Denise Dalton dedicated over six years to her position as a PDST Health and Wellbeing Advisor, where she played a vital role in shaping and delivering CPD in various educational domains. Her expertise extended to Wellbeing in Education, Child Protection, as well as both Junior and Senior Cycle SPHE and RSE. She has recently established her own private consulting service, named "ElevateSPHE," where she continues to provide support to school leaders and teachers in the area of health and wellbeing. In this episode, we explore the Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice, including K ..read more

Prinicpal Paul Reidy hits the nail on the head in what might be the most important insight into your future career path ..read more

Trina Golden learned from experience to stop worrying about the inspectors ..read more

Dr. Annette Geoghegan is a Deputy Principal in a large urban national school in Navan and is currently on job share and working in Carlow. Her doctoral research focused on career change teachers - what motivates them to join the profession and what factors influence their decision to leave the profession. She has recently had her first peer reviewed article published in the Irish Educational Studies Journal. Link to her research: https://adobeacrobat.app.link/o0SiKn1MPxb https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-annette-geoghegan-14323b151 ..read more

Travis is a black Labrador and a ‘community dog’ that has been part and parcel of life in St. Peter’s Community College since 2020. Donnacha McCarrick, a secondary school teacher and SEN co-ordinator, talks to us today about the impact his arrival had on the students and why other schools should consider making the leap. https://www.guidedogs.ie/what-we-do/community-dog https://stpeterscc.ie/travis-the-dog/ Donnacha's phone number: 0872838274 ..read more

Síle Walsh is a coach, facilitator, consultant, a keynote speaker and a specialist in effective leadership and inclusive leadership. She is also undertaking a PHD in Inclusive leadership. As we aim to create inclusive schools that honour the wellbeing of all and the ethos of the organisation. Sile helps us to consider how we can co-create inclusive, safe spaces with others that provide a sense of belonging and acknowledges successes as a collective experience. https://instagram.com/silewalsh1?igshid=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg== https://www.linkedin.com/in/silewalsh?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_ ..read more

A podcast showcasing the super creativity within the Irish education system at the moment. Recorded live at the event in Holy Family Schools, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, the sound quality reflects this. All viewpoints expressed are that of the individual's not necesarily The Teaching Council's. Links from some of the exhibits: https://smallschoolsproject.com/ https://aiteachingguru.com/ lgbtq@kinsalecommunityschool.ie https://twitter.com/ednip1?lang=en https://www.mic.ul.ie/ednip-2020?index=0 https://hiberniacollege.com/courses ..read more

Conor Hayes is Teacher, Guidance Counsellor and holds an API role as Year Head. He is also co co-coordinator of TY, wellbeing and has been LCA coordinator in the past. He has a Diploma In Education Law from The Law society of Ireland and is currently undertaking a Master of Education in Leadership and Management in Maynooth. Conor works in The Abbey, Tipperary and is talking about his various roles and leadership journey to date and specifically the role of Guidance Counsellor. Courses: Guidance Counselling DCU https://www.dcu.ie/courses/postgraduate/institute-education/msc-guidance-counsellin ..read more

Nessa Hill is a co-founder of Neurodiversity Ireland and lives in Dublin. She has a 5 year old autistic girl with ADHD. In order to overcome barriers to securing educational places, she and two other mothers with similar  experiences decided to set up this organisation to highlight how all educators needs to be supported with adequate training to develop the skills and tools to support these children in an educational setting.  ..read more

 Gregg O’Neill has been working for 12 years as a teacher and the last two as a year head in CBC Monkstown, Dublin, a Catholic boys’ school with a student population of 544. Gregg is also the author of educate.ie's best selling textbook for Junior Cycle history, Artefact, and their LC History book, the Making of Europe and the Wider World and consequently has given a wide range of CPD sessions for both Junior and Senior cycle history for teachers around the country. CBC Monkstown, While part of the Edmund Rice Trust, is a fee-paying school so talking to Gregg will offer a different perspe ..read more