033. Reassess Positions of Responsibility

Positions of Responsibility (or is it Posts of Responsibility?) are promoted posts in Irish schools. They are management positions. In primary schools they used to be known as A and B Posts but they have now been renamed Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II posts. Back before the recession, generally about half of a … Read more

020. Replace small schools with “hubs”

This idea is probably going to be the one where I’m hung out to dry! Yes, it looks like I’m advocating for amalgamating small schools. However, read on, before you accuse me of killing rural Ireland! Rather than killing rural communities, my proposal is to build them. Having 3 schools with less than 30 pupils … Read more

025. Free School Lunches for All Pupils

There is a School Meals Programme for a number of years, which provides schools (generally DEIS schools) with a €1.40 per pupil grant, which the school can use to provide each pupil with a sandwich, piece of fruit and a drink. The school receives a maximum of 90% of the money they apply for (seriously, … Read more

064. Caretakers should be paid directly by the DES

Caretakers are paid from an ancillary grant, which is given to all schools by the Department of Education each year based on the number of pupils enrolled in the school the previous year. This grant is also supposed to cover the wage of all ancillary staff including secretaries, etc. but, in general, it doesn’t cover … Read more

057. DES should Provide Online Payslips

It’s a bit mad that well into the 21st century that we still get paper-based payslips. If the law states that we are entitled to a paper-based payslip, we need to change the law. All payslips need to be moved online where teachers can log into some sort of Teacher Portal and be able to … Read more

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