TEACHER TRAINING (CPD COURSES)
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 teacher and school’s preference.
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!
*Summer Courses are approved for EPV days
TESTIMONIALS
“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.”
“This is an excellent course run by very knowledgeable tutors. Excellent for developing a teacher’s own musicianship skills and confidence as well as giving practical ideas for teaching music in the classroom. Suitable for beginners or those with some musical knowledge.”
“This is an excellent course. It taught me a new skill and was fun and enjoyable. It had a great variety with African drumming, body percussion, solfa instruction and using technology as part of the course as well as learning the ukelele. All lecturers were professional and friendly and very passionate about what they do. I will definitely do another course with the Irish Institute of Music and Song! Thank you!”
BENEFITS OF OUR COURSES
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
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