Celebrating Excellence with the European Innovative Teaching Award
What is the European Innovative Teaching Award? The European Innovative Teaching Award (EITA) showcases outstanding teaching practices carried out as part of Erasmus+ projects. It recognises the work of teachers and schools and celebrates...
Learning the Language of Connection through Erasmus+
To mark International Mother Language Day, Léargas Communications Officer Niamh McClelland chatted with Helen English, a language teacher at Maynooth Post-Primary School. Recently included in the EUWomen4Future campaign, Helen has dedicated years...
School Closures 2021: Protecting Emotional Wellbeing During a Pandemic
To mark the International Day of Education, Léargas Communications Officer Niamh McClelland, highlights the supports and resources available to anyone who has made a return to remote teaching and distance learning in 2021.
Is Your Organisation Eligible for Erasmus Accreditation?
If you regularly carry out Erasmus Mobility projects, then you know the benefits Erasmus has for your organisation and learners. You've built up experience, your organisation has capacity, and you intend to get involved in the new programme in...
Green Entrepreneurship: What Role Does Erasmus+ Play in Environmental Matters?
Tomás O'Dowd is a teacher at St Tiernan’s Community School in Balally, Dublin 16. As part of a project funded by Erasmus+ School Education, his secondary school collaborated with a school in Portugal on a project which focused on environmental...
Junior Business Minds: How Erasmus+ Promotes Entrepreneurship and Environmental Awareness
Barry O’Leary is Principal of O’Brennan National School near Tralee, Co.Kerry. The school is currently involved in an Erasmus+ School Exchange Partnership (KA 229) project with five other schools from Europe. Prior to his appointment to...
Erasmus+ School Exchange Partnership: Promoting Inclusion by Celebrating Culture, Language and Heritage
Siobhán Sheerin is the Deputy Principal of Beech Hill College in Co. Monaghan. Last year, Erasmus+ awarded the school €65,000 to organise a 24-month Erasmus+ School Exchange Partnership with a secondary school in Lithuania. Here Siobhan discusses...
STEM Learning from the Ground up with Erasmus+
Scoil an Athar Tadhg is a primary school in Carrignavar in north Cork. The school is currently involved in an Erasmus+ School Education project on STEM Learning, 'STEM from the ground up'. Teacher Edel Woulfe outlines their project aims, their...
Mindfulness, Meditation and Mental Health Support: How Erasmus+ Fosters Wellbeing in Schools
In the stressful time of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pia Janning and Tomás Bulnes from our Programme Support and Development Team explore the importance of mental health and wellbeing in education. They look at the support available for students and...
eTwinning during Lockdown: Partner Schools Introduce New Approach to Enviromental Project
Ciara Rock has been been teaching Spanish in Salesian Secondary College, Limerick since 2013. For more than ten years Ciara has used eTwinning to work in partnership with IES Cuatro Caminos school in Spain - but plans have suddenly changed due to...