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3 Tips from Teacher Toolkit Training

Assessment, Rahoo, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking / By Rahoo / 4 minutes of reading

In June 2019, I travelled to London to attend two days training with Ross Morrison McGill aka Teacher Toolkit. Ross is an experienced school leader, teacher trainer, most influential educational blogger in the UK, author, speaker and currently working on educational research at Cambridge. Ross is passionate about reducing teacher workload whilst increasing teacher impact. He has successfully lobbied the UK government and the inspectorate Ofsted about a number of their practices which were not […]

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3 Ways Teachers Can Work Smarter

Rahoo, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 4 minutes of reading

The reoccurring, and ever-important, issue of work-life balance comes to the fore as we reflect on the school year almost over. How can we build on our successes and adapt to improve our areas of development, both personally and professionally? We know that there are more and more expectations of and accountability measures placed on teachers. It is crucial that we make processes, policies and initiatives user-friendly. So, how teachers make work practices more effective

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Choosing your Summer Course – ask yourself 5 questions first!

Rahoo, Summer Course News / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

There are a huge amount of EPV Courses on offer to primary teachers in Summer 2019 – both online and offline. It can be tricky to find the course that is right for you. We suggest 5 questions to ask yourself when deciding. How do I like to learn? Online is a great option if you are a night owl (like us!) and like to burn the midnight oil or just like flexibility with times you can

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Short on Croke Park hours?

Rahoo / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

It can be a struggle for teachers to gather the energy after a busy school day to attend a workshop, meeting or other opportunity that will enhance their practice. Many teachers have been in touch with us to see if we can help them make up their Croke Park hours – the year has flown by and the have not had a chance to stop and work on their own practice. But we know continuous

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The Diary of a Teacher

Rahoo, The Not-So-Secret Diary of / By Rahoo / 1 minute of reading

Valerie King, 3rd and 4th class teacher & owner of www.muinteoirvalerie.com. My alarm goes off… At 6:30 AM, time to walk Sonny! I am responsible for getting Sonny walked, Lara to her child miner and myself to school! My typical day consists of… Prayers, homework corrections, maths, Irish, English, religion, SESE. I am a creature of habit! The best part of my job… The children. The most challenging part of my job… The end of year rush, corrections and

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New Rules for EPV Courses 2019

Rahoo, Summer Course News / By Rahoo / 1 minute of reading

We have had a lot of queries from teachers about the new rules from the Department of Education for this years Summer Courses. As per the DES criteria your exact start and completion date will now appear on your Certificate for your EPV days. If you buy two or more courses you must only complete one course at a time. Learn more about Rahoo CPD Summer Courses approved for EPV Days HERE.

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3 ways to avoid drowning under heavy workload

Rahoo, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

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! Empowered decisions. It feels like, as teachers, we have lost our power to make a decision, stand by it and justify its rationale. Increasingly, it feels like we are all things to everyone and, thus, workload increases as we battle to meet the demands

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Case Study: “John”

Rahoo, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

What could you do if the following was happening in your classroom? John is 10 years old. Has recently moved to the area on rural resettlement from Dublin. He started in your class in October. He is extremely disruptive in class, cannot sit still and constantly talking. He never has homework done and does very little of his work in class. He distracts those around him. He sulks if he is challenged and asked to

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Making Marking Efficient & Effective!

Rahoo, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 1 minute of reading

We are all about efficiency and effectiveness at Rathú. We fully believe in the principles of working smarter and essentialism. This handy resource from our “Work Smarter, Be Happier” EPV Summer Course for Teachers fits right into this ideology. We are not trying to big ourselves up here, but a participant in one of our workshops got in touch after a few weeks to let us know that this resource was… “Life Changing”! It is so simple and

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Assessment for Learning in a Nutshell

Assessment, Rahoo, Short Course News, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

The question that comes up regularly with Assessment for Learning (AfL) is: What is it in a nutshell? To extend on that, it can be confusing to distinguish it from Assessment of Learning because the activities can be the same, interchangeable or blended. There is a key difference. Let’s look at the simple descriptions. Assessment of Learning: Usually takes place at the end of learning. Teacher-led. The teacher uses the information to summarise the learning

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Meet the “Rahoolies”!

Rahoo, Summer Course News / By Rahoo / 1 minute of reading

On Saturday 30th March, the newly established Rahoo Professional Tutor Team for Summer 2019 had a little get together. We had chats, drank tea, ate cake and figured out if we had any friends in common! It was a lovely bonding experience and it is exciting to get so many passionate teachers to come together and work towards supporting other teachers with CPD. We even bribed them with self-care goodie bags and mugs for working on

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3 Women to Inspire You on International Women’s Day 2019

Rahoo / By Rahoo / 3 minutes of reading

The theme of this years International Women’s Day is #betterforbalance. As a female-led organisation, Rahoo supports this theme and the strive for a more gender-balanced world. It is increasingly obvious (if you become aware, and then you can’t stop noticing) throughout society – education, business and politics – the dominance of the male gender. Male-dominated Dáil Éireann. The rise of “manels” (aka panels which are solely facilitated by men). There was even a recent outcry

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