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4 Ways To Use Assessment for Learning Daily

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

Colette Gleeson is a primary school teacher with an interest in pupil well wellbeing and resilience. She strives to look after the most vulnerable children and to make school a happy and safe place for them whilst giving them the tools to carve out their own unique path in life. Colette believes that teachers are the greatest resource any school has and that we can learn a huge amount from working together and sharing ideas. Colette works […]

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How to Work Smarter Every Day

Assessment for Learning, Rahoo, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking, Worklife Balance / By Rahoo / 5 minutes of reading

I tried relentlessly for years to be one of those teachers that could get all of my planning and correcting done before leaving school. I dreamed of floating out the door, leaving a stack of corrected copies in my wake, whistling my favourite tune as I planned my evening’s activities.

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5 Tips to Plan Lessons like a Boss!

Job Interviews, Lesson Planning, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 5 minutes of reading

However, as teachers know, the process of lesson planning has become increasingly administrative and demanding. The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) said a rising workload, described as unacceptable by 74% of those who responded to its survey, is contributing to increased stress and falling job satisfaction (Irish Examiner, March 28 2018).

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Encouraging Gaeilge Everyday

Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

As a native Irish speaker, from Connemara originally, Máire has a keen interest in Irish and its teaching in schools at primary and secondary level. This is her second year working with Rahoo and she has tutored summer courses on ICT in the Classroom and Assessment for Learning in recent years.

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5 Habits Women Need to Kick to the Curb & Why

Inspire & Empower, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 5 minutes of reading

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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5 Posts We LOVE

Assessment, Inspire & Empower, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Worklife Balance / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

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

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Most Popular Posts 2019

Inspire & Empower, Rahoo, Teacher Tips & Tricks, The Not-So-Secret Diary of, Thought-provoking / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

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!

Should staff meetings be banned?

Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking / By Rahoo / 3 minutes of reading

We’ve all been there – at the staff meeting that could have been a post-it note or internally rolling our eyes at the latest gripe by the school moaner. Is this something that is just part of the job and we should accept it or is it something that we should inspect more critically? “Meetings are toxic” says Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson in their book ‘REWORK’. In this book, they highlight how

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“Teachers & Schools are the Frontline in the battle for Online Safety”

Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

Graham Mulhern, speaker with Be Secure Online, an organisation who provide talks and training for schools in Ireland and the UK got in touch with us to raise this important issue. “Every teacher knows that they are the front-line of the battle against phone and online addiction. Parents feel overwhelmed, unable or refuse to deal with this issue. Teachers and schools are often left to manage this themselves without little direction or resources from the

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10 Back to School Tips for Teachers

Back To School Tips, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Worklife Balance / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

Going back to school is a nerve-wrecking time for everyone – including teachers! It is a brand new start; a chance to do things differently and establish a new routine. We asked some of our followers what are their “Back to School” tips for teachers. Here’s what they said: 1. Focus on getting to know your students. Enjoy meeting your new group and getting acquainted with them. By working as a group establishing classroom routines

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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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Are you talking too much?

Assessment for Learning, Questioning, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 2 minutes of reading

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak”. Epictetus There is much research and commentary around teacher talk-time versus student-talk time. There are even lesson planning and observation tools that allow teachers to monitor their talking time in lessons. It is certainly useful and worth keeping an eye on to make sure that teachers are not doing all the talking and learning time becomes lectures.

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