Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's podcast I interview Finbarr Hurley about his experience teaching in some European Schools and about his thoughts on leadership. He is currently working as a Coordinator with the Centre for School Leadership. Among the topics we discuss on the podcast are the following:

Wanting to teach from a young age
His experience in Mary Immaculate College
Proving yourself as a teacher when you begin in a school
The importance of changing career post every 5-6 years
The importance of figuring out what makes children tick
Teaching in Cork and Teaching in Brussels
Designing a classroom of the future
A synopsis of the European Schools system
Learning from working alongside teachers from other countries
Moving to an International School in Qatar
Working with teaching coaches
Involving children in parent-teacher meetings
Teaching without textbooks
Bringing members of a circus in to work with his students in Germany
Identifying what is valued in a school, across the school community
Challenges of being a principal in Ireland
Providing continuous professional development (CPD) for principals and principals’ needs for CPD
Why it’s okay for principals to fail (the first attempt at learning)
One of his own principals
Simon Senek (Be the last to speak)
Andy Hargreaves
Book: Wholesome Leadership
Luke Jefferson Day, editor of GQ Magazine in London.
Simone Marchetti – creativity outside of education
The value of sofas in classsrooms

Podcast 391, Finbarr Hurley on European Schools and School Leadership (26-2-20)