1. Professional Development
Service for Teachers
An tSeirbhís um Fhorbairt
Ghairmiúil do Mhúinteoirí
TIME
9.00 - 9.30
9.30 - 9.40
9.40 - 10.20
10.20 - 10.35
10.35 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.30
11.30 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
12.30 - 1.00
13.00 - 14.00
14.00 - 14.30
14.30 - 14.45
14.45 - 15.00
15.00 - 15.45
15.45 - 16.00
REGISTRATION
WELCOME - Rachel Farrell, PDST Deputy Director and Caroline McHale, PDST Team Leader
‘In conversation with...’ Embassy & Léargas Representatives... Nathalie-Zoé Fabert (French Embassy),
Adolfo Carbón (Spanish Embassy) and Nellie Tattersall (Léargas) - Facilitated by Claire Matthews, PDST Advisor
Assessment for Learning in the MFL classroom - Maria Harney, PDST Associate
Scoilnet and other useful sites - Richard Egan, PDST Associate
TEA/COFFEE & CONVERSATION
FRENCH - Main Room GERMAN - Breakout 1 SPANISH & ITALIAN - Breakout 2
TARGET LANGUAGE SESSIONS
Effective use of iPads in the MFL classroom -
Dervla Murphy, PDST Associate
Effective literacy strategies for improving
listening comprehension -
Trisha McNeill, PDST Associate
Fostering an interest and a passion for the
target language country to help motivate
students’ learning - Ellen Barrett, PDST Associate
What a French class looks like in 2015! -
Ursula Bracken, PDST Associate
Planning for the integration of Literacy,
Numeracy & AfL - Trisha McNeill &
Aoife Healion, PDST Associates
Active Learning in Spanish & Italian -
Richard Egan & Ellen Barrett, PDST Associates
Shared learning session facilitated by
Anne Grills
Shared learning session facilitated by
Trisha McNeill & Aoife Healion, PDST Associates
Shared learning session facilitated by
Richard Egan & Ellen Barrett, PDST Associates
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
CEFR and the MFL Classroom with Frédérique Rantz (Language Advisor, Post-Primary Languages Initiative)
Scaffolding Writing - Claire Matthews, PDST Advisor
PDST’s Active Learning Toolkit for MFL - Claire Matthews, PDST Advisor
TeachMeet
Distribution of Resources and Evaluation
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Alive
7th November 2015
Maynooth University, John Hume Building
@PDST_Ireland #MFLAlive15
Special thanks also to the following PDST MFL Associates & Facilitators: Angela Hughes, Niamh McGuirk, Ruth O’Callaghan, Bernie O’Shea,
Claire Redmond and Joanne Weir
