Lead the Way

Kevin Shortall is Principal in St Aidan’s Community School Tallaght, Dublin. He has worked there since 1996. He has been a Home School Community Liaison and a Deputy along the way and is gaining much publicity online for his upbeat, fun approach to leadership which includes doing head over heels in the students PE classes and dancing in the office when the Timetable is completed

Donnchadh O’Mahony is a qualified Guidance Counsellor and best known for his engaging posts on his hugely popular Instagram page and Tik Tok account Leaving Cert Guidance. He is here today to talk about the launch of his new website www.findmycollegecourse.ie, a website he believes will direct students to the courses that best suit them.

Principal Robbie O'Connell returns for a second podcast and discusses all things feedback including his own personal experiences as a recipient and now as a Principal. Ann balances his knowledge of the primary sector with her knowledge of the secondary sector. Key circulars: Primary: Circular 0044/2019 https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/08/cl0044_2019.pdf Secondary Circular 0

Patricia Harrington is a Career Guidance teacher in St. Patrick’s Grammar School Dublin 8 for the last 5 years. She has been a Career Guidance teacher for 10 years in total and worked for 7 years previously as a Geography, Business and Economics teacher. She is a National Rep for ICG- the Institute of Guidance Counsellors and a member of the Kildare Branch also. You can follow he

Paul Crone is the Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputies, NAPD. Previously Paul was the Director of Schools for the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and before that he spent 11 years as Principal in Old Bawn Community School. Paul has experience supporting and representing school leaders through his work on the executive committee of the Associat

Louise has been principal of St. Joseph’s Primary School in Tipperary Town since 2009. She previously worked for a year with School Development Planning as a facilitator, and for a further year with the Primary Development Service for Teachers as an advisor, during which time she completed post-graduate studies in School Planning. Louise worked in Grange NS, Clonmel, Co. Tipperar

Trina Golden joins me to explore the essential areas aspiring and new leaders need to know about and where to find them. Trina reminds us that you won't know everything at the start so let us ease your mind and help you take the first bite of the elephant that is the world of circulars! Trina brings her insights from primary and mine from secondary. We had a few unavoidable gre

James Murphy is a secondary school teacher from Newry, Co Down but is now teaching music and religion in Tullamore, Co Offaly. He graduated in the North of Ireland, therefore experiencing their equivalent to Droichead, the three-year EPD or Early Professional Development programme. James wishes to share his knowledge on Retrieval practice which he studied during this period and has

Tommy Lyons has been a teacher for 16 years having originally completed a degree in Commerce and then entering the profession through the Hibernia route. Having personally experienced the highs and lows of the interview experience for teachers, he felt he had a unique skill set that others also identified in him and now he has established his own business Interview Ready that suppo

Denise Dalton returns for her second podcast. Denise has spent six years as a PDST Health and Wellbeing Advisor, where she played a vital role in shaping and delivering CPD in various educational domains. She is here today to explain about her area of expertise; Junior and Senior SPHE and RSE and clarify the changes that the subject has undergone since 2023. She talks about the sup