Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 30
Training for Foreign Language Assistants
and Cooperating Teachers
Actions 1.C.4
1.D.9
191 FLAs
Overview:
PPLI continues to expand its role in the Foreign Language Assistant (FLA) scheme, offering an evolving and
growing range of teaching and learning supports to FLAs and their Cooperating Teachers (CTs).
Main Aims:
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Provide support for a high-quality teaching and learning experience for the school communities that have
an FLA
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Disseminate and discuss effective teaching and learning approaches that contribute to an engaging
learning environment
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Secure the best possible learning outcomes for students, by supporting planning for success and
innovation in teaching and learning practices
Activity:
In January 2024, PPLI continued to support the 2023-24 cohort of FLAs and CTs through the rollout of their
second round of support sessions. This was the first time in which a hybrid model of provision was offered,
with a range of in-person and online offerings made available to participants.
In May 2024, together with the Department of Education and the Inspectorate, PPLI hosted an information
session for schools that had been successful in their FLA applications. This session focused on providing
relevant personnel in schools with important support to prepare for the arrival of their FLA. That same month,
PPLI also attended and spoke at an event for French FLAs, organised by the Embassy of France in Ireland, to
gather their feedback on their experience as an FLA.
PPLI hosted a two-day collaborative
meeting with the German sending
agency, Der Pädagogische
Austauschdienst (PAD) in June 2024.
This meeting included
representatives from the
Department of Education and
allowed participants to focus on
supports for both English Language
Assistants and Foreign Language
Assistants, and to build on existing
supports for German in the Irish
post-primary curriculum.
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