Draft Primary Language Curriculum – Stages 3 and 4 (third to sixth classes)
11/04/2018
Consultation – Have Your SayBackgroundThe NCCA has published a draft primary language curriculum, stages 3 and 4, for consultation.Click here to read the D...
Last 4 Places Left for INTO 150 Charity Cycle – Sign Up before 18 April
11/04/2018
INTO 150 Charity Cycle for Focus IrelandAs part of the INTO 150 celebrations, it is planned to have INTO members cycle 150km for charity. The cycle will take...
Joint Teacher Union Session for Safety Representatives – Health and Safety Legislation Briefings
11/04/2018
The teacher unions (ASTI, INTO, TUI) are co-operating on a pilot project to increase awareness of health and safety legislation, including the role of Safety...
Redeployment Panels
09/04/2018
The main redeployment panels have now been issued to the relevant panel operators. There are currently a total of 177 surplus permanent/CID-holding teachers ...
Secondment Circular
09/04/2018
The Department has issued circular 29/2018: Secondment Scheme for Registered Teachers in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools.Click here to download C...
Retention in Employment as a Teacher after Compulsory Retirement Age of 65 – “Inadequate” Temporary Arrangement Issued by DES
06/04/2018
The DES has issued Circular 0027/2018 (pdf) which contains “temporary arrangements which will apply to certain staff to be retained beyond their compulsory...
New Circular on Illness Leave (Critical Illness Protocol)
06/04/2018
The Department has issued Circular 0025/2018 (pdf), following discussions between public service employers and unions, to revise the critical illness aspects...
Feargal Brougham: New Vice President of the INTO
04/04/2018
The new vice president of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation is Feargal Brougham, principal teacher in St Paul’s SNS, Ayrfield, Dublin 13.Feargal ...
Traumatisation of Palestinian school children reported at INTO Congress
04/04/2018
Dorothy McGinley, chairperson of the INTO’s Northern Committee told delegates to the union’s annual conference about a recent visit she made to the West ...