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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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36:29

Episode 048: Scrap the Supplementary Panel

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

2021/02/19

Before I even start, I realise that this episode will alienate a whole bunch of people. The reaction I’ll get to this episode will be more violent than any other episode I’ve covered so far. It seems I can rip apart the Catholic Church, the Union and others but this is probably the one that’s going to get me cancelled, as young folk say. However, I’ll try my best to talk through the issue and see if I do come to the conclusion that abolishing the supplementary panel does make sense.

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31:53

Episode 047: Have properly resourced sub panels

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

2021/02/11

For the last decade, it has been next to impossible to get substitute teachers when someone is out of work. While there have been moves to address this issue in the last 3 years, in this episode I’ll be arguing that if I were the Minister for Education, I’d be properly resourcing supply panels.

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54:29

Live Poetry Reading: Framework Plan for Phased Return...

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

2021/02/04

After a month of bickering, taking sides and spinning public health advice, the unions and the DES got back to the table to try and partially reopen schools. Guidance was issued last night and I go through it page by page and figure out what has changed.

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39:41

PSSA2 - which way should you vote?

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

2021/02/01

At first glance, if you read the INTO documentation, the new PSSA finally achieves pay equality and benchmarking for principals. However, very quickly you realise, it actually doesn't. In this slightly unscripted episode recording in late January, I try and chart my thought process and nail my colours to the mast by the end. As usual with our union, nothing is as straightforward as it looks.

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35:03

Why you shouldn't go zooming off to do live online...

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

2021/01/26

In this episode I try and explain why Live Zoom Lessons are not the holy grail many people think they are. I also ponder as to why the very people wanting them tend to be the same people that were giving out about screen time in schools a couple of years ago.

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44:02

Unsanitised: A Seed of a Plan for Reopening

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

2021/01/22

The thing that has struck me most about the debate around the reopening and even the partial reopening of schools is the fact that everyone involved in the discussions, whether it’s the government, the union, or even the various advocacy groups is that all of them share the same goal to get schools open as quickly as possible by any means as if COVID19 doesn't exist. In this episode, I’m going to try and suggest a plan that takes the virus into account.

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52:16

Unsanitised: A Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into

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

2021/01/20

What a mess! The last few weeks have shown the worst examples of leadership from people who are supposed to look out for school staff, the pupils and their families. In this episode, I try to explore why we're in this mess and what we need to do to get out of it.

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49:22

Schools Are Safe. Schools Are Safe. Schools Are Safe?

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

2021/01/16

With one in 50 Irish people contracting COVID19 in the last 2 weeks alone, the tracing service unable to cope with demand and hospitals becoming overwhelmed with COVID19 cases, we need to seriously look at the facts about whether schools are safe right now and make decisions that have impacts well beyond the classroom. In this episode I try to do that.

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15:53

Unsanitised: Everything I Learned about Remote...

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

2021/01/15

This is a recording of a short talk I gave at the recent ISAG webinar on school closures, where I gave my experience about working in the system. Apart from having the complete inability to pronounce ISAG properly, I spoke about the reality of remote learning, especially for families who could not access it. I'd highly recommend watching the full webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG8cG3TpzdI

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43:52

Unsanitised: The SWOT Analysis

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

2021/01/06

Micheal Martin still insists that “schools are safe” and it's the movement of the million people getting to the schools that's the real issue. However, this is not the only dumbfounding thing he has said this week. Earlier when he announced schools would extend the holidays for 3 days, (not closed, remember!) he said that the 3 days could be used for principals to prepare for reopening and they would perform a SWOT analysis. Well, Micheal, here's mine.

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27:00

Unsanitised: Happy New Year - what now?

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

2021/01/02

Christmas - a time for giving...each other the COVID19 virus. Yes, the lifting of restrictions did not pan out as the government had hoped with cases about to hit over 2,000 per day at this time of recording, hospitals beginning to near capacity, and testing centres are now beyond capacity so now you only get tested if you have symptoms if you are a close contact. It sounds like a perfect time to reopen the schools!

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01:07:43

Top 20 Moments of 2020 - Primary Education

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

2020/12/21

Just what you need for your drive home for Christmas, another 2020 review! I've compiled 20 moments in primary education in 2020 and look forward to next year and my hopes for 2021.Sit back, relax...actually, this won’t be relaxing, so just sit back and grimace your way through the top 20 moments in primary education in 2020.

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38:41

Special Episode: #ISupportClaremorris

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

2020/12/13

This episode is about a school. A school where over 10% of their pupils have had a positive diagnosis of COVID19. A school where its Board decided that they needed to close the building to stop the spread of the virus. A school that was then told to open back up on Monday morning. And apart from the question as to whether the school should open or close, it asks the bigger question - who actually runs schools?

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36:20

Special Episode: #GRMA - Thanks but no thanks

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

2020/12/11

In case you missed it, today has been designated GRMA day, a day dreamed up to make people say thank you to people working in schools over the last number of months. The idea is that at 11am on Friday, everyone in schools is being asked to play a video where various people are going to thank teachers, SNAs, secretaries, caretakers and anyone else that works in a school. In this episode I'll be trying to figure out why there's been no excitement around it but I'll thank someone by the end.

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26:58

Episode 046: Ban the Rote Learning of Tables

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

2020/12/03

Back in my day, the only way we learned our tables was by learning them off by heart. The motivation of doing so was to avoid being humiliated by your teacher and class. Some of you are old enough to remember games like the “Stand Up, Sit down” game where the goal is to remain standing by answering a maths fact. Thankfully things have moved on but why was learning tables by rote such a bad idea? It worked, didn't it?

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35:39

Untangling the Christmas Decorations

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

2020/12/01

I often compare the Primary Education System to the decorations you find in the attic. Every time you try to untangle a knot, a new knot appears and after a while, you just chuck them over the tree and hope nobody notices the mess. The problem is that I've never managed to make that analogy in December. Until today. Join me as I untangle 3 news stories that hit the headlines and which knot is responsible for all of them.

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29:54

Episode 045: Diversify the Profession

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

2020/11/26

Primary school teaching is most likely one of the least diverse professions in the country. In this episode I explore why this is the case. I don't think there are too many surprises as to why but what can we do about it?

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19:39

Episode 044: Trademark the title of Teacher

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

2020/11/19

Does it annoy you when someone who isn't a teacher calls themselves a teacher? If you're in any way sensible, it probably doesn't. In this, less-than-serious episode, I'll be taking a break from serious issues and trying to find out whether we should trademark the title of teacher, or change it to something better. Lead Thought Classroom Evangelist, anyone?

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22:23

Episode 043: Scrap Section 29s

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

2020/11/12

There are some terms that give any teacher the fear. Put the letters WSE together and you’ll get a wave of panic. Drive-by does something similar. Principals also have another term that brings the fear to them - it’s called a Section 29. In this episode, I’ll be arguing that if I were the Minister for Education, I’d be scrapping them.

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37:15

Unsanitised Poetry Reading: Circular 74/2020

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

2020/11/10

Back in March/April, most schools had come up with a plan for remote learning with the schools closed and all. It only took the Department of Education 6 months to come up with a circular for communication and remote learning. Here's my live reading of the circular, where I slip from apathy to outrage in 30 minutes.

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