Supporting Primary Schools with Learners at Very High Risk to Covid-19

Webinar on October 6th at 4pm.

This webinar presents a repository of available supports for principals, teachers and SETs for the continuity of learning for pupils who are unable to attend school due to their very high risk status to Covid -19
Each of the support services, along with the Education Support Centres of Ireland will present on the afternoon.
The objective of the webinar is to present all of these supports in one place and introduce the point of contact in each group to the schools who have VHR learners aswell as providing information on what schools can expect after requesting support.
The following groups will present: The Inspectorate, PDST, NCSE, NEPS and ESCI.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-p66mjDISmiTsBjr8QQbQQ

Supporting Post-Primary Schools with Learners at Very High Risk to Covid-19

Webinar on October 8th at 4.30pm.

This webinar presents a repository of available supports for principals, teachers, and SETs for the continuity of learning for pupils who are unable to attend school due to their very high risk status to Covid-19.
Each of the support services, along with the Education Support Centres of Ireland will present on the afternoon.
The objective of the webinar is to present all of these supports in one place and introduce the point of contact in each group to the schools who have VHR learners aswell as providing information on what schools can expect after requesting support.
The following groups will present: The Inspectorate, JCT PDST, NCSE, NEPS and ESCI.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6LFeRKvzQ8C6rgscV9q6pQ

Induction Workshops will be available online only during Term 1 2020 via the NIPT online learning platform https://onlinelearning.teacherinduction.ie.

Two new online workshops will be added: 

• Teacher Professionalism and Well-Being NIPTWS01 (Cross-Sectoral)
• Múineadh na Gaeilge NIPTWS12 (Primary)

Please note that the primary Planning and Preparation induction workshop has been updated for 2020/21 to reflect current practices in planning and preparation.

An Induction Workshops Calendar 2020/21 will not be released during Term 1. Please monitor the NIPT website www.teacherinduction.ie for further updates. 

Applications for the Droichead process are now open. As in previous years, NQTs must apply for Droichead via the ‘My Registration’ portal on www.teachingcouncil.ie and receive a confirmation email from the Teaching Council before registering for Cluster Meeting 1.

Cluster Meeting 1 will be available online only during Term 1 2020. This provision will begin in early October via the NIPT online learning platform https://onlinelearning.teacherinduction.ie and will be available for NQTs to complete during their Droichead process at any time that is convenient for them. There will not be a requirement for NQTs to register with their local EC to attend or to have Form D stamped by their EC upon completion of Cluster Meeting 1. NIPT will manage the registration and attendance process during this time. Full details will be provided to NQTs who engage with this online cluster meeting on https://onlinelearning.teacherinduction.ie.

Please monitor the NIPT website www.teacherinduction.ie for further updates.