Future LeadersEoghan Hanley

In partnership with

Eoghan Hanley

National Coordinator GAA Future Leaders TY

Programme

futureleaders@gaa.ie

@gaafutureleader

Eoghan Hanley (National Coordinator / Connaught Region) –

eoghan.hanley.tutor@gaa.ie

Sean Kelly (North Leinster Regional Coordinator) –

seankellysk36@gmail.com

Colm Hanley (Munster Regional Coordinator) –

chanley@cco.ie

Peter Beirne (South Leinster Regional Coordinator) –

1peterbeirne@gmail.com

Garrett Coyle (Ulster Regional Coordinator) –

coylegarrett1@gmail.com

Additional GAA Team

Seamus Woods, Chair Post Primary Schools Committee

Denis O’Boyle, Connacht

Jimmy D’Arcy, Aoife O’Brien, Ronan Flynn, Tracy

Bunyan, Croke Park

PDST Team

Ciara O'Donnell, Director,

Rachel Farrell, Fergal Lyons, Enda Carr, Cian Sweeney,

Anne Grills

What is the GAA Future Leaders Programme?

It is one of a number of Games Development Projects and Initiatives the GAA is developing that are;

• Games-Based

• Player/Youth-Centred

• Learner-Led

• Value-Laden

Course Structure:

- The GAA Future Leaders TY Programme is a cross-curricular programme.

- The programme consists of 8 Modules.

- The modules vary in length, in general they are 6 – 10 hours long.

- Each module is stand alone and individually certifiable.

- A school can choose to deliver one or more modules.

- 5 modules + GAA Super Games Centre/Blitz

=>GAA TY Future Leaders Award

GAA Future Leaders Modules-Future Leaders FMS & Coaching of Hurling/Football Module

-Future Leaders Refereeing Module

-Future Leaders Administration Module

-Future Leaders Sports Journalism Module

-Future Leaders Performance Analysis Module

-Future Leaders Nutrition Module

-Future Leaders Wellness Module

-Future Leaders Event Management Module

-Pupils will receive a GAA Certificate for each completed module.

Modules are linked to the following subjects:

- PE

- Maths

- English

- Science

- Business Studies

- Home Economics

- Wellbeing

- History

- Career Guidance

Assessment:

- Each pupil gets an online e-Portfolio to store and share documentation and assignments on learning.gaa.ie/futureleaders

- Pupils receive certification for each module when all the tasks are completed and submitted to their e-Portolio.

Competition:

- There is a competition element to the “GAA Future Leaders Programme” also.

- The winners of these competitions will be picked from the work submitted to the pupils’ e-portfolio.

Practical Application of Skills Acquired

-When the modules are completed the pupils hold an

“AGM” and form a TY Future Leaders Committee.

-They apply for various positions and jobs in

organisation.

-The Transition Year Future Leaders Committee oversees

the overall day to day running of the Super Games

Centre (SGC).

-They hold weekly meetings to decide who does what

and when to ensure the smooth running of the SGC.

Transition Year Future Leaders Committee

Super Games Centre Jobs

Team Managers Referees / Umpires / Linesmen

Nutritionists Performance Analysts

Journalists Ground Staff

Photographers Equipment Managers

Etc….

Super Games Centres are centres where:

A small-sided games format is provided for youth players

aged 12-17 years on an age related and developmental

needs basis incorporating ALL (Applied Lifelong Learning).

Basically it is sport in its purest form, where kids play our games just

for the sake of playing the game, there is minimal coaching input

involved. They are playing for fun and enjoyment.

- In 2017/18 schools participating in the Future Leaders

Programme will run 50 Super Games Centres / Blitzes.

- In 2018/19 the projected figure is approx. 300 Super

Games Centres & Blitzes.

• 2015/16 – 1 school• 2016/17 – 5 schools (Pilot Phase 1)• 2017/18 – 48 schools (Pilot Phase 2)• 2018/19 – 250 schools registered to date

- This year there are approx. 2500 pupils doing

the Programme.

- In 2018/19 there will be approx. 15,000 pupils.

- The PDST has earmarked this Programme as a

priority and the Dept. of Education inspectors

have endorsed it.

Why do the GAA Future Leaders Programme?

GAA Coach Education Mission Statement

The GAA is committed to implementing an

integrated Coach Education Programme

with a view to maximising participation,

optimising playing standards and ensuring

that Players’ needs are catered for in a

Balanced way

Wellbeing & Lifelong Learning

CULTIVATE POTENTIAL ACROSS

4 CORE DOMAINS:

COMMUNALOCCUPATIONALRECREATIONALEDUCATIONAL

Wellbeing & Lifelong Learning

DEVELOP 4 CORE LIFESKILLS:

CONCEPTUAL

OPERATIONAL

RELATIONAL

EXPLORATIONAL

‘PLAY TO STAY WeLL’Maximising Positive Energies

Fitness

Fun

Friendship

Fairness

Facilitating

Future

Focus

Benefits to the individual:

- Responsibility- Initiative- Maturity- Inclusivity - Fosters a sense of

belonging in the child - There are benefits to the

pupil, the school, to the local community, to the country as a whole.

“Understand why age-related

activities & values are key to

optimising social capital & potential”

– Pat Daly

Educational Benefits:

Throughout the Future Leaders Programme pupils enhance their;

- Physical Literacy Skills- Digital Literacy Skills- Literacy Skills- Numeracy Skills- Presentation Skills- Communication Skills

GAA Future Leaders Vision:

This Programme will future proof our

games in towns and villages countrywide

by developing capacities in young

people to empower them to take

ownership of the games and carry them

forward for the next generation.

GAA Future Leaders Vision:

- They will be the future administrators,

coaches, referees, ground staff,

performance analysts, nutritionists etc.

- They could be the reason 1000s of kids will

play our games in every corner of the country

in the years to come.

Website:www.learning.gaa.ie/futureleaders

Email:futureleaders@gaa.ie

Twitter:@gaafutureleader#gaafutureleader

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