Lead the Way | Education Leadership Skills

Lead the Way | Education Leadership Skills

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Lead the Way | Education Leadership Skills episodes

  • Ep 35 The benefits of Coaching for educators and school leaders with Ingrid Seim.

    As founder of Avenue’s Consultancy and Coaching firm, Ingrid works with organisations who want to foster an environment that allows them to

    recruit, retain and nurture a diverse workforce, and provides engaging, practical and strategic content aimed at sustainable change. She is one of 60
    CSL approved and recommended coaches working with Principals and Deputy Principals around the country. She talks to us today about this process and the benefits of it to school teachers and leaders.

    https://www.cslireland.ie/coaching-for-principals.html

    https://avenues.ie/

    54 min
  • Ep 34 Supporting 'The Gifted Learner' with Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames

    Living in Oranmore, Co. Galway, Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames, PhD, MSc(Ed), BEd., has a long background in teaching and learning and teacher education. She
    began offering ‘Learning to Learn’ and Wellbeing courses to schools and colleges nationally from 2002 with a team of specially trained teachers. In
    2006 she published ‘Switching on for Learning: A Student Guide to Exam & Career Success.' Fidelma is lead educator and director of Study and Careers, a Galway-based education, wellbeing and careers consultancy.  Today, Fidelma talks to us about her new book. Two and a half years in the making, she was commissioned to write this book, The Gifted Learner, in the Spring of 2020 .

    46 min
  • Ep 33: Navigating the System: One Principal's battle for an extension and staff.

    Karen Jordan is Principal of St Catherine’s National school under Church of Ireland management, a school located in Dublin 8. Currently, the school has eight full time teachers, four Special Education Teachers and four special needs assistants. St Catherine’s is a primary school battling for almost a decade for upgraded classroom accommodation. Currently, 18 staff are forced to use one disabled bathroom. Karen talks about the highs and lows of her leadership journey.

    44 min
  • Ep 32 The all important Principal and Deputy Principal dynamic with Des Sutton and Meree O'Sullivan

    Des Sutton and Meree O’Sullivan worked together as colleagues since 1994 when Des moved from the job of Principal in Ballyroan, Co. Laois into what was
    at the time the CBS in Portlaoise. The pair clicked as they both had a common vision of education and a desire to help the student who needed it most. Meree,
    came to Laois from Donegal aged 11 and stayed working in the same school throughout her career, eventually becoming deputy Principal. They talk to us today about their experiences and indeed that all important dynamic that is required along school leaders in any school.

    1 hr 7 min
  • Ep 30 Leading a school while dealing with cancer and the journey back to a confident self with Regina Halpin.

    Principal Regina Halpin has experienced cancer not once but twice and here she talks to Lead the Way about the challenges she faced, the trust she had to place in others to take over her role and the long and winding road back to physical and emotional recovery and ultimately to a new identity. An honest account of coping with a personal crisis and the impact it made on her on so many levels.  

    1 hr 5 min
  • Ep 28 Curiosity, Courage and Compassion with Life and Business Coach Gillian McGrath.

    With two decades of experience in training, coaching and people development across multinationals, SMB and the public sector and with qualifications in psychology, training and development, coaching and psychometric assessment, Gillian McGrath founded Change Grow Succeed in 2015. Gillian leverages a strengths-based approach - an experience that leaves clients feeling empowered, energised and looking forward. She addresses why teachers and school leaders come to her and how she can help them put strategies in place. 

    47 min
  • Ep 27 Principal Lesley Byrne on Equality in Education and Senior Cycle Reform

    Lesley Byrne has been Principal of Clogher Road Community College in Crumlin, Dublin since March 2019. Before this she was Deputy Principal in Belvedere College, Rotunda, Dublin. . Lesley talks to us today about how education should be fair and how we need to continue to talk about senior cycle reform for that very reason.

    Ann's website

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

    1 hr 3 min

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This series hopes to build educational leadership capacity in Ireland and beyond by facilitating the sharing of the leadership journey of people in a variety of educational settings supporting them…