Aileen Kearney

Teacher, Early Years and ICT Enthusiast. Apple Teacher and Seesaw Pioneer.

[Catherine Nelson @CatSeeley]

Teachers! This! Is! A! Call! For! Action!

Yet again our profession is under attack.

The Minister is choosing to face us down - to sanction us - at a time our profession needs his support. #Teachers #Inspections

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@irish_news I suspect this will be a waste of £10.7m.

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@JP_Biz Families can no longer afford to have more than 1 -2 children, with cost of living, mortgage costs and childcare costs.

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@O2 hello can we have an update to why there is no signal or 4G/5G in BT45 7 area since Sunday?

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@timcairns @RafeAnstruther As are teachers…… and many other public servants. Lowest paid across all nations.

[HeadteacherNI @FakeHeadTeachNI]

'The independent three-member panel is due to submit its final report by the end of November 2025.'

Yet another broken promise. A bit like the failure of DE to publish the workload review documents.

[Cerys Turner @cerysturner7]

Teachers receive 22 fewer weeks of full maternity pay than many other public sectors- including DfE officials.

It's a major factor cited by woman in their thirties, who are leaving the sector in droves + hugely in tension with the govt's retention goals.

https://t.co/HME1TdyqKt

[HeadteacherNI @FakeHeadTeachNI]

When will the report be published? @Education_NI

[Graham Gault @drgrahamgault]

Education in NI is being dismantled by years of underfunding. Cuts to EOTAS, school meals, transport and music will hurt vulnerable children most. Politicians were warned about the implications of their choices. They must now choose to fund education, not manage its decline.

[Garrett Hargan @GAHargan]

Education Minister on Nolan tomorrow.

There'll be a lot of interest.

It was also on that show after I wrote about the Lisneal funding where the principal, Minister & others appeared in a bid to undermine what I'd written.

They could never refute the substance.

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

Unions are very much speaking on behalf of their members. This is just one of the many criticisms and concerns education staff hold!! @INTOnews @NAHT_NI @NASUWT

[Belfast News Letter @News_Letter]

The DUP leader has hit out at teaching unions over their criticism of Paul Givan’s visit to a school in Jerusalem
https://t.co/GWgSnUaZTX

[Kirsty McCann @Kmccann86]

It’s not just the non-DUP voters though. It’s every parent that has had to watch him post on social media whilst our education system is in dire straits, with “300 million funding gap” as per Richard Pengelly’s letter to school leaders, but I know I don’t need to tell you that!

[NEU NI @NEU_NIreland]

This is nothing short of alarming.

Restricting sub cover, freezing appointments, avoiding “discretionary” spending, & blocking schools from using their own surpluses isn’t strategic leadership — it’s crisis management. Children & staff deserve better! https://t.co/MMJOuNkogU

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@Education_NI @paulgivan @CaraHunterMLA this is deeply concerning.

[Education Authority @Ed_Authority]

Professional Learning Webinar Series: Learning Through Play in the Foundation Stage Session 4 focuses on Maximising Learning through Play: Language and Literacy in the Foundation Stage

This session is led by key practitioners Ciara Taggart, Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Dunmurry and Aileen Kearney, St Mary’s Primary School, Draperstown.

The webinar, PowerPoint and key reference material can be accessed here: https://t.co/ossHBtrNGh

#ProfessionalLearning #TPL #EmpowerTeachers #EmpowerAssistants #LearningThroughPlay #FoundationStage #PlayLearnShare

[HeadteacherNI @FakeHeadTeachNI]

'Education Minister leads praise as Alevel results show NI students top of the class'
So industrial action didn't impact pupil education or attainment as @paulgivan
had previously stated.
A rethink on the proposed legislation on teachers ability to strike
https://t.co/rM5g5RSWzW

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@Doiregaa Good man Ciaran. Delighted to hear this!

[Gem @gemmacaddell86]

£29.95 for a bowl of pasta!!

The food isn’t even nice, the staff hate their lives and make that clear and you have to get your own drinks 🤣

Who is paying that?!

[Aileen Kearney @ailymc]

@BBCNewsNI when will the kneecap performance be available?? #Kneecap #Glastonbury2025 #kneecapatglastonbury

[HeadteacherNI @FakeHeadTeachNI]

#Trusttheprofessionals #Trustisbroken #Theteacherspolltax #criminalisingteachersisWRONG
Priorities of Education Minister should be #fairpay #fairfunding @Education_NI @NASUWT_NI @INTO_NI @NAHT_NI @UTU_edu @NEU_NIreland