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FÉILTE 2021

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Speakers

Carmel Kearns

Head of Teachers’ Learning and Research

Marie-Thérèse Downes

B.Ed., M.A., Post Grad HRM & SEN, MBPS, FCIPD, MIITD

Sinéad Farragher

Deputy Principal, Merlin College

John Kavanagh

Further Education Principal

Joanne Breegan

Newly Qualified Teacher (Further Education)

Patrick Finucane

Newly Qualified Teacher (Post-primary)

Ryma Halfaoui

Newly Qualified Teacher (Primary)

Ciarán Collins

Teacher of English and Irish, Hamilton High School

Jennifer Buggie

Primary Teacher, Holy Family Junior School & Teacher Artist Partnership (TAP)

Niamh Barry

Post-primary Inspector, Department of Education

Dr Shane Bergin

Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education School of Education University College Dublin

Paula Mangan

Assistant Principal, School Improvement & Teacher of Mathematics and IT

Brian O'Doherty

President Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN)

Angela Jardine

Chairperson of Education Workforce Council Wales

Dr Pauline Stephen

Chief Executive and Registrar GTC Scotland

Dr Derek Haime

OCT Registrar and Chief Executive Officer Ontario College of Teachers

Jean Harrington

Teaching Council Associate

Tomás Ó Ruairc

Director of the Teaching Council

Seán McMahon

Chairperson of the Teaching Council

Norma Foley

Minister for Education TD

Phil Fox

FÉILTE Host, Deputy Director of the Teaching Council

Roddy Doyle

Irish Novelist, Dramatist and Screenwriter

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The Teaching Council

FÉILTE is the Teaching Council’s annual Festival of Education In Learning and Teaching Excellence.

Booths

StudentMeet Poster Research

Live StudentMeet booth from 14:45

Comhrá Taighde Research

Research Projects

S1: Oral Literacy in the 21st Century

Teaching Methodologies Showcase‏‏‎

S2: Building a Culture of Dialogue in the Post Primary Classroom

Teaching Methodologies Showcase‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏

W1: Collaborating through asynchronous Online Discussion Forums

Collaborative Practice Workshop‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

W2: Mental Health for Students - Innovative Approaches in the Real School Environment

Wellbeing Workshop ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

T1: Please Don't Forget Me!

STEM TeachMeet

T2: STEM Education in the Early Years of Primary School

STEM TeachMeet

S3: Ecoed4all Transition Year Program

Environmental Showcase

S4: Teachers and motivation in low-income countries

International Education Showcase

W3: EDI in STEM: Challenging Stereotypes, Changing mindsets

STEM Workshop

W4: Project Based Learning supporting the 21st Century student

Teaching Methodologies Workshop

T3: Ecoed4all Tranistion Year Program

Environmental TeachMeet

T4: Ag Múineadh Trí Ghaeilge

Languages TeachMeet

S5: The Potential for a Problem-based Learning Approach in Physical Education in Ireland

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

S6: Enacting the New Primary School Curriculum in relation to Aistear

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

W5: Activating Social Empathy

Wellbeing Workshop

W6: Education for Sustainable Development Using Fabric and Fibre

Cross Curricular Workshop

T5: Why We Need the Language to Literacy Spell

Inclusion TeachMeet

T6: Answer Planning Template

Collaborative Practice TeachMeet

S7: Ag Múineadh Trí Ghaeilge

Languages Showcase

S8: The Language to Literacy Spell

Inclusion Showcase

W7: Assessment for Learning - 10 Steps to Mastery

Teaching Methodologies Workshop

W8: Aspiring Female Leaders in Education - Addressing the Barriers

Women in Leadership Workshop

T7: Co-Creation of Success Criteria in St. Brogans College

Collaborative Practice TeachMeet

T8: Online Delivery in a VUCA World

Inclusion TeachMeet

S9: Managing My Leisure Time (Wellbeing)

Wellbeing Showcase

S10: A Place to Play. Contemplating Play and Environment as Pedagogy. The Studio, the Gallery, the Classroom

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

W9: Growing a Restorative School; from intention to everyday practice!

Wellbeing Workshop

W10: Creating a Positive School Climate to Prevent LGBT+ Based Bullying

Cross Curricular Workshop

T9: How digital technology can be used to make learning more inclusive

Inclusion TeachMeet

T10: Project Based Learning supporting 21st Century Students

Teaching Methodologies TeachMeet

S11: Integrating Education in Human Values (EHV) into Teaching and Learning

Wellbeing Showcase

S12: Exploring Distance and Speed: Unexpected Benefits of Cross-curricular Links

Cross Curricular Showcase

W11: Exit Entry; App and Guidance Counsellor HUB for Post Primary Schools

Guidance Counselling Workshop

W12: Trauma Responsive Education

Inclusion Workshop

T11: Tips for Managing Digital Assessment in Microsoft Teams

Digital TeachMeet

T12: Professional Learning Communities

Presented by David Keenahan

S13: CROÍ Na Scoile - Research at the Heart of Teaching and Learning

Digital Showcase

S14: Menstruation: A Time for Confidence, Well-being and Choice

Wellbeing Showcase

W13: BFireSafe@School Fire Safety Education Programme for Post Primary Students

Wellbeing Workshop

W14: Visual Arts Appreciation

Cross Curricular Workshop

T13: Lesson Planning Made Easy!

