CPD Calendar 2019
FESS CPD Calendar 2019 Autumn/Winter
The Further Education Support Service has put together a calendar of events for 2019 to support those working in the FET environment in DES funded providers. Further events will be added by the end of June 2019.
Please note: There is frequently a waiting list for attendance at FESS CPD events. To ensure that the maximum number of people get the opportunity to attend a FESS CPD event, please contact FESS (cpdcancellations@fess.ie) if you cannot attend a CPD event that you have booked a place on. To allow FESS allocate the place to someone on the waiting list, please give a minimum of four working days notice.
Local Seminars: FESS also provides local, tailored CPD events, on request. Some conditions apply. Further information is available here.
eCollege: If interested in courses run through eCollege, click here for further information. In addition, please note, a new eCollege course, Moodle for Teachers, was launched in June 2019. Further information is available here.
The following is a list of the current themes and topics for the CPD calendar:
September
- Unpacking Learner Feedback in FET – Insights and Activities - for FET teachers, trainers and staff working in co-ordination and quality assurance roles
- An Introduction to Project Management - for FET staff with a role in managing activities and projects
- An Introduction to Local Assessment for New Assessors - for those assessing learners for the first time, using locally devised assessment instruments
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in FET: Mentor Training - for FET staff i.e. potential TEL mentors, FET managers/Principals/Co-ordinators
- Quality Assuring Blended Learning - for FET staff i.e. QA Support Teams, Programme Co-ordinators/Managers and FET Directors.
October
- Continuing to Explore the Shift in Programme Development Requirements Under QQI Policies and Criteria for the Validation of Programmes of Education and Training - for FET staff with a role in planning, managing and co-ordinating programme development activities within a provider
- Integration of Programme Delivery and Assessment Activities - for FET Managers, QA Officers and those who have responsibility for the development and delivery of programmes and the assessment of learners within ETBs, teachers/tutors/trainers who assess learners on FET programmes
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in FET: Mentor Training - for FET staff i.e. potential TEL mentors, FET managers/Principals/Co-ordinators
- Restorative Practice in FET - for FET teachers and tutors and FET staff working in coordination, management and leadership roles
- Unpacking Learner Feedback in FET – Insights and Activities - for FET teachers, trainers and staff working in coordination and quality assurance roles
November
- Healthcare Externship Visiting Programme (EVP) - for FET staff delivering programmes in the broad healthcare area
Unpacking Learner Feedback in FET – Insights and Activities |
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The focus of this active experiential day will be on giving and receiving meaningful learner feedback and using it to support teaching, learning and assessment activities. Areas covered will include:
This professional development day will support goal 2 of the Further Education and Training Professional Development Strategy 2017-2019 in the strategic priority areas: Working with and supporting FET learners and Quality Assurance. The target audience for this professional development day is: FET teachers, trainers and staff working in co-ordination and quality assurance roles. Facilitator: FESS |
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Friday, 6th September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Cork Training Centre |
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Thursday, 24th October 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Athlone Education Centre |
An Introduction to Project Management |
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FET staff are increasingly finding themselves in roles where they are planning and managing small scale activities and projects. Due to popular demand, this one-day workshop is offered again to introduce participants to project management; the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria. This professional development day will support goal 2 of the Further Education and Training Professional Development Strategy 2017-2019 in the following strategic priority area: Leadership and management development. The target audience for this workshop is: FET staff with a role in planning and managing activities and projects. Facilitators: Andrew Gibson, ADG Consulting Please note: Pre booking is essential. Please do not book onto this event 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. |
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Tuesday, 10th September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Dublin West Education Centre |
An Introduction to Local Assessment for New Assessors |
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This workshop will support the assessor working in a further education and training environment where the assessor is required to develop local assessment instruments and related documentation.
