Region: NI

INTO run events and training courses throughout the year FREE to our members. These are a great way to meet with teaching colleagues, to upskill and to hear the latest updates on key issues affecting your career.

Events include New Teacher Seminars, Mid-Career Review Workshops, Retirement Seminars, Youth Conferences, Leadership Seminars.

Training courses include training for School and Health & Safety Reps, Union Learning Reps, school leaders and courses for all members including social media training, dealing with stress and bullying, handling grievances, negotiation skills.

INTO members are entitled to a free 30-minute consultation with our solicitors. For further information on how to avail of this service please contact Northern Office to speak with one of our Officials on: 9038 1455 or email at: infoni@into.ie

Legal Representation: INTO Guidance (pdf)

A big part of what we do is provide our members with help and advice when needed.

INTO are committed to providing relevant, up-to-date and easily accessible information via our website and social media outlets, in our Printout and Intouch magazines as well as in our bulletins and E-newsletters.

Your first port of call to have your query addressed should be our website.

INTO have a network of activists including School Representatives, District and Branch Officers and Northern Committee members who have been trained to assist you with your queries.

Northern Office officials also provide information, advice and assistance on professional matters by phone and email.

All queries will be dealt with in a courteous, friendly and confidential manner in line with our Customer Service Charter.

INTO membership represents great value for money!

All STUDENT TEACHERS are entitled to FREE membership for the duration of their studies.

NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS get their FIRST YEAR of membership from graduation to the following September for FREE.

ALL NEW MEMBERS get their FIRST 6 MONTHS for FREE.

As members you will ONLY PAY for the DAYS YOU WORK – we won’t charge you when you aren’t working.

INTO member benefits include our excellent value for money, INTO’s help and advice service, legal representation when required, training courses and events such as seminars, workshops and conferences throughout the year and our tireless campaigning on your behalf.

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INTO offer a range of benefits and services for our members ranging from financial services to member discounts, from help and advice to training courses and information seminars to grants for educational research and a lot more besides.

6 months FREE membership for any teacher joining the INTO for the first time, who is not in their first year of teaching

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10 Reasons to be part of INTO (PDF)

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Teaching is a challenging and important job. As a teacher, you can change children’s lives. You deserve professional status, proper pay and decent conditions. You need a union that works to meet your needs.

The INTO’s strength lies in our membership – the larger our membership, the stronger we are in serving teachers and representing the views of the profession.

INTO welcomes members at all stages in your career from trainee teachers to those thinking about retirement, from Assistant Teachers to School Leaders and across every education sector.

Join INTO and:

• Be a part of the largest teachers’ trade union in Ireland;
• Be a member of a local union offering local solutions to local problems;
• Be better together – collectively we have a stronger voice;
• Let your voice be heard – make a real difference to the issues that are important to you;
• Be part of the union which has secured every significant improvement for teachers over the years; and
• Take advantage of our many services and benefits.
• 6 months FREE membership for any teacher joining the INTO for the first time, who is not in their first year of teaching

Join Online Now!

WATCH our members tell you what their INTO membership means to them.

SHARE with your friends to make sure they are protected too!

JOIN the INTO today and become part of our extended family...

READ ON for even more reasons to join the INTO:

Teaching is a challenging and important job. As a teacher, you can change children’s lives. You deserve professional status, proper pay and decent conditions. You need a union that works to meet your needs.

The INTO’s strength lies in our membership – the larger our membership, the stronger we are in serving teachers and representing the views of the profession.

INTO welcomes members at all stages in your career from trainee teachers to those thinking about retirement, from Assistant Teachers to School Leaders and across every education sector.

Join INTO and:

• Be a part of the largest teachers’ trade union in Ireland;
• Be a member of a local union offering local solutions to local problems;
• Be better together – collectively we have a stronger voice;
• Let your voice be heard – make a real difference to the issues that are important to you;
• Be part of the union which has secured every significant improvement for teachers over the years; and
• Take advantage of our many services and benefits.

10 Reasons to be part of INTO (PDF)

RETIREMENT PLANNING WEBINARS/SEMINARS

Joint INTO/UTU webinars/seminars on Retirement Planning for members in partnership with Platinum Financial Planning Ltd, will run as webinars via Zoom and in person seminars. These sessions will provide members with the opportunity to ask questions and follow up individual consultations will be available.

You don't have to be about to retire to start planning for it. In fact, the sooner you understand your options, the more relaxed you'll feel about the whole process and hopefully you'll be better placed to make the right decisions about this important phase in your life.

Platinum Financial are teachers’ pension specialists and have been advising members on their retirement for more than a decade. When it comes to retirement it’s important not to make an uninformed decision that could have serious implications for your financial future. Their expertise combined with their independent financial advice means that Platinum Financial are perfectly placed to guide you through the maze of retirement, help you understand your financial options and make wiser choices.

Our webinars/seminars provide members with information on:

• State Pension
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme Benefits
• Phased Retirement
• Pension Income Taxation
• Budgeting for Retirement
• Guidance on Tax Free Cash etc.

Retirement Planning Webinars/Seminars 2024-25:

This year’s webinars include specialist sessions on Phased Retirement and Mid Career Planning.