5 Habits Women Need to Kick to the Curb & Why
Women make up the bulk of teachers in the Irish education system, yet women are clearly under represented at leadership level.
Why is this?
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Inspire & Empower
What it says on the tin – articles to inspire and empower you!
Practical Ways Teachers Can Nurture Mental Health & Wellbeing
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 a very big impact on our mental wellbeing. According to the mental health support group, AWARE, depression affects about ten percent of us in Ireland. That’s about 450,000 of us. Mental Health Ireland, a national
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3 Teacher Instagram Accounts We LOVE!
Whether you’re a trainee teacher, NQT or more-experienced and you are looking for a community of teachers to collaborate, get tips from and steal ideas, seeing a little square of advice or a short story on Instagram can be re-invigorating and inspiring! Who needs CPD right?! Only joking, of course! We mentioned in a previous post how our love for teacher accounts on Instagram grew in 2019 and this being the month of LOVE, we
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The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Teacher
Working on my own is a challenge and I really miss the social side of school life. I loved seeing and interacting with my friends and colleagues every day and especially having a laugh together.
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5 Posts We LOVE
It is the month of love so here is a re-cap of 5 posts we LOVE. Enjoy! 3 Ways to Avoid Drowning Under Heavy Workload It is our mission to encourage and support the empowered decision-making of teachers. And that is exactly what is needed when the work piles up and the you-know-what hits the fan! This article compiles some key strategies from our CPD Summer Courses to help your day-to-day! Read the
Most Popular Posts 2019
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 very proud Kerry woman, living and working in Kilkenny. Julie filled us in on her typical day – early starts of 6am, blasting her Mary Black music and the importance of keeping close to family!
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Nominated Charity 2019
For those of you who have participated in our CPD courses (either online or face-to-face) know that we donate 1% of the course price to a nominated charity each year. We call this the Pay It Forward Policy. You can learn more about this here. In December, we put out requests on social media and our newsletter for worthy charities to be nominated for this initiative. We had a wide variety of suggestions but one
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Can you help us Pay It Forward?
We don’t live in a perfect world and according to Forbes, there are 54 million teachers globally. There is an estimated shortage of 65 million teachers around the world, mainly in parts of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. One of the main reasons for this global shortage is the lack of professional development and training opportunities for teachers. This is a big problem and one which effects the daily lives of children all around the
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The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Teacher
Julie Prendiville I am a Primary School teacher (AP2 Post Holder) and CEO of Enriching Education. I am a very proud Kerry woman, living and working in Kilkenny. I graduated from Mary Immaculate College and continued my studies in Waterford Institute of Technology where I completed a Masters in Management in Education. In 2016 I set up my own business, Enriching Education, and began giving Enriching English Masterclasses in Education Centres in 2017. In 2019
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The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Teacher
Aoife O’Sullivan, 26, Primary school teacher based in Co. Wicklow. From Dublin. PME Primary graduate from St. Patricks College, BA in Psychology holder from UCD. Mental health advocate and volunteer. Instagram enthusiast (@RangAoife). Aspirations to do further study in the field of Educational Psychology, with a focus on well-being in the classroom. My alarm goes off… … I generally am a fan of hitting the snooze button at least twice before I get out of
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5 Ways to make things easier for teachers
In 2014, a Millward Brown survey conducted found that over half of teachers in Ireland felt ‘continuously stressed’. Hmm… not good. There a range of complex reasons as to way this might be but we decided to explore some tried and tested methods of how schools made things easier for their teachers! Daniella Lang, principal of Brimsdown Primary School in North London, surveyed her teaching staff in 2015 and found that 42% of them felt
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10 Ways to get the most out of the Summer Holidays!
There is no doubt about it… a teachers holiday package is a HUGE bonus of the job! Many pack their bags and live as nomads over the summer months and many take advantage of the opportunity to stay at home, get a few jobs done and spend time with friends and family. Either way, it is an envious position to be in. So it’s important to make the most of it! Here are 10 ways
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