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Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education

How many times have you said to yourself, "If I were the Minister for Education…?" Well I do! Rather than grumble to myself, I decided to podcast my thoughts on ways I"d change the primary education system in Ireland. Every episode I"ll take on a different theme, give some background and hopefully come to some conclusions by the end. simonmlewis.substack.com

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01:01:30

Interview 11: Celine Govern - Early Childhood Education

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/07/28

With all the talk about early childhood education in the media, I was interested in hearing about the sector and the differences between it and primary education. It became apparent very early that we share a huge amount in common in all sorts of areas including the complications of ownership of buildings, of all things! A huge thanks to Celine for taking the time to chat to me. I hope you'll enjoy the interview.

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45:52

Five Tech Tips for 2022

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/07/21

In this summer episode, I go back to my roots in educational technology and offer you five tech tools that helped me in my job this school year. They are:Gmelius - https://gmelius.com/Sunsama - https://sunsama.com/Voice over IP - https://www.3cx.com/ and https://explore.zoom.us/en/products/zoom-phone/Clever.com - https://www.clever.comScreencastify - https://www.screencastify.com/Oh...and in the spirit of these things, there's a bonus one too: Profile Pic Maker: https://pfpmaker.com/

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17:17

Thank you, Racists - 1 Year On

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/07/12

On 9th July 2021, I was racially abused by people that claimed to be members of the National Party. I received a number of phone calls from the heads of representative bodies, stakeholders and partners. For the first time, I was asked by them, how could they help. And I told them.In this episode, I discuss some of the people who have gone out of their way to discuss diversity in the education system in the last year, and I also list all of the things that the people who rang me have done since

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44:16

Help! My NCSE has turned into a HSE!

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/07/06

The NCSE was established in 2003 to "improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs arising from disabilities with particular emphasis on children." It's rare to find an organisation that has achieved exactly the opposite of what they set out to do in such a short amount of time. What started off as a way to organise Special Education resources in Ireland has morphed into a bloated, bureaucratic body that answers to no one. In this episode, I explore what went

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33:49

Interview 10: Conor Bredin (Part 3)

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/06/30

In the final part of our chat, Conor and I discuss the INTO's support of the LGBT+ community. We talk about schools that raise the Pride Flag but do nothing more and then we talk about some resources that teachers could use in the classroom without "undermining" the ethos (not my words!) Finally, Conor tells us what he would do if he were the Minister for Education.

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27:15

Interview 10: Conor Bredin (Part 2)

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/06/22

It's not often you'll hear me speechless but in this part of my interview with Conor Bredin, he speaks about his experience of being a gay teacher in Ireland. For anyone that thinks working in the Catholic system is no harm, needs to listen to this. Conor gives his thoughts on this issue and sums it up really well.

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33:01

Interview 10: Conor Bredin (Part 1)

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/06/16

In this 3-part episode, I interview Conor Bredin - teacher, podcaster and author. Conor will be well known to anyone who was at the 2022 INTO Congress where he received a standing ovation for telling his experience of being a gay teacher in Ireland. However, Conor wears many hats and in this part I learn about his writing career and his podcast, which is all about storytellers. He's a great storyteller himself so I think you're really going to enjoy it!🎙Listen and subscribe to this podcast on your

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49:57

Live Poetry Reading: Catholics up to no good, as usual

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/06/14

Forgive the paraphrased Father Ted quote but it's probably appropriate after reading Emma O'Kelly's excellent article: "Bishops sought 'commitment' on priority for Catholic children in schools"https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0609/1303940-catholic-schools/I read through this article attempting to give further context and background, as well as cringe through the astounding arrogance shown by the parties involved.

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42:32

Minister Josepha making schools Mad-again.

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/06/02

This week (May 31st) the SNA allocations were released to primary schools. It had been promised that a new frontloading model was to be used but for a third year in a row, school allocations were frozen. In this episode, I examine:why the representative bodies rarely, if ever, publicly condemn the NCSEwhy the SNA allocations come out so late in the yearwhether there were actually 1,100 extra SNA posts sanctioned as the headlines read.You can download the NCSE allocations for 2022-23 here:

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47:23

Interview 9: Climate Crisis with the Irish Schools...

