Deputy Principals’ Conference 2019 – Materials and Videos now available!
- Published: 14 November 2019
This year’s event took place on 7 & 8 November in Citywest and was attended by over 300 deputy principals from around the country. The evaluation feedback was exceptionally positive, as was the reaction to the announcement that the 2020 event will be held in the Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny! Make a note in your diaries, the event will take place on 12 & 13 November 2020.
IPPN understands and appreciates the heavy workload school leaders manage in their schools and would appreciate that deputy principals be afforded the same opportunity to partake in professional development as is given to 1,200 principals by Boards of Management each year. We would very much like to see the number of DPs climb much closer to 1000 or even 1200 in the coming years. As well as continuing to press the DES to provide at least one leadership and management day per week for teaching principals, we will also be asking for substitute cover to be provided for DPs to attend their annual CPD event, as they have no allocated time for leadership and management at present.
The following presentations and recordings are now available on ippn.ie under CPD & Events/Deputy Principals’ Conference 2019:
- Minister for Education & Skills, Joe McHugh TD
- Adam Harris, CEO of AsIAm
- Bernard McHale, PDST – Curriculum Leadership
- Karen Belshaw - Managing stress and building resilience - looking after your wellbeing
- Dr Joan Kiely, Marino Institute of Education - Parental involvement, engagement and partnership in their children's learning during the primary school years: a focus on homework
- Finbarr Hurley and Maria Tully - PIEW Model
- Dr Déirdre Kirwan – Intercultural Inclusion
- Angela Lynch (IPPN), Anne Tansey (NEPS), Áine Fitzpatrick (IPPN) – Wellbeing
- Dr Eemer Eivers - ICT in Primary Schools
