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TPL Thursdays: Taking Boys Seriously

This series is designed for educators, school leaders and youth professionals who want to better understand and respond to the educational experiences of boys and young men. Drawing on two decades of participatory action research in Northern Ireland, the programme focuses on tackling compounded educational disadvantage and promoting holistic outcomes through relational, evidence-informed practice.

What the Series Covers:

Understanding Educational Disadvantage:

Explore the systemic barriers that impact boys’ progress in education and learn how appreciative inquiry and strengths-based approaches can drive improvement.

Relational Education Principles:

Discover the 10 principles of relational education that underpin the Taking Boys Seriously framework, and how these can be embedded to create inclusive, supportive learning environments.

Gender and Masculinities in Education:

Examine how gender shapes educational experiences, affirm positive masculinities, and adopt a gender-conscious lens to challenge harmful behaviours while promoting belonging and respect.

Transformative Practice Across the Ecosystem:

Engage with real-world examples of collaborative practice from schools, youth services, and alternative education settings, highlighting how research and practice inform each other.

Empowering Boys Through Evidence-Based Tools:

Learn to use the Boys’ & Young Men’s Quadrant and the Empowering Boys Questionnaire to amplify student voice, foster interdependence, and strengthen relational empowerment in educational contexts.

Why It Matters:

This series equips professionals with practical strategies, research insights, and collaborative approaches to improve outcomes for boys and young men, ensuring education systems respond to their needs in meaningful and sustainable ways.

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The Specialist Setting Support Team (SSST) is multi-service, support team providing integrated support for Specialist Provisions in Mainstream Schools (SPiMS).

Working with existing services, and drawing on best practice from established settings, the SSST will work to ensure that staff in new provisions are effectively supported in meeting the challenge of delivering high quality provision and educational experiences for children and young people (CYP).

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Building Emotional Resilience through Inquiry

See link below to dissemination wesbsite for the 'Building  Emotional Resilience through Inquiry' Project . In the midst of the huge challenges brought about by the pandemic, many teachers engaged in this programme and in 2021-22, thirteen schools developed their work further, focussing on building emotional resilience using inquiry based learning approaches. 

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Irish Medium Hub

EA are delighted to officially launch a new Irish Medium (IM) Hub. This platform has been developed by the Shared Education and Sectoral Team and includes valuable contributions from pupils, practitioners and leaders within the sector. It has been designed to raise awareness of IM Education, showcase Case Studies and voices from across IM Schools, support practitioners through TPL and serve as a repository for a range of resources and materials. We look forward to the continual evolution of this online forum to support the entire IM community, which is accessible via the following link:

👉  EA Irish-Medium Hub

Children and Young Peoples’ Services Training Programme 2023/24

Children and Young People’s Services in the Education Authority NI are delighted to offer a range of specialist training for teachers, classroom assistants, SENCos and parents.

If you need support in accessing the registration for online training please contact cyps-info@eani.org.uk

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