Have you started thinking about settling your class back into school? The routines and expectations of school can seem like the toughest challenge to try to settle back into for children.
Niamh Cullen is principal of Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School since it opened in 2018 and has worked in Educate Together since 2005.
Niamh has also worked with newly qualified teachers for many years. She trained as a mentor with the National Induction Programme for Teachers in 2007 and has mentored teachers in all school settings and classes. Niamh is an Associate with NIPT and facilitates induction workshops, Cluster Meetings and PST Training.
Here we are, one month into the New Year and …what did you say your resolutions were again? How many of us have set good intentions for those all-important goals and have already given up on them three weeks into the year!
So how do we make those goals stick?
This year has been a unique year and while it can be a time of joy, rest & relaxation, the holidays can bring a lot of demands such as financial, social and family commitments. While, you can’t choose when Christmas comes, you can choose to help yourself get through it.
I am inspired by so many people and so many things – books that I read, moments in nature that I witness on a walk, generosity of family, kindness of colleagues and friends, inspirational thoughts and speeches by other people.
Hi! I’m Nadine, a newly qualified primary school teacher from Cavan. I completed a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities degree in English and Geography and the Professional Master’s in Education (PME) (Primary), both in St. Patrick’s College, DCU. I was …
There’s no doubt but that teaching is a demanding job. There are days that feel like we are on a hamster wheel with tasks and demands flying in from all sides. A few weeks of days like this can have …
Good behaviour management is seen as fundamental to effective teaching and learning. Without harnessing the skills and strategies needed to work magic with large groups of students and individuals with differing personalities, teachers can find themselves ineffective and lost in …
Here is a re-cap of our most popular blog posts of 2019. Enjoy! 1. The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Teacher – Julie Prendiville Julie is a primary School teacher (AP2 Post Holder) and CEO of Enriching Education. She is a …