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Scéalta – The Early Childhood Ireland Blog
ALL POSTS BY AMY MCARDLE
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Play – No Overload!
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Amy McArdle
Tuesday 28 November 2017
A few weeks ago, I wrote the first of two blog posts called ‘Admin Overload?’, which documented my learning from a day shadowing Valerie Gaynor, member of ECI’s Policy and Implementation Panel and Manager of Creative Kids in Dublin. Since I have no personal experience in operating, managing or working in an early years service, […]
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Admin Overload?
By
Amy McArdle
Tuesday 31 October 2017
My name is Amy McArdle and I have been the Policy Officer in Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) since May 2016. My background is in law, human rights and politics, but I have been working in policy for over 10 years. There are a lot of policy issues relevant to early years services like those inspected […]
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