AUT23-189 Becoming and Developing as a Teacher Educator

These session are Face to Face in the Navan Education Support Centre 

Place are limited to 20 participants. 

Dates: Ocotber 18th & 25th

Time: 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Venue: Navan Education Support Centre 

Cost: €5.00

Are you interested in becoming a teacher educator /education tutor?

This two-week programme designed for those interested in developing and working as teacher educators in the area of Continuing Professional Development. Practical and research-based guidance will root the work of the teacher educator in the principles of adult learning and more specifically in the professional learning needs of teachers and how they learn best. Consequently participants will explore the

·        Key skills of the teacher educator

·        Characteristics of quality CPD provision (design and facilitation)

·        Key strategies and optimal environments to enable teacher learning

·        Pedagogies for teacher learning with practical examples of activities

·        Hallmarks of effective presentation and facilitation

Workshops will allow for dynamic discussion generated by key insights from experience and the research

This programme is ideal for primary and post primary teachers who are:

·        considering creating content for teacher CPD

·        considering delivering CPD to teachers through their local Education Centre or in -house at school.

·        already involved in the above but would like to learn more. 

Facilitator: Dr. Ciara O'Donnell

Dr. Ciara O’ Donnell is the former National Director of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), Ireland’s largest national cross sectoral support service for teachers and school leaders. She has held a number of senior leadership positions in Irish teacher education since 2005 spanning the domains of curriculum, DEIS, school leadership, and CPD policy, research and design. Ciara is now an independent consultant specialising in teacher education, curriculum and school leadership while also working as a part-time lecturer with Maynooth University. Her research explores the experiences of teachers seconded to work as teacher educators, their professional learning, identities and career pathways.

Listen to this podcast where Ciara discusses the programme here