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Boards of Management Health & Safety/Finance Information Seminars (Kilkenny)
2019-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny, Newpark Hotel, Castlecomer Rd, Newpark Lower, Kilkenny, R95KP63, Ireland
CEIST are organising Finance/Health & Safety Information Seminars for Boards of Management in March and April 2019.
The Seminars will take place from 7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m. each evening with Tea/Coffee & Sandwiches available from 6.30p.m.
Dates and venues:

Monday March 25th – CityNorth Hotel, Gormanston
Tuesday 26th March – Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny
Wednesday 27th March – Springfort Hall, Mallow
Thursday 28th March – Maldron Hotel, Oranmore
Thursday 11th April – Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo

Please click here to make your reservation

Boards of Management Health & Safety/Finance Information Seminars (Cork)
2019-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Springfor Hall Hotel, Springfor Hall Hotel, Twopothouse, Mallow, Co. Cork, Cork, P51 YP96, Ireland

Boards of Management Health & Safety/Finance Information Seminars (Galway)
2019-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, Maldron Hotel, Carrowmoneash, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 K7FA, Ireland

Boards of Management Health & Safety/Finance Information Seminars (Sligo)
2019-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo Park Hotel, Pearse Rd., Co. Sligo, F91 Y762, Ireland

CEIST Seminar for Principals of Community Schools
2019-06-11 10:30 - 14:00 | Mount Siant Annes, Mount St. Annes, Killenard, Portarlington, Co. Laoise, Ireland
When: Thursday 11th June 2018
Where: Mount St Anne’s , Killenard, Portarlington, Co Laois

Please click here for full agenda of the day. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the CEIST office directly on 01-6510350 or email info@ceist.ie

If you would like to attend this event please complete registration from below:

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CEIST Training and Event Planner 2019/2020
2019-08-01 - 2020-08-31
Due to Covid-19 restrictions a number of events have been postponed until further notice. This website will be updated in due course once event schedule is confirmed. In the meantime please contact the CEIST office if you have any queries regarding future events.

Ethos Induction for Newly Appointed Teachers in CEIST Schools - 2019
2019-09-10 15:00 - 18:00 | The Killeshin Hotel & Leisure Club, The Killeshin Hotel & Leisure Club, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Laois, Ireland
The annual Ethos Induction for Newly Appointed Teachers in CEIST Schools 2019 will be held this year in Killeshin Hotel & Leisure Club, Portlaoise. This day is a great way for new teachers to meet the CEIST team and learn a little about the organisation and the role we play in all our schools, while also networking with other new teachers from all the CEIST schools.
Please click link below to register:
Registration Form

CEIST Annual Conference 2019
2019-09-26 - 2019-09-27 | Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone, Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR82, Ireland
The annual CEIST conference takes place on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th of September. The conference will be held in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone. The theme for this year’s conference is “CEIST: Intentional Catholic Schools”. We welcome all visitors to our conference and hope to have a full turnout of CEIST schools over the two days. Please check back on this page for more details coming closer to the event.

Speaker Details
Keynote Speakers

Dr John Lydon, Director of the MA in Catholic School Leadership Programme and Associate Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education, St Mary’s University London.
Dr Lorna Gold is Head of Policy and Advocacy in Trócaire.

Workshop Presenters

Tom Gunning, Loreto Secondary School, Wexford / Veritas Soul Seekers series.
Jonathan Tiernan, University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) in Ireland.
Robert McCarthy, Chairperson of the BOM in Scoil Mhuire, Carrick on Suir and Chairperson of the BOM in Ard Scoil na nDeise, Dungarvan.
Seamus Ryan, Director of Tara 365 Learning Ltd.
Dr Gillian Sullivan, Our Lady’s College, Greenhills, Drogheda.
Dr Orla Walsh, Deputy Principal of Mount Sackville Secondary School, Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Chapelizod.
Linda Rainsberry, Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Kilkenny College.

Please click here to view Speakers Biographies CEIST Conference 2019.

Schedule
Please click here to view two day schedule.

