Empowering Educators

AmmA Creative Learning Centre

AmmA is a Creative Learning Centre for the Education Authority, Northern Ireland. It is a centre where technology alongside traditional media can be used creatively by schools, organisations, the youth sector and the community.

Futher Information

https://www.ammacentre.org/

Community of Lifesavers

In March 2022, legislation came into effect stating that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) must be included in the minimum statutory content in Learning for Life and Work at Key Stage 3. CCEA has partnered with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), the Department of Education (DE) and the Education Authority to create the Community of Lifesavers Education Programme to support schools in meeting this requirement.

This face-to-face opportunity is facilitated by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and is for:

Teacher/teachers delivering CPR and AED awareness to pupils for the first time in your school from September 2025 Experienced teachers who deliver/have been delivering CPR and AED awareness to pupils (for 2 years or more) who are due to have their training refreshed Futher Information

https://www.eani.org.uk/services/training-and-development/teacher-professional-learning/learning-and-teaching-tpl/community

Early Career Teacher Development

Aims

The service offers a range of in person and online professional learning opportunities for Early Career teachers. These are communicated directly with teachers who register with the EA.

This is communicated directly to ECTs in the Autumn term

Futher Information

https://www.eani.org.uk/services/early-career-teachers-induction-and-early-professional-development

Health and Safety Technology and Design

Aims

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) places an onus on employers to ensure that those employees using wood working and metal working machines and equipment have access to competence based training. The STEM Technical Team within the Education Directorate is responsible for providing this training to Technology and Design teachers and technicians. This training involves opportunities for initial and refresher training in the use of various technology and design equipment.

The mandatory Health and Safety training is currently offered at two EA centres, Clounagh and Omagh, which are fully equipped with Technology & Design manufacturing suites to allow teachers to develop and refresh key skills.

Futher Information

https://www.eani.org.uk/services/training-and-development/teacher-professional-learning/learning-and-teaching-tpl

 

TPL Thursdays

Aims

TPL Thursdays! is bitesize teacher professional learning designed to support teachers and school leaders. Webinars take place on Thursday afternoons with each webinar focusing on a particular theme-area/topic allowing a more concentrated exploration of key areas of interest, ensuring that teachers and leaders gain in-depth knowledge and skills relevant to their practice. TPL Thursdays! offers practical ideas and strategies that can be readily implemented in the classroom to enhance pupil outcomes.

This is a thematic based programme led by educational stakeholders and practitioners.

Futher Information

https://www.eani.org.uk/services/training-and-development/teacher-professional-learning/learning-and-teaching-tpl/tpl

Transforming Classroom Practice – Using Evidence to Lead the Development of Learning and Teaching

Aims

The aim of this programme is to support the development of learning and teaching through a shared process of structured inquiry and professional reflection. 

The programme will provide a facilitated opportunity to collaborate, learn and network with colleagues across the system. This approach is guided by Learning Leaders, the DE Strategy for Teacher Professional Learning (2016), putting teachers at the heart of their own professional learning journey. In this programme, all participants will be supported to identify their own inquiry question for professional development. 

The programme will consist of four half-day workshops: 

Sessions 1 and 2

What does effective learning and teaching look like? What does the research tell us are “best bets”?

Session 3

 Exploring the potential of inquiry to develop classroom practice.

This session will be followed up with one-to-one support for participants as required to enable them to begin a cycle of inquiry. uiry.

Session 4

Evaluating the impact of inquiry on classroom practice and pupil learning. 

Participants will attend all sessions and will be supported to engage in inquiry-based practice between sessions. Each session will be supported by featured modules or inputs from practitioners. These sessions are intended as a starting point for participants to consider exploring and developing one or more of the above themes in more detail, which they may wish to pursue with their designated Education Partner. 

Please note: This programme is available to ALCs or individual schools and can be accessed through the school's Education Partner or ALC Link Officer.