Lead the Way | Education Leadership Skills

By Ann Byrne

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This series hopes to build educational leadership capacity in Ireland and beyond by facilitating the sharing of the leadership journey of people in a variety of educational settings supporting them with teacher and Principal job applications. If you would like to reach out to avail of interview or life coaching from Ann, an ACC ICF accredited coach, email her on leadthewaycoaching8@gmail.com or click on link to my website and resources in the podcast preview show notes below.

Episode Date
Ep 93 Why a Principal is leaving the role after 5 years
Sep 10, 2026
Ep 92 Navigating Meetings and Schools through a Leadership/ Followership Lens with Associate Professor Niekie Blom
Sep 03, 2026
Ep 91 Clodagh Kelly, Chief Executive of Tipperary ETB; Insights into School Leadership
Aug 27, 2026
Ep 90 The Essential Parents' Guide to College with Joan Broderick of www.pathways.ie
Aug 20, 2026
Ep 89 As First Bell launches, co-founder Noel Davidson talks about the overlap between Leadership and Entrepreneurial skills.
Aug 11, 2026
Ep 88 A Principal's experience of her own AUDHD diagnosis
Jun 30, 2026
Ep 87 Introducing ClassCover; connecting schools with qualified substitute teachers and SNAs quickly
Jun 24, 2026
Ep 86 Navigating Change and Finding Flow: My Journey of Life and Leadership from Dubai to Ireland
Jun 18, 2026
Ep 85 Meet the CEO of Ceist; Maeve Mahon
Apr 18, 2026
Ep 84 Educating the modern brain; why education must change with Dr Lisa Riegel
Apr 10, 2026
Ep 83 Can Ireland learn from Australia's social media ban and New Zealand's school phone ban?
Feb 20, 2026
Ep 82 School refusal, Anxiety and Panic Attacks; what we know, what can we do.
Jan 24, 2026
Ep 81 Fiona Forman on Teacher Wellbeing and the Non Negotiables
Jan 17, 2026
Ep 80 The Real Me Academy with Katrina Crilly
Jan 03, 2026
Ep 79 Compassion over Compliance: Reimagining inclusion
Dec 13, 2025
Ep 78 Leading with Questions: can coaching help make leadership more sustainable?
Nov 19, 2025
Ep 77 Dr Joe Moynihan; from teacher, to Principal to Course Director in UCC.
Nov 14, 2025
Ep 76 Can Trinity College's MESO Ed-Lab ease the burden of planning?
Oct 03, 2025
Ep 75 Career Breaks and Cultivating Agency
Sep 22, 2025
Ep 74 The Growth Mindset of Colette Crowley: Overcoming Adversity and aiming for Principalship
Sep 15, 2025
Ep 73 Angela Cummins, Special Ed Teacher on her own diagnosis and setting up an autism class.
Sep 07, 2025
Ep 72 Starting a School Podcast to promote Student Voice
Aug 31, 2025
Ep 71 The Mild Principal on the redesignation of Special Schools and engaging with the media.
Aug 23, 2025
Ep 70 The Droichead Process analysed with Simon Lewis
Aug 18, 2025
Ep 69 Pausing the Scroll with The Agree to Agree project.
May 21, 2025
Ep 68 Expanding Peer Observation beyond your own school
May 18, 2025
Ep 67 The Agree to Agree Project- addressing children’s internet enabled device usage
May 06, 2025
Ep 66 The Year you Thrive with Paudie Moore
Jan 11, 2025
Ep 65 The Passion of a Dublin Principal; born and bred!
Oct 20, 2024
Ep 64 Launching Find My College Course.ie
Oct 05, 2024
Ep 63 Feedback and Feed Forward
Sep 22, 2024
Ep 62 The new and first ever Guidance Circular explained .
