Conference 2015 Photo Galleries - Opening Ceremony

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29th January - Are Irish Parents Undervalued?

Are Irish Parents Undervalued, asks School Principals?

President of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), Brendan McCabe, told members at their annual conference that the parents of Ireland have the single greatest influence on their children’s development.

“Recent ESRI research serves to highlight something we already know, but perhaps don’t often utilise to best effect – the positive influence of parents, as motivators in their children’s education. Schools need to make tangible use of these findings and work to get parents more involved in school life.”

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Education Expo - Date for Teachers

In the weeks before conference, all principals booked to attend conference will receive an email invitation to Teacher Zone which can be passed on to your school colleagues. They can then register to attend the Teacher Zone session and avail of complimentary refreshments and an Expo Guide. Teacher Zone will only take place on Thursday 29th January between 4.30pm and 8pm (parallel to the first plenary session of conference) and is only open to teachers of schools where the principal is booked to attend conference.

Click here for list of exhibitors at Education Expo 2015

13th November- More taxes - property, water and now...primary schools

A survey of 500 primary schools carried out last week by the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), revealed that many schools have no funds to meet the cost of the next oil fill or insurance premium.
 
Emergency fundraising, voluntary contributions from parents and once off loans from  parishes are enabling some schools to survive until January 2015 when the first tranche of state funding arrives in schools. Over 85% of schools report that, in comparison with this time last year, they are worse off financially and struggling to pay school bills.
 
The survey reports that in the absence of adequate funding, core services such as secretarial, cleaning and caretaking have been further reduced and in some cases these functions are carried out by teaching staff. IT infrastructure is not maintained and literacy, numeracy and self evaluation strategies are starved of funds. A number of schools reported that Parent Associations are paying the heating bills. 

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E-scéal 388 - Budget 2015, Member Feedback & Resource Teaching Allocations

This week's e-scéal contains useful information on the following topics:

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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. 

IPPN Sponsors

 

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