What is Féilte?
The Teaching Council’s Féilte event has been held annually since 2012. Each year, Féilte featured dozens of showcases, workshops and teachmeets being held, and much more. The annual event supported and facilitated teachers’ professional learning in many ways, including through conversations, sharing of ideas, and creating a space for teachers to connect with each other.
In place of the annual Féilte event, we’re now establishing a Féilte Bursary.
This new bursary scheme will support schools to connect, share, and learn from each other in a way that suits them best.
Féilte Bursary details
The Féilte Bursary is designed to support a culture of professional collaboration and knowledge sharing amongst teachers and schools. The bursary scheme is also designed to promote teaching as a profession.
Schools will be able to apply for bursaries of €2,000, €3,000, and €5,000 to support collaborative professional learning activities in their school communities.
What is the bursary for?
Schools may use this bursary to collaborate with other schools to organise and host professional learning activities.
The activities must align with one or more of the following areas:
Forming professional learning communities: Collaborate with other schools to form professional learning communities around shared educational interests.
Hosting workshops/events: Bring teachers together from different schools to share best practices and learn from each other (e.g., a shared learning day).
Inviting speakers: Arrange for a speaker to deliver an information session or workshop to teachers.
Joint professional development events/programmes: Collaborate with other schools to organise a professional development event or programme on topics relevant to the schools e.g. universal design for learning, technology in education, or restorative practice.
Organising a lesson study: Partner with other schools to conduct a lesson study, where teachers collaboratively plan, observe, and analyse teaching and learning.
Application themes
Your application must be based on at least one of the following themes:
Inclusive practice
Teaching of Gaeilge
Leadership and professional relationships
Wellbeing
Alignment with a named Teaching Council policy or Department of Education policy or strategy e.g. Céim, Cosán, Droicead, SSE (Looking at our Schools).
How do I apply?
Read the application guidelines and submit your online application form available here:
Questions?
For any questions or additional information, contact us at feilte@teachingcouncil.ie