Course Description

The Special Education Support Service (SESS) is presenting a one day seminar which will provide professional development for Resource, Learning Support and Guidance teachers in mainstream Post Primary Schools in Team-Teaching.

Anticipated Outcomes

Participants will:

• Understand the theory of and rationale for team-teaching

• Examine configurations of team-teaching

• Explore the impact of team-teaching on schools, teachers and students

• Acquire the knowledge and skills to plan, deliver and evaluate team-teaching at a whole-school, subject department and classroom level

Course Overview / Content

• Defining team-teaching

• Irish and international context and the justification of and rationale for team-teaching

• Models of team-teaching

• Benefits of team-teaching for students

• The impact of team-teaching in schools at individual and institutional level

• Exemplars of practice

• Evaluation and planning tools for the implementation of team-teaching

• Workshop on identifying configurations of team-teaching to meet student need

• Devising a plan for action for participants

Information for Applicants

The course is open to

• Teachers working with students with a special education need
• Full-time Special Education Teachers who are currently working with student(s) with a special education need
• Participants will require permission from the Board of Management to attend. Typically, substitution for this seminar will only be allowed to classroom teachers with primary responsibility for students with a special educational need and if it is deemed absolutely essential by the Principal
• Typically substitution will only be allocated to non - substitute teachers
• Payment is not available to teachers in a substitute capacity

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.