All Episodes

Ep 89 As First Bell launches, co-founder Noel Davidson talks about the overlap between Leadership and Entrepreneurial skills.

Ep 88 A Principal's experience of her own AUDHD diagnosis

Ep 87 Introducing ClassCover; connecting schools with qualified substitute teachers and SNAs quickly

Ep 86 Navigating Change and Finding Flow: My Journey of Life and Leadership from Dubai to Ireland

Ep 85 Meet the CEO of Ceist; Maeve Mahon

Ep 84 Educating the modern brain; why education must change with Dr Lisa Riegel

Ep 83 Can Ireland learn from Australia's social media ban and New Zealand's school phone ban?

Ep 82 School refusal, Anxiety and Panic Attacks; what we know, what can we do.

Ep 81 Fiona Forman on Teacher Wellbeing and the Non Negotiables

Ep 80 The Real Me Academy with Katrina Crilly

Ep 79 Compassion over Compliance: Reimagining inclusion

Ep 78 Leading with Questions: can coaching help make leadership more sustainable?

Ep 77 Dr Joe Moynihan; from teacher, to Principal to Course Director in UCC.

Ep 76 Can Trinity College's MESO Ed-Lab ease the burden of planning?

Ep 75 Career Breaks and Cultivating Agency

Ep 74 The Growth Mindset of Colette Crowley: Overcoming Adversity and aiming for Principalship

Ep 73 Angela Cummins, Special Ed Teacher on her own diagnosis and setting up an autism class.

Ep 72 Starting a School Podcast to promote Student Voice

Ep 71 The Mild Principal on the redesignation of Special Schools and engaging with the media.

Ep 70 The Droichead Process analysed with Simon Lewis

Ep 69 Pausing the Scroll with The Agree to Agree project.

Ep 68 Expanding Peer Observation beyond your own school

Ep 67 The Agree to Agree Project- addressing children’s internet enabled device usage

Ep 66 The Year you Thrive with Paudie Moore

Ep 65 The Passion of a Dublin Principal; born and bred!

Ep 64 Launching Find My College Course.ie

Ep 63 Feedback and Feed Forward

Ep 62 The new and first ever Guidance Circular explained .

Ep 61 Paul Crone; an honest account of school leadership

Ep 60 The Leadership Journey of IPPN President Louise Tobin

Ep 59 Essential circulars for aspiring and new school leaders with Trina Golden.

Ep 58 Revision Season: Retrieval Practice Strategies and Droichead v the North's EPD system

Ep 57 Interview Ready, Steady, Go!

Ep 56 Changes to the Junior and Senior Cycle SPHE and RSE made simple.

Advice from a Principal on developing your leadership skills.

Ep 55 The Implementation of the Wellbeing Promotion Process simplified.

Taking the fear out of inspections: 5 min listen

The serious issue of stress among school leaders.

Ep 54 Finding the off switch in order to sustain school leadership with Principal Trina Golden

Ep 53 The Teacher Crisis: understanding why teachers leave and encouraging older people to join the profession.

Ep 52 Travis the Community Dog, connecting people and enhancing the wellbeing of all.

Ep 51 Can a school really call themselves 100% inclusive? An honest conversation with Síle Walsh.

Ep 50 The Teaching Council's Féilte 2023; a snapshot.

Ep 49: The role of the Guidance Counsellor in Irish schools today.

Ep 48: Dr. Ciara O'Donnell : A history of CPD in Ireland, where we are and some thoughts for the future.

Preview of Ep 48: From objectives to learning outcomes; the safety blanket of prescription is gone.

Preview of Ep 48 with Dr. Ciara O'Donnell: Teacher CPD in Ireland ; let's go back to the start. (2 mins)

Preview of Ep 48: What is effective CPD? (90 seconds)

Ep 47: Teacher Identity when you are a teacher with a disability.

Ep 46 From self-destruction to self-care: The Teacher Transformation Coach.

Preview of Ep 46 with The Teacher Transformation Coach.

Ep 45 Turning to teaching as a second profession, a different NQT story.

Teaching as a second career and drawing from life experience when applying skills.

Does the Droichead programme need review? An NQT's view. Less than 5 mins

Is the cost of learning Irish also a barrier for immigrant teachers?

Ep 44 Let's talk about diversity, inclusion and the Irish language requirement.

Ep 43 Striving towards leadership and dealing with interview setbacks.

Ep 42 Research focus: Outdoor Education; the pros and cons.

Preview of Ep 42: Outdoor Education

Ep 41 Research Focus: Parenting Interventions in a DEIS school.

Ep 40 Research Focus 'Trust in Irish Schools, towards a definition.'

Ep 39 Research focus: Trauma Informed Practice

Ep 38 Ficheall:Irish teachers promoting the multiple benefits of playing chess.

Ep 37 Overcoming teacher burnout and getting an adult diagnosis of ADHD ; a personal story from The Calm Coach.

Ep 36 Insights into leadership and teacher education with the Director of Dublin West Education Centre.

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

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

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

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

Ep 31 Navigating the regeneration and build of a school with Principal Martin Hanly.

Ep 30 Leading a school while dealing with cancer and the journey back to a confident self with Regina Halpin.

Ep 29 Linda Quigley Boland, a Home School Community Liaison, talks about the role.

Ep 28 Curiosity, Courage and Compassion with Life and Business Coach Gillian McGrath.

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

Ep 26 Dr. Ciara O'Donnell on leadership in education beyond the traditional trajectories.

Ep 25 Is Restorative Practice the way forward in Irish schools?

Ep 24: The Stand Out Moments for a Principal

Ep 23 The New PP Principal

Ep 22 Integrating Peer Observation into the Irish Education system successfully

Ep 21 Staying on the right side of the law: A Principal's perspective.

Ep 20 Using Aistear to support the teaching of students with Additional Needs

Ep 19 'PhoneawayBox': leading the fight against distractions in schools.

Ep 18: Getting the balance right as a Principal.

Ep 17:The boundless energy of a TY Co-ordinator!

Ep 16 Demystifying the School Self Evaluation Process

Ep 15: All educators needs skills to support Neurodiverse students.

Approaching School Self-evaluation in a nut shell! (less than 3 mins)

Ep 14 Orla Dempsey Coaching: Tips for interviews

The STAR technique of answering interview questions with Orla Dempsey

Ep 13: A primary school teacher's perception of leadership in and outside the class room.

EP 12: Year head 2 interview.

Let's talk about love when it comes to teaching. (4 mins)

How to help students who struggle socially . (5 minutes)

The possibilities of an Effective tutor system in less than 3 minutes.

Ep 11 Let's talk about ethos

Never underestimate how perceptive students are!

What you need to consider before moving into leadership in less than 2 minutes!

Ep 10:The varied role of the Year Head in a PP school.

What all year heads really need?

Frustrated that you can't progress your career or be sucessful in an interview?(Less than 3 min listen for the answer)

Ep 9: Don't be afraid of Leadership

How can school leaders look after their staff?

If it is such a tough job, why be Principal?

Teachers have transferable skills to lead schools.

What is ethos in 2 minutes?

Ep 7 The Innovative Post Primary Principal

Ep 6. The Positive Primary Principal

Ep 5. The Reality of a Principal's job.

Ep 4 The Contented Middle Leader turned School Leader Coach

Ep3: The Interview Process

Ep 2: What does Leadership look like?

Ep 1: The New Principal

PREVIEW OF LEAD THE WAY