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3 ways to avoid drowning under heavy workload

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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”

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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!

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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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3 ways to make homework meaningful

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

Martin Stuart, a learning support teacher, at Talbot SNS in Dublin, wrote an insightful piece on his research surrounding homework in the January / February 2019 edition of the INTO’s Intouch magazine, titled “Homework – is it worthwhile”? He raised many interesting points, such as: There is no homework policy or practical guidance from the Department of Education and Skills. Stuart highlights how something that 97% of Irish children are doing 4 nights a week

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5 Ways to make things easier for teachers

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

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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Plan. Ask. Shut Up!

Assessment, Assessment for Learning, Questioning, Teacher Tips & Tricks / By Rahoo / 3 minutes of reading

On the 6th & 7th September, I attended the Embedding Formative Assessment Conference with Professor Dylan Wiliam in Barcelona. Anyone who knows me, understands that Dylan Wiliam is someone I look up to greatly. He is a widely-respected educational researcher and lecturer who specialises in assessment methodologies. I attended a lecture of his many years ago at the Institute of Education in London and it had a huge impact on me as a professional. Being

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How to make decisions

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

Article written by Rathú’s Ciara McGuane and featured on TES Institute blog. You can do anything but you can’t do everything!” These wise words are written by Greg McKeown, the author of ‘Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less’. I read this book a few months ago after multiple suggestions from my Essentialist husband. This book opened my eyes to the consequences of the habitual choices we make every day. The choices we make without really

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3 ways to avoid drowning under heavy workload

Case Study: “John”

Making Marking Efficient & Effective!

Assessment for Learning in a Nutshell

3 ways to make homework meaningful

5 Ways to make things easier for teachers

Plan. Ask. Shut Up!

How to make decisions

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