29th January - Health and Wellbeing Survey launched
Irish Principals and Deputy Principals Health and Wellbeing survey results launched.
The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) launched their Health and Wellbeing survey results today. They were launched at the IPPN’s annual conference in the City West Convention Centre in Dublin.
Dr Philip Riley, from Australia, conducted the survey. It had over 640 responses from principals and deputy principals. The results show almost 73% of responses were female. The average principal has held their position for almost ten years.
29th January - Leadership Crisis in schools
Leadership Crisis in schools as experienced Principals head for exit
The President of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), Mr Brendan McCabe told their annual conference that almost one third of principals are considering stepping down.
“A recent survey carried out by IPPN suggests that 16% of principals are considering stepping back from principalship, while a further 13% are considering early retirement. That’s almost a third of principals who are considering leaving their role.”
Mr McCabe told members that there are principals currently working who wish to step back from their role, however there is no dignified means of doing this.
29th January - New Proposed Resources for Special Needs Children will hurt schools
New Proposed Resources for Special Needs Children Will Hurt Schools: IPPN President.
According to the President of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), Mr Brendan McCabe, a new model being designed to allocate resources to children with special needs in mainstream schools has the potential to discriminate against so called ‘high performing schools’.
“Mainstream schools have always been welcoming of special needs pupils, but such pupils, to be properly integrated in a mainstream setting need a lot of support. Otherwise such integration can have negative consequences for all the children in a classroom.”
29th January - In School Management must be replaced in our schools
In-school Management must be replaced in our schools, declared IPPN President.
Brendan McCabe, Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) President, told the 1,100 members at their annual conference, in the City West Hotel Dublin, that the collapse of the In-school management is a major concern for all schools.
“With the ongoing moratorium on the filling of In-school management posts in schools introduced in 2009, the number of these posts has been hugely reduced. Existing post-holders have retired and have not been replaced.”