This professional development day will support goal 2 of the Further Education and Training Professional Development Strategy 2017-2019 in the strategic priority areas: Working with and supporting FET learners and Quality Assurance. |
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Thursday, 12th September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Athlone Education Centre |
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Wednesday, 18th September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm Registration with tea/coffee from 9.30am |
Kilkenny Education Centre |
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in FET: Mentor Training |
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This professional development day will explore a TEL Mentoring Model that can be implemented in FET Colleges/Centres to help to mentor FET teachers and trainers to embed the use of digital technologies into teaching and learning in their classrooms. It will include learning from one year of the CDETB TEL Mentoring Pilot Project that followed on after completion of the TELMS project. https://telms.eu/ The workshop will include:
Target Audience: The target audience for this workshop is FET staff i.e. Potential TEL mentors, FET managers/Principals/Co-ordinators Facilitator: The day will be facilitated by FESS and CDETB (Carrie Archer, Marino College & Suzanne Yarker, Pearse College) Please note: Pre booking is essential. Please do not book onto this event 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. |
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Friday 20th September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Athlone Education Centre |
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Thursday 17th October 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm Registration with tea/coffee from 9.30am |
LCETB Further Education and Training Centre |
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Quality Assuring Blended Learning |
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This professional development day is a repeat of a CPD event held on 28th May 2019 and will explore how FET Providers could offer quality assured blended learning programmes/courses. It will include learning from one year of the CDETB Blended Course Pilot Project that followed on after completion of the Blend4VET project.
The target audience for this workshop is FET staff i.e. QA Support Teams, Programme Co-ordinators/Managers and FET Directors. Facilitator: The day will be facilitated by FESS and CDETB Please note: Pre booking is essential. Please do not book onto this event 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. |
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Thursday 26th September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Laois Education Centre |
Continuing to Explore the Shift in Programme Development Requirements
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This one-day CPD event is a follow on from an event held in October 2018 which introduced QQI Policies and Criteria for the Validation of Programmes of Education and Training for the first time. As with the previous event, an opportunity will be provided for those planning, managing and co-ordinating programme development activities within a provider to begin to familiarise themselves with the QQI document Policies and Criteria for the Validation of Programmes of Education and Training (first published in 2016). There is no requirement to have attended the CPD session on this topic in October 2018 in order to attend this session. Providers who have developed programmes (apprenticeship, programmes leading to CAS awards and programmes leading to non-CAS awards) validated by QQI and that adhere to QQI Policies and Criteria for the Validation of Programmes of Education and Training will also share their insights into the highs and lows of the programme development process in light of the requirements of the QQI validation policy. This professional development day will support goal 2 of the Further Education and Training Professional Development Strategy 2017-2019 in the following strategic priority area: Quality assurance The target audience for this CPD event is: FET staff with a role in planning, managing and co-ordinating programme development activities within a provider. Facilitators: FESS 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. |
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Wednesday, 2nd October 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Athlone Education Centre |
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Tuesday, 15th October 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm Registration with tea/coffee from 9.30am |
Kildare Education Centre |
Restorative Practice in FET |
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This workshop is for FET staff interested in positive communication and is a repeat of a CPD event offered in . It is ideal for teachers, tutors, and leaders interested in improving relationships, and communicating in a positive way that promotes synergy, well-being and solutions. The target audience for this workshop is FET teachers and tutors and FET staff working in coordination, management and leadership roles. Facilitator: Michelle Stowe, restorative practitioner, trainer and consultant. Please note: Pre booking is essential. Please do not book onto this event 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
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Friday, 18th October 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Dublin West Education Centre |
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Healthcare Externship Visiting Programme (EVP) |
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Please note: The venue for this event is as yet to be confirmed but will be in Dublin, in either Malahide or Swords. Successful applicants for this event will be contacted by e-mail to confirm the address of the location once confirmed by CareChoice Nursing Home. A light lunch will be provided on the day. Target Audience - The primary target audience for this CPD event will be teachers, tutors, trainers working in the FET sector delivering modules relating to providing care to clients in a healthcare setting. FET teachers/tutors/trainers wishing to apply for a place on the EVP MUST BE GARDA VETTED and should complete the EVP Application Form and return it to externship@fess.ie by 5pm on Friday 11th October 2019. Selection will be based on selection criteria including relevance of EVP to programmes taught, previous experience and the applicant’s purpose statement. Places are limited to 20. The deadline for receipt of application forms is Friday 11th October 2019 to externship@fess.ie. |
This is a repeat of a CPD opportunity which is again being offered in partnership with CareChoice Nursing Home. It will take place on Wednesday 6th November 2019, and will include a range of presentations delivered by key healthcare personnel. It will also include an opportunity to work shadow healthcare personnel in a designated nursing home. Please note that participants will have to provide their own transport to and from the nursing home where they will engage in the work shadowing placement. There will be opportunities to ask questions and engage in discussions with personnel. 