E-scéal 239 - Principals’ Conference, Homework & New Resources
- Published: 08 November 2010
IPPN Annual Principals’ Conference – Date and venue
‘Conference 2011’ booking forms can be downloaded from www.ippn.ie in mid November. You will be notified by e-scéal and text message when bookings can be made. A copy of the booking form will be included in Issue 59, Leadership+ due in schools in late November.
Training Opportunity – Mentoring Newly Appointed Principals
Training opportunities for mentors of Newly appointed Principals will take place on Monday 8th November – Thursday 11th November in Galway, Cork, Navan and Mayo.
County Network AGM - Presentation
The presentation made at your recent County Network AGM by members of IPPN’s Executive can now be downloaded from www.ippn.ie. Please note that you will be required to log-in to the website, before you will be able to view the presentation.
Homework - TV3 interview with IPPN & NPC –P
IPPN was invited to make a submission to the Oireachtas Committee for Education Reform. In response to this, TV3 interviewed Pat Goff, IPPN President and Áine Lynch, CEO of National Parents Council – Primary on the issue of homework. Please note that that you must watch introductory adverts before watching the interview.
IPPN.ie New Resources
The most frequently requested resources for the month of October on ‘Networking’ can now be downloaded from www.ippn.ie.
IPPN Planning Prompts for November
To help you prioritise and organise your tasks for the month of November, IPPN have identified key planning prompts to guide you. These include:
• Junior Infant application for enrolment – publish dates, enrolment policy reviewed and ratified & communicate PPSN
• SNA monthly returns (or OLCS)
• Develop whole-school approach to communicate standardised assessment information at parent/teacher meetings
• Conference 2011 – Book your place!
Is sinne le meas
Seán Cottrell & Pat Goff
