Our Staffroom Chats
Staffroom Chats are a series of brief (up to an hour), drop-in conversations hosted online for teachers, they are a casual and social space where we focus on a different issue or topic each week. In connecting with other teachers from schools across the country we hope to support each other, share our experiences both good and bad, and ultimately elevate our teaching practice at a time when we may be feeling constrained, intimidated or a little lost.
For more on staffroom chats and to find out about the next one, please subscribe to our mailing list.
Our Teacher Mailer
In our fortnightly Teacher/Staffroom Mailer we will focus on you, the teachers and management in schools. We will share resources & CPD ideas, advertise opportunities for you to collaborate with teachers in other schools, and build on our community of practice so we can all support each other over the coming academic year.
To receive our mailer in your inbox fortnightly on Tuesday mornings, please sign up through the link below:
Our Teacher Fellows
Our two teacher fellows are here to support schools and teachers in developing our community of practice, innovating our pedagogy, and sharing great ideas that are happening in schools. Please contact us at the emails provided below:
Claire (claire@ta21.ie)
Maths and English teacher in Ardscoil La Salle, D5 with experience in school planning, communications and of course introducing and embedding the principles & core practices of Trinity Access into our school. My role has a focus on Leadership in Learning for both students and teachers as well as the School of Distinction award programme.
Deirdre(deirdre@ta21.ie)
As a guidance counsellor at Drimnagh Castle Secondary school, I gained a wealth of experience introducing and embedding the Trinity Access Core Practices with a fantastic school team. My focus within this role will be on Pathways to College and Mentoring whilst also maintaining thestaffroom.ie website and facilitating our Staffroom chats.
Links to other Trinity Access Programme Activities
Trinity Access Research
Our work at Trinity Access is evidence based. We have recently published a report offering a unique insight into the impact the current pandemic had on teaching and learning. An infographic of this information can be found here and a more detailed report can be read here. To learn more about our research, follow this link.
Schools of Distinction Awards
The scheme rewards schools showing evidence of progress and innovation in our three core practices, Leadership in Learning, Pathways to College and Mentoring. Details about our 3 core practices are available in our Practitioners’ Guide and resources for supporting activities in our schools can be found on this site.
PG Cert in 21st Century Teaching and Learning
The aim of this course is to equip in-service teachers with the requisite knowledge, skills and competence to support the development of an innovative learning culture within schools, that is team-based, technology mediated, project-focused and cross-curricular.