IPPN

30th May 2024 - SNA Allocations 2024/25

Published: 06 June 2024

In this week’s E-scéal:

Planning Prompts
Special Needs Assistant Allocation
Supervision and Duty of Care Resource Bundle
Leadership+ The Classroom Environment: Helping or Hindering?
City/County Network Annual Meetings
Ciall Ceannaithe

Planning Prompts

Many activities take place especially during the last few weeks of the school year. Remember that you cannot do everything yourself – ask for help. What can be left for September? If you need any information, support or advice contact the Support Office for a call back from a member of the Leadership Support Team.

Supervision and Duty of Care Resource Bundle

Determining acceptable levels of supervision and defining the school’s duty of care is one issue that exercises the minds of many Boards of Management (BoM) and principals. While there is no prescriptive answer provided by the DES, the liability of the BoM is predominantly based on judicial decisions and precedence in previous cases.

This resource bundle examines the most frequently-asked questions that IPPN’s Principal Advice Panel receive and provides best practice and advice. However, it is advisable that a school contact their school insurance provider to receive specific guidance regarding their individual circumstances.

Click here to read Resource Bundle

Leadership+ The Classroom Environment: Helping or Hindering?

Have you ever thought about how the physical environment of your classrooms may be impacting pupils’ regulation and participation in learning? Does the furniture layout support pupils to learn in a way that works best for them? Do the visuals in your classroom help pupils to know what to do, where and when?

Simple changes to our classroom environment can support pupils to manage the daily demands of school life and support their ability to engage with learning and with others.