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MFL Community of Practice 

Thursday 11th of September at 7PM

modern foreign languages teachers community of practice

Link to Register: https://ecwexford.ie/cpd-courses/post-primary-courses/5209-mfl-community-of-practice-5.html

Monday 12th April from 7.30 to 9 pm

Classroomscreen is an online tool that can be used remotely or in your classroom at school. It allows the teacher to display a variety of visual aids such as various backgrounds, time and date. it is also possible to set the screen to your preferred language. It is a visually appealing, clear tool that is easy and quick to use.

Erica Flanagan, PPLI associate

Monday 12th April from 7.30 pm to 9 pm

Spiral

This interactive workshop will give an overview of Spiral.ac with particular emphasis on two of the apps - Quickfire Lite and Discuss. There will be a demonstration of how they can be used to support learning and assessment in the MFL classroom and opportunities for participants to try these apps themselves

Facilitated by: Elaine Power and Emily Foynes, PPLI associates.  See link below to register.

https://www.ecwexford.ie/cpd-courses/post-primary-courses/1962-webinar-mfl-classroomscreen-sprial.html

MFL Community of Practice

Monday 19th April from 7 pm to 9 pm

Learning apps is a platform which allows you to create many different interactive activities. In this hands-on session, teachers will be able to experience and will be shown how to use it in a step-by-step manner.

Facilitated by: Sandrine Pac-Kenny, PPLI Education Officer

EdPuzzle is a platform which allows you to use videos for comprehension and also for formative assessment. In this hands-on session, teachers will be able to experience and will be shown how to use it in a step-by-step manner.  See link below to register.

https://www.ecwexford.ie/cpd-courses/post-primary-courses/1964-webinar-mfl-learning-apps-edpuzzle.html

WEBINAR ENHANCING TEACHING AND LEARNING POST PANDEMIC’ - POST PRIMARY CONFERENCE

WEBINAR ENHANCING TEACHING AND LEARNING POST PANDEMIC’ - POST PRIMARY CONFERENCE 

 

‘ENHANCING TEACHING AND LEARNING POST PANDEMIC - via zoom at 10am - 1pm on Saturday March 13th  

Poster of days events here

-              Keynote speaker - Michael Hallissey (H2 Learning)

-              Various workshops on the day including

Workshop 1 

Option 1  - Microsoft School - Coláiste Bhaile An Chláir

 Option 2 – Google School - St. Macartan’s College Monaghan

 Option 3  – iPad Schools - Presentation Secondary School Wexford

 

Workshop 2

Option 1 – Podcasting for Post-primary Education

 Option 2 –3 Imperatives for Teaching and Learning  -St. Kieran’s College Kilkenny

Option 3: Stephen Eustace – Personalizing the Learning in the Future 

Register online at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZwrpZsGyROKO93tz04dsyA

Thank you, we look forward to meeting you remotely at the Conference.

Planned School Reopening

In the context of planned school reopening,  there is a range of materials available for schools to support communication with parents and students and re-inforce public health messaging. These include video messages from public health doctors on the safety of schools, posters/digital graphics and digital animations and videos.

Posters can be printed and the digital resources can be emailed or uploaded to school channels such as Aladdin connect or seesaw as well as social media channels.

Further material is being added to this list and further updates will issue in the coming days as new material is added. All materials will be available here: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/5572b-back-to-school-advice-for-parents-students-and-families/   and on the Department’s twitter feed @Education_Ire

You may find these useful in your work.

Please see the text of yesterday’s announcement also for your information.

SEN Special Class Teaching and Learning Guidance

The Department is very appreciative of the ongoing efforts your school is making to provide effective teaching and learning for students with complex needs. 

Thank you for your dedication.

Please find attached material regarding school transport arrangements and guidance to support the return to in-school teaching support in post-primary special classes which is available on the Departments website.

Guidance material in relation to the In-Person Supplementary Programme for students with complex needs is available at the following link  https://www.gov.ie/en/service/865df-in-person-supplementary-programme/  

Best Regards

Special Education

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