Kilkenny Education Centre Spring Courses Programme 2023

Kilkenny Education Centre’s Primary and Post Primary Spring Courses Programme 2023 is live on our website! Booking for all upcoming face-to-face and online CPD is essential and online only so be sure to book your place/s early to avoid disappointment. The Professional Learning Opportunities we are offering this Spring 2023 cater for Primary and Post Primary Principals, Management, Teachers, Special Needs Assistants (SNAs), School Secretaries and Parents/Guardians. We will continue to add to this range of CPD so be sure to check-in with our website regularly!

ESCI Climate Action Bitesized Biodiversity Online Weekly Meetings

Nature made easy! Kilkenny Education Centre is delighted to collaborate with the Irish Schools Sustainability Network, Athlone Education Support Centre, Drumcondra Education Centre, Limerick Education Centre and Waterford Teachers' Centre to bring teachers weekly Bitesized Biodiversity online meetings. Learn about one new living thing each week. Join a collective group of teachers, for 15 minutes online every Monday from Monday 5^th September 2022 to Monday 26^th June 2023, who are bringing nature into their classrooms. Suitable for Primary and Post Primary teachers alike!

ESCI South Region Partnership CPD

In partnership with our fellow ESCI South Region Education Centres, Cork Education Support Centre, Waterford Teachers' Centre, West Cork Education Support Centre and Wexford Education Support Centre, Kilkenny Education Centre has organised a range of CPD for this Spring 2023.

'Technology to Make Learning Easier' Webinar Series

ESCI South Region Education Centres, in partnership with University College Cork (UCC), will deliver a number of ‘Technology to Make Learning Easier’ Webinar Series this Spring Term; 

• ‘Technology to Make Learning Easier’ Webinar Series (Option #4), Tuesdays 18^th April and 25^th April 2023, 5p.m. each evening
• 'Technology to Make Learning Easier’ Webinar Series (Option #5), Tuesdays 9^th May and 16^th May 2023, 5p.m. each evening

Webinars with Clara Maria Fiorentini

ESCI South Region Education Centres, in collaboration with Clara Maria Fiorentini, lecturer in Initial Teacher Education at Marino Institute of Education, will deliver the following webinars this Spring Term;

• Reading for Pleasure in the Primary Classroom Webinar, Monday 24^th April 2023, 7p.m.
• The Novel in the Primary Classroom Webinar, Thursday 4^th May 2023, 7p.m.
• Prioritising Play: Strategies for Playful Literacy Development in the Junior Primary Classroom Webinar, Monday 15^th May 2023, 7p.m.

Assistive Technology Webinars

ESCI South Region Education Centres, in partnership with University College Cork (UCC), will deliver a range of Assistive Technology CPD this Spring Term;

• Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired Webinar, Thursday 30th March 2023, 4p.m.

ESCI and Future Neuro Brain Health Webinar Series 

ESCI, in partnership with Future Neuro, the SFI Research Centre for chronic and rare neurological disease, will deliver a four-part Brain Health Webinar Series, as follows; 

• ESCI and Future Neuro Brain Health Webinar Series Webinar #3 - Epilepsy in an Educational Context, Monday 27^th March 2023, 7p.m.
• ESCI and Future Neuro Brain Health Webinar Series Webinar #4 - Concussion and Compression in an Education Context, Tuesday 25^th April 2023, 7p.m.

ESCI Region 3 Literacy Webinars Suite

ESCI Region 3 Education Centres, Kilkenny Education Centre, Waterford Teachers’ Centre and Wexford Education Support Centre, have collaborated to deliver a suite of Literacy webinars, facilitated by Catherine Gilliland;

• Webinar #4 - Building Tier 1, 2 and 3 Vocabulary Across a Balanced Literacy Curriculum Webinar, Tuesday 28^th March 2023, 5.30p.m.
• Webinar #5 - Building Comprehension Through Visual Imagery and Graphic Organisers Webinar, Tuesday 18^th April 2023, 5.30p.m.
• Webinar #6 - The Six Writing Genres of the Primary Language Curriculum Webinar, Tuesday 2^nd May 2023, 5.30p.m.

ESCI and NEPS ESCI and NEPS A Balanced Approach to Literacy Development in the Early Years Webinar

Kilkenny Education Centre, Laois Education Support Centre, Waterford Teachers' Centre and Wexford Education Support Centre have collaborated with the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) to deliver this webinar, suitable for Primary Class Teachers and Special Education Teachers. Post Primary teachers may also attend, if they wish, in order to gain a better understanding of how reading is taught in the Early Years. This webinar, taking place on Wednesday 10^th May 2023, at 2.30p.m., aims to signpost the A Balanced Approach to Literacy Development in the Early Years Good Practice Guide.