E-scéal 3rd April 2025
- Published: 04 April 2025
Subject: Ciall Ceannaithe Online Summer Course – Registration now open
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- Planning Prompts
- DE Circulars
- Sectoral Updates
- IPPN Member Consultation Survey – Have your say
- The Guide to the Leadership of Teaching and Learning – School Culture
- IPPN Roadshow – Workshops
- Ciall Ceannaithe Online Summer Course – Registration now open
- Be Well, Lead Well
- Did you know?
- External Research Request
Planning Prompts
As school leaders, we often think that we have to resolve every issue for everyone. Not all problems are yours to solve. Equally, you do not have to be involved in every aspect of the school’s work, to the point that you are doing most of the work yourself. This is unsustainable.
Consider the role of co-leadership in the school. Arrange for the principal, deputy principal and the ISM team to meet to discuss building leadership capacity, possibly for the coming term. The Guide to the Leadership of Teaching & Learning – School Culture may prove helpful in progressing this area with the team. See below for details.
Ciall Ceannaithe Online Summer Course – Registration now open
Circulars
0029/2025 - Multi-annual Climate Action Summer Works Scheme (CASWS) 2026 onwards / Scéimilbhliantúiloibreachasamhraidh um ghníomhúar son nahaeráide (CASWS) 2026 are aghaidh
Updates
Oide Technology in Education Survey on Technical Support and Primary Schools
Oide TIE is seeking schools’ input to improve the quality of technical support for all primary schools. Your school’s inputto a two-minute questionnaire would be appreciated, by 11th April.
Please send this link to the person who looks after IT in the school.
DE Forbairt Progress Report Q4 2024 / Tuarascáilar Dhul Chun Cinn do Ráithe 4 de 2024
Active School Flag - Skip Around Europe Challenge
The challenge runs from March 31 to May 3.
NCSE - Virtual Information Session for Principals - Thursday April 10th 4pm-4.45pm
ATU will host an information webinar about the National Training Programme for SNAs. This webinar is aimed at Principals of Primary, Post-Primary and Special Schools.
IPPN Member Consultation Survey – Have your say
We would be most grateful if you would take 10 minutes to complete our member survey, which will feed directly into the next IPPN strategy. Sincere thanks to the several hundred members who have already completed the survey. It will close on Friday, 11th April.
The Guide to the Leadership of Teaching and Learning – School Culture
The Leadership Considerations on School Culture were inadvertently omitted from the final version of this IPPN publication.The section on Organisational Routines was incorrectly formatted and should have been displayed as a section in its own right. Theseerrors,on pages 7 and 8, have been rectified in the new epublication version. A downloadable, one-page addendum hasbeen prepared and can be inserted into your hard copy, if you have one.
School Culture: Leadership considerations
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A key determinant of this culture or environment is the quality of relationships within the school community.
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The more those relationships are characterized by mutual trust and respect, the more likely it is that culture and environment will be created and sustained.
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For those with leadership and management roles, school culture is both the most demanding and the most deserving of time and energy.
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The creation and maintenance of this school culture requires consistent cultivation by school leaders.
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To ensure that consultation and collaboration are meaningful requires school leaders to be fully present in their interactions with others.
IPPN Roadshow
In the next few months, workshops are taking place in the following locations:
April
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7th– Sligo Education Centre
May
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12th - Roscommon - Abbey Hotel
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19th - Galway Education Centre
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26th - Kildare Education Centre
Be Well, Lead Well
Tip #15 Sleep Hygiene
Despite how important sleep is to physical and mental well-being, you may find it challenging to get enough quality sleep each night. The impact of poor sleep can be felt in all areas of your life. The sleep habits you follow each day – known as ‘sleep hygiene’ – can have a positive effect on how well you sleep.
Disconnect from Devices in the Hour Before Bed
Tablets, smartphones, and laptops can keep your brain wired, making it hard to truly wind down. The light from these electronic devices can also suppress your natural production of melatonin. As much as possible, try to disconnect for an hour or more before going to bed.
Source: sleepfoundation.org
#BeWellLeadWell
Education Centre Director Vacancies
There are currently three vacancies for Director of Education Centre on EducationPosts.ie in Cork, West Cork, and Waterford. The closing date is 3pm 16th April 2025.
Details in the links below.
NCSE Vacancies–CNOS: Deiseanna Fostaíochta do Mhúinteoirí
Tá CNOS ag lorg Comhairleoirí um Ionchuimsiú chun tacú le hobair na Comhairle i gcomhair na scoilbhliana 2025/2026. Poist lánaimseartha, ar bhonn iasachta, atá i gceist. Bunóidh CNOS painéil iarratasóirí cáilithe.
Dhá fhoireann a bhíonn ag plé leis an tseirbhís comhairleoireachta, a chuireann ar a gcumas d’oideoirí timpeallachtaí foghlama ionchuimsitheacha a chothú do gach páiste agus duine óg, agus a thacaíonn leis an néara-éagsúlacht trí chleachtais dearbhaithe.
Ar fud na tíre a bheidh na folúntais, agus líonfar iad ar bhonn réigiúnach. Ní mór iarratais a bheith istigh faoi 3 pm an 17 Aibreán 2025.Má tá aon cheist agat, scríobh chuig recruitment@ncse.ie.
Arts in Education Portal
External Research Request
This may be of interest to teachers
The relationship between physical activity, screen time, and children’s vision health
Eoin Kerin, PhD Researcher at the Centre for Eye Research Ireland – TU Dublin is conducting a PhD research study on the relationship between physical activity, screen time, and children’s vision health—specifically how these lifestyle factors may be linked to the increasing prevalence of myopia (short-sightedness).
We are currently gathering insights from teachers, coaches, parents, and eye care professionals, and I’dgreatly appreciate your support in sharing the survey with your members. Teachers’ input is especially important, as they play a central role in shaping classroom practices and supporting students’ wellbeing. The aim of the research is to inform future school policy and public health guidance.
The survey is completely anonymous, takes 10 to15 minutes.
