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Welcome to the ninth webinar of the ‘Learning for All’ series
An International Perspective – What’s Happening in Other Countries
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Panellists
Tomás Ó Ruairc is CEO of the Teaching Council in Ireland since 2012 and will be chairing this webinar.
Ciara O’ Donnell is the National Director of theProfessional Development Service for Teachers(PDST), Ireland’s largest Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment provider. Ciara is a primary schoolteacher seconded from Bawnoge NationalSchool, Clondalkin and has worked inContinuing Teacher Education since 2002working in three separate DES support services.
She has held her current position as Director ofthe PDST since 2013 and her current researchwork includes teacher education, schoolleadership and curriculum.
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Andy Hargreaves is a Professor at BostonCollege and the University of Ottawa. He is alsoa writer, speaker, consultant and policy adviser.Andy is the founder of the ARC EducationProject of which Ireland is a member. This is agroup of nations committed to broadly definedexcellence, equity, wellbeing, inclusion,democracy and human rights in professionallyrun systems.
His growing up memoir of inequity & socialmobility – Moving – is published on June 2.
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Deanne Fishburn is the Director of theQueensland College of Teachers since May 2019.She is a leader who has national influence inteacher regulation in Australia and a personalunderstanding of teachers’ work and child safety.
Deanne joined the Professional Standards Unit ofthe Queensland College of Teachers in 2007 andhas implemented national reforms to InitialTeacher Education and Professional Standards inQueensland.
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Andreas Schleicher is Director for Educationand Skills at the OECD. He initiated andoversees the Programme for InternationalStudent Assessment (PISA) and otherinternational instruments that have createda global platform for policy-makers,researchers and educators across nationsand cultures to innovate and transformeducational policies and practices.
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Deborah Netolicky is Honorary ResearchAssociate at Murdoch University and Head ofTeaching and Learning at St Mark’s AnglicanCommunity School.
Deborah is a school leader, teacher, researcherand author. Deborah blogs attheeduflaneuse.com, tweets as @debsnet andis author of Transformational ProfessionalLearning: Making a Difference in Schools andco-edited Flip the System Australia: WhatMatters in Education.
Teaching & Leading through
the Pandemic
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Teaching &
Leading beyond
the Pandemic
@hargreavesBC
Broad Excellence
Equity
Inclusion
Wellbeing
Democracy
Human Rights
Strong Teaching Profession
What Was on Systems’ Minds
Equity
Wellbeing
Transitions
Certification
Teachers’ Tech Skills
Transformational Opportunity
1. Broad Excellence
• Maintain deeper learning in school time.
• Don’t race to complete the curriculum: put skills before content.
• Rethink examinations and testing.
• Distinguish online from on-screen learning; use other resources too.
• Don’t rush into too much technological transformation
2. Equity/Inclusion
• Make technology access universal, public & free.
• Make vulnerable children your prime directive.
• Put closing gaps before catching up
• Increase investment; avoid austerity.
• Bring back the essential working class.
4. Wellbeing
• Maslow before Bloom
• Care & custody
• Positive relationships
• Play
• Teacher wellbeing
5. Strong Professionalism
• Excel
• Empower
• Collaborate
• Celebrate
John Coolahan Research Support Framework
The next round of the John Coolahan Research Support Framework will launch on Tuesday 2 June 2020.
The Guidance Notes for this round are available here and the application form will be made available on this page shortly.
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