Paula Walshe
The Digital Early Childhood Educator

What does our work attire say about us as professionals? Projecting Professionalism? This week an online article, focussing on factors...

Emotional Intelligence & Communities of Practice. “…..there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct…....

The End of the Road? As I come to the end of a two-year Master’s degree in Leadership in ECEC, I find myself reflecting on my experiences...

In early March 2022 the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), Roderic O’Gorman, released fiercely...

Aistear is the Irish word for ‘journey’ and it is no secret that, both here in Ireland and around the world, the early childhood...

Introducing a free set of quality flashcards to develop student and practitioner understanding of the numerous elements required for...

Due to the recent lifting of COVID restrictions in Ireland we were able to have a family event in our home to celebrate our eldest...

In Ireland, the last couple of weeks (never mind the last couple of years) have been extremely turbulent to say the least. The nation...

Anyone who has studied ECEC in Ireland, at any level from level 5 and beyond, will at some point…preferably very early on…have been...

Negative Commentary During these first few weeks of January many of us will partake in making one, or numerous, new years resolutions. ...

Who me? No! I suspect that if you were to ask a lot of ECEC practitioners how they exhibit leadership within their role, many would tell...

Balancing the ratio of care and education in ECEC as a proposal to resolve the education and care dichotomy while remaining focussed on...

Traditional Irish culture and Irish Traveller culture in ECEC. Where are the Resources? Over the last number of weeks I have been...

Here today, gone tomorrow? With so much current media discourse related to the ECEC sector and the provision of childcare services in...

The child's right to participate I have read numerous articles recently which have piqued my interest in the principle of participation...

I don’t actually know what I thought I knew There is a famous quote that suggests that “the only two certainties in life are death and...

There is absolutely no doubt that I have learned much about professional ECEC through both my professional practice in the sector and my...

When we consider what constitutes a business, we tend to think of an entrepreneurial individual who sets up a company based on an...

Could a mathematical equation solve the crisis in the ECEC and childcare workforce? Goal D of First Five The current Government strategy...

Lagging Behind The early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in Ireland is comprised of 98.2% female practitioners and only 1.8%...