Region: ROI

INTO media coordinators facilitate engagement between local media and INTO Districts, members and schools. Media coordinators act in consort with the wishes of the elected CEC representative for their respective district, and in full consultation with the INTO national communications team.

Staff representatives play a vital role in both the formal and informal structures of the INTO. They play an important part in the recruitment of new members. They are the face of the Organisation at school level and, as such, are a source of information, advice and guidance for members. The growth and development of the role of the staff representative must be nurtured if INTO is to respond effectively to future
changes.

Branches actively support staff representatives by:

• Asking schools to confirm their staff representative each year and formally appointing them at the October meeting
• Ensuring that training is provided to staff representatives through the District Training Officer
• Maintaining email and/or text links with staff representatives
• Acknowledging when possible the work of staff representatives through some form of reward, such as a gift token or night out
• Considering putting mentoring arrangements in place for new staff representatives

Click on the booklet above to access.

Staffroom posters

See below staffroom posters to view and download.

• Guide to the INTO Portal
• How to set your INTO communications preferences
• District Rep posters
• 10 reasons to be part of the INTO
• 10 gCúis le bheith páirteach i gCMÉ
• INTO Inclusive Staffroom – Gaeilge
• INTO Inclusive Staffroom – English
• INTO Diversity poster – English
• INTO Diversity poster – Gaeilge
• Global Citizenship Schools – Leave no one behind
• Global Citizenship Schools – 17 Global Goals Lessons

Presentations from recent Staff Rep face to face training:

CURRENT ISSUES 

ROLE OF THE STAFF REP

STAFFROOM CONVERSATIONS

INTO PROFESSIONAL UPDATES

Working Together Document 

Working Together_English

Working Together_Irish

Video Guides

Getting Started as a Staff Rep

INTO Staff Rep Portal Guide

INTO Staff Representatives Webinar: Strengthening Recruitment and Participation

Presenters: Deirdre O’Connor, INTO Deputy General Secretary & General Treasurer & Diarmuid Creedon, INTO Official

District

INTO Branches are organised into 16 Districts. Each District elects one representative to each of the National Committees (with the exception of the BFC).

A District Committee is established consisting of representatives of each of the affiliated Branches in that District. The officers of the District Committee, elected at the District AGM each June are Cathaoirleach, Leas-Chathaoirleach, Treasurer and Secretary.

Branches

The Branch is the basic unit of the INTO. Each school is assigned to one of the Organisation’s 180 branches. On joining the INTO, each member becomes a member of the branch to which her/his school is assigned.

Rule 93 states:

“Each Branch shall hold an ordinary general meeting, which shall be known as the AGM, in the month of December or January each year. It shall hold at least one other ordinary general meeting. It shall hold a special meeting at such time or times as the Branch or Branch Committee decides.”

Members are urged to attend their branch meetings in order to give their views, cast their votes and actively participate in determining the policies of the Organisation.

A Branch Committee, elected at the Branch AGM, is charged with directing the business of the Branch between general meetings. Branch Officers, elected at the Branch AGM, are: Cathaoirleach, Leas-Chathaoirleach, Branch Secretary and Branch Organiser.

View list of INTO Branches (pdf)

Updated July 2017