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Please note that booking is essential and online only. Further details of the above courses are available on our website www.eckilkenny.ie We are on Facebook! We are on Twitter! @eckilkenny Kilkenny Post Primary Education Autumn Centre - 2016 Courses Seville Lodge, Callan Road, Kilkenny. Director: Paul Fields Tel: (056) 77 60200 Fax: (056) 77 60250 Email: Web: [email protected] www.eckilkenny.ie Occupational First Aid at Work QQI Level 5 (Appointed Person) This Occupational First Aid course aims to train participants in the types of injuries and First Aid emergencies that can occur in the workplace and equip them with the knowledge, skills and competence to provide and co-ordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (General Applications 2007, SI No. 229/2007). Certification is valid for two years and includes AED (Defibrillation) training as per FETAC QQI Level 5. Individual modules are grouped into the following units: Ÿ Unit 1: First Aid in the Workplace Ÿ Unit 2: Patient Assessment Ÿ Unit 3: Respiratory Emergencies Ÿ Unit 4: Cardiac First Response (CFR) Ÿ Unit 5: Wounds and Bleeding Ÿ Unit 6: Altered Levels of Consciousness Ÿ Unit 7: Musculoskeletal Injuries Ÿ Unit 8: Burns and Scalds, Chemicals, Poison, Electric Shock Dates: Tuesday 15th November (5.00 - 8.15p.m.), Saturday 19th November (9.30 - 4.30p.m.), Tuesday 22nd November (5.00 - 8.00p.m.) Tuesday 29th November (5.00 - 8.15p.m.) Saturday 3rd December 2016 (9.30 - 4.30p.m.) Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Michael Kinsella, Lifesaver Training Fee: €125 Only 10 places available. Introduction to Mindfulness and Wellbeing for Teachers and Students This introductory course for teachers will focus on: Ÿ An understanding of the potential positive impact of Mindfulness on both the teacher and the student, Ÿ An awareness of the importance of the teacher developing a mindfulness practice as part of using mindfulness in the classroom, Ÿ The ability to use specific mindfulness exercises in teaching elements of the SPHE programme, Ÿ The ability to carry out SSE activities in relation to the use of mindfulness in teaching elements of the SPHE curriculum. Course Methodology: Ÿ Mindful practices, Ÿ Short PowerPoint inputs - theory, examples, analysis, Ÿ Individual and group exercises, and Ÿ Small group discussions. Dates: Wednesday 23rd November and Wednesday 7th December 2016 Time: 7.00 - 9.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Dee Hennessy Confidence in Singing for Teachers This course, suitable for all levels of singers, will improve participant’s own singing skills, enable them to enjoy singing more and maximise the benefits of singing for learning and communication skills. Participants will learn fun exercises that boost confidence with students and understand challenges students have with singing. About the Tutor: Aideen Ní Riada runs singing workshops, courses and lessons in Co. Wexford. She studied Vocal Performance at Newpark Music Centre in Dublin for two years full-time and Speech Level Singing in San Francisco. Her primary degree is a B.A. in Psychological Studies from University College Dublin (UCD). Dates: Monday 21st November and Thursday 1st December 2016 Time: 7.00 - 9.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Aideen Ní Riada Izak9 Maths Resource Information Session Izak9 is a hands-on resource for Mathematics in First Year. It is widely used in Northern Ireland in Primary schools an in Post Primary schools as a useful resource around transition. The concept of Izak9 is based on the belief that if we are to offer students a brighter future, then we need to expose them to as many ways as possible of developing a positive relationship with Mathematics when they are young. Students, in their formative years of Primary School, love learning through play. The learning here is rich, shared, open- ended, investigative and most importantly, fun. So why, when they reach upper Primary and then into Secondary level, is the learning of mathematics in relative comparison, much less stimulating for them? Through Izak9, we can give learning through play back to students in a way that can challenge, encourage, support, stretch and nourish a confidence and competence in their learning of mathematics. Not only should every student feel that they can enjoy and ‘do’ mathematics, but they should be able to believe that they can excel at it. Date: Wednesday 7th December 2016 Time: 4.00 - 6.