The Teaching Council awards bursary to Tipperary school worth €5,000
Newport College is one of 27 schools around the country to receive funding under the new scheme
The Teaching Council has announced that Newport College is one of 27 schools around the country to receive funding under the new Féilte Bursary Scheme.
The Féilte Bursary Scheme is designed to support collaboration between schools and enhance teachers’ professional learning. In total, the Teaching Council has awarded funding of €100,000 to schools across Ireland.
Newport College will receive €5,000 for its project to support an existing ‘Community of Practice (CoP)’ of English subject departments in North Tipperary.
Congratulating Newport College, Director of the Teaching Council, Dr Lynn Ramsey said: “Teachers at Newport College and across Ireland have shown significant creativity, innovation and commitment to professional learning through the Féilte Bursary Scheme. This underscores the high standards and quality of our teaching profession in Ireland.
“At the Teaching Council we are committed to promoting teaching as a profession and teachers’ ongoing professional development. The Féilte Bursary Scheme allows teachers to connect, share and learn from one another. I wish all the participants well with their projects and I look forward to the outcomes and learnings.”
Newport College will lead a collaboration with Borrisokane Community College, Coláiste Phobail Ros Cré, and Nenagh College to support an existing ‘Community of Practice (CoP)’ of English subject departments in North Tipperary. Teachers will work together to devise learning opportunities for students across, and beyond, the curriculum. They will collectively develop and implement consistent and dependable assessment practices, contributing to building whole-staff capacity by sharing their expertise. The aim of this project is to enhance teaching and learning through integrating professional collaborative practices into the schools involved, with the intention of maximising student potential.