1 September 2011 - 'TextaSub' helps Primary School Principals fill Substitute Vacancies
An innovative solution is now available to connect schools with qualified unemployed teachers to fill absences which occur at short notice. The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) has made available an online virtual register for the immediate recruitment of primary school teachers - TextaSub. Only teachers who are fully qualified and accredited by the Teaching Council can avail of this service. This is a major advance in addressing the issue of unqualified personnel being employed by schools. TextaSub uses web technology to alleviate the stress that many Principals describe when they are unable to find teachers for short-term substitute cover.
13th July 2011 - Principals' Applaud Decisive Action by Ministers Fitzgerald & Shatter
The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) welcomes the decision to place on a statutory footing, the Children First Guidelines, and the procedures for reporting suspicion of child abuse to the Gardaí and the HSE. This means that there will no longer be ‘guidelines’, as they will now be legally binding procedures. IPPN also welcomes the fact that the same procedures will apply throughout the country, and no longer be subject to local interpretation.
17th June 2011 - Head of Advocacy & Communications
The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) is an independent not-for-profit voluntary association established in 2000 as the professional body for leaders of Irish Primary Schools. IPPN represents the professional interests of the principals and deputy principals of 3,300 primary schools in the Republic of Ireland.
2nd June 2011 - The Disadvantaged Have Suffered Enough
PRESS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE IRISH PRIMARY PRINCIPALS' NETWORK
The Irish Primary Principals' Network( IPPN) is dismayed with the news that a further 10% cut is being made in the allocation of resources to schools with special needs pupils. This year alone
the Resource Teachers for Travellers, the Visiting Teachers for Travellers and the Co-ordinators supporting disadvantage in rural areas have been abolished. Pat Goff, President of the Organisation stated it is time for this government to refocus their resources to the most vulnerable in our schools and seek these savings elsewhere in the system..
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