All staff in the Education Authority (EA) are to be offered training in the Irish language and Ulster Scots.
Training will not be mandatory and English will remain the "principal language" of the EA.
It is one of the measures in new interim policies for both languages being consulted on by the authority.
Due to the need for translation, the EA has also said it would take slightly longer to reply to correspondence in Irish and Ulster Scots than in English.
Irish language and Ulster Scots legislation was recently passed by the House of Commons.
