Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 3
Table of Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................................ 4
Support for Internationally Qualified Teachers .............................. 68
Introduction to PPLI .................................................................................. 6
Language Summer Camps .................................................................... 70
PPLI Team........................................................................................................ 7
Primary - Say Yes to Languages Module .......................................... 75
Director Review.......................................................................................... 10
Primary Teachers - Foreign Language Upskilling Project .......... 88
Goal 2 - Moving Forward ........................................................................ 91
GOAL 1: ........................................................................................................ 14
Improve language proficiency by creating a more engaging
GOAL 3: ...................................................................................................... 94
learning environment
Increase awareness of the importance of language learning
Funding Schemes Addressing Language
to encourage the wider use of foreign languages
Teacher Shortages .................................................................................... 16
#ThinkLanguages Week .......................................................................... 96
Mobility Opportunities............................................................................ 18
Collaboration and Awareness Raising
Collaboration with Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Providers .... 20
Resources and Tutorials .......................................................................... 22
Collaboration with European Centre for
with Higher Education Institutions .................................................. 112
Student Events ........................................................................................ 117
Collaboration with Embassies and Cultural Institutes .............. 119
Modern Languages (ECML) .................................................................. 24
Awareness Raising Collaborations - Culture Night ......................122
An Intercultural Look at our Schools (ILAOS) .................................. 26
Collaboration with Education Agencies ........................................ 124
English Language Assistant (ELA) Scheme ...................................... 28
Attendance at Forums and Events for Teachers and
Training for Foreign Language Assistants
Stakeholders ............................................................................................ 126
and Cooperating Teachers .................................................................... 30
Academic Conference and Papers.................................................... 129
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Communities of Practice.... 33
Awareness Raising Collaborations - MS Readathon .................. 131
PPLI Associates .......................................................................................... 35
Career Guidance Resources and Stakeholder Collaboration ..132
Spotlight on Schools ................................................................................ 37
Open Night Toolkit ..................................................................................134
Visiting Spanish Teacher Scheme ........................................................ 39
Leaving Certificate Language Information Sessions for
CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning ...................... 40
Goal 1 - Moving Forward ........................................................................ 45
Parents and Students ............................................................................ 135
Support for Ukrainian Language ...................................................... 137
Whole School Support Sessions for MFL........................................ 138
GOAL 2: ...................................................................................................... 46
Goal 3 - Moving Forward...................................................................... 139
Diversify and increase the uptake of languages learned
and cultivate the languages of the new Irish
GOAL 4: ...................................................................................................... 140
Languages Provision .............................................................................. 48
Enhance employer engagement in the development and
- PPLI Development Officers ........................................................................................ 49
use of trade languages
- In-School Provision of Languages........................................................................ 49
Collaboration with Enterprise and Employers ............................ 142
- Junior Cycle ............................................................................................................................ 50
Goal 4 - Moving Forward...................................................................... 147
- Transition Year...................................................................................................................... 51
- Leaving Certificate (In School Provision) ........................................................ 52
- Project Funding: Romanian .................................................................. 53
Governance and Accountability .................................................... 148
- Saturday Classes................................................................................................................ 54
- Operational Environment
- Leaving Certificate Exam Preparation................................................ 55
- Funding Arrangements/Financial Management
- Polish for Leaving Certificate Blended Learning Project .................... 56
- Reporting and Monitoring Arrangements
- Additional Allocation to Schools ........................................................................ 61
- FLAGPP Committee Members
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Resource Efficiency/ Climate Action
and Supports for PPLI Development Officers ................................ 64
Financial Overview 2024 ......................................................................150
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