Deirdre McGillicuddy is an Assistant Professor in Education at UCD School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. She is a Froebel-trained primary school teacher and has 25 years’ experience working in education and contributing to programmes preparing educators to work in early years settings, primary and secondary schools. Deirdre employs wellbeing practices at the heart of her own teaching/pedagogy for which she was awarded a UCD Teaching and Learning award (2020) and was a finalist in the ACEEU Triple E European Awards as Fast Forward Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year (2022).

• 1. Educaring – To the heart of the matter; The “I” as Educator; 2. The Educator Backpack; 3. Our Values; 4. Our Why; 5. Our Wellbeing; The “Us” as Educator and Student; 6. Nurturing the Individual; 7. Compassionate Education; 8. The Power of the Relational; 9. Empowering Voice(s); The “We” as Co-Creators for Wellbeing; 10. Co-Creating Heart-full Education; 11. Creativity for Wellbeing; 12. A Framework for Educaring from the Heart

Deirdre McGillicuddy is an Assistant Professor in Education at UCD School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. She is a Froebel-trained primary school teacher and has 25 years’ experience working in education and contributing to programmes preparing educators to work in early years settings, primary and secondary schools. Deirdre employs wellbeing practices at the heart of her own teaching/pedagogy for which she was awarded a UCD Teaching and Learning award (2020) and was a finalist in the ACEEU Triple E European Awards as Fast Forward Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year (2022).

• 1. Educaring – To the heart of the matter; The “I” as Educator; 2. The Educator Backpack; 3. Our Values; 4. Our Why; 5. Our Wellbeing; The “Us” as Educator and Student; 6. Nurturing the Individual; 7. Compassionate Education; 8. The Power of the Relational; 9. Empowering Voice(s); The “We” as Co-Creators for Wellbeing; 10. Co-Creating Heart-full Education; 11. Creativity for Wellbeing; 12. A Framework for Educaring from the Heart

Deirdre McGillicuddy is an Assistant Professor in Education at UCD School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. She is a Froebel-trained primary school teacher and has 25 years’ experience working in education and contributing to programmes preparing educators to work in early years settings, primary and secondary schools. Deirdre employs wellbeing practices at the heart of her own teaching/pedagogy for which she was awarded a UCD Teaching and Learning award (2020) and was a finalist in the ACEEU Triple E European Awards as Fast Forward Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year (2022).

• 1. Educaring – To the heart of the matter; The “I” as Educator; 2. The Educator Backpack; 3. Our Values; 4. Our Why; 5. Our Wellbeing; The “Us” as Educator and Student; 6. Nurturing the Individual; 7. Compassionate Education; 8. The Power of the Relational; 9. Empowering Voice(s); The “We” as Co-Creators for Wellbeing; 10. Co-Creating Heart-full Education; 11. Creativity for Wellbeing; 12. A Framework for Educaring from the Heart