Principal at TemplepatrickPS, ex Irish league ref and biker ! Many other tricks in my bag and many more tricks to learn ... loving the life God blessed me with!
@bbctheview Well said ! It’s an outrage that they are often being paid less than student / weekend jobs … and time to sort out the nonsense of not being paid over the summer !
From Saturday's @BelTel, @StranCreu director @NoelPurdy, who led the Expert Panel on Educational Underachievement which produced 'A Fair Start', speaks about the current challenges to this important action plan. Read here (paywall): https://t.co/8OP0qXR91R
This morning @StRonansPS1 joined a number of other principals from Down and Armagh along with other NI Primary Principal Cluster groups and sent this letter to NI SoS @chhcalling about the impact of his imposed school budgets and the associated cuts to education funding ✂️
Family support hubs collective mtg this am, referrals continue to increase each year, children with disability increasing, top referrers are self, families being supported as FSHubs really work- BUT unmet need rising & families/children will suffer due to lack of core funding!!
Teaching is not “activity facilitation”. So much (Bad) teaching is just assigning a big task that gives the impression of learning, but the students are really just busy. (Good) teaching involves Modeling, practice, and feedback, which never look as cute as a fancy activity.
The NAHT has given time for the employers to provide an acceptable resolution. If they have not resolved this dispute by noon on 28 Feb., the Executive will consider all steps to exercise our mandate.
We have been more than reasonable, but the patience of our members has run out.