SummerCPD Courses
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Online Summer CPD Courses for Primary School Teachers
Teaching In A Deis School
Combatting Educational Disadvantage Through Deis
Features of DEIS school supports and examples of how they work to support principals, teachers, parents and pupils to lessen the impact of educational disadvantage.
Middle Leadership And Management
Teachers Leading From The Middle
Empowering teachers to take on and engage in middle leadership within schools. Preparing them with evidence based knowledge to sustainably improve teaching and learning in their school through quality leadership and management.
Building A Creative School
Embedding Creativity Throughout Your School
How to promote creativity throughout the whole school. Guidance on how to weave creative expression through the curriculum using practical activities from the Arts, STEM and Outdoor Education to inspire creativity in both children and teachers.
Music To My Ears
Guitar & The Music Curriculum
An introduction to learning guitar and how to best use the instrument to support your teaching of the music curriculum. Explore useful approaches to teach the three strands of the music curriculum and inspire musical engagement in children.
Innovative Approaches To Teaching Physical Education
Explore strategies to develop a motivational climate in PE along with contemporary approaches to support student skill acquisition. Consider how digital technology can enhance PE learning and resources to develop social skills and character within PE.
Innovative Approaches To Teaching Visual Art
This course will focus on teaching visual arts through the concepts of line and pattern, rhythm, colour and tone, form, texture and shape and space. Explore art interaction, art appreciation and art making by focussing on the process.
Nurturing Wellbeing In Schools
This course will explore the concept of wellbeing and the importance of wellbeing promotion in schools. The course will delve into the four key areas of wellbeing promotion specifically outlined in the 'Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice'. It will empower teachers and school leaders to lead or positively engage with the School Self-Evaluation process with a focus on wellbeing promotion.
Coaching Conversations
This course concerns coaching in education and will explore coaching as both a professional learning method and a way of being, with practical modules focused on coaching skills, peer coaching, building coaching cultures, and the role of coaching in school self-evaluation (SSE) and school improvement.
Rubik's Resilience
This course explores the concepts of 'Resilience’ and ‘Growth Mindset' using the example of a Rubik’s cube. Linking with the Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum, this course aims to instil within us the knowledge and understanding of the ‘Power of Yet'
EPV Course Dates
All of our CPD courses are available online from the 1st July - 29th July 2025.
Courses must be fully completed within this time frame.
EPV Days
1 online course – 3 EPV days entitlement
2 online courses – 4 EPV days entitlement
3 online courses – 5 EPV days entitlement
Self Guided Courses
Learn at your own pace with flexible, self-directed modules designed to fit around your summer plans. Whether you prefer to complete a little each day or dive in all at once, the choice is yours.
Designed by Teachers
Every course is created by experienced Irish educators who understand the real challenges you face. That means practical, relevant content you can actually use in your classroom.
Access On The Go
Take your learning anywhere. Our courses are fully mobile-friendly, so you can continue your EPV course whether you’re at home, on holiday, or out and about.
What Teachers Say About Our Courses
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