The Primary Professional Development Service (PPDS) works in collaboration with Dublin West Education Centre (DWEC) to create, develop and support communities of learners among primary teachers called Teacher Professional Communities (TPCs).  The purpose of a TPC is to ‘enable the collective development of new knowledge, skills and competencies, new resources and new shared identities and motivation to work together for change’ (Fullan). 

A TPC is a proactive support group of teacher-learners, who seek and share learning, with a view to acting on what they learn.  The goal of their participation in the TPC is to enhance their effectiveness as teachers and to impact positively on children’s learning.  They may be theme or subject based.

• Suggested structures and criteria for application
  
  
• Financial Support and Guidelines
  
  
• Forms and documentation
  
  
• Active TPCs

Contact us:

Doireann Kilbride
TPC Administrator
Dublin West Education Centre
Old Blessington Road
Tallaght
Dublin 24

Phone: 01 4528000
Fax: 01 4528010
Email: dkilbride@dwec.ie