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In this session participants will be introduced to how to incorporate puppets into the classroom and the various weekly adventures it can take children developing a range of both constrained e.g. alphabetic knowledge and unconstrained skills e.g. auditory memory. In this session we will explore a variety of skills that children need to be literate and through a case study with a puppet this will be exemplified.

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Session Structure:
• How to log in to Office 365
• Overview the Teams Platform
• File Structure within Teams
• Tracking Assignments
• Where to find assignment feedback given by a teacher
• The use of student gradebook
• Advice for navigating a school closure & other resources
• How to access Student Support
• Q & A

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Simon Lewis, Principal of Carlow Educate Together NS will give a short presentation on the minimum expectations of school for remote learning. Simon will explore the practical implications of remote learning, DES guidelines and whole school considerations. The presentation will be followed by a live Q & A.

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Ignite your light Your way to Wellness for School Staff

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An Introduction to the Welcome to Well-Being Programme

Join author Fiona Forman as she gives an outline of her new 3 -level SPHE programme for Infants to First Class children, Welcome to Well-Being, available in January 2021.

Fiona is a former primary teacher and is the co-author of the Weaving Well-Being programme for 2^nd to 6^th class, which is now in use in the majority of primary schools in Ireland. Her new programme follows the same structure and aims to provide a practical and child-centred resource to help teachers to nurture the well-being of children in the junior classes.

Welcome to Well-Being is based on the field of Positive Psychology, which is the science of well-being. It includes concepts such as Positive Emotions, Positive Relationships and Character Strengths. The programme is also underpinned by the concept of emotional regulation.

Each level has 10 lessons and includes a Teacher Resource Book, Pupil Book, posters and multi-media links. It is also linked to the strands and strand units of the SPHE curriculum.  The programme has undergone an extensive piloting stage in schools around the country and feedback has been extremely positive.

Fiona will give an overview of the programme, as well as suggestions for implementing it in the classroom. Teachers who avail of this webinar will receive a discount of 15% if they wish to order the programme.

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This webinar will explore how teachers can maximise the use of their school’s digital platform to engage in effective online assessment and feedback. The webinar content will explore the use of digital portfolios to support and enhance formative assessment and effective feedback practices and will draw focus to the PDST CPD supports available for teachers in this area. Importantly, we will also explore the planning considerations for schools when introducing digital portfolios into the classroom context.

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This webinar will explore how teachers can maximise the use of their school’s digital platform to engage in effective online assessment and feedback. The webinar content will explore the use of digital portfolios to support and enhance formative assessment and effective feedback practices and will draw focus to the PDST CPD supports available for teachers in this area. Importantly, we will also explore the planning considerations for schools when introducing digital portfolios into the classroom context.

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Learn how digital storytelling can be used to express creatively using green screen technology, animation and interactive book design

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We have arranged an online meeting for principals, considering the circumstances we regrettably find ourselves in as the new term commences.  It may be apt to give principals the opportunity to come together given the uncertainty that prevails.

A meeting space online is scheduled for next Wednesday at 11am. Hopefully there may be further clarity by then and it may give Principals an opportunity to discuss issues of concern to them.

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Further Education Teachers – Supporting Inclusion and Progression through Assistive Technology

This workshop is offered by IT Tralee as part of the SOAR project for broadening participation in third level education.

Further Education is an important stepping-stone to third level study and provides a window of opportunity for developing self-directed learning skills.  For students with disabilities, a range of rapidly developing technologies can reduce or remove many of the barriers they face in education and support their successful progression to degree level and beyond.  Further Education courses provide an important opportunity for students to experiment with these, and to develop an effective learning process using the most appropriate tools for their own individual learning preferences.

In fact, many of the technologies now available have much wider application and are used effectively and productively by students and professionals across the board.  The need for all students to have access to a full range of technology for learning has been brought strongly to the fore by the current COVID crisis.

The first workshop will introduce a wide variety of mainly free and easily available assistive technology options which may be made available for students, allowing them to experiment with different means of representation and of expression as per Universal Design for Learning.

A follow up session will provide a forum for participants to share their experiences of applying the technologies in their classrooms, raising any difficulties encountered and sharing helpful practices.  Participants are asked to commit to attending both sessions.

Biography

Jane Brennan is the Enabling Transitions Facilitator for the SOAR project at IT Tralee.  Enabling Transitions works with educators in the second level and further education systems to promote the independent learning skills of students, including those with disabilities, through the use of a range of appropriate technologies.

Jane is a teacher with over 30 years experience in second level, further and higher education.

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Clare, Monaghan, Tralee and Navan Education Centres in partnership with Progressive College will be delivering a series of online live webinars for SNA'S, on a number of specific topics which will assist in further developing knowledge and skills central to their role as an SNA.  The next topic covered will be Working with the child with Sensory Processing difficulties and will take place on Tuesday 12th January at 3.30pm 

Working with the child with Sensory Processing difficulties

Topics Covered

• What are Sensory Processing difficulties 
• Characteristics of Sensory Processing difficulties 
• School life for the child with Sensory Processing difficulties 
• Strategies to support the child with Sensory Processing difficulties. 

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This presentation outlines the complex role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator at primary level. It offers some clarity on what a whole school systematic approach to meeting the needs of children with Special Educational Needs in our schools entails and explores the challenges that SENCOs face in these unprecedented times. Those who attend will also gain useful tips, tricks and resources to help with the administration side of the role of the SENCO also.

Maria Geaney

Maria is the SENCO and Deputy Principal in Scoil Seanáin Naofa, Clonlara, Co. Clare. She has been teaching as a Special Education Teacher and Class Teacher for over ten years. Maria completed the Graduate Diploma in Special Education in Mary Immaculate College in 2018. She has a keen interest in Special Education. 

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Topics to be discussed;
- Covid inspections
- Boosting Staff morale after a difficult term

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 Teaching without your Laptop on a SMART Interactive Panel

• Explore the IQ (the built-in android computer) on the SMART Board. Learn how to use the SMART Board without being plugged into any computer.
• Discover features of the built-in whiteboard and how to get writing immediately.
• Share your whiteboard with your students on their personal devices for them to follow along as you teach or to go at their own pace.
• Use the browser to surf the web and open files such as PDF, PPT or Doc. Learn how to annotate over webpages and save your content for use at a later date.
• Screen share from any device to your SMART Board (apple, android, windows; phone or tablet).
• Use your tablet or phone as a visualizer to project any content onto the board.
• Store files on the board or create files at home and share them directly to your board for tomorrow’s lessons. Open files saved to a USB.
• Adjust settings and customize the board. Learn how to look for updates to make sure you are running on the newest version of the software.

Biography

My name is Melissa Shine. I am a Junior Infant teacher in St. Paul’s NS in Limerick. I began teaching almost 8 years ago after completing my Masters in NUIG in 2013.

I have always had a passion for ICT having worked in Currys PC World for several years through college. I have completed a yearlong course in ICT in Education in the Limerick Education Centre and many other courses IT related such as Scratch. These courses have allowed me to utilize my knowledge and apply it to my teaching in a meaningful way.

In previous years I have ran coding classes afterschool for the children in the senior classes and I give summer continuous professional development courses for CPD College Dublin for the last three years in e-Portfolios and other digital tools.

Using the SMART Boards over the last two years have allowed me to enhance my teaching, engage my students and increase overall participation in my lessons. This is something I am eager to share with my fellow teachers.

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