These hands-on workshops will focus on active teaching and learning approaches that will help to support enjoyable and interactive learning in the classroom. This should help to engage and motivate learners and encourage lateral thinking, group work, critical analysis and reflection. The session will introduce teachers/tutors to a range of different activities that are quick and easy to implement in their classrooms and learning contexts.

The facilitator for these sessions is Miriam O' Donoghue, Deputy Director of the CDETB Curriculum Development Unit and National Manager of the Further Education Support Service (FESS).

The target audience for these workshops is teachers and tutors working in FET.

This interactive workshop is aimed at developing insight into the challenges facing learners with mental health difficulties and the potential importance of education in mental health recovery. Issues relating to policy will be covered and discussed, including the relevance of equality legislation, disclosure and confidentiality guidelines and admission and interview procedures. A range of possible supports for learners will be presented and some challenging case studies/scenarios will be discussed.

This training will support development of equality policy and procedures, and will be beneficial for work with all learners because good practice in supporting learners with mental health difficulties is good education practice.

Facilitator: Dr. Marie Rooney, Education Consultant

The target audience for this workshop is those with a management role within their provider, for example, principals, deputy principals, centre managers, QA officers and co-ordinators.

This workshop will support the role of the assessor in the FET learning environment. It will cover:
• Overview of the assessment process, including key milestones
• Ensuring an understanding of the standard associated with levels 1 – 6 of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ)
• Devising assessment instruments (briefs and examination papers), marking schemes and outline solutions
• Making assessment judgements/decisions

Facilitator: FESS

The target audience for these workshops is new teachers/tutors/trainers in FET OR those with a role in supporting teachers/tutors/trainers in assessment activities within their provider

AHEAD is a centre for inclusive practice in education. We know how diverse and complex classrooms have become in terms of culture and ability and that FET educators have to pay attention to how inclusive their opportunities are for learners with disabilities and other disadvantages.
This workshop will provide a theoretical background to Universal Design for Learning which is a framework to manage diversity and to include all learners. It will explore a range of issues for consideration when supporting learners with disabilities and it will identify practical tools and strategies that benefit not only learners with a disability, but all learners.

The target audience for this workshop is those with a management role, within their provider, in FET. Also for those tasked with supporting learners with a disability in FET