[media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HxQD-cFbI” width=”100%”] I never realised the amount of work that goes into organising Parent Teacher Meetings until I became a principal. I thought it was a ten minute job…
…school is one of the only Irish Clever.com users so I better explain what it is. Clever.com I’m definitely underselling it when I say that Clever.com is a single sign-on…
…not dietitians and I am always weary at the idea of teaching what I think is healthy. Last year, it was the 5:2 diet and today, it’s all “Free from”…
…known to the principal, maybe even a past pupil of the school? If the principal feels that the NQT should not pass probation doesn’t it put that principal in a…
…proposed timeframe for completion of the programme, the key phases in the programme and the roles of the various stakeholders including newly qualified teacher, mentor, school principal, the Inspectorate, the…
…company. The two people I met were very nice. They brought me a coffee, a present of a Prim-Ed umbrella and a goodie bag and they said they were fans…
Becoming a principal can turn out to be a decision one might regret, as nothing can really prepare you for it. The idealist in you believes the advertisement that you…
…Balbriggan ETNS runs a “principal blog”. Every so often he writes articles about things that interest him in his school and in his community. For example, Fintan discusses how his…
…have 2-3 children at a computer than one. (It encourages collaboration). Some schools did just that and computer rooms turned into libraries or extra classrooms around the country. As computers…
…squarely on underfunding of hardware and software: IT companies have been complaining that too few students are studying electronics and computing and they blame years of under-investment in hardware and…