In my opinion: The stark reality of life in schools shorn of key personnel [Independent.ie]
- Published: 28 April 2010
In March 2009 the Government, in an urgent and dramatic response to a serious budget deficit, introduced a moratorium on filling vacancies across the public sector. In the education sector the moratorium was implemented through a ban on filling any vacancy that occurred in the middle management structures.
The provision of middle management services in schools is dependent on a post of responsibility system. In this system teachers are granted additional allowances for undertaking a specified range of duties in addition to their teaching duties.
In Voluntary Secondary schools the typical duties assigned to posts of responsibility holders include that of year head, examination secretary, programme co-ordinator, special needs co-ordinator and health and safety co-ordinator.
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