Booking Form
Please click the link below to register your attendance to the CEIST Conference.
CEIST Conference 2019 – Booking Form

Payment Details
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DCU Network for Researchers in Catholic Education Annual Conference 2019
2019-10-17 08:00 - 2019-10-18 17:00 | DCU Institute of Education, DCU St. Patrick's Campus, Drumcondra,, Dublin, D09 AW21, Ireland
DCU Network for Researchers in Catholic Education Annual Conference 2019
The Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education DCU is delighted to host the 2019 annual conference for the Network for Researchers in Catholic Education. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Catholic Education: Formal, Informal and Lifelong’
Our confirmed Keynote speakers include:

Dr. Ros Stuart-Buttle (Liverpool Hope University)
Dr. Gareth Byrne (Director of the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education)
Dr. Bernadette Sweetman (Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education)

Follow the link below for more details:
https://www.dcu.ie/materdei-centre-for-catholic-education/news/2019/May/Network-of-Researchers-Catholic-Education

European Youth Parliament Ireland
2019-10-18 - 2019-10-20
This year’s Dublin Regional Session of the EYP Ireland will take place from the 18th-20th of October 2019. Delegations of up to eight TY, 5th and 6th year students can attend this weekend long conference in Holy Child School Killiney. Over the course of the weekend your students will have the opportunity to improve their communication and public speaking skills, engage with pressing issues facing Europe and make new friends. The fee for this event is €60 per delegate, however in the case of DEIS schools the fee may be reduced or waived entirely.
Please see the information booklet for full details.
EYP Information booklet

CEIST Chairpersons Day 2019
2019-10-22 10:00 - 14:00 | Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore Court Hotel, O'Moore Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, R35D406, Ireland
The CEIST Chairpersons Day 2019 will be held in the Tullamore Court Hotel in Offaly on Tuesday October 22nd.

Agenda
Click below for full agenda for the day.
Agenda Chairpersons Day

Registration
Please click the link below to register for this event.
Register here

The Irish Catholic Education Conference
2019-10-24 | Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
The Irish Catholic is hosting a special national conference on the future of denominational education on Thursday, October 24th.
Faith-based education has been in the spotlight for some time and some people are even questioning whether or not the State should continue to fund schools that are under a faith-based patronage.
Our conference – hosted in the Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge in Dublin 4 – will focus on the place of faith-based education in our increasingly secular society and Catholic schools in particular. The conference will be addressed by:

Mr Francis Campbell, Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University, Twickenham and a former UK Ambassador to the Holy See
Bishop Tom Deenihan, Bishop of Meath
Paul Barber, Director of Catholic Education Service of England and Wales
Natalie Finnigan, Secondary Education Advisor for Archdiocese of Glasgow
Bairbre Cahill, Columnist with The Irish Catholic

We hope that the invited speakers – drawing on the experience of faith-based education in other jurisdictions – will help stimulate a lively conversation that will make a contribution to the debate in Ireland.
Please click below for more information.
Education Conference October 24 2019

ACE Christmas Gathering
2019-12-13 07:00 - 21:00 | Notre Dame Global Gateway, Notre Dame Global Gateway, 58 Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland
The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) will hold a Christmas mass on Friday 13th December at 7pm at the Notre Dame Global Gateway, 58 Merrion Square, Dublin. This will be followed by dinner and conversation! Mass this month will be celebrated by Fr. Alan Hilliard, Chaplain at the Technological University Dublin (TUD).

International Youth Conference
2019-12-27 - 2019-12-30 | Clongowes Wood College, Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare, W91 DN40, Ireland
Anointing Fire Catholic Ministry
(A Catholic spiritual movement of missionary families, operating Catholic church-oriented ministries for different nationalities, focusing on Evangelisation through ministries for adults, children, teens, and youth.)
Evangelisation Team Ireland presents:
International Youth Conference
From 27–30 December 2019
at Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare.
For further information, contact:
Sonia +353 87 904 1272
Anto +353 87 0698898
Silju +353 86 340 8825

Deputy Principals Network Meetings 2020 (Thurles)
2020-01-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Mary Immaculate College, Thurles Campus, Mary Immaculate College, Thurles Campus, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
The Deputy Principals Network Meetings will be held in two separate venues throughout January 2020.
All meetings will run from 10am to 1pm, with Tea/Coffee available from 9.30am

Meeting dates are locations are listed below:

January 14th – Mary Immaculate College, Thurles Campus
January 16th – Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone

Please click here to register for attendance.

Deputy Principals Network Meetings 2020 (Athlone)
2020-01-16 10:00 - 13:00 | Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone, Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR82, Ireland

Finance Sub-Committee Training (Athlone)
2020-01-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone, Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR82, Ireland
CEIST is organising Finance Sub-Committee Training for Boards of Management in January 2020.
Where this training is for Finance Sub-Committees, it is open for all Board members to attend.
The Seminars will take place at 11.00a.m for two hours each day with lunch available at 1.00p.m.
Dates and venues:

Saturday 18th January 2020 – Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone
Saturday 25th January 2020 – Clayton Hotel, Silver Springs, Cork

Please use the link below to make your reservation:
Click here to register for training.

