Irish National Events Centre (INEC), Killarney

29th to 31st January 2009

Primary Education - Who Pays?

Keynote speakers included

• Sr Stanislaus Kennedy - CEO, Focus Ireland
• Aine Lynch - CEO, NPC
• Minister Batt O'Keeffe
• David McWilliams - Economist & Journalist
• Emily O'Reilly - Ombudsman
• Jim Spinks - All Across the Line
• Micheál Rea & Virginia O'Mahony - IPPN
• Larry Fleming - IPPN President
• Seán Cottrell - IPPN Director.

Workshops/Facilitators:

• Sink or swim: the newly qualified teacher - Mary Burke
• Parents' Associations: Help or hindrance - Brendan McCabe & Áine Lynch
• Workplace Bullying - Dr Brendan Byrne
• Primary school administration & managing the paper mountain - Aiden O'Brien
• Classroom management of in-class support - Fiona King
• Behaviour Matters: \Developing a sustainable code of behaviour in schools - Clare Ryan
• Emotional Intelligence and leadership in the schoolhouse - Máire Áine Uí Aodha
• Boards of Management: Managing relationships - Eileen Flynn
• Preparation for and managing staff meetings - LDS
• Leading a school with multi-class classrooms - LDS
• Financial management of your school: good practice and Airgead Bunscoile - Seán Ó Láimhín
• Special Needs Assistants - promoting best practice - Marcella O Conluain
• Selecting staff: interview strategies - Jim Hayes
• Effective in-school management - Terry Allen & Therese Farrell
• Managing relationships with adults in the school community - Joe O'Connell

Further information, videoclips of keynote speakers and workshop materials are available below.

Conference Programme

IPPN Speeches

Keynote Speaker Biopics & Speeches

All Video Clips

Workshops

Expo

Why was Conference held in Killarney again?