IPPN

Published: 14 October 2021

The theme for this year’s event to be held on Thursday 11 November is ‘Leadership for an Imperfect World’. For more information and to book your place, click here

Featured Keynote Speaker:
Ciara O’Donnell, National Director of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

Ciara is a primary school teacher on secondment from Scoil Nano Nagle in Clondalkin, Dublin where she worked as a Home School Liaison Co-ordinator for six years. Ciara worked as a cuiditheoir for the revised Primary Curriculum and as National Co-ordinator for History, Geography and Science with the Primary Curriculum Support Programme (PCSP), after which she was appointed Deputy Director for Curriculum and Development for the newly-established Primary Professional Development Service (PPDS).

On the establishment of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), Ciara held the roles of National Co-ordinator for DEIS support and Regional Co-ordinator for Education Centre regions 1 and 2. Ciara became PDST’s Deputy Director for Research and Design, before being appointed National Director of the service.
Featured Seminar:

An Plean Scoile – From Concept to Plan
This seminar will look at using the DE Inspectorate’s Looking at Our Schools 2016: A Quality Framework for Primary Schools, along with the School Self-Evaluation process and IPPN’s PIEW Framework to make school planning manageable.

Presenters
Maria Tully, Deputy Principal of Scoil Phádraig BNS, Clane Co Kildare & IPPN Board member and Padraig McCabe, IPPN Leadership Support team and retired principal of St. Mary's Junior NS, Clondalkin.

Q&A Facilitator
Brídín Nic Eiteagáin, Deputy Principal of Scoil Cholmchille, Carraig Airt, Donegal.