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002. Give equal funding to primary and second level
003. Fund ICT properly, not as part of minor works
004. Make a decision on Gaeilge – all Gaelscoils or none
005. Scrap the NCSE
006. A Fully-Resourced NEPS to take over Assessment of Need
007. Scrap the patronage system
008. All pupils should go to their nearest geographic school
009. Should we scrap school uniforms?
010. Guarantee Minor Works Funding
011. Start calling teachers by their first names
012. Scrap single sex schools
013. Reorganise salary scale
014. Rethink Croke Park Hours
015. Centralise and Standardise ICT
016. Centre Broadband Hubs around Schools
017. Remove all Union Involvement from Teaching Council
018. Ensure that classes for children with ASD are properly supported
019. We need far more special classes to cater for all needs
020. Provide Mental Health Services to Pupils
021. Scrap the new Primary Language Curriculum
022. Change the Curriculum Structure
023. The DES should develop curriculum content
024. Try to become paper-free in terms of content
025. Free School Lunches for All Pupils
026. Ban Fundraising
027. Ensure every town has adequate and fully funded provision for swimming
028. Have a Maximum Class Size
029. Principal Benchmarking Should Be Awarded
030. No more Teaching Principals
031. Each enrollment to a school should come with a grant for miscellaneous items
032. Replace small schools with “hubs”
033. Reassess Positions of Responsibility
034. Change Infants structure
035. Classroom Assistants instead of SNAs
036. Bus Escorts to be employed by Bus Eireann
037. Replace Boards of Managements
038. Reduce the number of stakeholders in primary education
039. Scrap Homework
040. All Special Schools to come under one system
041. Rule: Add an Initiative, Remove an Initiative
042. Outsource obesity to parents
043. Scrap Section 29s
044. “Trademark” the title of Teacher
045. Diversify the profession
046. All schools should have provision for hot lunches
047. Have properly resourced sub panels
048. Abolish the Supplementary Panel
049. Provide specialised teachers for Irish
050. Scrap drama
051. Cluster OTs and SLTs to Schools
052. Have specialised qualifications for Infant teachers
053. Scrap private colleges of education
054. Provide a Principal Step Down Facility
055. Set contract of hours for teachers
056. Abolish favourable entry to Teacher Training for Protestants
057. DES should Provide Online Payslips
058. Reduce circulars to maximum 1 per term
059. Pay grants based on current Enrollment rather than the previous year
060. No more paper based communication
061. There should be a Transparent consultation process including a democratic response
062. Teachers should no longer be legally able to be fired due to their religious values
063. Remuneration for Principals for managing all positions in the school
064. Caretakers should be paid directly by the DES
065. Replace some grants with local companies who compete to get tender
066. Secretaries to be paid a standard wage directly from DES
067. Cleaners should be contracted by the DES and paid directly by them
068. Any school with special classes must be given extra administrative support
069. Re-imagine the tendering process for building schools
070. Make primary education actually free
071. All schools to be sustainable
072. Outsource Physical Education
073. All schools to have Student Councils
074. All schools to have websites
075. POD to be scrapped
076. Scrap privately run online summer courses
077. Teaching council should provide a phone mentoring service
078. Church properly compensates pupil victims for abuse
079. Do not allow external agencies teach RSE
080. Should We Collapse Droichead?
081. Ensure that RSE is standardised
082. Provide one year of mentoring to any teacher starting in a new position
083. Replace the inspectorate with a mentoring system
084. No tolerance for violence
085. Ensure the use of technology remains a methodology, not a subject
086. Scrap VAT for schools
087. Scrap standardised testing
088. Lose Long Division from the Maths Curriculum
089. Scrap the NEWB or get rid of the unnecessary paperwork
090. No faith formation should be provided in school buildings during the day.
091. Any faith formation must be provided in parish centres or religious-owned buildings.
092. No priority to be given to native Irish speakers for enrollment in Gaelscoileanna.
093. All schools must have access to a hall for PE
094. All schools need a Parents’ Room
095. SPHE to be given more time allocation
096. Introduce philosophy as a module
097. Scrap Music Generation
098. Ban competitions in schools from commercial entities
099. Financially reward schools that have low energy usage
100. Centralise photocopying management
101. Teach Irish like EAL
102. Scrap Creative Ireland
103. Infant classrooms should be designed differently
104. Increase resources for EAL
105. E Charging points for all schools
106. All Healthy Eating programmes must be backed by dieticians
107. Bullying outside of school shouldn’t be the responsibility of the school
108. Create opportunities for schools to network
109. Ensure teachers have a recognised voice in all consultations.
110. INTO need to reform their communication with members
111. Schools to be given free ICT Technical Support
112. School transport to be completely free
113. Ban all voluntary contributions and donations
114. All technology should be ordered through a centralised system
115. Create centres for pre and after school care
116. Schools shouldn’t responsible for parental choices around purchasing smart devices
117. Increase the number of social workers
118. Ensure all libraries are stocked with books that speak to all children
119. DES should provide standardised policies to all schools
120. (re)Introduce MFL into primary schools
121. Reform the PDST
122. Schools need Sports Facilities
123. Set the same insurance rates for all schools
124. All Fitness to Teach cases should be held privately.
125. There should be a Teaching Assistant in every 2nd classroom
126. Primary and Secondary Principals should be on the same pay scale
127. Restoration of the 15% cut to Resource Hours to schools
128. Automatically Cluster SET Allocations
129. Ban Rote Learning of Tables
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I wonder could the church who own the building lend a hand in the meantime? Fair play to the principal for taking a stand but I always wonder how this sort of thing isn't covered by the owners of the buildings. #edchatie
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School principal refuses to return pupils to ‘dire’ classroom conditions
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On next week's podcast, I'm arguing that the NCSE has lost its purpose. What are your thoughts? #edchatie
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Well.....they have absorbed the SESS who run brilliant courses and have amazing admin staff.
Will definitely be interested in what you have to say.
It's great that local papers still share good news about education in Ireland. The national media should take note! #edchatie
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"The use of this cross is a breach of the seal of confession, GDPR and privacy rules." #edchatie
My favourite sentence in this bizarre article; finally bringing together 2 major privacy laws.
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A school is discontinuing the practice of having students write their sins on artwork for display at Mass amid claims it breaches privacy, GDPR and the seal of confession.2 days ago
Sandra Woods Audrey McAuliffe Niamh Lynch glad we took the safer options 😁
Sharon I'm glad we just did the pictures of Zacchaeus
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The Teaching Council are looking for showcases of good practice for Féilte.
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