IPPN

26th September 2024 - Managing School Avoidance / Teacher Vacancies Survey

Published: 01 October 2024

Planning Prompts
DE Circulars
Sectoral Updates
Survey on Teacher Vacancies
IPPN City/County Network Meetings 2024
IPPN Principals’ Conference 2024 – Exhibitors
EducationPosts.ie Recruitment Portal
Did you know?

Planning Prompts

Often we become anxious about missing important information around deadlines or issues of compliance. Information comes to us from many different sources and accessing that information takes time. The weekly E-scéal – issued every Thursday between 3pm and 3.30pm - is a one-stop shop for all a school leader needs to manage and lead the school over the coming week. We suggest that the principal and deputy principal might make a habit of opening the E-scéal together each Thursday and identify some areas needing attention for the coming week.
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DE Circulars
0069/2024 - Professional Master of Education (PME) Fee Refund Scheme / An Scéim Aisíocaíochta Táillí don Mháistir Gairmiúil san Oideachas (MGO)

Sectoral Updates

Managing School Avoidance and Reluctant Attendance - NEPS materials and resources for schools

OLCS Training for Data Entry Staff and Data Approvers
The Department of Education in conjunction with the Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI) will deliver online training on the Department’s Online Claims System (OLCS) to school users. The training is open to all OLCS Data Entry Persons and OLCS Data Approvers in schools, especially those who may be new to the role or as a refresher to those who may be in the role for some time.

The 90-minute training presentation and Q&A will be delivered twice via Zoom Webinar:

Tuesday, October 1st at 11.00 am to 12.30pm. Register here
Wednesday October 2nd at 4pm to 5.30 pm. Register here

Survey on Teacher Vacancies
On Monday, 30 September INTO, in conjunction with the CPSMA and IPPN, will issue a survey to schools, as a follow-up to the survey in Sep 2023. The survey will establish the level of permanent, fixed-term and long-term substitute posts in primary and special schools and will close on Monday, 7 October. We would appreciate your participation in this important research.

IPPN City/County Network Meetings 2024

Supporting each other at local level
The IPPN leadership team is looking forward to meeting more principals and deputy principals at the City/County Network meetings across the country over the next few weeks. Next week’s meetings are in the following venues, all at 4pm.

Feel free to attend the meeting that suits you best.

Register here.

Schedule & Agenda

IPPN Principals’ Conference & Education Expo 2024 – Exhibitors
More than 100 companies will be exhibiting over the two floors at the Education Expo at Conference 2024 in the INEC this year.
Click here to view the exhibitors and plan your visit
Register for Conference 2024 today

EducationPosts.ie Recruitment Portal
More than 400 schools have used the online recruitment portal to advertise vacancies. Feedback from principals, chairpersons and independent assessors has been excellent.
See here a 5-min. video on using the portal

Feedback from Independent Assessor, Dublin Region
‘As a former Chairperson, Principal and now engaged with the recruitment process as an Independent Assessor, I would like to strongly recommend the Recruitment Portal through EducationPosts.ie, which I have worked with over the last couple of months. Once each member of the Selection Board has been identified by the portal, the process becomes so much easier to navigate for all members. The number of phone calls with updates are reduced, as updates are automatically sent, the process is extremely open and transparent for members of the panel and the candidates who have applied.

I believe there is great accountability through use of the platform. Having read the excellent GDPR guidelines which were issued at the commencement of the process, I felt further reassured that this platform was very safe, effective and a fantastic resource for the recruitment of teachers and other members of the school community. I highly commend the IPPN for providing such a tremendous asset to be used for recruitment purposes. Maith sibh!’

Did you know?

'Special Education in an Independent Ireland 1922-2022. Insights from a Journey through the Century'
MIC Professor Emer Ring has published a specially-commissioned publication by the NCSE, marking the 20th anniversary of the organisation.

NCSE

The Report on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children with Special Educational Needs is available to download: https://ncse.ie/research-reports
Newsletter

NABMSE Conference - October 10th and 11th at Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone

This year's theme: 'Belonging.' Book here.

Minister Foley announces new schools' folklore project at event marking Department centenary / Tionscadal béaloidis nua na scoileanna fógartha ag an Aire Foley ag ócáid ag comóradh céad bliain na Roinne

European School Heads Association (ESHA) HeadLight Magazine
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