IPPN

E-scéal 23rd Jan - SET Deployment Circular and Guidelines

Published: 23 January 2025

Planning Prompts

A person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated, and a person who is appreciated will always do more than what is expected. As a school leader, there is much you can do to make the school community a place of positivity, creating a climate where staff are valued for their contributions and where the desire to continue contributing and striving for success is maintained.

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Professional Guidance: SET Deployment Circular and Guidelines

The Guidelines underpinning circular 64/2024 (which revise and replace those issued in 2017) provide comprehensive information on the deployment of Special Education Teaching (SET) resources, as well as information on

the principles underpinning the SET model
the roles and responsibilities of school management and staff
the problem-solving process for identification of need, planning interventions and reviewing the response to interventions.

This summary highlights what school leaders need to be aware of, including:

Resources to support Effective Practice in Key Areas
Deployment of SET resources, potential cases of incorrect deployment
External supports.

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E-scéal 16th Jan 2025 - Programme for Government – Education Priorities

Published: 16 January 2025

Programme for Government – Education Priorities

IPPN welcomes the commitment in the Education of the new Programme for Government to the trialling of ‘new administrative supports and arrangements for principals and boards of management to reduce the non-educational aspect of their workloads’ as well as plans to ‘introduce a new national Small Schools Project for all 1,300 small primary schools to protect these school communities and develop new administrative supports‘. This has been a core focus of our advocacy work in recent years, as highlighted in our Sustainable Leadership reports.

We also welcome the commitment to the provision of additional supports for schools and boards of management in stating that the Government will, among a number of other initiatives over its lifetime:

E-scéal 9th Jan 2025 - President's Message / Timing of Networking Emails

Published: 16 January 2025

President’s New Year Message

I would like to wish you all very Happy New Year and I hope you had a good break over Christmas. I hope that the return to school went well for those of you able to return.

I know that for many of us in various parts of the country, the weather continues to pose significant challenges to travel and the safe re-opening of schools. I quote Minister Foley, ‘the right decision for schools is the one that puts safety first and principals are making these choices’…

I recognise the stress making these decisions brings for each of you but, in consultation with your Board and your local Principal colleagues, you can only do your best to evaluate the weather and road conditions to ensure the safety of the whole school community.

As we celebrate 25 years of IPPN in 2025, we look forward to visiting your county with the ‘Making Your Leadership Role More Doable’ workshops over the coming months and to meeting and supporting you in your role.

Le meas agus gach dea-ghuí,
Louise Tobin