"Small schools face the same fate as Ireland's rural Post Offices, Garda Stations, and Banks unless urgent action is taken" according to Dr. Mark Morgan, Head of Education in St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. "New Horizons for S ...
Following many years of raising the matter with the DES, we are pleased to inform you that three welcomed improvements have been announced by the Minister which will provide better administrative capacity for Principals in a small number of school ...
Statement by John Carr, General Secretary,
Irish National Teachers' Organisation, on Special Needs Education
8 May, 2005
INTO welcomes significant increase in resources for special needs pupils < ...
We have discovered at County Network Meetings that many principals are unaware of IPPN's submission to the INTO on Benchmarking for Principals. In our document, Investing in School Leadership ...
Briefing #1:
16-minute briefing for National Committees & Executive covering
items such as upcoming meeting with INTO, next year's conference and
Summer professional development courses.
In the past eight years the educational provision for pupils with special needs has changed radically. Two of the main reasons for this were the high profile O'Donoghue and Sinnott court cases and recent legislation. The Edu ...
IPPN CONFERENCE 2005, INSPIRING PROFESSIONALISM
FEBRUARY 3RD - 5TH
CITYWEST HOTEL, SAGGART, CO. DUBLIN
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Growing bureaucracy, non-educational tasks and ever-increasing legislative demands are preventing principals from addressing their key responsibilites of managing teaching and learning in our primary schools. The serious problem ...
IPPN has made a submission to the Minister's Strategy Group on ICT in Schools. The submission was prepared by Robbie O'Leary, An Chroí Ro Naofa (Senior), Tallaght in conjunction with Seán O'Laimhin, Foxford Central School, Mayo; Seaghan Moriarty, IPPN Tec ...
IPPN's views on reducing Principals' administrative workload are being sought by the DES. Minister Hanafin expressed her concern at the impact of recent legislation on schools when she addressed 750 principals at IPPN's Annu ...
A Chara,
Fáilte ar ais agus ath-bhlian faoi shéan is faoi mhaise dhuit.
Conference 2007
Final arrangements for Killarney are underway and the event promises to be both stimulating and entert ...
IPPN statement following the address by Dr Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin to the Irish Primary Principals' Network Conference at CityWest Hotel.
The statement that "The primary ethos of the school should be an ed ...
IPPN Statement following Minister Hanafin's address to the IPPN Conference at CityWest.
IPPN President Virginia O'Mahony acknowledged the significance of Minister Hanafin's presence at the IPPN conference and her address ...
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Water charges are a relatively new issue for primary schools in Ireland. A number of contextual factors are worth noting in giving consideration to their impact:
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