It can be a struggle for teachers to gather the energy after a busy school day to attend a workshop, meeting or other opportunity that will enhance their practice.
Many teachers have been in touch with us to see if we can help them make up their Croke Park hours – the year has flown by and the have not had a chance to stop and work on their own practice.
But we know continuous professional development (CPD) is hugely important.
Why?
Because a teacher is the most important person in the classroom.
OECD research from 2016 reports that, after socio-economic factors, teacher instruction and facilitation of learning, is the factor that has the greatest impact on student attainment. So what a teacher does every lesson, every day is at the core of student achievement.
We believe that if teachers are feeling confident and competent with what they are doing, then they will thrive inside the classroom (and outside too)!
We have two short online courses for teachers:
1. Smarter, Planning for Teachers:
This 3-hour online CPD course is a module from our Department of Education Approved course which focuses on streamlining the planning process to make it effective and efficient. Over 200 teachers (both primary and post-primary) have undertaken this module and feedback from past participants has been overwhelmingly positive.
Read more: HERE.
2. Assessment for Learning Accelerator:
This 2-hour online CPD course is a digitised version of our popular Assessment for Learning Bootcamp which was hosted at Education Centres nationwide with glowing reviews from past participants. This course focuses on the introduction of success criteria and learning intentions; questioning and progress checking, under the Assessment for Learning umbrella.
Read more: HERE.
Both courses are certified, which can be validated by principals for Croke Park hours.
Learn more and sign up HERE.
In the words of Mark Twain: “If teaching were as simple as telling, we’d all be a lot smarter than we are”.
Teaching is not easy – it can be challenging at the best of times. Rahoo believes in the transformative power of CPD and support for teachers to help them to be the best that they can be.
Why?
Because a teacher is the most important person in the classroom.
