by admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Teaching News
National Tree Week takes place from 4-10 March 2012. It is an annual, week-long festival celebrating all positive aspects of trees in our lives and environment. It is organised by the Tree Council of Ireland. This year’s theme is ‘Trees – Our Past, Our Present,...
by admin | Mar 2, 2012 | Teaching News
Election Process to Start Over Again Two days ago I wrote a Blog Post about the confusion among teachers over the mix-up in the Declaration of Identity Form issued to teachers for the election of teachers to the new Teaching Council. Two very basic typographical...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Technology
I spent last weekend at the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual Conference in Portlaoise. It’s always a great event to meet teachers from all three levels of education in Ireland who are interested in the integration of technology in the...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Teaching News
Teaching Council Election voting papers have recently been posted out to all teachers registered with the Teaching Council. Teachers were supplied with two Ballot Papers – one for the female candidates and one for the male candidates. Teachers were asked to vote...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Guest Post
Reading for pleasure – it’s a no-brainer, really, isn’t it? It’s so obvious that it’s a really great thing to encourage children to read, I nearly feel a bit sheepish saying it. It’s like motherhood and apple pie. Who could be against it? (Bang-bang, you’re dead. When...
by admin | Feb 27, 2012 | Teaching News
This week is Gifted Education Awareness Week (GEAW). Its aim is to encourage teacher awareness of Exceptionally Able pupils in the classroom and to help overcome the myths about these pupils. By recognising the educational needs of Exceptionally Able pupils the...
