Podcast 385, New Educate Together CEO, Emer Nowlan (15-1-20‪)‬ Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teaching

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This week I bring you an interview with the new Chief Executive Officer of Educate Together, Dr. Emer Nowlan in the week she takes up her new appointment. Among the topics we discuss are:
Her career in education to date: becoming a PE teacher, running a language school in Portugal
Doing a masters and doctorate in UCD
Being project manager for setting up second level Educate Together schools
Working on the Migrant Teacher Project
Challenges faced by migrant teachers who wish to teach in Ireland
Lessons learned from the Migrant Teacher Project to date
Anticipating her new role as CEO of Educate Together
Plans for establishing new Educate Together schools
How Educate Together has evolved over the last 40 years
What equality-based education looks like
How to promote equality-based education without stereotyping
Educate Together’s role as school patron
Enrolment policies for schools
The work of CEO in Educate Together
Her priorities for her term as CEO
Challenges facing the Educate Together sector
Characteristics of a principal in an Educate Together school
Facilitating denominational religious instruction in Educate Together Schools
She names some people whose work she admires.

Michael Apple
Henry Giroux
Áine Hyland
Simon Lewis
Kathleen Lynch