Leadership in a Catholic School - Spring 2020
2020-01-22 | Mayo Education Centre, Mayo Education Centre, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Spring CEIST Middle Leadership Course will take place in the Mayo Education Center, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The course will run over four days:

Wednesday 22nd January (5.00pm – 8.00pm)
Saturday 1st February (10.00am – 4.00pm)
Wednesday 12th February (5.00pm – 8.00pm)
Saturday 29th February (10.00am – 4.00pm)

Please click here for full event details.

How to apply?

Fill in the application form below.
Note: Only the the first 36 applications will be accepted.

Application Form
A link to the application form will be live on this page on Wednesday 4th December at 4.30pm. The first 36 applicants to complete the form will be enrolled.
Note: Once the on-line form reaches 36 applications it will automatically close and no more applications will be accepted.
Link to application form will appear below on Wednesday 4th December at 4.30pm.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Finance Sub-Committee Training (Cork)
2020-01-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork, Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork

RE Teachers CPD Day (Athlone)
2020-01-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone, Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR82, Ireland
To help facilitate all of our schools CEIST are hosting three RE Teachers CPD day’s in three separate venues throughout January and February 2019.
All meetings will run from 10.00am to 3.00pm, with Tea/Coffee available from 9.30am
Lunch will also be provided.
Meeting dates are locations are listed below:

Thursday 30th January – Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone
Monday 3rd February – Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork

Please click here to register for attendance.

RE Teachers CPD Day (Cork)
2020-02-03 10:00 - 15:00 | Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork, Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork

Principals Network Meetings 2020 (Monaghan)
2020-02-06 10:00 - 13:00 | The Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan, Four Seasons Hotel & Leisure Club Monaghan, Coolshannagh, Monaghan, H18 Y220
The Principals Network Meetings will be held in three separate venues throughout February 2020.
All meetings will run from 10am to 1pm, with Tea/Coffee available from 9.30am

Meeting dates are locations are listed below:

Thursday February 6th – The Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan
Tuesday February 11th – Maldron Hotel Portlaoise, Co Laois
Wednesday February 12th – The Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, Galway

Please click here to register for attendance.

Principals Network Meetings 2020 (Portlaoise)
2020-02-11 10:00 - 13:00 | Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise, The Maldron Hotel, Abbeyleix Road, Meelick, Portlaoise, Laois, R32HKN3, Ireland
The Principals Network Meetings will be held in three separate venues throughout February 2020.
All meetings will run from 10am to 1pm, with Tea/Coffee available from 9.30am

Meeting dates are locations are listed below:

Thursday February 6th – The Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan
Tuesday February 11th – The Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise, Co Laois
Wednesday February 12th – The Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, Galway

Please click here to register for attendance.

Principals Network Meetings 2020 (Galway)
2020-02-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, Maldron Hotel, Carrowmoneash, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 K7FA, Ireland

TY Modern Languages Prize - Trinity College Dublin
2020-03-02 | Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
TY Modern Languages Prize
School of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies
Trinity College Dublin
The idea behind the competition is to encourage creative and critical thinking amongst TY students about why they would like to become fluent in a particular language (including at beginners level for all languages from French and Irish) as well as why they would like to learn about the culture and literature associated with the language.
Please click below for more details
TY Modern Languages Prize |SLLCS| Trinity College Dublin

CEIST All-Ireland Bake-Off 2020
2020-03-06 | Árdscoil na Tríonóide, Athy, Árdscoil na Tríonóide, Athy, Rathstewart, Athy, Kildare, Ireland
CEIST All-Ireland Bake-Off
Go Bake!
It is that time of year again as we prepare for the sixth All-Ireland CEIST Bake-Off. The Bake-Off has provided CEIST schools the opportunity to build community and give our students a unique opportunity to develop design and creative skills through culinary arts. As the competition has evolved it is great to see new schools getting involved each year as well as welcoming those who have been involved before. Details regarding this year’s competition have now been posted to all schools.
Again this year there are two entry categories, Junior and Senior.

Junior students must design, bake and decorate a novelty cake. There is no prescribed theme.
For senior students, the Bake-Off is centered on the theme of “Community” where students will design, bake and decorate a cake to reflect this theme.

