Opportunity: TAP+ Summer Course and Residency Programme 2026 Now Open

The Department of Education and Youth: Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) 2026

The Department of Education is pleased to announce Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2026 Summer Course Teacher Registration and Creative Practitioners Call Out is now open.

TAP+ 2026 Summer Course for Teachers, 1 – 7 July 2026
Closing date: 19 June 2026

TAP+ is a unique summer course that offers teachers the opportunity to explore the nature and educational value of partnerships between teachers and creative practitioners in supporting creativity and arts in education in school communities.

TAP+ Summer Course is free to all primary & special school teachers. The course is hosted by your local full time Education Support Centre from Wednesday 1 July to Tuesday 7 July (5 days).
Approved and led by the Department of Education and Youth and Education Support Centres Ireland under Creative Youth 2023-2027.

Please note that TAP+ Summer Course numbers are capped at 20 – 25 teacher participants.

Please use the following link to register for the upcoming TAP+ Summer Course: online application form

Registration closing date is Friday 19 June

Please contact your local Education Support Centre for queries and support, or email National Arts in Education, Tralee Education Support Centre at artsineducation@traleeesc.ie

Apply for a free in-school TAP+ Residency for your students!

During the summer course teachers will have the opportunity to apply for a TAP+ Residency to take place in partnership with a creative practitioner from their summer course and their students in the school year 2026/27. Each ESC will have 8 Residencies for participating teachers on the TAP+ Summer Course. If you would like to apply for a TAP+ Residency, you will need to complete the TAP+ Summer Course in your school’s full-time Education Support Centre’s catchment area.

TAP+ Call Out for Creative Practitioners 2026
Closing date: 5 June 2026

Announcing a wonderful opportunity for creative practitioners of all disciplines to broaden their practice through the Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) professional development and in-school residency initiative. TAP+ is a creativity rich national initiative where creative practitioners train and collaborate alongside primary and special school teachers, developing shared approaches to creativity, wellbeing, and partnership in schools.

TAP+ supports creative practitioners to work collaboratively with teachers and students, developing creative partnerships that enhance the creative potential of every student. Each course is delivered by trained Teacher–Artist tutor pairs and includes both professional development and practical experience.

Develop creative partnerships with teachers and students. Receive funded training and residencies that bring creativity and the arts into schools across Ireland through TAP+, an initiative of Creative Youth 2023–27 under Creative Ireland and led by the Department of Education and Youth and Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI).

Closing date for applications: Friday 5 June 2026 at 5pm
Creative Practitioner application form – apply here: online application form
Read TAP+ Creative Practitioner Call Out Guidelines here