Training & Events

Dyslexia Awareness for Classroom Assistants

Aims and Objectives

To develop an understanding of what Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties are and how they might affect pupils.

Course Details

Training can be viewed any time suitable to the participant within the date periods.

It is an online course and details will be included in the confirmation email on how to access training.

Please ensure you have entered your C2K email correctly to receive the training details in the confirmation email.

Course Duration

20 minutes

Audience:

Classroom Assistants

 

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Running Records

AIMS:

To learn about the purpose of Running Records. To learn about the marking conventions of Running Records. To learn about how to score a Running Record. To emphasise the circumstances under which Running Records can be used and confirm what they 'are' and 'are not' within a teaching toolkit.

Course Details:

The training is a 30-40 minute training video which participants can view in their own time.

The link to access the course will be provided in your confirmation email.

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AUDIENCE:

Primary and Post Primary Teachers, Classroom Assistants and SENCO's

Using Evidence Based Practice to Plan a Spelling Intervention Programme for Pupils With Literacy Difficulties.

AIMS:

To revise/highlight the knowledge and skills required for accurate spelling and discuss why a pupil experiencing dyslexic type difficulties might find these difficult. To demonstrate how teachers might identify types of spelling miscue through base-line testing. To help teachers analyse these errors in order to guide decisions on best strategies/approaches to be used. To make reference to key highlights and guidance from the SEN Resource File – Spelling section.

Course Details:

The training is a 45 minute training video which participants can view in their own time.

The link to access the course will be provided in your confirmation email.

Please ensure you enter your email address correctly to receive the training details.

AUDIENCE: 

Primary, Post Primary Teachers and SENCO's

Using iPads to Support Pupils With Literacy Difficulties

AIMS

To raise awareness of the importance of assistive technology to support inclusive education. To provide an introductory overview of the free, built-in accessibility features on an iPad. To explain the benefits of the use of the iPad's accessibility features in the classroom. To demonstrate 3 apps used by the Literacy Service staff to support pupils with literacy difficulties.

Course Details:

The training is a 47 minute training video which participants can view in their own time.

The link to access the course will be provided in your confirmation email.

Please ensure you enter your email address correctly to receive the training details.

AUDIENCE:

Everyone

An Introduction to Microsoft Reading Progress

AIMS:

1. To provide an overview of the main features of Microsoft Reading Progress and how it can be used help build confidence in reading fluency through personalized assignments.

2. To introduce Reading Coach and demonstrate how to create assignments.

3. To watch pupils completing Reading Progress and Reading Coach assignments.

4. To explain how to provide feedback and interpret data.

5. To signpost to additional information and literature.

Course Details:

The training is approximately a 30 minute training video which participants can view in their own time.

The link to access the course will be provided in your confirmation email.

Audience:

Everyone

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TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Compounded Educational Disadvantage & TBS Principles of Relational Education

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Compounded Educational Disadvantage & TBS Principles of Relational Education

Date:  Thursday 15th January 2026

Time:  3.45 - 4.30 p.m.

Presenters:  Susan Morgan - TBS Principal Investigator, Ulster University and Andy Hamilton - TBS Researcher

The first webinar introduces the longitudinal Taking Boys Seriously (TBS) participatory action research initiative that spans twenty years in Northern Ireland. TBS has engaged directly with thousands of adolescent boys and their educators across formal and informal education with a focus on removing the bricks that make it more difficult for some boys to progress through formal education. Participants will be invited to reflect on and share how key themes from the research are realised within their educational context including:

Appreciative inquiry as a strengths-based and affirmative approach to continuous improvement; The 10 TBS principles of relational education; Building a localised educational ecosystem to harness collective capacities.

Whether you're a school leader, teacher, youth work manager, youth worker or education professional, this webinar offers an opportunity to connect with leading research from Northern Ireland that underpins a UK-wide Boys' Impact movement and responds directly to tackling compounded educational disadvantage experienced by large numbers of boys and young men.

TPL Thursdays! webinars are online via MS Teams.

To register, please click on the 'Book' button at the top of the page.

Booking closes at 2.00 p.m. on the day.

Please ensure you enter the correct email address to obtain webinar joining details which can be found by scrolling down the booking confirmation email you will receive from the Education Authority.

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Being a Boy and Engaging with Masculinities

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Being a Boy and Engaging with Masculinities

Date:  Thursday 22nd January 2026

Time:  3.45 - 4.30 p.m.