Many schools organise their own Bake-Off where students prepare and decorate a cake (see the flyer posted recently re: rules of the competition). Each school will choose their best entries to go forward for the Bake-Off selection. All entries received will be short listed to the best 7 junior entries and the best 7 senior entries that will go forward to the Bake- Off final.
Dates to remember:

Each school is invited to register using the postcard and addressed envelope provided. Please return the registration postcard by Friday 22nd November 2019. Only schools who return this postcard will be forwarded official application forms.
Having made your school selections, applications for the Bake-Off final must be forwarded to Ardscoil na Tríonóide by Wednesday 12th February 2020.
The Bake-Off will take place in Árdscoil na Tríonóide, Athy on the week of the 2nd

We are looking forward to another great Bake-Off and encourage as many schools as possible to participate in this niche competition which culminates in an exciting event at Ardscoil na Tríonóide, Athy in March 2020.

Nana Nagle Birthplace Climate Change Seminar
2020-03-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Nano Nagle Birthplace, Nano Nagle Birthplace, Ballygriffin, Killavullen, Mallow, Cork, Ireland
Seminar on Climate Change – Awakening to our Children’s Future
Please click below for more details.
Lorna Gold – Active Hope: Practical Ways to Help the Environment

Training Day – How to Deal with Suicide, Self-Harm & Eating Disorders/Distress in the School Environment
2020-03-30 | Marino Therapy Centre, Marino Therapy Centre, 94 Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9, Ireland
How to Deal with Suicide, Self-Harm & Eating Disorders/Distress in the School Environment
Due to demand, the Marino Therapy Centre will again be running our training day covering the above topics on Monday 30th March 2020. Anxiety, Self-Harm, Body Obsession and Eating Distress, are on the rise. Marino Therapy Centre has nearly 30 years experience teaching people and professionals how to achieve freedom from many types of Emotional Distress, including Self Harm, Suicide, Eating Disorder/Distress and various OCDs.
This unique one day workshop aims to have each attendee feeling equipped and competent when they are faced with such challenges in the school environment.
Marie Campion, author of “Hope – Understanding Eating Distress”, who has nearly 30 years experience in these areas will present the workshop.
The training day will cover issues including:

Understanding Anxiety, Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation and Eating Disorders/Distress
Application of Psycholinguistic Motivational Model
Skills for managing and assessing Anxiety
How to Deal with Students with potential Suicidal & Self-Harming Thoughts
How to effectively deal with Body Dysmorphic Disorder/Body Dysmorphia in Students

To book, please complete the booking form, and return with payment to the above address, or alternatively bookings can be made by phoning the centre on 018576901, Mon. – Fri. 9am -3pm.
Training Booking Form March 2020 (1)

Loreto Fermoy Model United Nations
2020-05-13 - 2020-05-15 | Loreto Fermoy, Loreto Girls Secondary School, College Road, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
Loreto Fermoy Debate Team invite students from your school to LFMUN (Loreto Fermoy Model United Nations), which will take place via Zoom, on the 13TH of May until the 15th of May.
This event will run each day (on the dates provided) for around 4 hours. Each school will receive a list of countries and will be asked to register each delegate that decides to take part at least 5 days prior to the event. Countries will be provided to schools when the school replies with the number of students taking part. We encourage that the students taking part are 4th or 5th year students, although younger or older students that have attended a past MUN and are interested are more than welcome to participate.
Please click the link below for full details:

Loreto Fermoy Model United Nations

Worldwise Global Schools - Global Citizenship Education Grant 2020/2021
2020-05-15
Worldwise Global Schools – Global Citizenship Education Grant 2020/2021
The WWGS Grant Call 2020/2021 is now open. We have school grants of €600 (starter schools) and up to €1,200 (established schools) for activities related to Global Citizenship Education/ESD. Grants also available for eligible NGOs/School Networks.

Flyer
Please click below to view flyer for full details.
WWGS Grant Flyer 2020

Deadline
Apply online by May 15th for funding for 2020/2021.

Available support:
WWGS are here to support schools over the phone/email and discuss the application with them, please contact our Education Officers Laura, Aoife, or Lizzy. You will find all of their contact details and the counties that they support in the Grant Guidelines which are here (see page 10 for counties and assigned Education Officer).

Where do I get an application from?
Please register here and we will set up an online account for you that will have a 2020/2021 application on there.

Find out more:
Please see our website.
