1. INTO Services to Principal
Teachers
Misneach Training – August 2016
Deirdre O’Connor
INTO Assistant General Secretary
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Quick Information links
• Brief Absences
http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/LeaveofAbsence/BriefAbsencesROI/
• Child Protection
http://www.into.ie/ROI/InfoforTeachers/ChildProtection/DESChildProtectionProc
edures/
• 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/
6. 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