Presenters:  Susan Morgan - TBS Principal Investigator, Ulster University and Andy Hamilton - TBS Researcher

The second webinar explores the theme of being a boy and masculinities in education. Affirmation of young men and masculinities is considered alongside a zero-tolerance approach to harmful behaviours. The session will include:

Reflection on how gender shapes experiences of education; Identifying masculine contradictions that boys and young men are confronted with, and how to respond relationally; Adopting a gender conscious lens as educators.

TPL Thursdays! webinars are online via MS Teams.

To register, please click on the 'Book' button at the top of the page.

Booking closes at 2.00 p.m. on the day.

Please ensure you enter the correct email address to obtain webinar joining details which can be found by scrolling down the booking confirmation email you will receive from the Education Authority.

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Spotlighting Transformative Practice

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Spotlighting Transformative Practice

Date:  Thursday 29th January 2026

Time:  3.45 - 4.30 p.m.

Presenters:  Susan Morgan - TBS Principal Investigator, Ulster University and Andy Hamilton - TBS Researcher

Engage with examples from practice that have started small and scaled to both inform and be informed by the TBS research. Stories will come from across the educational ecosystem with inputs from mainstream school, EOTAS, youth work and higher education settings. The session will focus on:

Collaborative working across the educational ecosystem; Practice informing research and research informing practice; Stories of hope for transforming the experiences of boys on the margins.

TPL Thursdays! webinars are online via MS Teams.

To register, please click on the 'Book' button at the top of the page.

Booking closes at 2.00 p.m. on the day.

Please ensure you enter the correct email address to obtain webinar joining details which can be found by scrolling down the booking confirmation email you will receive from the Education Authority.

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Empowering Boys using the Boys' & Young Men's Quadrant

TPL Thursdays! - Taking Boys Seriously: Empowering Boys using the Boys' & Young Men's Quadrant

Date:  Thursday 5th February 2026

Time:  3.45 - 4.30 p.m.

Presenters:  Susan Morgan - TBS Principal Investigator, Ulster University and Andy Hamilton - TBS Researcher

The final webinar explores the theme of empowering boys in education, drawing on the evidence-based Boys' & Young Men's Quadrant. The Quadrant is a new online resource for educators. It includes the Empowering Boys Questionnaire, tested with over 1100 students, with 25 scaled questions that invites reflections on voice, influence, interdependence, belonging and being a boy in schools. The webinar will include:

An opportunity to complete the Empowering Boys Questionnaire from the perspective of a young person faced with compounded educational disadvantage; Engagement with intentional practice resources from https://www.theboyquadrant.org/intentional-practice; Guidance on how to implement the Boys' & Young Men's Quadrant to embed and enhance relational empowerment within your educational context.

TPL Thursdays! webinars are online via MS Teams.

To register, please click on the 'Book' button at the top of the page.

Booking closes at 2.00 p.m. on the day.

Please ensure you enter the correct email address to obtain webinar joining details which can be found by scrolling down the booking confirmation email you will receive from the Education Authority.

First Aid at Work Training (3 Day)

Three day First Aid at Work course

Staff members who successfully complete this course will be recognised as a First-aider. 

This course will cover:

Administering First Aid to a casualty who is unconscious, wounded and bleeding, choking, suffering from shock, minor injuries and also administering CPR. Injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries; chest injuries; burns and scalds; eye injuries; anaphylactic shock; sudden poisoning and recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid.

Candidates must attend and complete all aspects of the course to qualify for certification.

9.30 - 16.30  

Location as selected. 

No previous first aider experience is necessary

Cost £97.50 & VAT pp 

Any cancellations must be made in writing at least 7 days before the course date or the full course fee may still be charged.  This applies to all withdrawals i.e. sickness, industrial action, medical appointments, unnotified non-attendance

Please see First Aid guidance for further information 

First Aid at Work Training (3 Day) 2026

Three day First Aid at Work course

Staff members who successfully complete this course will be recognised as a First-aider. 

This course will cover:

Administering First Aid to a casualty who is unconscious, wounded and bleeding, choking, suffering from shock, minor injuries and also administering CPR. Injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries; chest injuries; burns and scalds; eye injuries; anaphylactic shock; sudden poisoning and recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid.

Candidates must attend and complete all aspects of the course to qualify for certification.

