Listen "Ep 59 Essential circulars for aspiring and new school leaders with Trina Golden. "
Episode Synopsis
Trina Golden joins me to explore the essential areas aspiring and new leaders need to know about and where to find them. Trina reminds us that you won't know everything at the start so let us ease your mind and help you take the first bite of the elephant that is the world of circulars! Trina brings her insights from primary and mine from secondary. We had a few unavoidable gremlins on the line during recording and it might appear I talked over Trina but this was an unforeseen issue and not intentional.
Cineáltas
Action Plan on bullying
https://assets.gov.ie/241000/eb57d761-2963-4ab0-9d16-172b2e3be86d.pdf
Children
First E learning programme
https://www.tusla.ie/children-first/children-first-e-learning-programme/
Vetting
circular-
https://assets.gov.ie/12898/570b30ba5dce467a8249a6733f965507.pdf
Child
Protection Procedures- primary and secondary
https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/268613/39868a39-1de4-4890-97a0-2fa388a8a2a9.pdf#page=null
S and S
circulars (list is not exhaustive unfortunately!)
https://assets.gov.ie/13371/8d86870803ae4d92bc4363f209ccf13a.pdf
https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/education/2017/47.pdf
Sample 5 day
statement
https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/employer-obligations/terms-of-employment/sample-statements-of-terms-of-employment.docx
Recruitment:
Primary Circular 0044/2019
https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/08/cl0044_2019.pdf
Recruitment
policies secondary:
https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/education/2008/16.pdf
Allocation
of Assistant Principal posts
Primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/134097/ae6ce42b-d7f7-4bd7-b3fb-990bcd70046e.pdf#page=null
Secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/134111/d162d0be-1db8-451b-bd44-094aae83d752.pdf#page=null
Sick Leave
Circular 13/2024 Primary and secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282535/bcdf8ee0-2b51-43a0-bcf6-60cee27afac9.pdf#page=null
Primary :
Circular 32/2007 https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/228886/7054e80c-4c2c-47fa-a900-df5664322a02.pdf#page=null
Sick leave
SNAS: 14/2024 Primary and Secondary
https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282536/2f7d2b1d-de9c-4be2-b3ac-f0be545a1320.pdf#page=null
Circular
32/2010 https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/247744/72e01e37-c3a5-47be-8798-050252820324.pdf#page=null
Force
Majeure and Illness in Family circular
Primary/ secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/276605/35144e60-5eb2-4692-9dee-03c46c43c127.pdf#page=null
Irish
exemption
Primary https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/28b2b-exemptions-from-the-study-of-irish-primary/
Secondary https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/f33d5-exemptions-from-the-study-of-irish-post-primary/
SET allocation.
Primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282686/7944731c-b15e-4a98-b76a-b06d899e4789.pdf#page=null
Post
primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282687/b3da8b64-5451-4b5b-b158-e37936d48394.pdf#page=null
Cineáltas
Action Plan on bullying
https://assets.gov.ie/241000/eb57d761-2963-4ab0-9d16-172b2e3be86d.pdf
Children
First E learning programme
https://www.tusla.ie/children-first/children-first-e-learning-programme/
Vetting
circular-
https://assets.gov.ie/12898/570b30ba5dce467a8249a6733f965507.pdf
Child
Protection Procedures- primary and secondary
https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/268613/39868a39-1de4-4890-97a0-2fa388a8a2a9.pdf#page=null
S and S
circulars (list is not exhaustive unfortunately!)
https://assets.gov.ie/13371/8d86870803ae4d92bc4363f209ccf13a.pdf
https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/education/2017/47.pdf
Sample 5 day
statement
https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/employer-obligations/terms-of-employment/sample-statements-of-terms-of-employment.docx
Recruitment:
Primary Circular 0044/2019
https://www.into.ie/app/uploads/2019/08/cl0044_2019.pdf
Recruitment
policies secondary:
https://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/education/2008/16.pdf
Allocation
of Assistant Principal posts
Primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/134097/ae6ce42b-d7f7-4bd7-b3fb-990bcd70046e.pdf#page=null
Secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/134111/d162d0be-1db8-451b-bd44-094aae83d752.pdf#page=null
Sick Leave
Circular 13/2024 Primary and secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282535/bcdf8ee0-2b51-43a0-bcf6-60cee27afac9.pdf#page=null
Primary :
Circular 32/2007 https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/228886/7054e80c-4c2c-47fa-a900-df5664322a02.pdf#page=null
Sick leave
SNAS: 14/2024 Primary and Secondary
https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282536/2f7d2b1d-de9c-4be2-b3ac-f0be545a1320.pdf#page=null
Circular
32/2010 https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/247744/72e01e37-c3a5-47be-8798-050252820324.pdf#page=null
Force
Majeure and Illness in Family circular
Primary/ secondary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/276605/35144e60-5eb2-4692-9dee-03c46c43c127.pdf#page=null
Irish
exemption
Primary https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/28b2b-exemptions-from-the-study-of-irish-primary/
Secondary https://www.gov.ie/en/circular/f33d5-exemptions-from-the-study-of-irish-post-primary/
SET allocation.
Primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282686/7944731c-b15e-4a98-b76a-b06d899e4789.pdf#page=null
Post
primary https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/282687/b3da8b64-5451-4b5b-b158-e37936d48394.pdf#page=null
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