IPPN

Published: 12 January 2023

From September – December 2022, over 8,000 primary school children have been enrolled in schools from Ukraine and other countries seeking international protection. Deirdre Shanley, Assistant Secretary issued a letter to schools (15 December 2022) before the Christmas break with important updates. These include information on:

• School Capacity
• REALTs
• Additional supports for English language and special education needs
• Wellbeing/Trauma/behaviour resources

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Published: 12 January 2023

• The deadline for receipt of applications for career break and job-sharing is approaching
• Such applications must be submitted to the Board of Management by 1st February
• The Board must consider all such applications and revert with a decision in writing to the applicant, (including the basis for refusal, where applicable) by 1st March
• The Board should make decisions on such applications in accordance with the school’s Career Break and Job-Sharing policies.
• If issues arise for Boards in this regard, guidance should be sought from the relevant management body.

Published: 12 January 2023

The School Placement Opportunities Noticeboard facilitates the accommodation of student teacher’s school placement where that placement has not already been secured. The noticeboard currently contains a notice from Marino Institute of Education. Schools that have capacity to accommodate these students can contact the HEIs directly via the contact information provided on the notice. It is hoped that the noticeboard will streamline the communication between schools and the HEIs.

Published: 12 January 2023

IPPN mailing lists, including networking@ippn.ie are being updated on Friday, 13 January to reflect IPPN membership renewal for 2022/2023 school year.

In order for IPPN to be GDPR compliant, only membership renewal forms returned with the ‘Opt in’ field ticked for the mailing lists and dedicated networking email will be added to the neworking@ippn.ie mailing list.

Unless forms have a different email address in the section ‘preferred email address for networking@ippn.ie’ the networking@ippn.ie mails are directed to the email address provided on the membership form.

Please see the following steps if you wish to subscribe to the mailing list or subscribe a different email address for the mailing lists.

To subscribe to networking@ippn.ie

1. Log in to your www.ippn.ie member account
2. Go to ‘Supports, Mailing Lists, Manage My Mailing Lists’ on the menu tool bar
3. The email address is listed in the ‘Email Address’ field
4. Select mailing list ‘Subscribe’ field
5. Scroll to bottom of page and select ‘Submit Changes’ button.

To change the email address subscribed to networking@ippn.ie, complete the following steps:

Step 1

1. Log in to your www.ippn.ie member account
2.  Go to ‘Supports, Mailing Lists, Manage My Mailing Lists’ on the menu tool bar
3. The email address is listed in the ‘Email Address’ field
4.  Select the ‘Unsubscribe’ field
5. Scroll to bottom of page and select ‘Submit Changes’ button.

Step 2

1. Update the email address listed in the ‘Email Address’ field
2. Select the mailing lists to which you wish to be ‘Subscribed’
3.  Scroll to bottom of page and select ‘Submit Changes’ button.