Linda O’Hara is an AP1 postholder in Coláiste Iognáid, better known as ‘The Jes’ in Galway city and is a non-fee paying co-educational secondary school. After leaving college she went abroad to work in the European Schools and did so for the following 15 years splitting her time between Luxembourg and Brussels. Having returned to Galway, she now leads the SSE process in her school and shares her insights into the role.