CPD Calendar 2019
FESS CPD Calendar 2019
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
- An Introduction to Project Management - for FET staff with a role in managing activities and projects
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in FET: Mentor Training - for FET staff i.e. Potential TEL mentors, FET managers/Principals/Co-ordinators
October
- Restorative Practice in FET - for FET teachers and tutors and FET staff working in coordination, management and leadership roles
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, 10 September 2019 |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
Dublin West 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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Restorative Practice in FET |
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This workshop is for FET staff interested in positive communication. 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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