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TAP+ 2025 Summer Course Registration Now Open

The Department of Education is pleased to announce Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2025 Summer Course registration is now open.

Please use the following link to register for the upcoming TAP+ Summer Course link

The closing date for receipt of applications is 20th June 2025.

Please contact your local Education Support Centre for queries and support, or email National Arts in Education, Tralee Education Support Centre at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Free to all primary & special school teachers. Hosted by your local full time Education Support Centre. Approved and led by the Department of Education and Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI) under Creative Youth 2023-2027.

Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) is a creativity rich summer course that supports professional development through wellbeing, relationships and creative partnership for teachers and creative practitioners.

Participants create, explore and collaborate to enhance creativity and arts in education through creative process, critical reflection, collaboration and enjoyment.

Apply for a free in-school TAP+ Residency for your students too!

During the summer course teachers will have the opportunity to apply for a TAP+ Residency to take place in partnership with a creative practitioner from their summer course and their students in the school year 2025/26. Each ESC will have 8 Residencies for participating teachers on the TAP+ Summer Course.

TAP+ 2025 Teacher Registration

Job Vacancy - Part Time Accounts

For further details in relation to a job vacancy here in Tralee Education Support Centre please click on the link below

Job specification and details

BLAST 2025 Applications Now Open !!

BLAST 2025 Applications Now Open !!

The Department of Education is pleased to announce BLAST Creativity & Arts in Education Residency 2025/2026 applications are now open. 

Please see the following link for BLAST Application Guidelines and further details: (Department of Education Application Guidelines)

BLAST Creativity & Arts in Education Residency 2025/2026 apply online Here

The closing date for receipt of applications is 10th April 2025.

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Eligibility:

All schools in receipt of capitation grants from the Department of Education or Education and Training Boards (ETBs) can apply for BLAST.

Schools participating in either Creative Clusters, Creative Schools or TAP+ can apply for BLAST.

Fee Paying Schools are not eligible to apply for BLAST Residencies. Schools that are not in the free-education scheme cannot apply for BLAST.

BLAST is an initiative of the Department of Education, under the Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027. It is led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Support Centres Ireland.

BLAST 2025 Application Form

Coaching skills for School Leaders and Teachers

We often get enquiries about Coaching Courses for Principals and Teachers. I am attaching a course which we can highly recommend. It is an Oide endorsed course. I would appreciate if you share this with all the teaching staff in your school.

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Please see Course Prospectus below-

https://bit.ly/CoachAcademyPLUS2025

Please see Application Form link below -

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLBkn5CyaBM1c5gAVBa2DRB9tZoTGiraaw2nw_tYV4lcvqRA/viewform

Creative Clusters 2025 - 2027 Applications Now OPEN !!

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The Department of Education is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters.  The deadline for receipt of online applications is 10th April.

Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of €3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project 2025–2027. 

  • 3 schools would receive €9,000
  • 5 schools would receive €15,000 

In addition to financial support above each cluster will also receive: 

  • A Creative Cluster Facilitator 
  • Teacher Substitution to attend Workshops and Meetings
  • Room hire, travel & subsistence

Please see the following link for more details: Creative Cluster 2025 Department of Education Guidelines 

Applications are to be completed online using the followingLink , should you need assistance, please contact your local full-time Education Support Centre (list at Appendix 1 of Guidelines document on DE website) or use this link Appendix 1

Any queries, please contact your local Education Support Centre or email National Arts in Education Administration This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Eligible Schools - The following schools are welcome to apply to participate in Creative Clusters:

  • Schools that have not yet participated in Creative Clusters.
  • Schools that have  not yet participated in Creative Schools and those who will complete Creative Schools Year 2 in the 2024/25 school year.
  • Schools that will complete Creative Clusters Year 2 in the 2025/25 school year. However, they must apply as part of a cluster who have not yet participated in the initiative. In this instance, it is required that this school applies to lead a cluster of schools that are new to the initiative.
  • The local Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area.
  • 42 Creative Clusters will be selected nationally - 2 per Education Support Centre. 

Creative Clusters is an initiative of the Department of Education, led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland - ESCI) and funded through the Schools Excellence Fund.

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