25th April 2022
Further to the joint union Leadership Webinar (view on YouTube) that was held on Wednesday 26 January 2022, we are pleased to confirm that our face-to-face Leadership Forum will be held on Wednesday 27 April 2022 from 9.30am – 1.00pm in the Glenavon House Hotel, 25 Drum Road, Cookstown, BT80 8QS. Lunch will follow.
REGISTRATION:
To register for this event please email: eventsni@into.ie with your name, position (P/VP), TRN and school by 4.00pm on Tuesday 26 April 2022.
AGENDA:
| 9.15am
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Tea and Coffee
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| 9.45am | Introduction and welcome | Jacquie White (UTU) |
| Item 1 |
Safeguarding issues – SEND / Case Conferences /Anti-bullying / Social worker cases |
Marie O’Shea (INTO) and Alison Steen (UTU)
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| Item 2 | Gambling with Lives – School Pilot | Short presentation by Barry Fennell and James Grimes |
| Item 3 |
Independent Review of Education (“Our Bengoa”) moving debate |
Gerry Murphy (INTO) will set out the context around the Independent Review. Mark Langhammer (NEU) will lead a ‘live’ session seeking principals’ and leaders’ views on the priorities for the Review to address |
| 11.15am | Tea and Coffee | |
| Item 4 | Information on DE RED programme (Reducing Educational Disadvantage) |
Dale Heaney from DE will speak (via recording) on the “RED” funding opportunity for schools arising out of the recent “Fair Start” report into educational disadvantage
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| Item 5 | Update of all 9 Reviews |
Kevin Daly will give a brief update on progress within the 9 Review areas identified and agreed as part of the April 2020 pay settlement. Update of Leadership Review Marie O’Shea (INTO) and Alison Steen (UTU) |
| Item 6 |
ETI update and what school leaders would want to see from September
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| 1.00pm | Lunch | Members can stay after lunch for individual consultations with Union Officials |