TAP + Summer Course 2025

EPV Approved - TAP + Summer Course 2025

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

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

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.

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.

Please note that all our summer courses are booked on the condition that the course fee is non-refundable. Course Fees are not transferable to another teacher. Unfortunately, if you wish to cancel your place on one of our courses or you are unable to attend the course, we are not in a position to refund fees. The course fee can only be refunded if the Education Centre cancels the course.

EPV APPROVED COURSE - Extra Personal Vacation Rule 58 Of the Rules for National Schools

Please see the link below.

https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/6728152374fa4bf7965053ac7bed1373/

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