support Centre
  • Fully paid training to support creative pracititoners to work in primary and special school
•  Tap+ In-school Residencies
  • Bringing learning into practice through creative partnership with teachers and children
  • Funded 20 hour residencies in the school year 2025/26
  • Access to the BLAST register of creative practioners to deliver in-school residencies

For information on requirements please use the following link Requirements to Apply.

Creative Practitioners apply for TAP+ via an Expressions of Interest Letter sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 6th June 2025.  Expressions of interest should be in the form of a letter of max 600 words,  accompanied by a CV or short bio with links to images or samples of relevant work.

 The letter should outline

• Training institute/organisation
• Brief description of practice
• Why you aim to work in education and in partnership teachers and children
• What qualifies you to undertake the TAP+ summer course traing and residency programme

Places on this Creative Youth initative are limited to four creative practitioners per full-time Education Support Centre area. Please ensure that it will be possible for you to meet all requirements of the programme before applying.  Final decision on offers of places will be taken by the Director of Waterford Education Support Centre.