A key objective of IPPN’s work is to advocate for the enhancement of leadership capacity, effectiveness, and sustainability, as well as improved policy and funding for primary education. Our advocacy work takes account of IPPN’s overall vision for school leadership, as well as specific issues and concerns that relate to particular cohorts of our members, including special schools, schools led by teaching principals, DEIS schools and developing schools.
We do this work through:
Research
We engage in direct and commissioned research to set out evidence-informed solutions to the key challenges of school leadership.
Member Engagement
Each year, the Advocacy & Communications committee of the IPPN National Council sets out advocacy-related objectives aligned to our strategic aims. This sets the agenda for engagement with our 6000+ members, who provide crucial input to our ongoing programme of work.
Stakeholder Development
Building positive, collaborative relationships with the key stakeholders in education, to ensure that the challenges, concerns and opportunities relating to primary education and school leadership are fully understood.
Participation in Working Groups
IPPN is involved in a significant number working groups to progress the key challenges facing primary education and school leadership, including:
- Primary Education Forum (PEF) and its sub-committees
- Summer Oide Leadership Steering Committee
- Anti-bullying Forum
- Steering Group for the Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership
- Small School Action Research Project Steering Group
- Programme Steering Group
International collaboration
IPPN is also represented internationally on the Board and Committees of:
- the International Confederation of Principals (ICP)
- European School Heads Association (ESHA)
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