Sep 05, 2024
Ep 61 Paul Crone; an honest account of school leadership
Aug 25, 2024
Ep 60 The Leadership Journey of IPPN President Louise Tobin
Jun 25, 2024
Ep 59 Essential circulars for aspiring and new school leaders with Trina Golden.
Apr 21, 2024
Ep 58 Revision Season: Retrieval Practice Strategies and Droichead v the North's EPD system
Apr 05, 2024
Ep 57 Interview Ready, Steady, Go!
Mar 15, 2024
Ep 56 Changes to the Junior and Senior Cycle SPHE and RSE made simple.
Mar 03, 2024
Advice from a Principal on developing your leadership skills.
Feb 13, 2024
Ep 55 The Implementation of the Wellbeing Promotion Process simplified.
Jan 27, 2024
Taking the fear out of inspections: 5 min listen
Dec 16, 2023
The serious issue of stress among school leaders.
Dec 16, 2023
Ep 54 Finding the off switch in order to sustain school leadership with Principal Trina Golden
Dec 16, 2023
Ep 53 The Teacher Crisis: understanding why teachers leave and encouraging older people to join the profession.
Nov 26, 2023
Ep 52 Travis the Community Dog, connecting people and enhancing the wellbeing of all.
Nov 10, 2023
Ep 51 Can a school really call themselves 100% inclusive? An honest conversation with Síle Walsh.
Nov 03, 2023
Ep 50 The Teaching Council's Féilte 2023; a snapshot.
Oct 11, 2023
Ep 49: The role of the Guidance Counsellor in Irish schools today.
Oct 02, 2023
Ep 48: Dr. Ciara O'Donnell : A history of CPD in Ireland, where we are and some thoughts for the future.
Sep 18, 2023
Preview of Ep 48: From objectives to learning outcomes; the safety blanket of prescription is gone.
Sep 15, 2023
Preview of Ep 48 with Dr. Ciara O'Donnell: Teacher CPD in Ireland ; let's go back to the start. (2 mins)
Sep 15, 2023
Preview of Ep 48: What is effective CPD? (90 seconds)
Sep 15, 2023
Ep 47: Teacher Identity when you are a teacher with a disability.
Sep 07, 2023
Ep 46 From self-destruction to self-care: The Teacher Transformation Coach.
Aug 31, 2023
Preview of Ep 46 with The Teacher Transformation Coach.
Aug 30, 2023
Ep 45 Turning to teaching as a second profession, a different NQT story.
Aug 24, 2023
Teaching as a second career and drawing from life experience when applying skills.
Aug 23, 2023
Does the Droichead programme need review? An NQT's view. Less than 5 mins
Aug 22, 2023
Is the cost of learning Irish also a barrier for immigrant teachers?
Aug 10, 2023
Ep 44 Let's talk about diversity, inclusion and the Irish language requirement.
Aug 10, 2023
Ep 43 Striving towards leadership and dealing with interview setbacks.
Aug 02, 2023
Ep 42 Research focus: Outdoor Education; the pros and cons.
Jul 21, 2023
Preview of Ep 42: Outdoor Education
Jul 20, 2023
Ep 41 Research Focus: Parenting Interventions in a DEIS school.
Jul 12, 2023
Ep 40 Research Focus 'Trust in Irish Schools, towards a definition.'
Jul 05, 2023
Ep 39 Research focus: Trauma Informed Practice
Jun 23, 2023
Ep 38 Ficheall:Irish teachers promoting the multiple benefits of playing chess.
May 31, 2023
Ep 37 Overcoming teacher burnout and getting an adult diagnosis of ADHD ; a personal story from The Calm Coach.
May 25, 2023
Ep 36 Insights into leadership and teacher education with the Director of Dublin West Education Centre.
May 18, 2023
Ep 35 The benefits of Coaching for educators and school leaders with Ingrid Seim.
Apr 26, 2023
Ep 34 Supporting 'The Gifted Learner' with Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames
Apr 13, 2023
Ep 33: Navigating the System: One Principal's battle for an extension and staff.
