Maria Tully, IPPN Board Member
- Published: 07 October 2019
Maria, originally from Galway, is Deputy Principal of Scoil Phádraig BNS, Clane, Co Kildare. She began teaching there in 1999 and was appointed Assistant Principal 11 in 2005.
Having graduated from St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra in 1991, Maria began her teaching career in St Brigid’s JNS, Brookfield, Tallaght, Dublin 24, where she was also a member of the In-School Management Team. Maria’s experience as a young teacher under exemplary school leaders has greatly influenced her own style of leadership. Dedicated to the importance of CPD and lifelong learning, she completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership in NUIM in 2016 to prepare for the journey into senior leadership.
Maria represented Kildare on IPPN’s National Council in 2018/19 and was co-opted to the Board of Directors in June 2019.
Maria is interested in further developing the role of the Deputy Principal within IPPN and establishing support groups in each county to develop a community of support for the leadership role of the Deputy Principal. She has a very keen interest in managing the workload in schools. She has worked closely with IPPN in trialling the implementation of the PIEW model. Maria will deliver a seminar at the Deputy Principals’ Conference in November 2019 on the merits of the PIEW model as a measure for addressing priority needs in Irish primary schools.
Finbarr Hurley, IPPN Board Member
- Published: 03 October 2019
Finbarr taught for eight years in mainstream schools in Cork before being seconded to the European School system for twelve years. He was a class teacher in the European School of Mol, followed by a role as Pedagogical Coordinator in the European School of Brussels IV. After that, he spent time in the Middle East as Administrative Deputy Principal of a large International School. He was then re-seconded as the Principal of the European School of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Finbarr is currently seconded from his role as principal of St. Columba’s Boys’ National School in Douglas, Cork. From September 2019, he is working as Primary Co-ordinator at the Centre for School Leadership.
E-sceal 552 - Statutory Agencies – Requests for Personal Information
- Published: 04 April 2019
Certain Statutory Agencies e.g. An Garda Síochána, HSE, Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Revenue etc have a legal basis for requesting personal information from schools. A request for such information should be accompanied by a letter or written statement, clearly stating the legal basis for the request and the reasons for it. The letter should also clearly include the name of the person making the request.
Such a letter or statement should be held by the school and furnished to any parent who has a complaint or query about the request. That parent can then address their concerns to the person making the request rather than to the Principal.
Schools are advised to include a provision in their Data Protection Policy, clearly indicating that information will be shared with statutory bodies when requested and on foot of a letter/statement outlining the reasons for the request and the legal basis for it. The letter/statement will also contain the name and contact details of the person making the request.
E-sceal 552 - Recruitment – The ‘5 Day Statement’
- Published: 04 April 2019
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 was commenced on 4 March 2019. Schools are now required to provide a basic statement of employment details to employees within 5 days of such commencement in the absence of a contract of employment. In essence this will be in situations where substitute cover is required. A failure to provide such a statement for someone who has worked in excess of 4 weeks gives them a right to take a complaint to the WRC.
“The Day 5” statement”
The Board of Management must notify the employee in writing, within five days of commencement of employment, of the following core terms of employment:
- the full names of the employer and the employee
- the address of the employer
- the expected duration of the contract, in the case of a temporary contract, or the end date if the contract is a fixed-term contract
- the rate or method for calculation of the employee’s pay
- the number of hours the employer reasonably expects the employee to work per normal working day and per normal working week.
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On Your Behalf
Listed below are some of the meetings, events, projects, media/PR and other advocacy-related engagements that were progressed since the start of the school year.