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Pat Hanrahan FairViews - Photographs in the Classroom We live in a highly visual age. Students, whether at Primary, Secondary, Higher or Adult and Community level, negotiate their way each day through a plethora of images, with varying levels of success. Some are naturally visual learners, while others can take time to engage with images. From a teaching and learning perspective, visual images can be powerful tools; they can open up topics, perspectives and fresh ideas and can be especially effective in promoting critical, non-judgemental and original thinking. This course is built around a simple principle: every teacher can integrate photographs and other visual images into his/her teaching. This course is a hands-on affair where participants work through the educational photopack, FairViews to discover many pedagogical possibilities. Prior usage of photographs in the classroom setting is not essential. At the end of the course, participants will receive a copy of the FairViews pack which includes 24 striking images printed on card for easy use in the classroom, a booklet containing 33 practical pedagogies and a CD with the 24 photographs. The FairViews pack is the outcome of a collaborative project between Development Options and Concern. Date: Tuesday 13th December 2016 Time: 7.00 - 9.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Gerry Jeffers A fee of €20 per person is payable on the evening. FÍS: Film-Making in the Classroom Learn how to make films using cameras, iPads, iPhones or any video device! Learn a little about editing and putting your final project together. On this course, participants will: Ÿ Learn to encourage their students’ creativity, Ÿ Produce classroom resources, Ÿ Learn to spice up Transition Year field trips, and Ÿ Foster group work and problem solving. Start with a short movie (two to three minutes) and gradually move on as suits your skill level. No experience or expensive equipment needed. Use what your school has! Lights, Camera, Action! Dates: Wednesday 16th November and Thursday 17th November 2016 Times: 7.00 - 9.30p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Shane Egan Please bring your iPad/tablet device with you! The Role of the Year Head in the Post Primary School This course will support participants in defining and establishing their role as a Year Head and support participants in developing a strong Year Head and Class Tutor team. This course will also explore strategies to help participants manage time effectively and enable participants to develop effective skills and skills for conflict management. Dates: Tuesday 24th January, Tuesday 31st January and Tuesday 7th February 2017 Time: 7.00 - 9.30p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Harry Freeman Support Workshops for Deputy Principals These support workshops are specifically for those working in the role of Deputy Principal and are aimed at providing a forum for Deputies to share and discuss with each other, areas of common interest. The focus will be on positive and practical steps in supporting them in their important professional role. These workshops will be co-ordinated by Martin Quirke, former Deputy Principal and Principal. Where required, we will bring in levels of expertise. Dates: Wednesday 11th January and Wednesday 5th April 2017 Time: 2.00 - 4.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Martin Quirke Kilkenny Education Centre Seismograph A USB Seismograph, owned by the Centre, can be borrowed by Post Primary schools. Please contact the Centre for further details. Kilkenny Education Centre Reading Group The Kilkenny Education Centre Reading Group is an informal group who meet on a monthly basis to discuss a book the group have read. The group meet under the stewardship of Larry Cotter, a teacher of English in St. Kieran’s College. The group started with two people in September 2007 and is growing steadily. Each month, one member of the group chooses a book for the following meeting. New members are always welcome! Contact Larry on 086-1060799 for details. SEAI Energy in Education - Workshop 2 In this course, participants are guided step-by-step through the energy management process from understanding bills and energy use in the school to developing and implementing an energy saving plan. This course involves a recap of Workshop 1; your energy statement and finding savings and the final three steps of the energy management process; make a plan, take action and check progress. Date: Tuesday 8th November 2016 Time: 4.00 - 7.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Shane Bradley and Philip Goode Participants will bring 12 months of energy bills with them and develop an understanding of how much energy is consumed and how much is being spent on energy. The outcomes of this course are understanding your energy bills, analyse and quantify energy use, identify potential energy and cost savings of up to 10% and use of the energy bills tracker toll and resources available on the Energy in Education website. Date: Wednesday 7th December 2016 Time: 5.00 - 7.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Shane Bradley and Philip Goode SEAI Bills Clinic Bronze Age Museum in a Box (Handling Box) Kilkenny Education Centre has three Bronze Age Handling boxes which can be borrowed by schools for a period of two weeks. Please contact the Centre for further details.
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Please note that booking is essential and online only. Further details of the above courses are available on our website www.eckilkenny.ieWe are on Facebook!