Apr 06, 2023
Ep 32 The all important Principal and Deputy Principal dynamic with Des Sutton and Meree O'Sullivan
Mar 30, 2023
Ep 31 Navigating the regeneration and build of a school with Principal Martin Hanly.
Mar 24, 2023
Ep 30 Leading a school while dealing with cancer and the journey back to a confident self with Regina Halpin.
Feb 28, 2023
Ep 29 Linda Quigley Boland, a Home School Community Liaison, talks about the role.
Feb 19, 2023
Ep 28 Curiosity, Courage and Compassion with Life and Business Coach Gillian McGrath.
Feb 09, 2023
Ep 27 Principal Lesley Byrne on Equality in Education and Senior Cycle Reform
Feb 06, 2023
Ep 26 Dr. Ciara O'Donnell on leadership in education beyond the traditional trajectories.
Jan 26, 2023
Ep 25 Is Restorative Practice the way forward in Irish schools?
Jan 15, 2023
Ep 24: The Stand Out Moments for a Principal
Dec 01, 2022
Ep 23 The New PP Principal
Nov 21, 2022
Ep 22 Integrating Peer Observation into the Irish Education system successfully
Nov 13, 2022
Ep 21 Staying on the right side of the law: A Principal's perspective.
Oct 28, 2022
Ep 20 Using Aistear to support the teaching of students with Additional Needs
Oct 22, 2022
Ep 19 'PhoneawayBox': leading the fight against distractions in schools.
Oct 16, 2022
Ep 18: Getting the balance right as a Principal.
Oct 07, 2022
Ep 17:The boundless energy of a TY Co-ordinator!
Oct 01, 2022
Ep 16 Demystifying the School Self Evaluation Process
Sep 24, 2022
Ep 15: All educators needs skills to support Neurodiverse students.
Sep 18, 2022
Approaching School Self-evaluation in a nut shell! (less than 3 mins)
Sep 17, 2022
Ep 14 Orla Dempsey Coaching: Tips for interviews
Sep 16, 2022
The STAR technique of answering interview questions with Orla Dempsey
Sep 15, 2022
Ep 13: A primary school teacher's perception of leadership in and outside the class room.
Sep 08, 2022
EP 12: Year head 2 interview.
Sep 05, 2022
Let's talk about love when it comes to teaching. (4 mins)
Sep 04, 2022
How to help students who struggle socially . (5 minutes)
Sep 02, 2022
The possibilities of an Effective tutor system in less than 3 minutes.
Aug 31, 2022
Ep 11 Let's talk about ethos
Aug 29, 2022
Never underestimate how perceptive students are!
Aug 26, 2022
What you need to consider before moving into leadership in less than 2 minutes!
Aug 24, 2022
Ep 10:The varied role of the Year Head in a PP school.
Aug 23, 2022
What all year heads really need?
Aug 22, 2022
Frustrated that you can't progress your career or be sucessful in an interview?(Less than 3 min listen for the answer)
Aug 20, 2022
Ep 9: Don't be afraid of Leadership
Aug 19, 2022
How can school leaders look after their staff?
Aug 18, 2022
If it is such a tough job, why be Principal?
Aug 17, 2022
Teachers have transferable skills to lead schools.
Aug 17, 2022
What is ethos in 2 minutes?
Aug 16, 2022
Ep 7 The Innovative Post Primary Principal
Aug 15, 2022
Ep 6. The Positive Primary Principal
Aug 12, 2022
Ep 5. The Reality of a Principal's job.
Aug 08, 2022
Ep 4 The Contented Middle Leader turned School Leader Coach
Aug 05, 2022
Ep3: The Interview Process
Aug 01, 2022
Ep 2: What does Leadership look like?
Jul 29, 2022
Ep 1: The New Principal
Jul 26, 2022
PREVIEW OF LEAD THE WAY
Jul 20, 2022