8 Rules of Data Protection
- Published: 19 April 2018
This is the first in our series of weekly action plans/information updates to help schools transition from the existing data protection framework under the EU Data Protection Directive to GDPR which will come into force on Friday 25 May 2018.
This week’s action plan focuses on 8 Rules of Data Protection:
- Obtain and process information fairly
- Keep it only for one or more specified, explicit and lawful purposes
- Use and disclose it only in ways compatible with these purposes
- Keep it safe and secure
- Keep it accurate, complete and up-to-date
- Ensure that it is adequate, relevant and not excessive
- Retain it for no longer than is necessary for the purpose or purposes
- Give a copy of his/her personal data to the individual on request.
IPPN is in the final stages of producing a resource bundle on this topic. Availability of this resource will be communicated in our weekly É-scéal and on the homepage of www.ippn.ie.
EducationPosts.ie & Redeployment Panel
- Published: 22 March 2018
How to Advertise on EducationPosts.ie
- Select ‘Main Redeployment Panel’ from the list of options provided in the ‘Status of Vacancy’ drop-down menu
- Teachers are given a period of 5 calendar days to express an interest in the post.
- Teachers can only respond to expressions of interest from within their own relevant panel area
- A school is required to select a teacher from the cohort of teachers who expressed interest in the post. However, the school has the option of supplementing the list of teachers who express an interest in the post with other teacher(s), remaining on the Main Panel (who had not responded with an expression of interest in the post). It is at the discretion of the Board of Management to hold interviews
- If no teachers on the relevant Main Panel express an interest in the post, the school is required to extend the period of time for seeking expressions of interest, by an additional 2 calendar days. If at that stage there are still no teachers who have expressed interest in the post, then the school should inform the Panel Operator.
- All teachers on the main panel must be redeployed before permission is given to fill remaining permanent vacancies in any other manner or to fill fixed term teaching vacancies.
- Click here for text to be used in any advert to be placed by a school with a permanent teaching vacancy on EducationPosts.ie (Section 6.3)
Retrospective Vetting - Where are we at?
- Published: 15 March 2018
Retrospective Vetting Process Breakdown
Figures from 12 March 2018 show that of the total 29,481 teachers who were issued with notices to apply for retrospective vetting:
- 28,466 have fully complied with the vetting requirement.
- 330 have not yet fully complied despite repeated contact
- 179 teachers have requested voluntary removal and will be removed on the week starting 12 March
- 41 teachers are engaging with the Evidence of Character Submissions process or the Review of Decision process
- 465 retirees/no longer teaching members have been removed voluntarily from the register.
Retrospective Vetting Next Steps
- The 28 day final notice letters will issue this week to those teachers who have not complied with the retrospective vetting request
- The Paymasters (DES and ETBs) will be informed allowing them to follow up with those who may be in their employment
- Teachers who fail to comply within the timeframe will be removed from the register which we anticipate to be around mid-April