Teaching Methodologies TeachMeet

T14: Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Staffroom

Cross Curricular TeachMeet

S15: Building a Universal Design for Learning Community in Our School

Inclusion Showcase

S16: Learning to Learn @ the Learning Hub

Creative Showcase

W15: Exploring Young Social Innovator Action Programmes

Cross Curricular Workshop

W16: Drama & Well Being 'Thriving Thursday'

Wellbeing Workshop

T15: Schools of Sanctuary

Inclusion Workshop

T16: Exit Entry; helping students discover their next opportunity

Career Guidance TeachMeet

S17: EDI in STEM: Changing Mindsets and Impacting Sustainable Futures in STEM

STEM Showcase

S18: Project Based Learning, Supporting the 21st Century Student

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

W17: Environmental Leadership Development Programme

Wellbeing Workshop

W18: Trauma-informed Teacher Strategies in Action

Inclusion Workshop

T17: Peer Observation of Teaching - Peer Review Model

Collaborative Practice TeachMeet

T18: Finding TeachMeet

Professional Learning TeachMeet

S19: SciFest - Empowering Students to Think Critically and Develop Innovative Solutions to Real-World Problems

STEM Showcase

S20: The Role School Leaders in the Republic of Ireland Play in Promoting Digital Technology and Teaching within Primary Schools Located in Dublin 15

Digital Showcase

T19: Retrieval Practice

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

T20: Climate Action - Developing a Junior Cycle short course

Presented by Jerrieann Sullivan and Kate Minnock

S21: Climate SOS: A Thematic Approach to Energy Education Using SEAI Resources

Cross Curricular Showcase

S22: Ní Neart Gur Cur Le Chéile

Collaborative Practice Showcase

T21: Video Editing

Digital TeachMeet

T22: The Benefits of Youth-Led Social Innovation Education

Cross Curricular TeachMeet

S23: Coaching to Support Teacher's Digital Transformation

Digital Showcase

S24: Immersive Technology in Education

Digital Showcase

T23: Homescoil: Teaching Comprehension Strategies using YouTube

Languages TeachMeet

T24: Visualising the Formation of Table Salt Crystals

STEM TeachMeet

S25: Learning from Leaders - The NQT Year

Professional Growth Showcase

S26: Having Fun Teaching Fónaic na Gaeilge - SingFónaic

Languages Showcase

T25: The Irish Schools Sustainability Network

Sustainability TeachMeet

T26: Producing a School Programme for YouTube

Cross Curricular TeachMeet

S27: Leadership in Education - UCD PME Initiative in Collaboration with LIFT Ireland

Wellbeing Showcase

S28: Kinia Online Reading Buddy Programme - Literacy Support for Primary Level Students

Literacy Showcase

S29: Exit Entry; Creating Opportunities for Post Primary Students

Career Guidance Showcase

S30: My Brain and Me: The Science of Learning

Wellbeing Showcase

S31: PME Support Team: Mentoring Programme for Student-Teachers in a Post-Primary School

Collaborative Practice Showcase

S32: ETBI Take 1 Programme - Embedding the SDGs in Teaching & Learning

Inclusion Showcase

S33: Arts in Junior Cycle

Creative Showcase

S34: BFireSafe@School Fire Safety Education Programme for Post Primary Students

Wellbeing Showcase

S35: Dyslexia in an Ever Changing World

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

S36: Empowering Student Voice & Agency

Digital Showcase

S37: Experiences of Dual Placement

Inclusion Showcase

S38: Creating Dynamic Student Centred Spaces Through Collaboration

Collaborative Practice Showcase

S39: Sharing Our Teaching and Learning in St. Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy.

Collaborative Practice Showcase

S40: Maths without Miles: How to Run Maths Week Events in Your School

STEM Showcase

S41: The Prometheans -A Student Creativity Club

Creative Showcase

S42: Improving Society through Social Innovation Education

Cross Curricular Showcase

S43: Explorers Education Programme: Spotlighting the Ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14

STEM Showcase

S44: Coding using the Micro: bit Classroom, both Online and in Class

STEM Showcase

S45: An Old Game Solving Modern Problems

Digital Showcase

S46: Leading Learning Together

Teaching Methodologies Showcase

S47: RCSI Athy College Winter School

Wellbeing Showcase

S48: Adventures of Lucy and Barney - Our Own School YouTube Channel

Cross Curricular Showcase

S49: Creating a Community of Belonging

Inclusion Showcase

S50: Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century (TL21) - Sustainable Leadership / Collaboration

Collaborative Practice Showcase

S51: Digital Leadership at Kinsale Community School

Digital Showcase