E-scéal 229 - Deputy Principals' Conference
- Published: 15 April 2010
Deputy Principals’ Conference
This year’s Deputy Principals’ Conference takes place in CityWest Hotel, Dublin, from 6.00pm Thursday 13th – 4.00pm Friday 14th May. Invited keynote speakers include Professor John Coolahan, Dr Anne Looney, CEO NCCA and Professor John West-Burnham. Workshops include:
• Walking on Eggshells - Assertiveness - Patrick Sutton, Director, Gaiety School of Acting
• Current Legal Issues incl. Supervision & Health & Safety - David Ruddy, BL
• New Codes of Behaviour 2010 – Assisting Schools - Clare Ryan
• Teachers’ Health & Welfare – Fitness to Work / Medmark Service - Robert Ryan
Application forms for the Deputy Principals’ Conference will be included in the next issue of Leadership+ due to you next Monday. Forms are also available from http://www.ippn.ie/ and payment can also be made online. Substitute cover for Friday 14th May is provided by the DES. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come basis.
IRIS Project
Every school year seems to bring more requests to participate in research, surveys etc. Not too long ago education policy was drawn up with little reference to education practitioners. Gradually there has been an increase in the value that policy developers place on the experience of school leaders and, the benefit it brings to successful change and improvement to the education system. IRIS is a research project examining Principals’ experience of the inclusion and mainstreaming of children with special education needs. This is important research as it is commissioned by the NCSE and is likely to be a major influence on policy in this area for the foreseeable future.
Is sinne le meas
Seán Cottrell & Pat Goff
