INTO Services to Principal Teachers

Misneach Training – August 2016Deirdre O’Connor

INTO Assistant General Secretary

INTO Services to Principals• INTO Information

• www.into.ie- including members area- update details• Intouch• eNewsletters (subscribe) • Publications • Facebook/ Twitter/ Apps

• INTO Information, Advice and Support • INTO Query line 1850 708 708 (Conditions of

Employment 12,149 queries 2015)• info@into.ie (3,000 queries 2015)• (Leave, pension/ retirement, salary, staffing, panel)• CEC Representatives

INTO Services to Principals• INTO Advice and Representation • Accessed through INTO Head Office/ CEC Representative • Telephone or face to face advice and support in dealing with problems /

issues arising in school• 2015- 3,024 queries/ 273 cases • 40% of queries and cases from PT/DP• Complaints, staff relations, child protection, appointments etc• Representation and legal advice available

INTO Services for Principals • INTO Training and Professional Development • Online and face to face professional development • INTO Principals’ Seminar Programme

• INTO Structures• Principals’ and Deputy Principals’ Committee• Principals’ Fora (1-5 per District) • Principals’ and Deputy Principals’ Consultative Conference (September 2017)• Leadership issues on the agenda at every CEC meeting/ Congress resolutions/

• SubSearch- www.subsearch.into.ie

Quick Information links • Brief Absences

http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/LeaveofAbsence/BriefAbsencesROI/• Child Protection

http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/ChildProtection/DESChildProtectionProcedures/

• Circulars http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/Circulars/• Garda Vetting http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/GardaVetting/• School transport and Ancillary Staff (including SNAs)

http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/SchoolTransportandAncillaryStaff/• Staffing, including staffing schedules, panels and appointments

http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/Staffing/• Subsearch http://subsearch.into.ie/

Current Issues for Principal Teachers

• Statutory vetting by the NVB

• Introduction of paternity leave

• Revised pay scales from 1/9/2016

• Fitness to teach

• Post Qualification Professional Practice