13th June - IPPN Budget Submission / Important reminders
- Published: 13 June 2024
- Planning Prompts
- IPPN Principals' Conference theme and seminars
- New Standard Application Forms for Teaching Posts / Foirm Iarratas ar phost Muinteoireachta
- Important Reminders
- EducationPosts.ie Recruitment Portal
- Leadership+ ezine
- Legal Diary -Topics through the years
- DE Caretakers Survey
At this particular time of year, we highlight the 10 Self-Care Commandments, while aware that not every school leader will be enabled to put all these elements in place. In considering these Commandments, you may be able to build in time for recovery after what has been an exceptional year, despite the many tasks and activities still facing you over the next few weeks. Remember, support from the Leadership Support Team will continue to be only a phone call away.
Mar fhocal scoir, tá súil againn go mbainfidh tú tairbhe agus taitneamh as laethanta saoire an tsamhraidh. Beatha agus sláinte chugat.
New Standard Application Forms for Teaching Posts / Foirm Iarratas ar phost Muinteoireachta
The DE has agreed new forms (Irish and Gaeilge) for primary teaching posts with the management bodies and INTO. They are available for selection on www.EducationPosts.ie and can be downloaded from ippn.ie by clicking here.
- Standardised Test results must be uploaded onto the Esinet portal on or before Wednesday 19th June 2024. See Circular 40/2024 / Ciorclán 0040/2024. Schools must also report information from standardised tests to their board of management.
- Circular 0040/2024 also stipulates that End-of-year reports should be sent to parents in sufficient time before the closure of the school for the summer holidays to allow parents/guardians time to seek a meeting(s) with the teacher(s) and/or principal to discuss the written report.
- New staff - The Primary Teacher Appointment Form 2024/2025 stipulates that “To ensure this appointment is set up for payment in September 2024, this form must be received completed by Friday 12th July 2024.”
- Droichead 2023/2024 - the deadline for the submission of Form D is 26 July 2024 for primary teachers.
EducationPosts.ie Recruitment Portal
The online recruitment portal, which launched last June and is designed to reduce the administrative burden associated with the process of recruitment, is going from strength to strength. To date, 219 schools have advertised vacancies using the portal, and 342 posts have been advertised through the portal.
Feedback from school leaders and chairpersons using the portal has been excellent, in particular with regard to the ease of use and the significant reduction of workload. IPPN encourages all schools to consider using the portal for upcoming teacher recruitment. The additional functionality of the portal comes at no extra cost to the school.
On Tuesday, IPPN members will have received a dedicated email for the May/June issue of Leadership+ so you can keep the link for future reference where needed.
We will continue to highlight individual articles here in E-scéal.
If you have any feedback, please direct it to the editorial team via email to editor@ippn.ie.
Legal Diary Topics through the years
The Legal Diary archive in Leadership+ contains a treasure trove of content relating to the legal aspects of running our schools. See below the topics covered over the years and links to the relevant issue in each case.
Issues 3-99 (Nov 2000 – June 2017)
Issues 100-133 (Sep 2017 to June 2024)
IPPN Principals’ Conference 2024
The theme this year is 'Empowering effective teaching and learning'
The event will take place in the INEC/Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney from 13th to 15th November. Registration launches next week, on June 20th. You will receive an SMS to notify you when it opens.
The code for discounted accommodation at The Gleneagle and Brehon Hotels is IPPN2024 - bookings open at 9am on 14th June. Note: booking accommodation does not mean you have registered to attend IPPN Conference.
The remaining seminars on offer this year:
- How to use the PIEW model to manage the leadership of teaching & learning
- Leading inclusion from the perspective of disadvantage / DEIS
- Assessment and Progression in the context of the new Primary Curriculum Framework
- Leading the implementation of the revised maths curriculum
- Dignity and Respect at Work – prevention, de-escalation, resolution
- Leading a small school
- Leading Climate Action in your School.
IPPN has raised the concerns of members regarding the timing of the survey on school caretakers being issued late in the final school term and the complexity of the survey, as well as issues around the sensitivity of information sought and the potential negative impact on ancillary grant funding to schools.
We will keep members informed via E-scéal of any clarification in this regard.
