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Staff Training for Digital Learning and Administration
Supporting innovative learning
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Specialists in Microsoft Office 365 for Education
Supporting innovative learning
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Thanks so much for today’s amazing session. Staff are raving about how much they learned and how much you gave to the sessions Liam. You must be wrecked. You certainly gave it your all. It’s so lovely to have your team on board with ours. It makes me feel like we can do this with you guys behind us.
Many many thanks
Limerick Clare Education & Training Board
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I have never seen such positive feedback from any in-service, it is really appreciated and hopefully will have a very significant impact on what we do.
The feedback has led to interest from other staff, is there any chance that we schedule further training for other staff members on team and then possibly look at forms as well.
DUBLIN SCHOOL
COMMUNICATION/TEACHING & LEARNING PLATFORM - Circular 74/2020
The recent DE Circular 0074/2020 requires all schools in the country to immediately have a Communication and Teaching/Learning Platform in place. The creation and/or consolidation and development of such a Digital Platform is both an absolute necessity as a contingency measure in the event of a full or partial closure due to Public Health advice linked to COVID-19, as well as being a crucial support tool for communication, teaching, learning and assessment in a ‘face-to-face’ teaching and learning situation.
We can offer advice, support and provide training in the following areas:
“Schools should incorporate planning for remote learning into their Digital Planning to build capacity for delivery of teaching and learning which will also facilitate provision in the context of remote learning if required” (Circular 74/2020)
Our team can help your school reflect and learn from your previous experiences during the last school lockdown and help you integrate your plan for Remote Learning into your overall Digital Learning Plan. We can help you develop your Professional Development Plan for Staff which will integrate the digital skillsets needed for remote teaching, as well as strategies for using digital technologies
"Ongoing effective communication with parents and pupils/students to successfully adapt to a remote learning model”. (Circular 74/2020)
Our team can help you perform a communications audit among stakeholders in your school and explore how your chosen Learning Platform might be optimized to facilitate effective two-way communication between all school partners. This audit and platform optimization could also be developed as a part of your School Self-Evaluation process.
“Whatever communication /teaching & learning platform is chosen by the school it is important that whole-school up-skilling on its usage is in place…the development of digital skills of all teachers, to enable curriculum delivery by a variety of means including the use of technology in education, has to be a priority for schools” (Circular 74/2020)
Tara 365 can create a bespoke digital training solution which supports and develops the digital skillsets and pedagogies among staff members, and which will be matched to whatever Digital Learning Plat-form you decide to use.
“Managing in-school and remote learning environments and necessary technologies (school timetable, access to devices, broadband provision, learning platform, digital tools/resources) …access to technology in the school and home is key to engagement with remote learning where the approach adopted includes digital technology and resources”. (Circular 74/2020)
Tara 365 Learning can advise and support your school on how to plan and manage your IT infrastructure, hardware and software so that your systems are ready to work remotely and, in the school, as per circular. Did you know that all your School Desktop Computers. Laptops, Tablets including iPads and mobile phones can be managed from your Microsoft 365 Cloud. We are helping schools around the country reduce their hardware (no more servers) and IT maintenance (Microsoft 365 Cloud manages all security, anti-virus, and software updates from the cloud. Modern desktop managed in the cloud (Azure AD and Intune) and Mobile device management (MDM) where all devices are managed exclusively in the cloud allowing staff and students access to all data from home or in school. Application deployment, single sign on, Email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and device security all available remotely.
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Basic staff IT Skills for classroom and Distance Teaching and Learning
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Staff training Workshop to support Staff and Student Wellbeing in these emergency times
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Best practice in distance Teaching and Learning using Microsoft 365 Teams or Google Classroom
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Blended Learning Self-Evaluation Toolkit to learn the lessons from the earlier lock-down
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Experienced Tara staff member to attend any school staff management meetings as coach or adviser
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A Workshop to promote increased Student engagement with fresh approaches to student centered online learning
COVID - 19 COURSES
Tara 365 Training and Coaching Services to help you manage the COVID-19 response during the coming year.
(These should be delivered in the context of your review of what worked and did not work for students and teachers since March 2020). Your future initiatives must be agile to cater for changing circumstances that may arise)
COVID-19
COVID-19 has impacted the lives of people around the world. The daily routines of many people including educators and students, are being impacted. Our Staff at Tara 365 Learning are here to help teachers continue to support their students in the event of schools closing to safeguard their communities from the virus.
We can help setup online classes for the whole school or just exam classes to use Email and File sharing, or OneNote Class Notebooks or Microsoft Teams. (Or a mixture of these depending on the teacher preferences).
We can provide video coaching or training for individual teachers or groups of teachers to use their online classrooms (including meetings online for small groups of students or whole classes).
We can provide a special help line for teachers in the event of any difficulties with their online classrooms
For further information on any of these services for your school please call 01 4438905 01 4408795 087 2775777 Or email info@taralearning.ie
Staff at Tara 365 Learning have over 150 years of collective experience in education as teachers, leaders and administrators. Over the past seven years we have been applying that experience to provide advice and training and other vital services to schools and Education and Training Boards all over Ireland. We make it our business to be fully informed on all the latest developments in education as well as global trends in technology. Our IT advice and training is always focused on supporting the teachers work with the appropriate technologies.
