Mary McKenna's Top Tips for CPD

Mary passionately shares her wisdom on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which is a treasure trove for every educator striving for growth. Tune in to this bite-size bonus episode for her insights and recommendations. 

Mary’s CPD recommendations for the year ahead are; 

1. to attend her CPD with DWEC, 
2. to consider the CPD available through the NCSE 
3. and for CPD for your own Wellbeing. 

You can book her CPD recommendations here:

Mary McKenna’s CPD with DWEC = An Introduction to Teaching Autistic Children 
(Face-to-Face course starting on September 27th)

NCSE = https://ncse.ie/tpl 

Wellbeing = Restorative Practices Skills for Promoting Wellbeing in Classrooms and Schools
The Resilient Teacher: Approaches from Positive Psychology
A Whole-School Approach to Well-Being and SSE
Mood Matters. Wellbeing webinar for SNAs 

Don't miss out! Listen to her conversation with host, Ultan Mac Mathúna, in the full episode. 

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 Teachers Themselves is a DWEC original, produced and created by Dublin West Education Centre produced by Zita Robinson. 

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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 Mary McKenna from her conversation with us here in Dublin West . Looking through a different lens , here's Mary , if you could meet three top tips for CPD . So what I'm asking you is I'm about to start in September teaching in an autism class . What three topics could I go looking for CPD on ?

Speaker 2 1:39

Okay , Well , number one , do my course and then I suppose if you're coming into starting in an autism class , you look at the NCSE and I would say that courses like intensive interaction or one day course could be really helpful the teach method , but also maybe for CPD in teacher centres or education centres . I think we're all trying to sustain the planet and we're all becoming aware of it now and are trying to play a part in sustaining the planet and its capacity to sustain human life . I mean , it's kind of selfish . We're kind of in it for ourselves as well , To get the small picture come down into the micro . We actually need to sustain ourselves because if we don't sustain ourselves , we don't get up in the morning and go to school because we're not thriving and not effective .

Speaker 2 2:37

I suppose because I learned that when I got sick and couldn't go to school for three months , I realised , all right , well , there's nothing I can do . I was warned by the doctors you have to rest and you have to get better . So I think , to sustain ourselves in our job , maybe the mindfulness and wellbeing is a lovely thing to do in your education centre , because that might be just what will sustain you and if you're sustained . You know the old thing put on your own oxygen mask first , before you go to attend your children .

Speaker 1 3:11

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 a 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 zrobbinson at dwecie . Oh , and don't forget to book that CPD dwecie . Thanks again . Have a great week . Slan Tamil .

Speaker 2 4:16

Teachers Themselves is a Dwec original produced and created by Dublin West Education Centre .