Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD

Image copyright TAP - Teacher Jennifer Buggy collaborating with pupils at Sacred Heart Primary School, Portlaoise, Co. Laois as part of a TAP with artist Joanna Parkes
Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD for Supporting & Enhancing
Arts in Education in Ireland (Primary Schools Initiative)
Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD is a unique Department of Education and Skills initiative which commenced on a pilot basis in 2014/15 in response to the objectives outlined in the Arts in Education Charter. This initiative is guided by the principles expressed in the Arts in Education Charter (2012) and Pillar 1 (Creative Youth) of the Creative Ireland Programme (2017–2022).
Nurturing the abilities and commitment of artists and teachers for the promotion of arts-in-education is a central concern of the Arts in Education Charter. One of its major initiatives in this regard was the design and implementation of a pilot teacher-artist CPD Partnership Summer Course. Part of supporting schools in the provision of high quality arts education for children, this pilot arts in education initiative was Association of Teacher Education Centre of Ireland (ATECI) led, in partnership with the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht (DCHG), Encountering the Arts Ireland (ETAI) and the Association for Creativity in Arts Education (ACAE). The initiative is administered by the Education Centre, Tralee. This innovative teacher-artist CPD programme was aimed at developing a model of arts in education CPD for teachers which could be used as a template for the future.
The Pilot Project was researched and the Research Report on this Pilot initiative was launched by both the Minister for Education and Skills and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in March 2016 and has been published (available on here).
Teacher-Artist Partnership CPD Summer Course & Residency Programme is now mainstreamed and consists of free DES approved (EPV days) Summer Courses operating in each of the 21 full-time Education Centres in Ireland in either July or August each year. Each Course will have 20 primary teachers and 4 professional artists participating. It will be delivered by a trained and experienced Teacher Artist Facilitator Pair. The initiative includes funded Artist in Residency opportunities in which participating teachers and artists work together in collaboration in the School during the following academic year.
Teacher - Artist Partnership (TAP) CAP Information Flyer
Contact Details
Contact Name
Dr Katie Sweeney / Máire Vieux
Address
The Education Centre,
Tralee,
Dromtacker,
Co. Kerry
V92 HK52
Telephone
066 7195003
Website
Projects & Partnerships - 5 results

Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Project – The Lonely Traveller
Artist(s): Fiona Linnane
Teachers(s): Jacintha Mullins
School/Group: Mid West School for the Deaf

Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Project – Cave Dweller
Artist(s): John Busher
Teachers(s): Liselott Olofsson
School/Group: Gaelscoil Osraí, Loch Buí, Co. Kilkenny

Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Project – Scoil Náisiúnta Muire gan Smál
Artist(s): Claire Halpin
Teachers(s): Vera McGrath
School/Group: Scoil Náisiúnta Muire gan Smál, Cartown, Co.Louth

Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Project – Donal of Dunamase and the mighty boar of Ballyfriar
Artist(s): Joanna Parkes
Teachers(s): Jennifer Buggie
School/Group: Sacred Heart Primary School, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Myself and My Friends
Artist(s): Helen Barry
Teachers(s): Mary Bennett
School/Group: Scoil Mhuire Ógh 1, Dublin 12
News posts - 11 results
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Opportunities
Teacher Opportunity: Teacher-Artist Partnership Face-to-Face CPD 2022
Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Dates: 4 July – 8 July 2022 Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Programme invites teachers to register…
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Sector/Policy
Resource: Teacher – Artist Partnership (TAP) Special Initiative videos
Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) & Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership Video resource The Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Programme in partnership…
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Opportunities
Callout for Artists: Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD 2021
Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD Deadline: 5pm 21st May 2021 The Teacher Artist Partnership CPD Online Summer Course and…
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Guest Blogger
Blog 4 – Jennifer Buggie, Teacher & Lead Facilitator on the TAP Design Team
Growing during Closing October, falling leaves and creeping numbers. It was a month of growing in a season of closing….
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Guest Blogger
Blog 1 – Jennifer Buggie, Teacher & Lead Facilitator on the TAP Design Team
Becoming and Understanding Through Partnership…Teachers, Artists, Children “Art is a fundamental human enterprise…In making art we make ourselves. In understanding…
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Opportunities
Opportunity: Teacher Artist Partnership (TAP) Online CPD Summer Course
Teacher Artist Partnership (TAP) Initiative Deadline to register: 3pm, 3 July 2020 Teacher Artist Partnership (TAP) Online CPD…
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Guest Blogger
Blog 4 – Kate Wilson, Artist & Lead Facilitator on the TAP Design Team
Online collaborations, TAP’s new online course and ‘busting the myth of the solo artist’ I have been very lucky over…
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Guest Blogger
Blog 1 – Kate Wilson, Artist & Lead Facilitator on the TAP Design Team
Diversity and Every Duck is Different In October last year I was invited to attend the Europe…
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Opportunities
Call Out for Artists: Teacher Artist Partnership CPD & Residency 2019
Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) Deadline dates vary per region – please contact Local Authority Arts Service Announcing a wonderful opportunity for Artists to…
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Opportunities
Teacher/Artist Partnerships: Summer course at your local Education Centre
Teacher/Artist Partnerships: supporting and enhancing Arts Education in Primary Schools This is a unique summer course offering teachers the opportunity…
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Sector/Policy
“Exploring Teacher-Artist Partnership as a Model of CPD for Supporting and Enhancing Arts Education in Ireland: A Research Report” is Launched
Minister for Education and Skills Mr Richard Bruton T.D. officially launched “Exploring Teacher-Artist Partnership as a Model of CPD…