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5 Top Tips for a Stress-free Parent Teacher Meeting

Dear NQT, Inspire & Empower, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking / By / 7 minutes of reading

I am so excited to be able to share this series with you, where I share my knowledge, hindsight and tips as you embark on your teaching journey. We really have no time to waste, so let’s get started! A little bit about me… My name is Nadine and I run the Instagram platform ‘Múinteoir N’ to help teachers, particularly student teachers and Newly Qualified Teachers (NQT) as they embark on their teaching career.  It […]

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The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Teacher in Lockdown with Nadine Lyons

Inspire & Empower, The Not-So-Secret Diary of, Thought-provoking / By / 8 minutes of reading

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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How to Work Smarter Every Day

Assessment for Learning, Rahoo, Summer Course News, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking, Worklife Balance / By / 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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Practical Ways Teachers Can Nurture Mental Health & Wellbeing

Inspire & Empower, Mental Health, Thought-provoking, Worklife Balance / By / 4 minutes of reading

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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Most Popular Posts 2019

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

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Should staff meetings be banned?

Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking / By / 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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Psychological Impact of Dyspraxia

Thought-provoking / By / 6 minutes of reading

Do you work with children who find it difficult to coordinate their physical selves, as well as their academic work and time management? These are the children who fall over themselves when the path is seemingly clear, manage to always be late or lost, and have hand-writing that seems below their age expectancy. In the classroom, they can have great difficulty paying attention for any length of time, are often tired or lethargic, and struggle

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The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Principal

The Not-So-Secret Diary of, Thought-provoking / By / 4 minutes of reading

Kathryn Corbett is principal in Dublin. Previous to this, she worked as a Regional Development Officer with the NIPT, and also had the role of Professional Learning Officer with the Teaching Council. She has completed a Master’s in Education in Maynooth University, and is currently in the final stages of her PhD with University of Limerick.   My alarm goes off… I’ve always worked best in the morning. I like to get up early, before anyone

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3 Tips from Teacher Toolkit Training

Assessment, Rahoo, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking / By / 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 to make homework meaningful

Classroom Management, Homework, Teacher Tips & Tricks, Thought-provoking / By / 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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