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Apple Regional Training Centre Cork
Ireland · Cork, · Local · See the Ireland profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 82% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
Apple Regional Training Centres deliver courses to build the skills and confidence of educators to use Apple technology inside and outside the classroom. They are a community who share best practices and inspire excellence through teaching with Apple technology. Being selected as
close to 20 workshops
Workshops offered for teachers (2017)
close to 300 teachers
Teachers trained (2017)
Details
- Promoter
- Apple RTC Cork — website
- Type
- System
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Unemployed and those facing social problems, Marginalised young people and children, People with disabilities
- People reached
- 300
- Period
- 2016-08-31
- Region (NUTS)
IE05- Keywords
- coding, digital, skills, marginalised girls, STEM
Context
Apple Regional Training Centres deliver courses to build the skills and confidence of educators to use Apple technology inside and outside the classroom. The Cork centre offers free training for educators in the region, including workshops on coding, filmmaking, photography, and digital portfolios.
Activities
Workshops include a dedicated accessibility course, 'Reaching all learners, accessibility with iPad', giving teachers hands-on experience with iPad accessibility features. The centre partners with iWish.ie to deliver free coding workshops for teenage girls, and with Holy Cross Mercy primary girls school for coding workshops for girls aged 9-12.
Results
During 2017 the centre offered close to 20 workshops for teachers across the region and trained close to 300 teachers.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k) — Training is provided free of charge to educators; no programme budget stated in the source.
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years) — Ongoing training centre; 2017 activity: close to 20 workshops delivered, training close to 300 teachers.
- Staffing & skills
- St John's College - host institution for the Apple Regional Training Centre, iWish.ie - partner organisation for girls-focused coding workshops, Holy Cross Mercy primary girls school - partner for coding workshops for girls aged 9-12
Conditions for success
- Training offered free of charge to educators in the region
- Partnerships with organisations such as iWish.ie and local schools to reach underrepresented groups such as teenage girls
Where it fits
- Governance type
- school-hosted training centre, part of the Apple Regional Training Centre network
- Scale
- regional (Cork region, Ireland)
- Income level
- high-income (Ireland)
Commonly funded by
Own resources / municipal budget
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
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