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

  MESO is an AI-powered educational platform currently being developed with Trinity College Dublin and Enterprise Ireland. The mission of its co-founders Chris Byrne and Brighid Hennessy is to transform education by creating tools that empower teachers and educational institutions while maintaining rigorous standards and curriculum alignment. It combines AI with curriculum requirements and planning templates to help teachers plan efficiently both long and short term. It also enables the creation of assessments based on the content you’ve been covering over a period of time. Website ( platform still under construction)https://mesolab.ai/Contact the founders:Chris Byrnehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-byrne-7799041a2/[email protected] Hennessyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brigh%C3%ADd-hennessy-124a6728b/[email protected]

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• Ep 75 Career Breaks and Cultivating Agency

  Marie Sheehan has been Deputy Principal of Coláiste an Chroí Naofa, Carraig na bhFear in Cork for 8 years and is currently on career break. She is an accredited coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and is the ownerand founder of Clochán Coaching & Education Consultancy. Marie works with teams and individuals in the area of supporting teachers and school leaders to develop their sense of agency and their capacity to lead well. She talks about her own decision to take a career break, what people need to consider and the value of coaching to provide the tools and space to act with confidence and direction. http://www.mariesheehan.ie/@clochan_coaching

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

  Colette Crowley has just attained a principal position for September in Carriganima National School in Cork. She had been a Deputy Principal for four years and loved the school but really had a desire to progress in her career. She talks about her cancer diagnosis in college and her awareness of both grabbing and creating every opportunity that you want as life is short. Her story is inspiring.

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

  Angela Cummins is known to me from her Instagram account SpecialedteacherIreland. She is a special education teacher based in Dublin for over 20 years. She discusses her own challenges in school, how she became the first in her family to go to college once she secured a loan for herself while simultaneously holding down multiple jobs, what getting an adult diagnosis of dyslexia was like and finally, she kindly shares her wisdom around opening an autism class. https://angelacummins.ie/https://www.instagram.com/angela_cummins2025?igsh=cmJ5bzhwcGo1eTFl

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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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