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Opportunity for Schools: Creative Clusters Initiative Invite Applications Creative Clusters Deadline: 13 May 2022 The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD invites primary and post-primary schools across Ireland to apply for Creative Clusters, an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund. The Department of Education’s budget for Creative Clusters in 2022 is €595,000. Under this scheme to support schools to build capacity in creativity, schools in each cluster will enjoy access to a specialist facilitator, artist or creative expertise in whatever their chosen area of interest or theme might be. These resources will help the schools to build a project of learning and activities tailor-made for their students. As part of this funding allocation, a cluster may receive up to €15,000 funding to help bring their plans and ideas to fruition in 2022-2024. Minister Foley said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for schools to work together on a project of their choice. Schools are given complete freedom to design and develop their own project, with support from a local facilitator and their local education centre. I hope that this exciting initiative will help schools to further enhance creativity in their classrooms. It is important that our children are enabled to express themselves and learn to adapt and collaborate. ‘Creative Clusters’ gives students of all ages the opportunity to develop these essential skills, enjoy and explore artistic and creative expression.” To date, the Creative Clusters initiative has seen schools around the country work together to develop creative projects and collaborate on new ideas based on their local experience and unique perspective. The Schools Excellence Fund of the Department of Education sets out to encourage and recognise excellence and innovation in our schools. This initiative will help deliver on the Creative Youth pillar of Creative Ireland, which sets out a commitment that every child in Ireland has practical access to tuition, experience and participation in music, drama, arts and coding. Application Deadline: 13 May 2022 Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of €3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project in the 2022–2024 school years (e.g. a cluster of 3 schools would receive €9,000 over two years while a cluster of 5 schools would receive €15,000 over two years). Clusters will receive 50% of the total grant funding in Year 1, with the second 50% being provided in Year 2. In addition, but separate to the grant funding, all successful clusters are further supported with: A fully paid Creative Cluster Facilitator; paid Teacher Substitution to attend training and meetings; room hire, travel & subsistence. Please see the following link for more details: Creative Clusters. - Schools can apply as part of a cluster which may be an existing network of schools. - A school nearing the end of year 2 of an existing Creative Cluster can reapply to be in a new cluster where the other schools in the new cluster have not participated before. - Schools nearing the end of 2 years with Creative Schools are eligible to apply. - The local Teacher Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area. - A total of 21 Creative Clusters will be selected nationally – One successful Creative Cluster per Education Support Centre. Applications should be sent to the local full-time Teacher Education Support Centre (list at Appendix 1 of Guidelines document on DoE website) or use this link Appendix 1. Any queries, please contact your local Education Centre or email Arts in Education Administration artsineducation@edcentretralee.ie Creative Clusters is an initiative of the Department of Education, led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Teacher Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland – ESCI) and funded through the Schools Excellence Fund.
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Deis do Scoileanna: Braislí Cruthaitheacha Spriocdháta: 13 May 2022 Thug an tAire Oideachais Norma Foley TD cuireadh inniu do bhunscoileanna agus d’iar-bhunscoileanna ar fud na hÉireann iarratas a dhéanamh ar Bhraislí Cruthaitheacha, an tionscnamh atá ar siúl mar chuid d’Éire Chruthaitheach agus faoin gCiste Sármhaitheas Scoile. Is é €595,000 buiséad na Roinne Oideachais do Bhraislí Cruthaitheacha in 2022. Faoin scéim seo chun tacú le scoileanna cumas cruthaitheachta a chothú, bainfidh scoileanna i ngach braisle leas as rochtain ar shainéascaitheoir, ar ealaíontóir nó ar shaineolas cruthaitheach i cibé réimse spéise nó téama a roghnaíonn siad. Cabhróidh na hacmhainní seo leis na scoileanna tionscadal foghlama agus gníomhaíochtaí a chur le chéile a bheidh saincheaptha dá ndaltaí. Mar chuid den leithdháileadh maoinithe seo, féadfaidh braisle maoiniú suas le €15,000 a fháil chun a gcuid pleananna agus smaointe a thabhairt chun críche in 2022-2024. Dúirt an tAire Foley: “Is deis iontach é seo do scoileanna oibriú le chéile ar thionscadal dá rogha féin. Tugtar saoirse iomlán do scoileanna a dtionscadal féin a dhearadh agus a fhorbairt, le tacaíocht ó éascaitheoir áitiúil agus óna nIonad oideachais áitiúil. “Tá súil agam go gcabhróidh an tionscnamh spreagúil seo le scoileanna cruthaitheacht a fheabhsú tuilleadh ina seomraí ranga. Tá sé tábhachtach go gcumasaítear ár bpáistí chun iad féin a chur in iúl agus go bhfoghlaimíonn siad conas iad féin a oiriúnú agus a bheith ag comhoibriú. Tugann ‘Braislí Cruthaitheacha’ deis do scoláirí de gach aois na scileanna riachtanacha seo a fhorbairt, taitneamh a bhaint as léiriú ealaíne agus as léiriú cruthaitheach agus as iad seo a iniúchadh.” Faoin am seo, tá scoileanna ar fud na tíre ag oibriú le chéile i dtionscnamh na mBraislí Cruthaitheacha chun tionscadail chruthaitheacha a fhorbairt agus chun comhoibriú ar smaointe nua, bunaithe ar a dtaithí áitiúil agus ar a bpeirspictíocht uathúil. Tá sé mar aidhm ag Ciste Sármhaitheas Scoile na Roinne Oideachais sármhaitheas agus nuálaíocht inár scoileanna a spreagadh agus a aithint. Cabhróidh an tionscnamh seo le seachadadh a dhéanamh ar an gcolún Óige Chruthaithí d'Éire Chruthaitheach, rud a leagann amach gealltanas go mbeidh rochtain phraiticiúil ag gach leanbh in Éirinn ar theagasc, ar thaithí agus ar rannpháirtíocht sa cheol, sa drámaíocht, sna healaíona agus sa chódú. Spriocdháta: 13 May 2022 Tuilleadh eolais ar fáil anseo: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/371d7-minister-foley-invites-applications-from-schools-for-funding-to-work-together-on-creative-projects/