Job Shadowing for English Language Teachers in Galway

Galway is more than just a city, it’s a cultural heartbeat on Ireland’s west coast, where creativity, nature, and tradition come together to create an unforgettable learning environment.

From the moment you arrive, Galway welcomes you with its colourful streets, live music echoing from every corner, and an energy that’s both relaxed and full of life. It’s a place where learning goes beyond the classroom: into traditional music sessions in historic pubs, and into everyday moments filled with authenticity.

Whether you’re walking along the scenic Salthill Promenade, discovering medieval sites like the Spanish Arch, or exploring the dramatic landscapes of Connemara just outside the city, Galway offers the perfect backdrop to develop your teaching skills in English while being surrounded by Irish warmth and charm.

Our training programs in Galway are designed not just to teach, but to inspire. You’ll connect with fellow educators from around the world, exchange best practices, and return home with new ideas, renewed motivation, and memories rooted in one of Ireland’s most soulful cities.

👉 Discover more about Galway here

Unlike other regular teaching methodology courses, this course emphasizes designing and implementing instructional methods which are more accessible and inclusive regardless of the learner’s language proficiency, background knowledge and ability level. By exploring a variety of tools for representation (how students take in information); action (how teachers provide Input) and expression (how students produce output); this course provides teachers with strategies to make every aspect of their teaching more equitable and engaging. This course is suitable for Secondary and Vocational Teachers.

Course Objectives:

• Benefits of UDL framework and principles
• How UDL can tackle barriers to learning in traditional learning classrooms
• Strategies for providing multiple means of representation, action and expression that accommodates diverse learner’s needs, preferences and abilities.
• Flexible assessment options based on the UDL approach
• Reflect on current teaching practices and identify gaps in practicing UDL
• Build a portfolio of different UDL resources

Dates 2025:

11 August – 15 August
15 September – 19 September

Timetable*

*can be subjected to changes

The school has spent over three decades crafting English language and professional development programmes in a modern, purpose-built centre at the heart of Galway.

This cosy and warm learning environment features:

• 34 smart-equipped classrooms, a rooftop terrace, a student lounge, a library, and a computer room
• Accreditation by the Irish Department of Education and inclusion in the Erasmus+ network, ensuring high standards for language teaching and professional training

With students from more than 100 countries, the school specialises in communicative and immersive education. Its programmes, from Intensive English to Erasmus staff mobility, are praised for being engaging, practical, and globally relevant.

Although the course does not include accommodation, please do not hesitate to ask for help if you require assistance.

• Enrollment and level test
• All necessary academic materials
• Course information pack
• Certificate at the end of the course
• 1 full-day guided excursion
• 24-hour AGEH support
• Some social activities
• 25-hour weekly course