Stage 1 of the Gaeilge Theme in our Unconvention has completed with hundreds of comments and some excellent research. While most adults support teaching Irish, the debate focuses on replacing outdated rote learning and rigid exams with a greater emphasis on spoken fluency, flexible learning pathways, and better accommodations for

Scrapping a requirement and changing how competence is demonstrated are not the same proposal. How should teachers demonstrate competence in Irish? Should the emphasis be conversational ability, classroom practice, formal qualifications, supported development after entry—or another approach? What would a fair and credible standard look like? #Unconvention #Gaeilge #TeacherEducation

Is it time for mental health support to become a standard part of primary education? The Department of Education has published an evaluation of its Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot, with pupils, parents, school leaders and staff reporting significant benefits. Children who accessed the service reported improvements in emotional regulation,

When I asked why there is no specialist qualification required to become a Special Education Teacher, several people raised something I hadn’t asked about at all: How schools decide who becomes the SET. Some people described SET as something that can sometimes be seen as a “handy role” or a

Delighted to have Noel Davidson from http://firstbell.ie on the podcast to talk about entrepreneurship with students and how the skills that are learned are a fantastic mindset for 21st century learners. On all your favourite podcasting platforms now.

Every school has things that need to be done, acknowledged, approved or completed. – Cúntas Míosúils. – Child Protection checklists. – Policy acknowledgements. – Timetable uploads. – Risk assessments. – Even deciding where to go for the staff night out! 🎉 Riabo brings them all together in one place. For

For years we’ve added more and more work to teaching. Now AI is forcing a different question. Not “Can AI help?” but: What work simply isn’t worth doing manually any more? Should teachers still: ▶️ Write reports from scratch? ▶️ Plan every lesson from a blank page? ▶️ Differentiate worksheets

As a practising primary school principal, I found myself spending more and more of my week trying to remember what I had asked people to do. Had everyone uploaded their Cúntas Míosúil? Who still needed a reminder about Child Protection records? Which School Support Plans were finished, and which had