Lead the Way | Education Leadership Skills

Kevin Shortall is Principal in St Aidan’s Community School Tallaght, Dublin. He has worked there since 1996. He has been a Home School Community Liaison and a Deputy along the way and is gaining much publicity online for his upbeat, fun approach to leadership which includes doing head over heels in the students PE classes and dancing in the office when the Timetable is completed withcolleagues. His passion and compassion for others are palpable in this conversation. Enjoy!

Ann's website

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Donnchadh O’Mahony is a qualified Guidance Counsellor and best known for his engaging posts on his hugely popular Instagram page and Tik Tok account Leaving Cert Guidance. He is here today to talk about the launch of his new website www.findmycollegecourse.ie, a website he believes will direct students to the courses that best suit them.

Principal Robbie O'Connell returns for a second podcast and

Key circulars:

Primary:

Circular 0044/2019

Secondary

Circular 003/2018

https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/12523/37c04f862b6a43a888c50296547f4927.pdf#page=null

Paul Crone is the Director of the National Association ofPrincipals and Deputies, NAPD. Previously Paul was the Director of Schools for the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and before that he spent 11 years as Principal in Old Bawn Community School. Paul has experience supporting and representing school leaders through his work on the executive committee ofthe Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools, ACCS, through his work with the Professional Development Service for Teachers, PDST and the Centre for School Leadership, CSL.

X

https://x.com/paulcrone_napd

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-crone-1748b6a6/?originalSubdomain=ie

Ann's website

⁠https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/⁠

Louise has been principal of St. Joseph’s Primary School in Tipperary Town since 2009. She previously worked for a year with School Development Planning as a facilitator, and for a further year with the Primary Development Service for Teachers as an advisor, during which time she completed post-graduate studies in School Planning. Louise worked in Grange NS, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary for 20 years, and was Acting Principal there for 2 years. She has experience as both teaching and administrative principalship.

Louise was the Tipperary representative on the IPPN National Council since 2017 and subsequently served on the Board of Directors for 5 years. Louise has been a very strong advocate for schools in areas of disadvantage, seeking extra resources under the DEIS scheme. Louise is on the DEIS Advisory Group.

She was elected IPPN Deputy President/President-elect in June 2021 and serves as president from September 2023 to August 2025.

Trina Golden joins me to explore the essential areas aspiring and new leaders need to know about and where to find them. Trina reminds us that you won't know everything at the start so let us ease your mind and help you take the first bite of the elephant that is the world of circulars! Trina brings her insights from primary and mine from secondary. We had a few unavoidable gremlins on the line during recording and it might appear I talked over Trina but this was an unforeseen issue and not intentional.

Ann's website

⁠https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/⁠

CineáltasAction Plan on bullying

https://assets.gov.ie/241000/eb57d761-2963-4ab0-9d16-172b2e3be86d.pdf

ChildrenFirst E learning programme

https://www.tusla.ie/children-first/children-first-e-learning-programme/

Vettingcircular-

https://assets.gov.ie/12898/570b30ba5dce467a8249a6733f965507.pdf

ChildProtection Procedures- primary and secondary

https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/268613/39868a39-1de4-4890-97a0-2fa388a8a2a9.pdf#page=null

S and Scirculars (list is not exhaustive unfortunately!)

https://assets.gov.ie/13371/8d86870803ae4d92bc4363f209ccf13a.pdf

https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/education/2017/47.pdf

Sample 5 daystatement

https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/employer-obligations/terms-of-employment/sample-statements-of-terms-of-employment.docx

Recruitment: Primary Circular 0044/2019

https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/08/cl0044_2019.pdf

Recruitmentpolicies secondary:

https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/education/2008/16.pdf

Allocationof Assistant Principal posts

Primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/134097/ae6ce42b-d7f7-4bd7-b3fb-990bcd70046e.pdf#page=null

Secondary  https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/134111/d162d0be-1db8-451b-bd44-094aae83d752.pdf#page=null

Sick LeaveCircular 13/2024 Primary and secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282535/bcdf8ee0-2b51-43a0-bcf6-60cee27afac9.pdf#page=null

Primary :Circular 32/2007 https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/228886/7054e80c-4c2c-47fa-a900-df5664322a02.pdf#page=null

Sick leaveSNAS: 14/2024 Primary and Secondary

https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282536/2f7d2b1d-de9c-4be2-b3ac-f0be545a1320.pdf#page=null

Circular32/2010 https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/247744/72e01e37-c3a5-47be-8798-050252820324.pdf#page=null

ForceMajeure and  Illness in Family circularPrimary/ secondary  https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/276605/35144e60-5eb2-4692-9dee-03c46c43c127.pdf#page=null

Irishexemption

Primary https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/28b2b-exemptions-from-the-study-of-irish-primary/

Secondary https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/f33d5-exemptions-from-the-study-of-irish-post-primary/

SET allocation.

Primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282686/7944731c-b15e-4a98-b76a-b06d899e4789.pdf#page=null

Postprimary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282687/b3da8b64-5451-4b5b-b158-e37936d48394.pdf#page=null

James Murphy is a secondary school teacher from Newry, Co Down but is now teaching music and religion in Tullamore, Co Offaly. He graduated in the North of Ireland, therefore experiencing their equivalent to Droichead, the three-year EPD or Early Professional Development programme. James wishes to share his knowledge on Retrieval practice which he studied during this period and has continued to develop in his own classroom setting. It as an effective Teaching and learning strategy that challenges some of the more common practices, we all fall into as teachers.

Ann's website

⁠https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/⁠

Ann Byrne'a Retrieval Practice padlet

https://padlet.com/annie25ab/revision-using-retrieval-practices-q3y9rk683d06bpeu

James Murphy's email for inquiries or/and resources

[email protected]

Tommy Lyons has been a teacher for 16 years having originally completed a degree in Commerce and thenentering the profession through the Hibernia route. Having personally experienced the highs and lows of the interview experience for teachers, he felt he had a unique skill set that others also identified in him and now he has established his own business Interview Ready that supports busy teachers through the often fraught application process and preparation for interviews. Tommy can also assist with people applying for jobs with Oide, college applications, supporting NQTs with their first interview. He has also worked with many clients outside of the education sector.

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/interview_ready_ed/?igsh=YncwbmZkOXZsZWk3

Ann's website

https://leadthewaycoaching.my.canva.site/

Denise Dalton returns for her second podcast. Denise has spent six years as a PDST Health and Wellbeing Advisor, where she played a vital role in shaping and delivering CPD in various educational domains. She is here today to explain about her area of expertise; Junior and Senior SPHE and RSE and clarify the changes that the subject has undergone since 2023. She talks about the support teachers need, the leadership of the subject, the timetabling implications and the need for updating the RSE/SHPE policy.

Twitter

@denisedltn

Link for the new book series:

https://educate.ie/shop/post-primary/?filter_subject=sphe

Denise's email address:

[email protected]