IPPN

Published: 14 April 2015

• Fixed –Term Contracts - All fixed-term contracts awarded to teachers must be terminated at the end of the 2014/2015 school year.  It is no longer at the discretion of the Board of Management (BoM) to roll over a teacher’s contract.  The teaching vacancy must be advertised by the BoM and normal recruitment procedures followed (Appendix D, Constitution of Board & Rules of Procedure, 2011). The teacher who held the relevant one year fixed-term contract in the 2014/15 school year must be notified by the BoM that the vacancy is being advertised and be provided with the details of the application process. 
• Period for qualification of a CID Contract – The period for a teacher to be eligible for a CID contract has been reduced to a period of continuous employment in excess of two years with the same BoM
• Eligibility Criteria – A teacher that is fully registered with the Teaching Council, has the required qualifications and is employed to cover a DES approved leave of absence may now be eligible to be awarded a CID contract.  The two approved leave of absences are confined to teachers that are covering (i) Career Break (ii) Secondments.  A teacher who acquires a CID as a result of covering for a teacher on career break or secondment will be placed on the relevant redeployment panel for redeployment immediately prior to the return of the teacher that s/he is covering for.
• Hours & CID Contracts - The hours of the CID contract will be those hours for which the teacher was engaged on a fixed-term contract for the full school year prior to the issuing of the CID contract.  However, if a teacher has a part-time CID contract and the teacher is employed for additional hours, the qualifying period of continuous employment for a CID is based on those additional hours in a period of continuous employment in excess of one year.

What to do if you have a CID contract in your school?

• The BoM must apply to the DES (Primary Payments) to have the teacher placed on the payroll as a teacher who is eligible for a CID
• Application form to be completed by the BoM and the teacher and submitted to the DES
• The school must also certify that the CID sought is in accordance with the terms of the circular
• Where at the commencement of the 2015/16 school year, a teacher has entered into the third or more continuous year of employment, the teacher may be eligible to be considered for a CID rather than a further one year fixed term contract without further interview