We are on Twitter!
@eckilkenny
Kilkenny Post Primary Education AutumnCentre - 2016 CoursesSeville Lodge, Callan Road, Kilkenny. Director: Paul Fields Tel: (056) 77 60200 Fax: (056) 77 60250 Email: Web: [email protected] www.eckilkenny.ie
Occupational First Aid at Work QQI Level 5 (Appointed Person)This Occupational First Aid course aims to train participants in the types of injuries and First Aid emergencies that can occur in the workplace and equip them with the knowledge, skills and competence to provide and co-ordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (General Applications 2007, SI No. 229/2007). Certification is valid for two years and includes AED (Defibrillation) training as per FETAC QQI Level 5. Individual modules are grouped into the following units:
Ÿ Unit 1: First Aid in the WorkplaceŸ Unit 2: Patient AssessmentŸ Unit 3: Respiratory EmergenciesŸ Unit 4: Cardiac First Response (CFR)Ÿ Unit 5: Wounds and BleedingŸ Unit 6: Altered Levels of ConsciousnessŸ Unit 7: Musculoskeletal InjuriesŸ Unit 8: Burns and Scalds, Chemicals, Poison, Electric Shock
Dates: Tuesday 15th November (5.00 - 8.15p.m.), Saturday 19th November (9.30 - 4.30p.m.), Tuesday 22nd November (5.00 - 8.00p.m.) Tuesday 29th November (5.00 - 8.15p.m.) Saturday 3rd December 2016 (9.30 - 4.30p.m.)Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre Tutor: Michael Kinsella, Lifesaver TrainingFee: €125
Only 10 places available.
Introduction to Mindfulness and Wellbeing for Teachers and Students This introductory course for teachers will focus on:
Ÿ An understanding of the potential positive impact of Mindfulness on both the teacher and the student,Ÿ An awareness of the importance of the teacher developing a mindfulness practice as part of using mindfulness in the classroom,Ÿ The ability to use specific mindfulness exercises in teaching elements of the SPHE programme,Ÿ The ability to carry out SSE activities in relation to the use of mindfulness in teaching elements of the SPHE curriculum.
Course Methodology:
Ÿ Mindful practices,Ÿ Short PowerPoint inputs - theory, examples, analysis,Ÿ Individual and group exercises, andŸ Small group discussions.
Dates: Wednesday 23rd November and Wednesday 7th December 2016Time: 7.00 - 9.00p.m. Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Dee Hennessy
Confidence in Singing for Teachers
This course, suitable for all levels of singers, will improve participant’s own singing skills, enable them to enjoy singing more and maximise the benefits of singing for learning and communication skills. Participants will learn fun exercises that boost confidence with students and understand challenges students have with singing.
About the Tutor:
Aideen Ní Riada runs singing workshops, courses and lessons in Co. Wexford. She studied Vocal Performance at Newpark Music Centre in Dublin for two years full-time and Speech Level Singing in San Francisco. Her primary degree is a B.A. in Psychological Studies from University College Dublin (UCD).
Dates: Monday 21st November and Thursday 1st December 2016Time: 7.00 - 9.00p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Aideen Ní Riada
Izak9 Maths Resource Information SessionIzak9 is a hands-on resource for Mathematics in First Year. It is widely used in Northern Ireland in Primary schools an in Post Primary schools as a useful resource around transition.
The concept of Izak9 is based on the belief that if we are to offer students a brighter future, then we need to expose them to as many ways as possible of developing a positive relationship with Mathematics when they are young.
Students, in their formative years of Primary School, love learning through play. The learning here is rich, shared, open-ended, investigative and most importantly, fun. So why, when they reach upper Primary and then into Secondary level, is the learning of mathematics in relative comparison, much less stimulating for them?
Through Izak9, we can give learning through play back to students in a way that can challenge, encourage, support, stretch and nourish a confidence and competence in their learning of mathematics. Not only should every student feel that they can enjoy and ‘do’ mathematics, but they should be able to believe that they can excel at it.
Date: Wednesday 7th December 2016Time: 4.00 - 6.00p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Pat Hanrahan
FairViews - Photographs in the ClassroomWe live in a highly visual age. Students, whether at Primary, Secondary, Higher or Adult and Community level, negotiate their way each day through a plethora of images, with varying levels of success. Some are naturally visual learners, while others can take time to engage with images.
