Professional Development for School Leadership: An Irish Perspective

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Professional Development for School Leadership
An Irish Perspective

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Irish Education System
Second Level (12 18/19)
First Level (4-12)

• 3, 300 schools
• 26,039 Teaching Posts
• 70 Teaching Principals
• 8 year groups or classes
• 98 attend state funded schools
• National Curriculum

• 745 Schools 24,811 Teachers
• Secondary, Vocational, Community/ Comprehensive
• 95 are state funded
•  Prescribed Curriculum
• 2 Key State Public Examinations

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LDS Guiding Framework
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Current Provision

• 6 Residential Programmes
• Misneach Newly Appointed Principals
• Forbairt Experienced Principals Deputy
  Principals as Team
• TánaisteNewly Appointed Deputy Principals
• Cumasú School Leaders in Challenging
  Environments
• Cothú School Leaders in Special Schools
• ISL In-School Leadership - some at pilot stage

• Non Residential Programmes
• Spreagadh First Level Principals
• One Day Seminars
• Coming on Stream
• Aspirant Programme

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Strengths

• Practitioner Led
• Values Driven
• Supported Environment
• Collaborative Approach
• Voluntary Participation
• Residential

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Challenges

• A Coherent Programme of CPD
• Teaching Principalship
• Personalization of Professional Learning
• Making a Significant Difference in Schools
• Empowering the Professional Voice through
  Practitioner Generated Theory
• Learning from others outside the Educational Box
• Multicultural Ireland

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