Icebreakers and getting to know each other activities (online – 2 hours)

This workshop explores some tools, activities and approaches that can be used to help student groups introduce themselves, interact with each other or get to know each other better in a fun, and non cringy way!

This is a great session for teachers early in the academic year but can also be used over time to help students gain more awareness and understanding of each other.

Workshop participants will experience a string of different activities so that they can select those that will work best for their groups for later implementation.

Materials needed: Participants need to bring to the session: a pen, large sheets of paper, scissors, coloured markers/pencils, a small bundle of old magazines/brochures with pictures, a glue stick/sellotape and a dice.

The target audience for this event is: All FET staff members, including teachers, tutors, trainers, instructors and those in a co-ordination and/or quality assurance role.

Facilitation: This event will be facilitated by Miriam O’Donoghue. Miriam is an independent facilitator, trainer and consultant with a strong background and experience of working in Education both nationally and internationally that includes teaching, lecturing and training roles at Primary, Post-primary, Further Education and Training, and Higher Education (Teacher Education) levels. Miriam has also held senior management roles in Curriculum Development, Professional Development and Education Support Services.

Please note: Pre-booking is essential. Please do not book onto this session unless you are sure that you will attend / have approval to attend (if required). If an emergency arises, please inform us ASAP (cpdcancellations@fess.ie) as we operate a waiting list system and if time allows, we can offer your booked place to another person.