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In 1 hour on tonight’s #edchatie we’ll be discussing “GDPR, garda vetting, teaching council registration, 2 yr PME, *seismic* curricular changes, increase in inspections - is teaching fast becoming an impossible job?” See you online from 8:30-9:30pm

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Don't forget #edchatie happens every Monday 20:30-21:30. Join in the discussion with Irish Educators.

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Flex your typing fingers, grab a cuppa and get comfortable for the #edchatie hour-long discussion coming up in 5 minutes time looking at "is teaching fast becoming an impossible job? See you online soon

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Welcome to tonight's #edchatie discussion. As usual, before we begin, please introduce yourself and remember to include the #edchatie hashtag in all your tweets for the next hour so they can be compiled in the transcript at the end.

J. Sweeney @mssweeneyhomeec

@fboss julie home ec teacher ...looking forward to tonight's discussion #edchatie

Eistear de Búrca @GermanTeachIRL

Good to see investment in MFL, but the only longterm way to improve shortage is to make teaching attractive again. Better pay, respect for teachers' opinions in reform & a competitive campaign to draw talent into teaching would help #edchatie #mflire irishtimes.com/news/education…

Trí @TrionaIrl

@fboss Tríona, primary school teacher with a son in 2nd year post primary. Very worried about the new JC #edchatie

John Heffernan @johnmayo

#edchatie John in Carnew ... rocking to @NRateliff while taking part tonight...this might be appropriate for tonight's talk youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoWiO… :-P

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Damien Lonergan @languagesdude

Damien, MFL Teacher from Waterford . Developing a bad case of man flu so will be dipping in and out of tonight’s discussion #edchatie

Elevare London @ElevareLondon

#edchatie #edchat #elearning #11plustips #acceleratedlearning #prepschool #highered #parentpower #putkidsfirst #schoolchoice #parentalchoice #elevenplus pic.twitter.com/3PWJZGyTdr

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Tonight on #edchatie we'll be discussing all things “GDPR, garda vetting, teaching council registration, 2 yr PME, *seismic* curricular changes, increase in inspections - is teaching fast becoming an impossible job?” So, let's begin . . .

Amy O'Brien @MsAOBrien

Amy, Limerick based Irish teacher. Interested to read everyone's thoughts on the challenges and changes we're facing #edchatie

John Heffernan @johnmayo

#edchatie What is happening is just not solely an Irish problem. Trust me it is far worse in the States.

fboss @fboss

For the next hour on #edchatie we're discussing the question “Is teaching fast becoming an impossible job?” Join in live and bring along a colleague

John Heffernan @johnmayo

#edchatie GDPR is the right thing to do.... I think.

Trí @TrionaIrl

Does anyone know what the constant need to reform and change is driven by? We are constantly being told to do the same things in a different way but no one quite knows what different way they mean yet #edchatie

Colin Whyte @colinjwhyte

Colin, Teaching in Dublin #edchatie

fboss @fboss

@johnmayo What exactly do you mean by "the right thing to do", John? #edchatie

Ciara McGuane @ciara_mcguane

Ciara, thought I would share this video on teacher workload! m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPmCGw… #edchatie

Rí O'Mhaire @riomhaireschool

@johnmayo #edchatie Primary SET, Mayo. Why is it happening there? And why here? What is different in the background from times past? It would seem the UK is also a very difficult place to teach. Re: GDPR - I think it has been over hyped. Take care of the info you have & respect privacy

John Heffernan @johnmayo

#edchatie Student data is treated very lax by a lot of teachers. Passwords passed around like flagons under a bridge in some cases.... :-)

Áine McMahon @AineMcMahon

Also looking to speak to students in ETB schools who want to opt-out of religious instruction for an article #edchatie twitter.com/AineMcMahon/st…

John Heffernan @johnmayo

@riomhaireschool #edchatie Times have changed and education needs to change with them. We demand accountability and professionalism of other services. We can't say that Education should be exempt.

Liam Guilfoyle @LiamDGuilfoyle

@fboss #Edchatie: Liam here, little late, post-primary science background, working in education research in UK but still trying to keep up to speed with the Irish scene - curious to hear peoples' thoughts.

Claire Scanlon @cscanlonsci

Claire secondary school teacher Dublin #edchatie the Maths teacher and optimist in me definitely thinks it isn't becoming impossible. It's getting more challenging in terms of paperwork, legislation etc..but I think that we are all moving towards more litigious society in general