These guidelines accompany the confirmation letter sent to each centre. They contain very useful advice for teachers preparing their students for Irish Board exams which will help make the examinations a positive experience for candidates, teacher and examiner.
Author: irishboard
Speech and Drama Teachers of Ireland Workshop
The Speech and Drama Teachers of Ireland are running two workshops on 20 November in the Stillorgan Park Hotel, entitled FAVOURITE CLASSROOM MATERIAL with Kathryn Coffey and Breda Sweeney Carroll. For more information/bookings, contact Oorla Rafter at oorla.rafter(at)ireland.com.
Lady Lazarus
DIPLOMA EXAMS: FINAL REMINDER of closing date
This is the FINAL REMINDER that the closing date for the receipt of entry forms for new and continuing candidates for the November Diploma exams is TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2011. Remember that new candidates for the Diplomas of Associate (Teaching) and Licentiate (Teaching), need to supply documentary evidence of their eligibility.
See Diploma Examinations Eligibility Criteria (PDF) for details.
Submission to NCCA/HEA
A few weeks ago, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) organised a conference called ‘Transition or Transaction?’ to open a debate about the CAO system and whether it still fitted the purpose for which it was set up.
We have long held the view that, as happens in Britain, certain out-of-school or in-school extra curricular activities that provide young people with useful skills and certification should be valued and recognised by the State in the context of college entry. In other words, that points or credits should be awarded through the CAO system or any future college selection process for, for example, senior speech and drama Grade exams.
We tweeted this view during the conference and we believe that the idea was well received. We have now followed up with a short written submission to the NCCA and the HEA, and have asked for a meeting to discuss our proposal in more detail. Please click on the link below to read our submission.
Classroom Management
As we all know, a reasonable amount of control and order in the classroom is essential for learning to take place. Most speech and drama teachers have classroom management down to a fine art. Sometimes it’s useful, however, to have a look at some new ideas, or old ideas presented in a different way.
Here’s something helpful I found the other day: 11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline
Feiseanna happening soon
Here’s some dates and information about a few feiseanna coming up in the next couple of months. Click on the titles for more information.
Kilcoole Music Festival: 11-13 November. The closing date has passed but they may allow late entries.
D15 Performing Arts Festival: 26 November. Closing date is 17 November.
North Kildare Feis: 27 November. Closing date is 28 October.
Have a good weekend.
Feiseanna (update)
We had a veritable flood of information about feiseanna over the last 12 hours so we’ve updated the list:
Feiseanna in Ireland
In response to many calls from teachers looking for feiseanna large and small throughout the country, here’s our best shot at a list. It’s not quite complete, but we’ll update it as more information is received and, of course, we’ll republish it every year.
List of Speech and Drama Feiseanna in Ireland