David Dempsey

Deputy Principal @PresHeadford, Dad to Three Crackers, Loving Life, Fond of Retweeting.

[David Dempsey @DaveADempsey]

Absolute fix #UsykRico

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Absolute fix

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He will win on points but shouldn’t Fares predicted #UsykRico

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Hint of a rocky movie about his one #UsykRico

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Not overly pleased with today’s work

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Cracking fight #WardleyDubois

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The puss on him😂😂😂😂😂😂 #ImACeleb

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Conker is Ben Shepard 100% #maskedsingeruk

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That Glenroe theme running through my head an incredibly large wave of stress

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That’s it now. Dave 2.0 active.

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Schools do not improve because leaders are superheroes or the staff are martyrs and saints; they improve when they create systems of effective behaviour, and stick to them. Supervising and maintaining those routines needs to also be a set of systems.

[David Dempsey @DaveADempsey]

My eldest bought me this for Christmas. He knows me so well

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Close to the edge

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

All those people sending students into the corridor, I wonder what magic thing we expect to happen to them. A miraculous conversion? That they’ll sit, like Buddha under the tree until they become enlightened? They’ll see it as a deterrent? All it does is kick the behaviour can up the road for ten minutes, and when they re-enter, nothing has changed apart from the fact that they are now ten more minutes adrift from the classwork.

They’re unsupervised- which is a safeguarding disaster- unoccupied, and now free to caper where their heart takes them. It’s a Phantom Zone where nothing good happens.

If they need to go, send them somewhere supervised. If they can stay, let them stay. The only reason to use the corridor as a temporary space is if they need a moment to compose themselves privately after an upset, or you want a quiet, immediate word with them away from an audience.

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

I also use internal truancy as a strong indicator of how well the school runs itself. I once went to a school and counted over 100 kids out of lessons. Every one of the ones I stopped (about 20) had a well prepared excuse, every one of which crumbled under scrutiny. Half of them had passes issued by an adult.

[David Dempsey @DaveADempsey]

@jesskellynt have you done any review/research on kids gps smart watches. Looking at imoo and xplora and wondering if there is any review done or should I be looking elsewhere

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Absolutely ridiculous decision #IREvNZL

[Department of Education and Youth @Education_Ire]

Minister @HMcEntee welcomes new national Guidance on the use of AI in Schools.

📰 Press release 👉 https://t.co/W7RMovjh7R

[Always Keep Learning @AlwaysKeepL]

Maslow's Hierarchy for Leaders

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Nice little resource to help students understand command words in exam questions.