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• Ep 72 Starting a School Podcast to promote Student Voice

  In this podcast, I compare notes with Emmet Ryan from St. Peter's Community School, Cork about how and why we set up a school podcast in our respective schools. We hope to inspire you to do the same! Below are links to our school website and links to our school podcasts. Emmet's school podcast:https://www.stpeters.ie/https://audio.com/st-peters-english/audio/zoom0016-lr-wedeve-1Emmet's email for advice:[email protected]'s school podcast :https://www.scoilchriostriportlaoise.ie/https://www.scoilchriostriportlaoise.ie/page/Transition-Year/48489/Index.htmlHow to set up podcast and sign up to Spotify for podcastershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlLX2uwojfM

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

  Debbie O’Neill is Principal of Scoil Eoin, Crumlin, Dublin, a special school which caters for pupils with Mild General Learning disabilities as well as some students presenting with a dual diagnosis of ASD, ADHD. Schools catering for children with mild general learning disabilities are being put under pressure by the government to change their classification. She talks about the impact on her and the students and the decision to engage with the media as a Principal. https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2025/05/Circular_Letter_0039-2025_EN_final.pdf

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• Ep 70 The Droichead Process analysed with Simon Lewis

  Simon Lewis is the principal of Carlow Educate Together primary school, the only multidenominational primary school in the county, which he helped to set up. He is currently the only Irish primary school principal from an ethnic minority which we begin the podcast discussing. Simon’s podcast, If I were the Minister for Education, is another and one of the original education podcasts in Ireland Here we explore the Droichead Process which is currently under review.

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

  In this podcast, I dig deeper into The Agree to Agree project and its origins. This is a conversation we need to keep having to save the next generation from the threat that is overuse and inappropriate use of internet enabled devices. Dr Maureen Griffin is a forensic psychologist who specialized in the risk assessment of online sexual offenders. Maureen has worked with over 900 schools across Ireland, in addition to child protection agencies providing training on issues around online safety". Martin Maloney also joins me Martin was a Principal for 17 years and held that role in Clarecastle National School where The Agree to Agree Project was originally piloted in 2018. He is currently the director of the Clare Education Centre who proudly support the current project at the moment. https://www.mgmstraining.ie/agree-to-agree-projectClare Education Centrehttps://www.clareed.ie/articles-in-category-tree/10-programmes/797-agree-to-agree-project-2024-2025.htmlNavan Education Centrehttps://www.ecnavan.ie/index.php?option=com_eventbooking&view=event&id=2059Tralee Education Centrehttps://www.edcentretralee.ie/Minister for Education Helen McEntee acknowledges the project Feb 2025https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-02-25/400/

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• Ep 68 Expanding Peer Observation beyond your own school

  Donal Evoy is Principal in Blackrock Educate Together Secondary school in Cherrywood, Dublin. Donal completed his Masters in Leadership 10 years ago and his focus of research was peer observation. He has moved from piloting the scheme in his own school to opening it up across a network of schools so teachers could visit classrooms in another school entirely in order to learn from each other. He is here to share how he and a few colleagues did this and perhaps it is something you could introduce in your school. Template used:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVuRqna0jqTrjLKdH6isWXfVE13lq74F/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116790290612885199765&rtpof=true&sd=true

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