Michelle Fallon

Current API Post holder - 1st year Yearhead, Enrolment and Admissions

• Managing emotional and personal well-being of year group by liaising with guidance counsellor's, tutors, and external agencies.
• Enforcing school's Code of Behaviour. This includes handling detentions, investigating incidents, and addressing bullying.
• Tracking academic performance of year group, analyzing term results, and signing off on student reports.
• Monitoring student attendance, following up on unexplained absences, and addressing chronic truancy.
• Organizing and leading regular year-group assemblies to communicate expectations, celebrate achievements, and promote school spirit.
• Acting as primary point of contact for parents/guardians, handling queries, and leading parent-teacher meetings
• Defining and enforcing student academic achievement standards in line with goals and objectives - SEN, EAL, BFL, SCP
• Championing diversity and inclusion within school culture and curriculum
• Overseeing welfare of year group in line with school's ethos and mission statement
• Leading safeguarding policies to ensure protection of all pupils in school's care.
• Working as team member within wider school staff and liaising with other relevant individuals such as parents, educational psychologists, HSCLO, BOM and guidance.
• Working with child protection agencies, such as TULSA and social workers
• Collaborating with subject teachers, tutors and parents for better student performance.
• Implementing successful pupil behaviour management initiatives.
• Aiding in budget planning and resource allocation for optimum use of funds for year group/trips.
• Improving parent-teacher communication through regular meetings and correspondence on school app Unique Schools and regular phone calls home.
• Modelling excellent leadership skills to promote positive interaction between teaching staff and students.
• Facilitating wellbeing initiatives (class captains) and safeguarding surveys to address common student trends.
• Acting as consistent point of contact for students to discuss personal or school-related issues - lead restorative practice techniques within yeargroup
• Ensuring review, development and implementation of admissions policy and admissions notice.
• Liaising with Feeder schools
• Updating school promotional materials, brochures, website and social media
• Planning and Organising school Open day
• Processing applications, ie offer of places ,acceptance letters, placement on waiting lists, monitor waiting lists
• Elevating school profile to bring in better staff, students and partnerships.

English, History and DFTS Teacher

• Responsible for assisting in educational and social development of pupils under direction and guidance of principal.
• Weekly and long- term planning of lessons catering for needs of entire academic range within class.
• Producing interactive and creative lessons that are engaging, challenging and motivating to all pupils.
• Continually carrying out assessment to ensure high quality of teaching tailored to pupils specific learning needs.
• Extensive experience of teaching Junior and Leaving certificate at both Ordinary and Higher level.
• Extensive experience of teaching students with AEN/EAL learning needs.
• Adhering strictly to syllabus guidelines whilst teaching various subjects across different academic levels. Keeping abreast of current circulars and educational redevelopment.
• Utilised ICT tools, enhanced interactive learning experience in classrooms.
• Boosted students' reading comprehension with creative teaching strategies - Book in bag, spelling bees, school word of the week.
• Adjusted teaching methods according to individual student's needs, ensured inclusive learning environment.
• Worked closely with colleagues for implementing cross-curricular projects that engaged students in comprehensive learning experiences.
• Member of Ethos team. Currently working on updating our mission statement under new ETBI guidelines.

Class tutor - 12 years

• Guiding and advising students on their academic and pastoral needs, liaising with teachers, YH and parents.
• Organising and participating in extra-curricular activities.
• Experience in assisting HSCLO-visiting student's homes to discuss behavioural/academic issues with parents and endeavouring to come to solutions that benefits student's progression within school.

Arts Scholarship Co-ordinator - 10 years

• Running timetabled classes in Drama, script writing and stage craft.
• Managing budgets, processing invoices, dealing with external organisations.
• Producing yearly musicals/ Arts showcases, facilitating rehearsals, organising sponsorship.
• Assisting students in devising original scripts and drama pieces to align with their educational experience - crosscurricular.
• School podcasting/ Social media - 'LCC Good News Channel.'
• Liaised with external agencies for collaborative creative educational projects and partnerships ex. The Abbey, Gaiety, Gate Theatres, The LIR, Creative Ireland, Localise, TU Dublin, Trinity Access Programme, Bodywhys, ShoutOut, TEDtalks, Dail100
• Currently undertaking in person and online training for DFTS accreditation to teach at Senior Cycle level (5th year group).

JCT Coordinator - 3 years

• Organizing teacher CPD and overseeing CBAs
• Creating JCT Subject Calendar and informing staff of new subject requirements.
• Coordinating Subject Learning and Assessment Review.
• SLAR meetings, and managing student Assessment Tasks.
• Collecting OAL's and inputting results into PPOD.
• Part -time JCT Arts in education facilitator (weekend CPD).

Social Media Coordinator -2 years

• Curating daily updates, highlighting student achievements, and managing official communications across platforms like X, Facebook, and Instagram.
• Core responsibilities focus on driving community engagement, maintaining school's digital reputation, adhering to student privacy, safeguarding, and media consent guidelines.

• Behaviour support
• Creating class structures and accessible lessons to facilitate differentiated learning
• Home School Liaison duties; visiting students' homes and discussing difficulties that their child may be facing and discussing potential solutions in conjunction with parents.
• Retention of children from the travelling community and awareness of traditions and culture.
• Outdoor Education supervisor
• Homework Club supervisor

• Teaching practice Grade B