Are you a Teacher who wants to work in partnership with an Artist / Creative Practitioner?

You can apply for a fully funded Artist / Creative Practitioner in Residency with your children.

"An opportunity to train with an artist/creative practitioner and not to be missed!”

• Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) Face-to-Face Summer Course trains for professional development through relationship building and partnership in the arts and creativity for primary and special schools.

• TAP+ also provides trained teachers with the opportunity to host a fully funded TAP+ trained artist / creative practitioner in Residency in their school in 2025/2026.

• TAP+ aims to improve inclusion, approaches to literacy & well-being in all schools including DEIS.  TAP+ will be offered across the Education Support Centre Network (21 Centres) in 2025 supported by the Department of Education & Creative Ireland.

• TAP+ is a highly innovative, creative and participant-responsive programme that promotes professional learning towards partnership for teachers, artists, creative practitioners and children.

The Teacher Artist Partnership+ Residency programme 2025 – 2026 will be available to eight participating schools in each of the 21 full-time Education Support Centres. 

Register here for the TAP+ Summer Course: https://forms.office.com/e/DPujFeJJDb

*Only schools whose teachers participated in the summer course 2025 will be eligible for a Residency.