9.30 - 16.30  

Location as selected. 

No previous first aider experience is necessary

Cost £97.50 & VAT pp 

Any cancellations must be made in writing at least 7 days before the course date or the full course fee may still be charged.  This applies to all withdrawals i.e. sickness, industrial action, medical appointments, unnotified non-attendance

Please see First Aid guidance for further information 

First Aid at Work Refresher (2 Day) 2026

Two day refresher course

This course is for staff members who hold a current First Aid at Work certificate and need to refresh their skills. Skills must be refreshed every three years. Holders of this certificate can refresh their skills three months prior to their certificate expiry date or up to twenty eight days after their certificate expires. The full three day course must be retaken if the refresher course is not successfully completed within this time period.

A copy of the applicant’s current First-Aid certificate must be uploaded at the time of booking.   

Candidates must attend both days and successfully complete all aspects of the course to qualify for recertification.

Cancellations must be made in writing at least 7 days before the course date or the full course fee will still be charged.

9.30 - 16.30

Cost £67.50 & VAT pp 

Location as selected 

Please see First Aid guidance for further information 

Safeguarding Children who Perform Chaperone Training for Licensing and Registration

Course Details:

This training will be available until 31 March 2026. Following enrolment, you will receive the link to access the online training video and evaluation form. You can do this at a time that is convenient for you, up until 31 March 2026.

Aims:      

To build an understanding of safeguarding and child protection matters and to inform you about what to do if you have concerns regarding children that relate to safeguarding and child protection

 Outcomes:

Recognise and respond to children and young people’s safeguarding issues

Understand your own role and that of others

Contribute to the assessment and management of risk

Assist in safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children and young people

Understand the importance of your own behaviour and boundaries

Audience:

Chaperones

Supporting Autistic Children and Young People with Severe Learning Difficulties

Aims: 

This Professional Learning & Development Programme aims to provide staff from Specialist Provisions with strategies and resources to support Autistic pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties within the classroom setting. 

Structure/Content:

This session has been specifically structured to support the following:

1. To provide an overview of Autism and Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD).​

2. To provide strategies and resources to support autistic children with SLD within a specialist setting.​

3. To explore the physical needs and sensory processing of autistic children with  SLD.​

4. To highlight the importance of the Fundamentals of communications for autistic children with SLD​.

5. To consider the role of play for the social development of autistic children with SLD​.

6. To highlight the importance of healthy emotional wellbeing for autistic children with SLD​.

7. To explore ways to use the environment to support autistic children with SLD
 

Course Details:

Location: EA Centres

Length:  9.30am - 3.30pm

Target Audience:

Early Years & Primary Specialist Provision Staff, School Leadership Team, Learning Support Coordinators (SENCo)

EA Commercial Procurement Service (EACPS) Drop-In Sessions for New Specialist Provisions within a Mainstream School 25/26

These drop-in sessions are suitable for schools who are setting up a New Specialist Provision within a Mainstream School (25/26)

Aims:

To support schools with advice & guidance in relation to ordering initial furniture and equipment for your Specialist Provision classroom

Content:

These drop-in sessions are facilitated by EA Commercial Procurement Service (EACPS) and provide an opportunity for schools setting up a Specialist Provision to speak with the IF&E team and to discuss any queries about resource ordering and procedures for your new provision

Suggested Audience:

Principals & Senior Leadership Team

Course Details:

MS Teams.

Thursday 26th June at 11am-12pm Thursday 28th August at 11am-12pm Friday 29th August at 11am–12pm Wednesday 3rd September 11am–12 pm.

 

An introduction to Addressing Bullying Type Behaviour ABSIT Level 1 training for all staff working in schools across Northern Ireland

EA ABSIT: Addressing Bullying in Schools Level 1 Training

An introduction to the Addressing Bullying in Schools Act (NI) 2016: important advisory information for all staff working in schools in Northern Ireland.

Outcomes:

Awareness of core aspects of the Addressing Bullying in Schools Act N.I. (2016) legislation and guidance.  Shared understanding of the definition of bullying type behaviour to be used in all schools in Northern Ireland.  Knowledge of the potential signs/symptoms of bullying type behaviour and systems for reporting/sharing any concerns.   Understanding what to do if you have a concern or one is shared with you, and the systems and processes for follow-up of concerns in your school.

Online (Asynchronous)