Something that concerns school Boards of Management and VECs is the question of their “duty of care”. How great is this duty of care?, to whom is the duty owed?, etc. An interesting case in this connection is reported in the Irish Times yesterday involving a school boy who brought a High Court action against […]
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Montessori Teacher in Kildare awarded 32,500 euros by Employment Appeals Tribunal for Unfair Dismissal Montessori school in Kildare-Board of Trustees runs the school-Principal asked RD to go on board-Principal went on administrative leave in 2010-Vice Principal took over Principal’s class-Board asked Vice Principal for report on each child-Principal unhappy with this report-felt Vice Principal was […]
19th June, 2013-the DES have released their latest update on teacher allocations and redeployment panels at primary level. You can read the details below: Redeployment panel update, 19th June, 2013 Supplementary panels list at 19th June, 2013 Main redeployment panels list at 19th June, 2013 The next update will be issued on 28th June, 2013.
The DES have today (19th June, 2013) issued a statement in relation to the recruitment of special needs assistants for the school year 2013/14. SNA Recruitment for 13/14 school year In view of the contents of the Haddington Road Agreement as it relates to supplementary assignment arrangements for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs), no school or VEC […]
The DES have today, 12th June, 2013, released their latest update on teacher allocations and redeployment panels at primary level. Read the 12th June, 2013 update here. Check out the supplementary panels list here. Check out the main redeployment panels summary list here. The next update will be issued on 19th June, 2013.
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Prefab Replacement Scheme 2013/14
The Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today (10th June, 2013) announced a further initiative to replace prefab units in schools with permanent accommodation. A total of €15 million has been allocated in 2013/14 to replace prefabs and provide permanent resource rooms and classrooms for some 2,650 students. Forty-six schools, with 115 prefab […]
Complaint to the Equality Tribunal under Equal Status Acts 2000-2007-claim that father was discriminated against on the grounds of gender, marital status and family status-Community School failed to provide information he had sought with regard to his children’s progress in school-4 children-separated-divorced-expressed concern over children’s attendance and performance-Principal agreed to furnish copies of school reports […]
The DES has issued an update on teacher allocations and redeployment panels on 14th May, 2013. The relevant circular is 13/2013 which set out the staffing arragnements for primary schools for the school year 2013/2013. Supplementary panels will be circulated at a later stage and will be used to fill remaining permanent vacancies that are […]
Bullying on social media sites is all too common nowadays. The most recent tragic cases in Donegal leading to the tragic suicide of a 13 year old girl, and subsequently her sister, shows the insidious and harmful nature of such bullying. Listening to Morning Ireland this morning on RTE Radio 1 I heard the advice […]