A peek behind the scenes at the daily lives of teacher, principals and people working in education.
Teresa, Principal of a primary school in Cork and more recently during lockdown- a “highlighter” reader. Teresa loves working as a principal and has a fantastic team of colleagues that create a warm and safe environment for students to flourish.
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Rebecca, Second Class teacher in an Educate Together school in Dublin and more recently during lockdown- a DIY fanatic. I completed my BA in St. Patrick’s College, my PGCE & NQT year in England, taught abroad for three years in Qatar and now I am back in Ireland for the second year. I love teaching English and enjoy getting really creative with lessons.
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I have been teaching 1st class for the past three years and enjoy working on the In-school Management Team also. Last year I had the opportunity to develop a Yearly planner for Special Education Teachers and have loved that experience. 2021/22 is on the way, watch this space!
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My name is Emma, and I am a primary school teacher based in Co. Cork. I completed my BA in Early Years and Childhood Studies in 2016 before graduating with a PME degree at St. Patrick’s College, DCU in 2018. Since then, I have primarily worked in Special Education.
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“For every problem, there is a solution” – wise words from my mom who always has encouraged me to be creative and think outside the box!
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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.
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I think with teaching there is a never ending to do list and it’s very hard to just switch off at the end of a busy day when you’re worried about a child/parent/ meeting or just have so many different things that you need to complete.
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Hi everyone! My name is Aimee Flynn or for the purposes of Instagram, Aistear in Action. September will be my tenth year teaching. I have taught in learning support (as it was known then), 5th, 2nd/3rd, 1st, Junior Infants, Senior Infants and Junior/Senior Infants. I am currently teaching Junior Infants this year and hope to have either Junior or Senior Infants in the new school year. I started my third level education in D.I.T. and
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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 awarded the Vere Foster medal by the INTO in November for receiving the highest marks in teaching practices and curricular areas of education over the two year PME programme. I own ‘Múinteoir N’, which I
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Hello everyone. My name is Lisa. I am 33 and based in County Laois. I’m in my tenth year of teaching and have taught in mainstream, SET and am presently in my 3rd year in my ASD class. I trained in the UK and taught there for 5 years and then moved back home to Ireland 5 years ago. My alarm goes off… At 5:30, 5:40, 5:50 and again at 6:00! Yes, I
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I’m Rozz, a primary school teacher living in Carlow. I’m also the Director of mash.ie, a teacher resource sharing website. I live for books and creative writing and run a literary blog called rozz.ie My alarm goes off… At 6:10 a.m. It takes me at least an hour to get ready for work! I teach in Portlaoise and our school opens at 8:30 so I have to be fully alert very early! We also
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Ciara Lynch is a primary school teacher from Cork, who graduated from Mary I with a ‘B.Ed with Music’. Since starting teaching, Ciara has worked in Community National, denominational and Educate Together schools in both Dublin and Cork. Last year, Ciara set up her Instagram page @ciarasclassroom as a way of learning from other teachers, sharing ideas of her own and connecting with other teachers across the country and world. My alarm goes off…
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