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Shannon Ahern's Top Tips for CPD

September 18, 2023 • Dublin West Education Centre • Season 1 • Episode 3

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In this bite-size bonus episode, Shannon provides her top 3 CPD tips for educators planning for the academic year ahead.

Shannon’s CPD recommendations for the year ahead, are for AI, Classroom Management and Teaching Methodologies. Luckily for you, we have you covered! You can book CPD this Autumn with dwec.ie

We are delighted that Shannon will be facilitating CPD for DWEC again this Autumn. Book your place;
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Speaker 1 0:18

Welcome to the Teachers Themselves podcast . I'm your host , alton MacMahuna . This podcast is brought to you by Dublin West Education Centre . We're located in the grounds of TUD and Tallah , serving and supporting the school communities of West Dublin and beyond . In this podcast , I'll be speaking with some of the very talented , dedicated people who bring here your CPD . Facilitators with a background in passion for education in Ireland . Educators whose commitment to students and colleagues shines through in their delivery of courses for Dublin West Ed Centre .

Speaker 1 0:53

As part of each episode , I ask our guests for their three top tips for the year ahead . Now , here at Dublin West , we know how busy you all are . Maybe you don't have the time right now to listen to the whole episode , so we've made these crucial top tips available to you in bite-size format . Top tips featured in this quick bonus episode are courtesy of Shannon Ahern from her conversation with us here in Dublin West on practical approaches to AI in the classroom . Here's , shannon . Could you please give me three top tips for CPD ? I'm a teacher . I need to upscale . Can you tell me three things on which I should upscale ?

Speaker 2 1:33

So obviously I would be going down the AI route and looking at just even to see , is it something that interests you , Is it something that you can add to your toolbox that will make your life a little bit easier ? I think that everyone's going to be talking about it anyway . Just see , is it something for you ? And if it is , then there's plenty of CPD courses on offer with Dublin West over the next few weeks . I also see some CPD around classroom management , which I think is something that we're having to retrain in .

Speaker 2 2:02

Really since COVID that was our first full year without any COVID restrictions in school and things going back to normal , as it were , but we're having to relearn all the skills that we got from our PME . So classroom management behaviour there's lots of positive ones there around helping students manage emotions . That piqued my interest and I suppose always a good idea is to look at teaching methodologies , because you do get stuck in kind of the same methods over and over again and you kind of get stuck in a rut . So just even go into a chat about that from another subject just to see how they do it . You might become inspired by an English teacher to bring something into the maths classroom , so I think it's never a bad idea to go to one .

Speaker 1 2:43

On a teaching methodologies For AI , classroom management and teaching methodologies three very , very good ones . If you find these top tips useful , let us know , share with colleagues and don't forget to set aside time to listen to the whole episode Well worth the listen and never longer than 40 minutes . Tune in next week for another episode of Teachers themselves . Don't forget to like and subscribe . Leave us a review and share it with colleagues and friends . Your feedback informs the show . You can follow us across our social media channels Instagram , twitter , linkedin . Facebook Links are in the show notes . If you have any thoughts on today's episode or suggestions for future topics , email Zita here at zee robinson at dwecie . Oh , and don't forget to book that CPD dwecie . Thanks again . Have a great week . Slan Tamil .

Speaker 2 3:56

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