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/05/26

One thing that binds us all together is our planet, and it would seem surprising if teachers around the country wouldn't be worried about the impending climate crisis. I was thrilled to be joined by Mary Moore and Laura Ní Mhaille from the Irish Schools Sustainability Network to discuss how teachers can help. We got through a huge amount from Green Flags to whether Climate Action should be a curriculum subject and everything in between. It was a great chat and I learned loads!Follow them on

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01:03:18

interview 8: All About Chess with Ficheall.ie

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/05/24

Probably my own claim to fame was that I once represented Ireland in the Olympics playing chess. And before you go googling, it was 1993 and it was the Jewish Olympics and I was 14. While I stopped playing seriously I've always loved the game so I was delighted to meet with Damien Fallon and Liam Murray from Ficheall.ie to talk about Chess in Schools. Ficheall.ie are running a number of summer courses in 2022 to help teachers to teach chess in schools. You can find out more:

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40:36

Episode 076: Communion Season: You can't have your...

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/05/21

Every May in Ireland, newspapers, magazines and radio shows are full of talk about Communion Season, as it seems collectively to be known. And during Communion Season, (I dislike that term), you hear lots of talk about getting the house painted and decorated, you hear a lot about dinner plans in hotels, you hear a lot about how dress fittings, hair appointments and in some cases spray tans - and that’s not the parents. When Communion Season comes along you hear about weight loss plans and seasonal

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45:27

Interview 7: John Gunnell - Reconfiguring to a CNS

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/05/18

In September 2022, Nenagh will become the town with the first "thriving" school to reconfigure to the ETB and change from being a Catholic School to being a Community National School. John Gunnell is currently the principal of St. Mary's Junior Boys' National School, soon to be Nenagh CNS. I've covered the politics behind the reconfiguration, but I'm also interested in what it's like for a school community to go through the process. I was very grateful to John for agreeing to chat to me about the

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37:37

Post Pandemic Boundaries

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/05/12

I hate to bring the C word up again, especially so soon after we seemed, as a nation, to decide that COVID19 was all over and we could start shaking hands, giving each other hugs and having bonfires fuelled by hand sanitiser! Actually, I’m joking about the last bit - don’t try it, kids. While I don’t think any teacher in the country would ever want to return to the burn of distance learning, we probably learned a few lessons about teaching. Technology played a big part in this but it also raised

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59:37

Interview 6: Annie Asgard - All About EAL

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/05/04

If I was the Minister for Education, I think I'd hire my guest this week as my deputy! If you don't know Annie Asgard, you are in for a treat. Annie and I could talk about anything but we decided to focus on EAL (English as an Additional Language) teaching. It's relevant always but in particular now with so many Ukrainian children arriving into schools over the last number of weeks. It's hard to believe but some schools are welcoming children without English for the first time! Annie shares her

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44:53

Patronage and Pluralism Forum 10 years on: The...

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/04/30

As I’m sure you’ve probably figured out by now, I could talk about the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism forever and I’m sure I’ll be coming back to it many times again. There are so many stories that blossomed from it, whether it was the struggle for Castlebar or the scaremongering in Malahide, and I’m sure there will be many more stories as Ireland stutters its way out of church control of schools, for example, I imagine the reconfiguration story, which I discussed a few weeks ago is going to be

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36:25

Patronage and Pluralism Forum 10 years on: Don't Ask,...

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/04/22

The paradoxical relationship that most Irish people have with the church baffles me. I can't understand why people care so little about the fact that religion permeates the entire day of 95% of primary schools in the country, even to the point of defending it when there are moves to change schools over to multi-denominational bodies. Why would thousands of people take to the streets in protest when there was a glimmer that the church was going to be allowed to retain ownership of a new maternity

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38:44

Patronage and Pluralism Forum 10 years on: The Collapse

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/04/19

In this episode, we continue our exploration of why the Pluralism and Patronage Forum didn't succeed as we move to Malahide, where the final nail in the coffin for divestment took place.

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24:40

Patronage and Pluralism Forum 10 years on: The...

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/04/16

In this episode we focus on one of the maddest sagas in the divestment process: Castlebar. If ever there was a school that didn't think they'd see the light of day, Castlebar ETNS was it. From cowsheds to Cromwell, this was an example of why the Pluralism and Patronage Forum was never going to work. Image of Burren NS, which was offered to Castlebar ETNS Anseo.net is the world's number one primary education podcast on Feedspot

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33:05

Patronage and Pluralism Forum 10 years on: Choice

Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education ·

2022/04/10

Choice is always good, right? In this part I try to convince you that when it comes to schools, it is the root of all that's wrong in the system. Furthermore, I try to prove to you that unless you tick the Catholic box in the census, it's unlikely you have choice anyway.

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