Free Summer Course 2026

Dates: Wednesday 1st - Tuesday 7th July 2026

Times: 9:30 am - 2:00pm

Location: Monaghan Education Support Centre

The enjoyable way to earn your EPV days!

Free to all primary & special school teachers. Hosted by your local full time Education Support Centre. Approved and led by the Department of Education and Youth and ESCI under Creative Youth 2023-2027.

Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) is a creativity rich summer course that supports professional development through wellbeing, relationships and creative partnership for teachers and creative practitioners. Participants create, explore and collaborate to enhance creativity and arts in education through creative process, critical reflection, collaboration and enjoyment.

Apply for a free in-school TAP+ Residency for your students too!

During the summer course teachers will have the opportunity to apply for a TAP+ Residency to take place in partnership with a creative practitioner from their summer course and their students in the school year 2026/27. Each Education Support Centre will have 8 Residencies for participating teachers on the TAP+ Summer Course.  If you would like to apply for a TAP+ Residency, you will need to complete the TAP+ Summer Course in your school's full-time Education Support Centre's catchment area.

Teacher Artist Partnership+ Summer Course Aims:

• To support participants in planning, implementing, and assessing creativity rich experiences in partnership with children through curriculum and school policy.
• To enable participants to support children in developing creativity, voice and agency through TAP+.
• To highlight the potential of creative engagement in supporting and developing equality, diversity and inclusion in the school environment.
• To sustainably enhance the national programme of school-based creative learning by supporting teachers and creative practitioners to develop professional relationships, knowledge, and skills necessary to work in partnership with children.

• All courses qualify for EPV days providing participating teachers meet DES attendance criteria.
• The registration fee is non-refundable.
• The centre reserves the right to cancel a course if sufficient bookings do not materialise.