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Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2024/25

Teacher Registration open 15th April to 21st June
Artists Expression of Interest opens 15th April to 7th June

Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD Summer Course & Residency Programme

The Teacher-Artist Partnership (TAP) CPD Summer Course & Residency programme is a fully funded DoE approved Arts in Education initiative with EPV day approval under the Creative Ireland & Creative Youth Programmes. The TAP initiative commenced with a core group of Teachers and Artists in 2015. Today, we have a fully trained and experienced panel of Teacher and Artist Lead Facilitators who are ready to deliver to the entire 21 full-time ESCI network. TAP Summer Course

The TAP week-long summer course, offers Primary School Teachers an opportunity to explore their own creativity through the various art forms. Collaboration is key. Teachers train to work in partnership with a wide variety of Artists in areas such as the visual arts, textiles, ceramics, photography, writing, poetry, dance, and much more. The programmes empower teachers to work through the integration of the arts in education and assists teachers and artists to work in partnership in Primary classrooms in enhancing the creative potential of every child. Teachers can register to participate in a TAP Summer course via their individual Education Centre website. The TAP summer course is held during the first week in July. 

ARTIST & CREATIVE PRACTIONER CALL OUT 2024 NOW OPEN.

Call Out for Artists and Creative Practitioners

Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2024/25

Announcing a wonderful opportunity for artists and creative practitioners of all disciplines to broaden their practice through Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) professional development and in-school residency programme. Closing date for expression of interest Friday 7th June 2024.

Develop creative partnerships with teachers and children. Receive funded training and residencies that bring the arts and creativity to children all over Ireland through TAP+, an initiative of Creative Youth 2023-27 under Creative Ireland and led by the Department of Education.

TAP+ Overview

  • TAP+ Summer Course running 1st to 5th July 2024 (Venue: Tarmon National School, Castlerea Co Roscommon, F45K298)

  • Fully paid training to support artists and creative practitioners to work in primary and special schools

  • TAP+ In-school Residencies

  • Bringing learning into practice through creative partnership with teachers and children

  • Funded 20-hour residencies in the school year 2024/25

  • Access to the BLAST register of creative practitioners to deliver in-school residencies

TAP+ Details

  • Open to artists and creative practitioners, working in any art form, discipline or creative practice, who are committed to sharing their practice with children and teachers in primary and special schools

  • Training 1st - 5th July 2024 through your local nearest full-time Education Support Centre (esci.ie) to facilitate creative practitioners and collaborating teachers to work in creative partnerships with children.

  • Training allowance of €150 per day over the 5-day summer course training (€750 in total), plus travel and lunch provided.

  • Professional development through partnerships and creative, collaborative relationships with teachers, in schools committed to the arts and creativity in learning, practice and community.

  • Guarantee of paid, follow up in-school residency within a local primary or special school (€1,100 Fee total inclusive of €200 Travel) to carry out a 20-hour residency (14 contact hours plus 6 hours planning, preparation and evaluation) in partnership with your teacher partner in the school year 2024/2025.

  • Creative Practitioners must complete TAP+ in-school residencies following participation on the TAP+ Summer Course.

  • TAP+ trained creative practitioners are also eligible to participate in BLAST in-school residencies. We invite successful TAP+ creative practitioners to join the BLAST register and where possible to deliver BLAST residencies. See here for further details: BLAST information

  • Information, learning and networking opportunities for further freelance work within the education system.

Artists / Creative Practitioners must

  • have a track record of a minimum of three years’ professional practice in any art form / creative practice

  • demonstrate an interest in / commitment to: the principles of Arts and Creativity in Education and to enhancing the lives of children through arts/creative practice

  • be willing to learn about classroom culture and to work in equal partnership with teachers and children

  • Combine a sense of fun, joy and collaboration with professional dedication and high artistic/creative vision

  • Be willing to undertake child protection training as part of the induction week, and undergo standard Garda vetting before taking up project placements.

Artists / Creative Practitioners apply for TAP+  via expressions of interest sent to the Director of your local Education Support Centre no later than 5pm on Friday 7th  June 2024. Expressions of interest should be in the form of a letter of max 600 words, accompanied by a CV or short bio with links to images or samples of relevant work.

The letter should outline:

  1. Training institute/ organisation

  2. Brief description of practice

  3. Why you aim to work in education and in partnership teachers and children

  4. What qualifies you to undertake the TAP+ summer course training and residency programme

Places on this Creative Youth initiative are limited to four Artists / Creative Practitioners per full-time Education Support Centre area. Please ensure that it will be possible for you to meet all requirements of the programme before applying.

Final decision on offers of places will be taken by the Director of the local Education Support Centre. Any queries in relation to TAP+ should be directed to your local full-time Education Support Centre.

TAP Residency Programme 2024/25

Following participation on the TAP summer course, Teachers are eligible to apply for an Artist in Residence with a TAP trained Artist in the teachers’ school. TAP Residencies take place between October and March of the following school year. Each Education Support Centre will be awarded eight (8) face-to-face residencies to participating schools.