Íde Ní Dhúbháin, IPPN Board Member
- Published: 17 October 2018
Íde is principal of Gaelscoil Mhachan, in Mahon, Cork. She is a founding member of Cork Primary Principals’ Network (now IPPN Cork) and also of IPPN. She served as Chairperson and Treasurer CPPN and as Treasurer of IPPN. She has served as County Representative on IPPN National Council for a number of years. A passionate believer in principals’ support groups, Íde set up support groups in Cork and Kerry with Micheál Rea. Íde has also helped organise CPD for principals in Cork. Íde was elected to the Board of Directors of IPPN in 2016.
E-sceal 532 - Filling an Acting Post – DES Circular 63/2017
- Published: 11 October 2018
IPPN’s Professional Guidance Team has experienced an increase in the number of queries being received from our members on the options available to them in filling an Acting Post.
Before appointing a teacher to an Acting Post, the Board of Management must ensure that the acting post is warranted.
Acting Appointments may be either:
- Short-term – Absences less than one school year i.e. start during the school year and do not extend beyond the end of the school year
- Long-term – Absences that are a minimum period of one school year
How to fill short-term acting posts:
Acting Principal - The Deputy Principal should be promoted to fill an Acting Principal's post. If the Deputy Principal decides not to act, the Deputy Principal’s allowance could cease to be paid for the duration of the acting period. In this instance, the next most senior Assistant Principal I post holder is appointed. In schools without an Assistant Principal I, the most senior suitable Assistant Principal II may be appointed as acting Deputy Principal.
Acting Assistant Principal I – The most senior suitable Assistant Principal II post holder shall be promoted to fill an Acting Assistant Principal I post.
Acting Assistant Principal II - Filled by the promotion of the most senior suitable teacher within the staff.
How to fill long-term acting posts:
A Board of Management may fill long-term acting posts following the same steps as short-term acting posts in the schools.
It is a decision for each Board of Management to decide on the options to fill an acting post in the school which meets the leadership demands of the role and is considered to be in the best interests of the children. A Board may decide to fill these posts through internal competition.
Click here to view DES Circular 63/2017 - Leadership and management in primary schools
Click here to 'Manage my mailing lists'E-sceal 531 - Re-vetting of teachers with GCVU letters
- Published: 04 October 2018
The Teaching Council has begun (Monday, 1 October) its process of vetting teachers, who hold vetting from the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU). Teachers will be requested to apply for re-vetting for a new National Vetting Bureau (NVB) disclosure via the online system five months prior to their membership renewal.
Re-vetting letters will be issued to this cohort of teachers on a monthly basis, which will be linked to each teacher’s renewal date. A NVB vetting disclosure will be required in order for registration to be renewed.
Failure to complete this vetting will result in a teacher’s membership lapsing, which will prevent them from working in their school and being salaried by the DES. If a teacher does not complete the vetting, he/she will not be able to renew registration and will lapse from the Register which means he/she cannot to receive a State-funded salary.
Teachers are advised to wait until they are requested to apply for re-vetting, unless they intend to change jobs/schools as set out in DES Circular 31/2016.
Click here for more Teaching Council information on re-vetting
E-scéal 530 - FSSU – Revised Salary Rates for Staff
- Published: 27 September 2018
DES Circular 57/2018 comes into effect on 1 October 2018. Annualised salaries are to be increased by 1% for some personnel directly employed by the Board of Management. These include:
- Secretaries and Caretakers who are currently paid on a salary scale equivalent to a public services salary scale
- Cleaners
- Other privately paid staff e.g. bus escorts.
This increase does not relate to school secretaries and caretakers paid on an hourly rate.
Click here to view Financial Guideline P04
The FSSU Support Team is available Monday – Thursday, 9.00am – 7.00pm and Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. Please email primary@fssu.ie or phone 01 - 910 4020.
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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.
