Our People

Christina joined IADT as the FÍS Creative Manager in September 2023 and is delighted to be working with the FÍS Film Project as part of her role.  As well as a Masters in Arts Management and Cultural Policy from UCD and a Degree in Liberal Arts (Bard College, NY), Christina comes equipped with a Professional Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Irish Management Institute, a Certificate in Human Resource Management (CIPD, NCI) and a Diploma in Personal and Business Coaching (ICF, ILI) among many other personal and professional accolades. Christina has over 15 years’ experience working in higher education in Ireland and the USA.

Christina can be contacted directly at christina.reynolds@iadt.ie.

Michelle has extensive senior administrative experience working across a broad range of teachers’ professional development initiatives that seek to promote digital technologies in primary and post-primary education. She joined the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) over 19 years ago and has continued her role in this area following the development of the Professional Development Services for Teachers, Technology in Education Department. She has been involved in the FÍS Film Project since 2005 and in the past 10 years’ her role in FÍS has expanded to include the co-ordination of FÍS from the PDST TiE side of the partnership. Her broad range of experience and knowledge supports the planning and co-ordination of the annual FÍS Film Awards ceremony organised in collaboration with IADT & the FÍS Office.

Niall currently serves as the Senior Leader for Digital Technologies at Oide, the organisation formerly known as the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). In this role, he focuses on enhancing the use of digital technologies in educational settings. Niall’s work involves developing strategies for effective digital teaching and learning, as well as contributing to the evolution of digital education. His efforts are centred on improving digital skills and knowledge among educators, aiding in the broader goal of advancing digital literacy in education.

Claire joined Oide (formerly PDST) in 2018 and works as a Professional Learning Leader in Digital Technologies.  Claire supports primary schools to effectively embed digital technologies into their teaching, learning and assessment practices in the classroom.  Claire has been actively involved in developing and delivering the Oide/IADT Digital Storytelling: Filmmaking summer course for teachers each year with a view to growing the number of schools participating in FÍS. She also supports the up-skilling of tutors to deliver these courses through the Education Centre network nationwide and has also been involved with running webinars to support teachers with their FÍS entries.