7th March 2024 – Bespoke Supports for Deputy Principals / Class Allocation Part 2
- Published: 11 March 2024
In this week's E-scéal:
- Planning Prompts
- Professional Guidance
- Bespoke Supports for Deputy Principals
- Health & Wellbeing Survey
- MHC/IPPN Webinar: Essential Law for the School Leader
- Leadership+ Issue 131
- ippn.ie Latest Resources
- Education Yearbook 2023
- Updates
Some Planning Prompts may apply and others may not, as every school is different. Your attention is also drawn to the resources on the IPPN website listed in this E-scéal. The importance of putting aside time for you and your leadership team to reflect, both personally and professionally, is highlighted by way of the Time to Think piece. You are encouraged to make reflective conversations an integral part of your team’s weekly planning.
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Professional Guidance – Class Allocation Part 2
As noted in last week’s E-scéal, the function of allocating teachers to classes is both a duty and the responsibility of the Principal Teacher. This means that the Parents, The Board of Management and the staff of the school cannot and must not be part of the decision making process.
The following steps may offer an approach to the process of deciding teachers’ class allocation in a way that is both transparent and informative for all those concerned:
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Bespoke Supports for Deputy Principals
- Pilot Group Mentoring Programme for Newly Appointed Deputy Principals
- Online Leadership Support Group for Administrative DPs
- Online Leadership Support Group for DPs in Special Schools
Health & Wellbeing Survey
The final phase of the Irish Principal and Deputy Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey will be open to members to complete from Monday 11 March 2024 up to and including Friday 19 April 2024. This is a confidential, independent survey for all school Principals and Deputy Principals of both primary and second-level schools in Ireland. The survey takes about 35 minutes to complete and can be done over multiple sessions. A helpdesk will be available on Monday mornings.
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MHC/IPPN Webinar: Essential Law for the School Leader
The Mason, Hayes & Curran LLP Education Team are collaborating with IPPN to facilitate this webinar, which will discuss:
- Parental Complaints Procedures 2024 (Revised)
- Child Protection Procedures for Primary Schools 2023 (Revised)
- Behaviours of Concern – Responding to a Crisis
- Employment law updates
It will take place on Wednesday 13 March from 4.00pm to 5.00pm via Zoom.
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Leadership+ Issue 131 - The Staffroom Table – The emotional nerve-centre of the school
The staffroom table is, by some distance, the most important piece of furniture in your school, whether you have 2 or 82 in staff. It is the platform from which so many initiatives are launched, so many problems are discussed and it is the centre of the earth for those seeking temporary refuge from the madding crowds. It is a place where school leaders should find themselves as often as humanly possible.
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Checkout this section on www.ippn.ie that holds the latest resources that have been added to our 'Resources section
- Reading & Writing Yearly Plan
- Deputy Principal Interview Marking Sheet
- Guidelines for Student Teachers working in schools
- guidleines for new & substitute teachers
- Plean Scoile Gaeilge
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Education Yearbook 2023
Belief Fluidity in Ireland’s Changing Primary School Context: Challenges for religious education
Ireland has witnessed increasing religious and cultural diversity and a gradual rise in those not affiliated to any religion. This ‘No Religion’ category has risen from 10% in 2016 to 14% in 2022. These recent changes in people’s religious and philosophical identity have impacted on the Irish educational system, where religion plays a key role. Despite their prominence, faith schools are encountering multiple changes and challenges.
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Updates
To be shared with your Board, staff and parent body as appropriate:
- From March 6th to June 7th 2024, NCCA is consulting on the Draft Primary Curriculum Specifications in Arts Education; Modern Foreign Languages; Social and Environmental Education; Science, Technology and Engineering Education; and Wellbeing
- Post-Graduate Certificate/Diploma of Teacher Professional Learning for Teachers working with Students with Special Educational Needs (Autism)
- Schoolbooks Scheme Information Hub
- National Parents Council – Free virtual sessions for Parents on Relationship and Sexuality Education: March 11th to 14th - Supporting your Child to Build Healthy Friendships and Relationships (Part 2)
