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Hibernia College
INTO & the Teaching Profession
Information for Education Graduates
17th May 2018
Eimear Allen &
Ciara Sotscheck
Finding your Feet
What is the INTO?
Employment Prospects
Salary
Pay Equality
Registration with Teaching Council
Probation
Vetting
Appointments
Largest teachers’ trade union in Ireland
Over 43,000 members north and south
INTO Officials in Head Office negotiate on behalf of members
INTO Branches all over the country
INTO Staff Rep in every school
INTO Structure
Democratic – Run by members Annual Congress makes policy
• Quality advice and guidance to members- Employment rights- Legal advice - Handling complaints- Salary & Pensions- Legal protection- Equality
• Negotiate salary and conditions• Member benefits and services • Campaign for primary education - Jobs, class size• Communicate current Information - Website, InTouch,
Social media & E-zines
INTO Services
Guidance for Teachers Appointment procedures
Employment contracts
Duties and responsibilities
Staff and BOM relations
Positive parent-teacher relations
Discipline
Complaints/Allegations Against Teachers
Child protection issues
First Aid/Administration of Medicines in Schools
Health and Safety
Leave entitlements
Financial – salary, pensions, holiday pay
Union involvement
Opportunity to meet colleagues and network, to share best practice and professional insights
Professional development – conference workshops, summer courses, training seminars
Family involvement – Intergenerational solidarity
Effect change & safeguard professionalism - staff rep, branch meetings, conferences and Congress
Appointment Procedures
Employment
Vetting
Salary
Probation/Induction
Current Issues for newly qualified teachers
Employment Status
Permanent/CID
Fixed Term – normally one year contracts
Career Break
Secondment
Temporary positions due to Job Sharing
Substitute – casual/ non-casual
Sick Leave
Parental Leave
Maternity Leave
Routes to Permanency
Supplementary Panel – 3 years – all service counts
CID – Contract of Indefinite Duration – in excess of 2 years in same school with a viable post in the third year
Open Competition
Benefits of permanency:-
job/financial security
career breaks
secondment
Appointment Procedures
Fixed Term >24 weeks - Advertised
Fixed Term <24 weeks – Not advertised
Teachers must be fully qualified, registered and vetted
Job websites - educationposts.ie; staffroom.ie
Appointment Procedures
Made by Board of Management
Open competition
Advert – online and in national newspapers
Selection Board
Assessment of Applicants
Interviews
Appointment by B.O.M.
Notifies successful candidate/ notifies other candidates
Employment Issues
Budget 2017 – 900+ extra jobs in the system
Budget 2018 – 600+ extra jobs in the system
Special Ed., increasing population, decrease in class size
Shortage of substitute teachers
Vetting
Registration with the Teaching Council
SubSearchhttp://subsearch.into.ie/
INTO SubSearch is designed to help teachers find substitute work
How it works:
Subs register their profiles and availability on the site;
Principals can search for registered subs in their area.
Teachers must be registered with Teaching Council to register for SubSearch
SubSearch mobile is available for your smartphone
Vetting
• You cannot work in a school without Garda vetting
• In the calendar year that you are due to graduate you can apply to be vetted on the Teaching Council’s website (e-vetting)
• Will speed up your registration process when you qualify
• Garda vetting for teaching practice placements is not sufficient to engage in substitute work
Substitute Work – Unregistered Teacher
• You can engage in substitute work as an unregistered person:
– B.Eds (anyone without a teaching council number)
5 day rule applies - can sub for five days and then must have a gap of a day
– Post grads who are registered with the TC under ‘Further Ed’ will not be restricted to the 5 day rule
• Current unqualified daily rate is €127.03 + 15.70 = €142.73 (Rate will increase again in Oct 2018)
• Vetting is a matter for the employer
Substitute Work – Registered Teacher
• Abundance of substitute work available
• Valuable in getting known by schools - often leads to longer term employment
• Qualified substitute rate increasing in October 2018
• Current daily rate: €165.96 + €20.51 = €186.47
• All substitute work counts towards increments (moving up the pay scale) and service for Supplementary Panel
Registering with the Teaching CouncilRoute 1 – Primary. Initial reg. fee of €90
Requirements:
Qualifications
Vetting
Annual re-registration is €65 p.a
www.teachingcouncil.ie
Teachers can claim a tax credit for their TC registration fee and also, a tax credit for flat rate expenses of €518
Registering with the Teaching CouncilReps from the TC generally visit the
Colleges of Education in Spring
Important – you need to have your Teaching Council registration prior to taking up a temporary or permanent job. Without this you can not be paid.
Subbing – 5 day rule applies without registration
Salary
Primary and Post Primary paid on same scale
From 1 Feb 2012 start on Point 1 of the scale
Graduate on 1 September 2018 will start on €35,958
Rising to €36,318 on 1 October 2018
Increasing up to €70,795 (Over 27 years)
Paid every second Thursday
Salary
Schools will input sub days worked for payment on the Online Claims System
Substitute teachers will always be at least two weeks behind in salary due to the early closure for substitute claims through the OLCS
Substitute teachers
Casual rate – if you have worked <40 days in school year
Non-casual rate – after you have worked more than 40 days in a school year
Non-casual sub teachers entitled to paid leave e.g. - sick leave, maternity leave, wedding leave, family illness leave etc. Can also apply to take EPV days.
Fixed term teachers – holiday pay
If a teacher takes up a temporary contract before the first working day in November they will be paid until August 31st.
If a teachers takes up a temporary contract after the first working day in November, they may be entitled to retrospective holiday pay for the summer if they secure a further fixed term contract for the following school year which does not end any earlier than a year from the start date of the previous contract
Pay Equality INTO priority
How to effect change? Publicity, lobbying, legal challenge, negotiations, possible industrial action
Pay Equality Project Team
Negotiated improvements –
2012, HRA, LRA
Pay equality is a core INTO
trade union principle
Probation
As of September 2018, only for teachers working in a mainstream setting in a school of 16 or less teachers
Probation -100 school days or 2 periods of 50 consecutive school days
Professional competence verified by Inspector visits
Must attend 10 NIPT induction seminars
Register through Limerick Education Centre -www.lec.ie
Droichead Change of focus from probation to induction, and
from evaluation to support
Supported by Professional Support Team which may consist of principal and a mentor
Post of a minimum of 60 consecutive school days
Must attend 3 NIPT induction seminars and complete 1 professional learning activity
Apply by sending Form DR 1 to the Teaching Council
Droichead Droichead is being introduced on a phased
basis:
• 2017/2018: teachers in SEN settings & schools with 24+ mainstream teachers
• 2018/2019: teachers in SEN settings & schools with 16+ teachers
• 2019/2020: teachers in SEN settings & schools with administrative principals
• 2020/2021: only route of induction for all NQTs
Probation/Induction Induction seminars in local Education
Centres
Practical, classroom based workshops:
Planning and Preparation;
Classroom Management;
Assessment;
Curricular areas.
www.teacherinduction.ie
INTO membershipNewly Qualified Teachers
Sub rate
– €25 per annum
Temporary/Permanent
– First 3 months free
– €13.35 per fortnight
Subject to change..
Join Online http://www.into.ie/ROI/AboutINTO/JoinINTO
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