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Published: 04 March 2014

26th March – Application deadline for Resource Teaching Applications
The NCSE has confirmed Wednesday 26th March as the application deadline for receipt of applications for SNA and Resource Teaching support for SEN pupils for the 2014/2015 school year.

Key dates to note:

• Leavers’ form to be submitted to SENO
• 26th March 2014 – Applications for teaching & SNA supports to be submitted to SENO
• May - Schools notified of additional resource teaching hours for 2014/2015 school year
• June - Schools notified of SNA supports for 2014/2015 school year

Click here for details of the SENO in your area
Click here to download NCSE Guidelines

DES Circular – Standardised School Year
Standardisation of breaks at Christmas, Easter and mid-terms for the school years for 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 has been issued in DES Circular 16/2014. In addition, guidance is provided for contingency arrangements to deal with extensive or prolonged unforeseen school closures e.g. Rule 60.

Click here to view DES Circular 0016/2014 - Standardisation of the School Year in respect of Primary & Post-Primary Schools for the years 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17

Principals & Deputy Principals - Health & Wellbeing Survey
Perhaps mid-term offered you a chance to rest and recover after a busy half-term since the New Year. Now might be a good time to remind yourself of the importance of looking after yourself in order to fulfil the demands of your role.

Partaking in the Principals & Deputy Principals’ Health & Wellbeing Survey is one proactive way that you can take control of your self-care. Upon completion of this comprehensive, confidential survey you will be issued with a personal profile which allows you to compare your results to industry norms.

Click here for more information

‘Local Principals’ Support Groups, why I’m a believer’
‘For the first ten or fifteen minutes there’s an absolute buzz of conversation...over the course of that fifteen minutes, the pace of the conversation slows down and we move on to discussion...to debrief and relax and we can do that because we are with colleagues, who understand without explanation what being a school principal demands.’

In this short film, Catríona O’Reilly, Principal of Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Ferrybank, Waterford, talks about the many reasons why meeting colleagues at a Local Principals’ Support Group has become an essential part of her working month. Take five minutes to watch Catríona’s film here.

Issue 79 of Leadership+
Issue 79 of Leadership+ will be delivered to your school by this Friday, 7th March. Noteworthy items include a feature on Priorities for Principals - In Clear Focus; The Louise O’Keeffe Case - Implications for Schools and the Department of Education; Children repeating a class - some considerations; A New Model for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs; A Review of Conference 2014; and much more.

Gifted Education Research
The Centre for Talented Youth – Ireland in Dublin City University and the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary, Virginia have teamed together to study the state of gifted education in Ireland. This survey is for school leaders. It should take about 10 minutes to complete and the survey will be available to complete until the end of April.

Click here for more information and to complete the survey

Is sinne le meas

Seán Cottrell & Brendan McCabe