2. GAA Future Leaders TY Programme
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3. Course Structure:
The programme consists of 7 Modules.
Once the Overview Module is completed, the other modules are released.
The modules vary in length, in general they are 6 – 10 hours long.
Each module is stand alone and individually certifiable.

4. A school can choose to deliver one or more modules.
Completing 5 modules (Overview Module + 4 others)
AND
Organising GAA Super Games / GoGames / Fun & Run or any event linked to any module.
=>
GAA Future Leaders Award

5. GAA Future Leaders Modules
Future Leaders Event Management & Sports Administration Module
Future Leaders FMS & Coaching of Hurling/Football Module
Future Leaders Refereeing Module
Future Leaders Sports Journalism Module
Future Leaders Performance Analysis Module
Future Leaders Nutrition Module
Future Leaders Wellbeing Module
Pupils will receive an e-Certificate for each completed module.

6. Each module is translated to Irish, so a school can choose to complete it in either Irish or English.

7. Overview Module & Updates

8. Updates to Programme 1) One task per module.
2) Tasks are uploaded directly to schools page in the “School Zone”.
3) Schools must do Overview Module first.
4) To get the overall Future Leaders Award students must;
Complete Overview Module + 4 other modules.
Organise at least one FL Event
Document “My Future Leaders Journey” in their ePortfolio throughout the year.

9. Overview Module Updates
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10. Activity Task Leadership Activity

11. Overview Module Activity:
Create a page in your ePortfolio called “My Future Leaders Journey”.
Add your first entry / reflection about the programme to your page.
Students can add text, audio, photos and video to their pages.
In order to receive the overall Future Leaders award, students document their learning and experiences with the various parts of the programme, both modules and events, and share it with their teacher for feedback. They then submit it at the end of the year to their school page.

12. Overview Module Task:
Submit a word document to your school page with a short paragraph discussing the modules you will cover this year and the events you would like to organise.
The uploading of this task will release the rest of the modules.

13. Event Management & Sports Administration
Updates
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14. Gives the students ideas to practically apply their learning
Event Management & Sports Administration Modules have been merged.
Much more focus on using what the students are learning and getting them active.
More events are recognised as “GAA Future Leaders Events”.
Gives the students ideas to practically apply their learning
Critical module if students are to successfully run events in their school

15. Practical Application of Programme

16. A school can choose to deliver one or more modules.
4 modules + GAA Super Games Centre / GoGames /
Fun & Run or any event linked to any module + My Future Leaders Journey
=>
GAA Future Leaders Award

17. For real learning to take place, it is important for you to put your newly acquired skills and knowledge from each of the modules into practice.
We would encourage you to allow your students organise as many events as possible throughout the year.

18. On-Field Events

19. - Super Games Centres / Blitzes are ran by TYs for 1st & 2nd years
- Go Games Blitzes and Fun & Run are ran by TYs for primary school pupils.

20. Off-Field Events / Healthy Clubs

21. You will now see a list of GAA Healthy Clubs events, students can run any of these types of events in your school to earn their Future Leaders Award.

23. Students can organise “Healthy Eating Initiatives” in the school with help from the Nutrition Module and the “Recipes for Success” book.

24. Students can run any event linked to the GAA Healthy Clubs Initiative to qualify for the GAA Future Leaders Award.

25. Students can run any event linked to any of the modules
On – Field Events
Off – Field Events
Event
Module
Super Games Event
Coaching / Refereeing / P.A. / Event Management
5 km run / Walk / Colour Runs etc.
Wellbeing / Event Management
Go Games Blitz
Healthy eating initiatives
Fun & Run
Organising guest speakers / workshops for various topics relating to programme
Handball Event
Fun Days
Rounders Blitz
Wellbeing initiatives
7 – a – sides etc.
Other
Any event linked to any module
Wall ball event
Other GAA event
Coaching / Refereeing / P.A. / Event Management

26. We would love to hear about the various events being organised in your school. Send photos and details to us on social media and we will share it for all to see.

27. Allow students as many opportunities as possible to put their learning into practice

28. Future Leaders Committee

29. It’s important to form a committee or committees to assign everyone roles and responsibilities when organising events.
It’s also important to hold pre-event planning meetings and post event evaluation meetings so students learn from the process.

30. Key IT changes and updates

31. School Zone: Everything happens in School Zone
School Zone: Everything happens in School Zone. All lessons & resources are here. Teachers access students work here.
Teacher Zone: Forum, Module Updates, Webinars, Teacher Resources, Newsletter
Uploading of tasks – straight upload to the students profile on their school page.
Use of Mahara – Students create one page called; My Future Leaders Journey

32. My Future Leaders Journey

33. Students document their learning throughout the year by creating a page in their ePortfolio called; “My Future Leaders Journey”. They can upload the following;
Pictures
Videos (of what they are doing & of themselves speaking about their experiences)
Voice recordings
Note taking
Extending Learning (after completing a topic, they may find an interesting article or video online that relates to the topic and add this to their page.

34. They share the page with their teacher who gives them feedback throughout the year.
It is important that teachers give feedback to the students in the comment section of the page.

35. Webinars

36. There will be live webinars throughout the year on the modules and the IT aspect of the programme.
The link to these webinars will be available in the Teacher Zone in the webinar folder and will be ed to teachers enrolled on the Teacher Zone.
They will also be available to watch throughout the year by clicking on the link in the Teacher Zone.

37. Webinar Dates: Tuesday 27th August: Programme Overview Webinar
Wednesday 11th September: IT & ePortfolio Webinar
Tuesday 17th September: Event Management & Sports Administration Webinar
Tuesday 24th September: Wellbeing & Nutrition Webinar
Monday 21st October: Sports Journalism & Performance Analysis Webinar
Tuesday 5th November: Refereeing & Coaching Webinar

38. Future Leaders Newsletter

39. We will circulate an online Future Leaders Newsletter a number of times during the school year.
In the newsletter there will be;
Videos
Links – to Webinars & programme related pages.
School Corner – Reports, videos and photos of what’s happening & where. If you want your school included here link in with us through our social media pages.
Updates to modules
Upcoming events – There will be opportunities throughout the to link your school in with county and provincial GAA staff to help in the running of events. Also, if you have an event coming up, let us know about it.
Competitions

40. Competitions

41. Competition Winners at the Leinster Football Final 2018 in Croke Park

42. Competitions: Almost every task is linked to a competition.
To enter a competition, the teacher chooses the best task submitted and forwards that task to us by .
Each school is entitled to one entry to each competition.
The address and all other information will be in the teachers Future Leaders newsletter.

43. 2019 / 20 Prizes:
Leinster Hurling Final Experience 2020
Sports Journalism & Broadcasting
Shadow;
a journalist in the press box.
a Sportsfile photographer pitchside.
RTE / Sky tv commentary team.
Refereeing Module
Shadow the Referee & Officials for the day.
Event Management
Shadow the Stadium Operations team for the day.

44. Performance Analysis:
Shadow Inter-County and RTÉ Performance Analysts.
Coaching:
Shadow Inter-county coaches at county training sessions.
Nutrition:
Shadow inter-county nutritionists at county training sessions.