From a teaching and learning perspective, visual images can be powerful tools; they can open up topics, perspectives and fresh ideas and can be especially effective in promoting critical, non-judgemental and original thinking.
This course is built around a simple principle: every teacher can integrate photographs and other visual images into his/her teaching. This course is a hands-on affair where participants work through the educational photopack, FairViews to discover many pedagogical possibilities. Prior usage of photographs in the classroom setting is not essential.
At the end of the course, participants will receive a copy of the FairViews pack which includes 24 striking images printed on card for easy use in the classroom, a booklet containing 33 practical pedagogies and a CD with the 24 photographs.
The FairViews pack is the outcome of a collaborative project between Development Options and Concern.
Date: Tuesday 13th December 2016 Time: 7.00 - 9.00p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Gerry Jeffers
A fee of €20 per person is payable on the evening.
FÍS: Film-Making in the Classroom
Learn how to make films using cameras, iPads, iPhones or any video device! Learn a little about editing and putting your final project together. On this course, participants will:
Ÿ Learn to encourage their students’ creativity,Ÿ Produce classroom resources,Ÿ Learn to spice up Transition Year field trips, andŸ Foster group work and problem solving.
Start with a short movie (two to three minutes) and gradually move on as suits your skill level. No experience or expensive equipment needed. Use what your school has!
Lights, Camera, Action!
Dates: Wednesday 16th November and Thursday 17th November 2016Times: 7.00 - 9.30p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Shane Egan
Please bring your iPad/tablet device with you!
The Role of the Year Head in the Post Primary School
This course will support participants in defining and establishing their role as a Year Head and support participants in developing a strong Year Head and Class Tutor team. This course will also explore strategies to help participants manage time effectively and enable participants to develop effective skills and skills for conflict management.
Dates: Tuesday 24th January, Tuesday 31st January and Tuesday 7th February 2017Time: 7.00 - 9.30p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Harry Freeman
Support Workshops for Deputy Principals
These support workshops are specifically for those working in the role of Deputy Principal and are aimed at providing a forum for Deputies to share and discuss with each other, areas of common interest.
The focus will be on positive and practical steps in supporting them in their important professional role.
These workshops will be co-ordinated by Martin Quirke, former Deputy Principal and Principal.
Where required, we will bring in levels of expertise.
Dates: Wednesday 11th January and Wednesday 5th April 2017Time: 2.00 - 4.00p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Martin Quirke
Kilkenny Education Centre Seismograph
A USB Seismograph, owned by the Centre, can be borrowed by Post Primary schools. Please contact the Centre for further details.
Kilkenny Education Centre Reading Group
The Kilkenny Education Centre Reading Group is an informal group who meet on a monthly basis to discuss a book the group have read. The group meet under the stewardship of Larry Cotter, a teacher of English in St. Kieran’s College.
The group started with two people in September 2007 and is growing steadily. Each month, one member of the group chooses a book for the following meeting.
New members are always welcome!
Contact Larry on 086-1060799 for details.
SEAI Energy in Education - Workshop 2In this course, participants are guided step-by-step through the energy management process from understanding bills and energy use in the school to developing and implementing an energy saving plan. This course involves a recap of Workshop 1; your energy statement and finding savings and the final three steps of the energy management process; make a plan, take action and check progress.
Date: Tuesday 8th November 2016Time: 4.00 - 7.00p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Shane Bradley and Philip Goode
Participants will bring 12 months of energy bills with them and develop an understanding of how much energy is consumed and how much is being spent on energy. The outcomes of this course are understanding your energy bills, analyse and quantify energy use, identify potential energy and cost savings of up to 10% and use of the energy bills tracker toll and resources available on the Energy in Education website.
Date: Wednesday 7th December 2016Time: 5.00 - 7.00p.m.Venue: Kilkenny Education CentreTutor: Shane Bradley and Philip Goode
SEAI Bills Clinic
Bronze Age Museum in a Box (Handling Box)
Kilkenny Education Centre has three Bronze Age Handling boxes which can be borrowed by schools for a period of two weeks. Please contact the Centre for further details.
