Are you interested in designing & delivering teacher CPD?

Limerick ESC is delighted to welcome back Dr. Ciara O'Donnell for another series of her very popular workshops designed for those interested in developing and working as teacher educators with LESC.

The role of the teacher educator is an exciting and privileged one, requiring a host of bespoke skills. Ciara will bring practical and research-based guidance to root the work of teacher education in the principles of adult learning and more specifically in the professional learning needs of teachers and how they learn best.

Participants will explore the:

·         Key skills of the teacher educator

·         Characteristics of quality CPD provision (design and delivery)

·         Key strategies and optimal environments to enable teacher learning

·         Pedagogies for teacher learning with practical examples of activities

·         Hallmarks of effective presentation and facilitation

These face-to-face workshops will allow for dynamic discussion generated by key insights from experience and the research.

The second night is on November 10th. Seperate registration required.

Facilitator: Dr Ciara O'Donnell

Dr. Ciara O’Donnell has worked in the area of teacher Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for over 20 years. From 2013 to 2022 she was the National Director of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), Ireland’s first multi-disciplinary cross-sectoral support service for teachers and school leaders. Ciara began her career as a primary school teacher in Dublin where she also held the role of Home School Community Co-ordinator for six years. From 2005 Ciara worked in three national support services where she held leadership positions with remits for school leadership, educational disadvantage, curriculum development and CPD policy, design and research.

Ciara now works as an independent education consultant, author and professional speaker specialising in teacher education, curriculum and school leadership. Ciara also works an academic tutor and supervisor with Maynooth University in the areas of school leadership, teacher education and curriculum studies. Her research exploring the secondment of teachers to teacher education support services has been published and presented at conferences nationally and internationally. Her most recent paper commissioned by the INTO,  focuses on sustained school support for curriculum change in Irish primary schools .  You can follow and access Ciara’s work and activities on CiaraODonnell Linked In