Teacher Training (CPD)

We offer Continuous Professional Development (CPD) music training for classroom teachers. We have designed these workshops to be available both in-person as well as virtually, as per each school’s preference.

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​​The feedback has been positive as the training sessions encourage classroom teachers to openly speak about the areas in which they feel comfortable and those where they might lack confidence. The CPD sessions are structured in an interactive and responsive way, so that each teacher walks away with something they can use in their class the very next day!

“The IIMS set up a friendly and encouraging environment where the teachers felt that they could express their strengths and weaknesses regarding the music curriculum. We were active in our learning and we had a lot of fun! The content was extremely useful and appropriate and we hope to have the IIMS back again soon.”
— Sarah, Powerstown ETNS

Through these teacher training workshops, we empower and upskill teachers to help them:

  • to enable the child to enjoy and understand music and to appreciate it critically

  • to develop the child’s openness to, awareness of and response to a wide range of musical genres, including Irish music

  • to develop the child’s capacity to express ideas, feelings and experiences through music as an individual and in collaboration with others

  • to enable the child to develop his/her musical potential and to experience the excitement and satisfaction of being actively engaged in musical creativity

  • to nurture the child’s self-esteem and self-confidence through participation in musical performance

  • to foster higher-order thinking and lifelong learning through the acquisition of musical knowledge, skills, concepts and values

  • to enhance the quality of the child’s life through aesthetic musical experience

Course Tutors

Ukulele and the Primary Music Curriculum

Tutor: Dr. Seán McElwain

Dr Seán McElwain is a scholar, educator and award-winning musician. A member of the award-winning Irish traditional group Téada, with whom he performed frequently throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Asia, he is the recipient of a TG4 Gradam Ceoil award (2016) for his ‘Our Dear Dark Mountain With The Sky Over It' project. A qualified primary teacher, Seán has worked on a range of music projects for young audiences and possesses over 20 years experience as an instrumental tutor.

We offer CPD sessions in the following areas:

  • Music in the classroom

  • Running a school choir

  • Music & Wellness

  • Creativity and Songwriting

  • Teaching group ukulele

  • Teaching group guitar

  • Teaching group violin

  • Junior Cert Music

  • Music in Transition Year

  • Leaving Cert Music