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Rachel O'Connor on School leadership – ‘the backbone of the school’
Season 2 · Episode 4

Rachel O'Connor on School leadership – ‘the backbone of the school’

Education Nation · State of the Nation

February 25, 202631m 36s

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Show Notes

On this week’s Education Nation podcast, we turned our attention to one of the pinch points of our education system, perhaps the most pressurised and least understood roles in Irish education: school leadership. More specifically, the conversation focused on the lived reality of principals and deputy principals in post-primary schools.

Our guest, Rachel O’Connor, a long-standing advocate for school leaders, painted a picture of a profession that is deeply committed, increasingly complex, and now facing challenges that would have been unimaginable even a decade ago.

In her current role as Deputy Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputies, Rachel certainly has her finger on the pulse.