The JMB (Joint Managerial Body) represents the interests of over 400 voluntary secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland.

Dublin
Joined October 2011
Paul Savage and Patrick Traynor deliver their workshop on Scheduling a Changing Curriculum.
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Orlaith O’Connor and Becky Galligan deliver their workshop on Supporting your BOM in it’s Leadership for Learning Role
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Barry Slattery, Joe Leonard and Fiona Burke deliver their workshop on Looking Ahead to More Tailored Senior Cycle Pathways.
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📍 Croke Park this morning! Sarah is flying the flag for Athena at the JMB Education Conference. Curious about the Athena Tracker or our State Exam Analysis Reports? Come over for a chat! We’ve got hard copies of the reports there too, so you can have a browse. @JMB_Secretariat
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Mary Nihil, Fergal Brennan and Ken Maher deliver their workshop on Establishing Effective Subject Meeting Departments
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Marian Moran, Jenny Dalton, Simon Carey and Bryan O’Dowd deliver their workshop on Realising the Potential of Middle Management as Leaders of Learning
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Claire Ryan delivers her workshop on Developing the Senior Leadership Team as Leaders of Learning
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Deirdre Matthews, Gen Secretary, thanks Professor Donaldson for his insightful talk. Ms Matthews highlights that for students to think critically and to question, they need that focus on purpose and values and it is the responsibility of school leaders to provide them with that.
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Professor Donaldson encourages school leaders to to be very clear about purposes and values when deciding what they teach, how they teach and what they assess.
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Donaldson speaks about the ‘AI dividend’ and not to overlook the fact that AI, while challenging for school leaders, may also be a useful tool for assisting educators.
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JMB are delighted to welcome Professor Graham Donaldson, University of Glasgow, as today’s keynote speaker.
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Donaldson highlights that the current pace of change and technological advancement is one of the greatest challenges for current leaders in education.
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Donaldson outlines that there have been significant changes in Education over the years.
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Donaldson notes that changing successful systems involves risk and that is one of the greatest challenges for leadership in education at the moment.
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Professor Donaldson says that schools are at the frontier of new and dramatic changes in society. ‘We ain’t seen nothing yet’
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The theme for today’s Education Conference 2026 is Leading as Learning; Curriculum, Collaboration, Coherence
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Our president, John Barry, opens the Education Conference 2026.
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Good morning and welcome to all our attendees to our Education Conference 2026 on the topic of Leading as Learning in Croke Park.
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AMCSS / JMB sincerely thank delegates and guests for their contributions and for helping to make our 39th Annual #JMBconference such a tremendous success!
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The final keynote address of #JMBconference 2026 is delivered by Eoghan Tomás McDermott addressing the topic of Communication in the Modern Educational Landscape. @EoghanMcDermott
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Eoghan reminds the attendees that not all audiences are created equally. He also emphasises the importance of providing accurate, relevant and timely communication. #JMBconference
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