Since 2016, the Education and Training Board (ETB) sector has partnered with Mary Immaculate College in Limerick to support research-informed development of schoolwide, systematic, and collaborative approaches to inclusive and special education and build school, and sector-wide inclusive policy and…
Outdoor Activity Instructor training is just one of the many specialised training courses provided by our Further Education and Training (FET) Service but what is an outdoor activity instructor and what does this course involve? In our first January blog,…
In September 2021 Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris launched Adult Literacy for Life, a national ten-year adult literacy, numeracy and digital literacy strategy. But what does this mean for us here in Co…
This September our Further Education and Training (FET) Service will begin offering access routes for four degree courses in partnership with Galway Roscommon ETB, Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB and Atlantic Technological University (ATU). In this blog, our Quality Manager Deirdre…
Valerie Lewis is an Educational Policy and Development Officer at Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI), advocating for and supporting over 250 post-primary schools in the ETB sector, including our fifteen schools. She also leads out on the ETBI Take…
The Erasmus student exchange Programme was established by the European Union in 1987 and many of our schools and centres have participated in it over the years. Erasmus+ runs from 2021-2027 and our Arranmore Island school, Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, has…
Victor Yélamo, originally from Spain, is a Cellist and Conductor with our music service, Donegal Music Education Partnership (DMEP) and also a Latin Grammy nominee. Here he reflects on the creation and development of classical music in the county over…
Evin Devenney is a Science and ICT Teacher in our Raphoe school, Deele College. In this blog he reflects on what he has learned about online learning and teaching over the last year. 12 March 2020: I think this will be…