CPD Calendar 2020
FESS CPD Calendar 2020 Spring Summer
The Further Education Support Service has put together a calendar of events for Spring/Summer 2020 to support those working in the FET environment in DES funded providers.
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:
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in FET: Mentor Model- for FET staff i.e. potential TEL mentors, FET managers/Principals/Co-ordinators
Working Interculturally, Promoting Integration - for FET Teachers, Tutors, Trainers, Co-ordinators
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in FET: Mentor Model |
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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:
Please note that although valuable TEL tools will be explored, there will be no TEL tool training as part of this one-day session. Target Audience: The target audience for this workshop is FET staff i.e. Potential TEL mentors, FET managers/Principals/Co-ordinators Facilitators: 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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Thursday, 5th March 2020 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Sligo Education Centre |
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Working Interculturally, Promoting Integration |
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The purpose of this workshop is four-fold. It offers a number of opportunities for FET Teachers, Tutors, Trainers and Co-ordinators who are working with learners from diverse cultural backgrounds to:
This event will take the form of a highly participative, experiential, hands-on workshop. In order to take account of people’s different experience of learning, and diversity of learning styles, a variety of methods and resources will be used. FESS would be grateful if those interested in this event would register please before Tuesday 10 March. Target Audience: The target audience for this workshop is FET Teachers, Tutors, Trainers, Co-ordinators Facilitators: The day will be hosted by FESS and facilitated by Partners, Training for Transformation 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, 24th March 2020 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Athlone Education Centre |
