E-scéal 12th Dec 2024 - SET Deployment Circular and Guidelines / IPPN Workshops
- Published: 12 December 2024
- Planning Prompts
- SET Deployment Circular, Guidelines and Supporting Documentation
- Deputy Principals: A hidden asset in Irish schools? - MU Research
- IPPN Deputy Principals’ Conference 2025 – Seminars
- Renew your IPPN membership
- IPPN Workshops: Making your leadership role more ‘doable’
- Leadership+ Issue 135 – On Your Behalf
- DE Circulars
- Sectoral Updates
- Be Well, Lead Well
- Did you know?
This will be the last set of Planning Prompts until the New Year, coming with the wish that the holiday period ahead will be a time for you to rest, reflect and renew. Yet again, remember how easy it is for conflict to escalate. There will be many demands on you at this time. Do you assume that you must never say “no” to all of them? What would it feel like to say “no” to some of them?
SET Deployment Circular, Guidelines and Supporting Documentation
In the first instance, we draw your attention to the circular 0064/2024 on the deployment of SET resources, and the long-awaited supporting documentation. We will issue professional guidance in January to assist you in taking account of the guidelines.
The following resources issued to schools and can be accessed via a dedicated webpage.
- Guidelines for Primary Schools - Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Classes
- Indicators of Effective Practice for Primary Schools
- Student Support Files and Student Support Plans Examples – to follow
- Supporting Children and Young People with SEN in Mainstream Classes – Guidelines for Schools (Video)
- Information for children and young people
- Information for parents and guardians.
Deputy Principals: A Hidden Asset in Irish Schools? – MU Research
New research from Maynooth University sheds light on the vital yet often underappreciated role of deputy principals in Irish primary and post-primary schools. Key findings from the study include
- Logistical Maintenance & Administrative Challenges
- Pastoral Care & Behavioural Oversight
- Fostering Relationships & Teamwork
- Curriculum Leadership Under Pressure
- Unique and Multifaceted Responsibilities
IPPN DP Conference 2025 – Seminars
Seminars confirmed so far for the IPPN Deputy Principals’ Conference on 13 and 14 February are:
- Leading a trauma-informed school
- Deputy PrincipalMeet
- Leading the implementation of the revised Maths curriculum
- Leading the team, developing collegiality and promoting professional dialogue about teaching and learning
Seminar selection will open in January. For more information about the conference, and to book your place, click here.
Renew your IPPN Membership by 20th December
We would like to remind you to renew your IPPN membership for the upcoming year. Please ensure that your membership form is submitted to the IPPN Support Office by 20th December to avoid any interruption in services.
Please note that if your school is not a member by 2nd January, several key supports and services will no longer be accessible.
Click here to download Membership form or pay online
IPPN Workshops: Making your leadership role more ‘doable’
Join us for an exciting new workshop delivered at local level throughout 2025. The workshop will provide you with the opportunity to engage with our latest resources, which have been designed to support and enhance your leadership effectiveness:
- Guide to the Leadership of Teaching and Learning
- Leadership Effectiveness Reflection Tool
- P-I-E-W – Capacity Planning Framework.
The event will also be used as an opportunity to expand the Support Group network in each county to meet the needs of 700 school leaders who have expressed an interest in availing of one.
Register for a workshop. There is no registration fee for this event.
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Leadership+ Issue 135 – On Your Behalf
A number of significant projects and advocacy-related engagements have come to fruition since the last issue of Leadership+:
- Sustainable Leadership Progress Report 2024
- School Leaders’ Wellbeing Research
- A Guide to the Leadership of Teaching and Learning
- Submissions
- Meetings/Events
0064/2024 - The operation/application and deployment of Special Education Teacher resources / Feidhmiú/cur i bhfeidhm agus úsáid acmhainní Múinteoirí Oideachais Speisialta
Treoirlínte SET agus doiciméid tacaíochta chun cabhrú le scoileanna tacaíocht a thabhairt do Leanaí/Daoine Óga a bhfuil Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais acu
- Treoirlínte do Bhunscoileanna - Ag Tacú le Leanaí i Ranganna Príomhshrutha a bhfuil Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais Acu
- Táscairí ar Chleachtas Éifeachtach do Bhunscoileanna
- Íosluchtaigh nasc le haghaidh Íoslódáil féachaint ar an gcomhad
- Comhaid Tacaíochta Dalta agus Plean Tacaíochta Dalta Samplaí
- Eolas do leanaí agus do dhaoine óga
- Eolas do Thuismitheoirí/Chaomhnóirí
Tip # 4: Take off your shoes for 5 minutes at your desk and let your feet contact the floor
#BeWellLeadWell
NEPS Assessments
Response of the Minister for Education to a question about NEPS assessments posed by TD Eoin Ó Broin
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