CPD Opportunities for teachers across the ESCI network

Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI)

Dates: various

We have gathered together a selection of CPD courses for teachers offered through the Education Support Centres Ireland network. Highlights of courses available are as follows:

Collaborative Play with LEGO for Children with ASD & ADHD

Location & Dates:
Sligo EC, 2nd Sep, 7-8pm
Wexford ESC, 1 Oct, 7-8pm
Drumcondra EC, 2nd Oct, 7-8pm
Laois ESC, 7th Oct, 7-8pm

Collaborative Play, using Lego, is an effective form of therapy for children with a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties including depression, anxiety, aggression and social issues. The purpose of this course is to pique your interest in the process of setting up a Collaborative Play group in your classroom and/or a room in the school.

Establishing a School Library : Practical Tips to get Started

Location & Date: Wexford Education Centre, 5th September, 2024, 7-8pm

Raise literacy standards and promote reading for pleasure among the whole school community! This course will provide  practical tips such as setting up a student leadership team, using a catalogue system, shelving, ordering and labelling. How to create a welcoming, diverse and safe space for students while giving them leadership roles and enhance their collaborative and organisational skills.

Local Voices

Location & Dates:
Dublin West EC, Laois ESC, Kildare ESC and Drumcondra EC, 9th September, 2024, 7-8pm

Local Voices is a bright new initiative in the teaching of history and geography with an emphasis on children’s voice/agency and citizenship-education. Through a process of interviewing interesting people from the locality, recording/transcribing the interviews, selecting excerpts from the interviews and taking photographs the children and teachers collect a rich and colourful snapshot-in-time of the recent-history and current-geography of their locality.

For futher information on these courses and to book, contact the relevant Education Support Centre or visit: https://www.esci.ie/cpd-courses.html